OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical layer encryption-based secure slicing in 5G RAN with hybrid-trusted links	71
DRL-enabled cooperative free-space optical communication system with an elastic optical splitter	69
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	65
Semi-supervised learning model synergistically utilizing labeled and unlabeled data for failure detection in optical networks	59
Scheme of carrier cooperation with coordinated scheduling for faster and lower-cost failure/disaster recovery	54
ZR 400 Gbit/s and 800 Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	50
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	48
RECCL: optimizing collective algorithms for reconfigurable optical networks	46
Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures	39
Environment-aware geometric shaping for digital FSO fronthaul networks	37
Cost Optimal Network Planning for Converged Optical X-haul in Beyond 5G Networks	36
Large-scale and nonblocking OXC using a hybrid of WSSs and OCSs	35
Optical switching for data centers and advanced computing systems [Invited]	31
Security enhanced dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm against degradation attacks in next generation passive optical networks	31
Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON	31
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	30
Benchmarking framework for resource allocation algorithms in multicore fiber elastic optical networks	30
Efficient statistical QoT-aware resource allocation in EONs over the C+L-band: a multi-period and low-margin perspective	30
Optimal placement of multi-wavelength integrated tunable transmitters in reconfigurable optical data center interconnection networks with multi-hop routing	29
End-to-end optimization of optical communication systems based on directly modulated lasers	29
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	29
Optical network topology design to execute many tasks simultaneously in a disaggregated data center	28
ML approaches for OTDR diagnoses in passive optical networks—event detection and classification: ways for ODN branch assignment	27
Spectral segmentation-based RoFSO-channel’s mixed-RF-signal demodulation technique for the outdoor-optical 6G era network	27
Building a digital twin of an EDFA for optical networks: a gray-box modeling approach	27

Non-integer-oversampling digital signal processing for coherent passive optical networks	27
Machine learning enhancement of a digital twin for wavelength division multiplexing network performance prediction leveraging quality of transmission parameter refinement	26
Hybrid 3DMA for multi-user MIMO-VLC	26
Building a digital twin for intelligent optical networks [Invited Tutorial]	26
Innovation and demonstration of optical service unit-based metro-optimized OTN technologies	26
Multilayer restoration in IP-Optical networks by adjustable robust optimization and deep reinforcement learning	26