OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Network and Computer Applications is 56. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	302
Cooperative-centrality enabled investigations on edge-based trustworthy framework for cloud focused internet of things	255
Editorial Board	223
The universal federator: A third-party authentication solution to federated cloud, edge, and fog	209
SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts	182
Efficient solutions to the placement and chaining problem of User Plane Functions in 5G networks	180
Stackelberg game-based dynamic resource trading for network slicing in 5G networks	177
Terra: Low-latency and reliable event col	155
A cooperative image object recognition framework and task offloading optimization in edge computing	149
Analysis of cryptocurrency transactions from a network perspective: An overview	143
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for privacy-aware distributed CNN in heterogeneous IoT surveillance systems	124
DC-PUF: Machine learning-resistant PUF-based authentication protocol using dependency chain for resource-constraint IoT devices	114
Editorial Board	112
Editorial Board	101
SFTO-Guard: Real-time detection and mitigation system for slow-rate flow table overflow attacks	100
Intelligent energy management with IoT framework in smart cities using intelligent analysis: An application of machine learning methods for complex networks and systems	95
Service migration in multi-access edge computing: A joint state adaptation and reinforcement learning mechanism	95
Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation	94
Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing	93
CRAMP: Clustering-based RANs association and MEC placement for delay-sensitive applications	93
Striking the perfect balance: Multi-objective optimization for minimizing deployment cost and maximizing coverage with Harmony Search	92
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective	88
A Stochastic Computational Graph with Ensemble Learning Model for solving Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Wide Area Networks	85
BRIP: Towards a privacy-preserving, trustworthy, and transparent ride-sharing system with semantic matching powered by blockchain and IPFS	83
Touch-based continuous mobile device authentication: State-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities	82

Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey	79
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities	79
Energy-efficient virtual-machine mapping algorithm (EViMA) for workflow tasks with deadlines in a cloud environment	78
UAV assisted 5G and beyond wireless networks: A survey	77
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications	75
Community detection in complex network based on an improved random algorithm using local and global network information	73
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things	72
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm	69
Reducing cold start delay in serverless computing using lightweight virtual machines	67
Editorial Board	67
OverShard: Scaling blockchain by full sharding with overlapping network and virtual accounts	65
Editorial Board	65
Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations	65
Online dynamic replication and placement algorithms for cost optimization of online social networks in two-tier multi-cloud	64
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks	63
ALSketch: An adaptive learning-based sketch for accurate network measurement under dynamic traffic distribution	63
Efficient application mapping approach based on grey wolf optimization for network on chip	63
Backscatter communication-based wireless sensing (BBWS): Performance enhancement and future applications	63
Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection	62
Securing the Industrial Internet of Things against ransomware attacks: A comprehensive analysis of the emerging threat landscape and detection mechanisms	62
Holistic resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective	62
Exploring Blockchain-driven security in SDN-based IoT networks	61
A systematic review on energy efficiency in the internet of underwater things (IoUT): Recent approaches and research gaps	61
Constrained routing in multi-partite graph to solve VNF placement and chaining problem	60
Attenuating majority attack class bias using hybrid deep learning based IDS framework	60
Caching or not: An online cost optimization algorithm for geodistributed data analysis in cloud environments	58
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey	57
A survey on data plane programming with P4: Fundamentals, advances, and applied research	57
Editorial Board	57
FlexMon: A flexible and fine-grained traffic monitor for programmable networks	56
Editorial Board	56