OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Network and Computer Applications is 50. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	294
Editorial Board	257
Terra: Low-latency and reliable event col	219
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for privacy-aware distributed CNN in heterogeneous IoT surveillance systems	188
Enhancement and optimization of FlexE technology within metro transport networks	170
Securing edge based smart city networks with software defined Networking and zero trust architecture	147
Stackelberg game-based dynamic resource trading for network slicing in 5G networks	147
A dynamic spectrum access scheme for Internet of Things with improved federated learning	138
A cooperative image object recognition framework and task offloading optimization in edge computing	134
The universal federator: A third-party authentication solution to federated cloud, edge, and fog	131
A profit-effective function service pricing approach for serverless edge computing function offloading	129
Performance modelling and optimal stage assignment for multistage P4 switches	127
Hierarchical mixture of vital feature experts for mobile target coverage optimization in directional sensor networks	125
SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts	108
DC-PUF: Machine learning-resistant PUF-based authentication protocol using dependency chain for resource-constraint IoT devices	106
C-PFL: A committee-based personalized federated learning framework	105
MPC	105
Editorial Board	104
Cooperative-centrality enabled investigations on edge-based trustworthy framework for cloud focused internet of things	104
Community detection in complex network based on an improved random algorithm using local and global network information	97
Editorial Board	97
Energy-efficient virtual-machine mapping algorithm (EViMA) for workflow tasks with deadlines in a cloud environment	94
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective	94
BRIP: Towards a privacy-preserving, trustworthy, and transparent ride-sharing system with semantic matching powered by blockchain and IPFS	91
Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing	89

Intelligent energy management with IoT framework in smart cities using intelligent analysis: An application of machine learning methods for complex networks and systems	85
SFTO-Guard: Real-time detection and mitigation system for slow-rate flow table overflow attacks	85
A DDoS attack detection method based on IQR and DFFCNN in SDN	84
Integrated probabilistic clustering and Deep Reinforcement Learning for bias mitigation and device heterogeneity of Federated Learning in edge networks	84
Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey	83
Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation	82
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm	77
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities	76
A gateway-assisted blockchain-based authentication scheme for internet-of-things	75
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things	75
A Stochastic Computational Graph with Ensemble Learning Model for solving Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Wide Area Networks	68
Striking the perfect balance: Multi-objective optimization for minimizing deployment cost and maximizing coverage with Harmony Search	66
CRAMP: Clustering-based RANs association and MEC placement for delay-sensitive applications	66
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications	64
SAKA: Scalable authentication and key agreement scheme with configurable key evolution in edge-fog-multicloud computing environments	62
Editorial Board	62
Caching or not: An online cost optimization algorithm for geodistributed data analysis in cloud environments	61
Constrained routing in multi-partite graph to solve VNF placement and chaining problem	60
DeFinder: Error-sensitive testing of deep neural networks via vulnerability interpretation	60
Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations	60
Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection	60
Reducing cold start delay in serverless computing using lightweight virtual machines	54
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey	54
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks	54
Securing the Industrial Internet of Things against ransomware attacks: A comprehensive analysis of the emerging threat landscape and detection mechanisms	53
Online dynamic replication and placement algorithms for cost optimization of online social networks in two-tier multi-cloud	50