Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Network and Computer Applications is 16. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board325
Cooperative-centrality enabled investigations on edge-based trustworthy framework for cloud focused internet of things241
Stackelberg game-based dynamic resource trading for network slicing in 5G networks224
A cooperative image object recognition framework and task offloading optimization in edge computing197
Analysis of cryptocurrency transactions from a network perspective: An overview190
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The universal federator: A third-party authentication solution to federated cloud, edge, and fog159
A dynamic spectrum access scheme for Internet of Things with improved federated learning153
Efficient solutions to the placement and chaining problem of User Plane Functions in 5G networks152
Terra: Low-latency and reliable event col137
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for privacy-aware distributed CNN in heterogeneous IoT surveillance systems127
SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts124
DC-PUF: Machine learning-resistant PUF-based authentication protocol using dependency chain for resource-constraint IoT devices104
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Striking the perfect balance: Multi-objective optimization for minimizing deployment cost and maximizing coverage with Harmony Search102
Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing100
Community detection in complex network based on an improved random algorithm using local and global network information99
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things99
CRAMP: Clustering-based RANs association and MEC placement for delay-sensitive applications99
Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation98
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective92
A Stochastic Computational Graph with Ensemble Learning Model for solving Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Wide Area Networks88
A DDoS attack detection method based on IQR and DFFCNN in SDN87
Energy-efficient virtual-machine mapping algorithm (EViMA) for workflow tasks with deadlines in a cloud environment84
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm82
UAV assisted 5G and beyond wireless networks: A survey82
Touch-based continuous mobile device authentication: State-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities81
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications81
BRIP: Towards a privacy-preserving, trustworthy, and transparent ride-sharing system with semantic matching powered by blockchain and IPFS78
SFTO-Guard: Real-time detection and mitigation system for slow-rate flow table overflow attacks75
Intelligent energy management with IoT framework in smart cities using intelligent analysis: An application of machine learning methods for complex networks and systems75
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities72
Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey71
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Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations69
Reducing cold start delay in serverless computing using lightweight virtual machines69
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks66
ALSketch: An adaptive learning-based sketch for accurate network measurement under dynamic traffic distribution66
Backscatter communication-based wireless sensing (BBWS): Performance enhancement and future applications66
Caching or not: An online cost optimization algorithm for geodistributed data analysis in cloud environments65
Online dynamic replication and placement algorithms for cost optimization of online social networks in two-tier multi-cloud65
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Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection64
A systematic review on energy efficiency in the internet of underwater things (IoUT): Recent approaches and research gaps64
Securing the Industrial Internet of Things against ransomware attacks: A comprehensive analysis of the emerging threat landscape and detection mechanisms64
Constrained routing in multi-partite graph to solve VNF placement and chaining problem64
OverShard: Scaling blockchain by full sharding with overlapping network and virtual accounts63
Holistic resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective63
Efficient application mapping approach based on grey wolf optimization for network on chip63
A survey on data plane programming with P4: Fundamentals, advances, and applied research62
Attenuating majority attack class bias using hybrid deep learning based IDS framework62
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey60
Exploring Blockchain-driven security in SDN-based IoT networks58
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AntCom: An effective and efficient anti-tracking system with dynamic and asymmetric communication channel56
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Knowledge reuse in edge computing environments56
AI for AI-based intrusion detection as a service: Reinforcement learning to configure models, tasks, and capacities54
A dynamic state sharding blockchain architecture for scalable and secure crowdsourcing systems53
Comprehensive phishing detection: A multi-channel approach with variants TCN fusion leveraging URL and HTML features51
Fatriot: Fault-tolerant MEC architecture for mission-critical systems using a SmartNIC50
Deep Reinforcement Learning based reliable spectrum sensing under SSDF attacks in Cognitive Radio networks49
Variational Deep Clustering approaches for anomaly-based cyber-attack detection47
Addressing security requirements in industrial IoT: A robust three-factor authentication scheme with enhanced features46
Privacy-preserving and Verifiable Federated Learning with weighted average aggregation in edge computing46
Device and network driven cellular networks architecture and mobility management technique for fog computing-based mobile communication system44
Data reconstruction applications for IoT air pollution sensor networks using graph signal processing42
A comprehensive survey on reinforcement-learning-based computation offloading techniques in Edge Computing Systems41
FlexMon: A flexible and fine-grained traffic monitor for programmable networks41
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Optimizing the quality of information of networked machine learning agents40
Towards DDoS detection mechanisms in Software-Defined Networking39
Comprehensive review on congestion detection, alleviation, and control for IoT networks38
A lightweight SEL for attack detection in IoT/IIoT networks38
Towards blockchain-IoT based shared mobility: Car-sharing and leasing as a case study38
An online service provisioning strategy for container-based cloud brokers37
Survey of prominent blockchain development platforms37
A state lossless scheduling strategy in distributed stream computing systems37
Enhancement of cellular networks via an improved clustering technique with D2D communication for mission-critical applications37
Network Coding-based Resilient Routing for Maintaining Data Security and Availability in Software-Defined Networks35
A review of graph-powered data quality applications for IoT monitoring sensor networks34
A bargain game theory assisted interest packet forwarding strategy for information centric network33
An online bi-objective scheduling algorithm for service provisioning in cloud computing33
Quality-aware multi-task allocation based on location importance in mobile crowdsensing33
Efficient privacy-preserving ML for IoT: Cluster-based split federated learning scheme for non-IID data32
RVC: A reputation and voting based blockchain consensus mechanism for edge computing-enabled IoT systems32
EBDL: Effective blockchain-based covert storage channel with dynamic labels32
Socially-aware and energy-efficient resource allocation and power control for D2D multicast content distribution32
Intelligent aerial video streaming: Achievements and challenges32
Attacks and defenses in user authentication systems: A survey31
ELA-RCP: An energy-efficient and load balanced algorithm for reliable controller placement in software-defined networks31
Fog radio access network optimization for 5G leveraging user mobility and traffic data31
Broadcast/multicast delivery integration in B5G/6G environments30
A systematic review of blockchain scalability: Issues, solutions, analysis and future research30
Skin lesion classification using modified deep and multi-directional invariant handcrafted features30
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Design, implementation, and performance evaluation of an earliest-deadline-first packet scheduling scheme in P4 hardware switches29
RICH: Strategy-proof and efficient coflow scheduling in non-cooperative environments29
Device-to-device communication in 5G heterogeneous network based on game-theoretic approaches: A comprehensive survey28
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A comprehensive plane-wise review of DDoS attacks in SDN: Leveraging detection and mitigation through machine learning and deep learning27
Privacy protection among three antithetic-parties for context-aware services27
CPS: Cross-interface network Partitioning and Scheduling towards QoS-aware data flow delivery in multimedia IoT27
Energy-efficient hierarchical dynamic depth adjustment routing protocol for UWSN with distributed sink mobility and semantic self-healing27
A survey on security issues in IoT operating systems27
A novel secure and distributed architecture for privacy-preserving healthcare system27
An efficient and lightweight identity-based scheme for secure communication in clustered wireless sensor networks27
Reinforcement learning-based dynamic routing using mobile sink for data collection in WSNs and IoT applications26
Unfolding the blockchain era: Timeline, evolution, types and real-world applications26
Recent advances in energy management for Green-IoT: An up-to-date and comprehensive survey26
Firm social management system for supporting IoT users in application environment26
Controller load optimization strategies in Software-Defined Networking: A survey26
MUSE: MUlti-lead Sub-beat ECG for remote AI based atrial fibrillation detection25
Distributed enhanced multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition for cluster analysis in wireless sensor network25
AI-enhanced blockchain technology: A review of advancements and opportunities25
Neglected infrastructures for 6G—Underwater communications: How mature are they?25
DQN-based intelligent controller for multiple edge domains25
Data transmission reduction using prediction and aggregation techniques in IoT-based wireless sensor networks25
Multipoint communication using a fog-robotic coordinated nodal conveying system for wireless networks25
Efficient congestion control scheme based on caching strategy in NDN24
A robust authentication scheme for remote diagnosis and maintenance in 5G V2N24
ParallelC-Store: A committee structure-based reliable parallel storage mechanism for permissioned blockchain sharding24
Node cooperation for workload offloading in a fog computing network via multi-objective optimization24
Light up that Droid! On the effectiveness of static analysis features against app obfuscation for Android malware detection23
Predictive safe delivery with machine learning and digital twins collaboration for decentralized crowdsourced systems23
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Evolving techniques in cyber threat hunting: A systematic review23
SSBM: A spatially separated boxes-based multi-tab website fingerprinting model23
TridentShell: An enhanced covert and scalable backdoor injection attack on web applications23
End-to-end active queue management with Named-Data Networking23
An open-source implementation and validation of 5G NR configured grant for URLLC in ns-3 5G LENA: A scheduling case study in industry 4.0 scenarios23
Mobile cloud computing models security issues: A systematic review22
A survey of privacy-preserving offloading methods in mobile-edge computing22
Lurking in the shadows: Unsupervised decoding of beaconing communication for enhanced cyber threat hunting22
DAPNEML: Disease-diet associations prediction in a NEtwork using a machine learning based approach22
Living on the edge: A survey of Digital Twin-Assisted Task Offloading in safety-critical environments22
Towards defining industry 5.0 vision with intelligent and softwarized wireless network architectures and services: A survey22
Review of healthcare industry 4.0 application-based blockchain in terms of security and privacy development attributes: Comprehensive taxonomy, open issues and challenges and recommended solution22
A survey of longitudinal changes in cellular network architecture: The good, the bad, and the ugly22
5G/6G-enabled metaverse technologies: Taxonomy, applications, and open security challenges with future research directions22
REPS-AKA3: A secure authentication and re- authentication protocol for LTE networks21
A cost aware topology formation scheme for latency sensitive applications in edge infrastructure-as-a-service paradigm21
DIMY: Enabling privacy-preserving contact tracing21
A Contextual Multi-Armed Bandit approach for NDN forwarding21
TD-RA policy-enforcement framework for an SDN-based IoT architecture21
Synchronizing real-time and high-precision LDoS defense of learning model-based in AIoT with programmable data plane, SDN20
Security and privacy of industrial big data: Motivation, opportunities, and challenges20
The convergence of Digital Twins and Distributed Ledger Technologies: A systematic literature review and an architectural proposal20
Hierarchical community discovery for multi-stage IP bearer network upgradation20
Low load DIDS task scheduling based on Q-learning in edge computing environment19
Preemptive admission control mechanism for strict QoS guarantee to life-saving emergency traffic in wireless LANs19
On challenges of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks: A comprehensive survey of requirements, applications, and security issues19
A progressive learning method on unknown protocol behaviors19
USAGE : Uncertain flow graph and spatio-temporal graph convolutional network-based saturation attack detection method19
Task offloading paradigm in mobile edge computing-current issues, adopted approaches, and future directions19
Blockchain for unmanned underwater drones: Research issues, challenges, trends and future directions19
Anomalous state detection in radio access networks: A proof-of-concept18
A comprehensive survey on channel hopping and scheduling enhancements for TSCH networks18
Exploiting web content semantic features to detect web robots from weblogs18
Enhanced multi-objective gorilla troops optimizer for real-time multi-user dependent tasks offloading in edge-cloud computing18
MATE: A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for Traffic Engineering in Hybrid Software Defined Networks17
A service function chain mapping scheme based on functional aggregation in space-air-ground integrated networks17
Dynamic resource management in integrated NOMA terrestrial–satellite networks using multi-agent reinforcement learning17
A systematic review of federated learning: Challenges, aggregation methods, and development tools17
Multi-UAV aided energy-aware transmissions in mmWave communication network: Action-branching QMIX network17
Community Detection method based on Random walk and Multi objective Evolutionary algorithm in complex networks17
Multi-Batches Revenue Maximization for competitive products over online social network17
Exploring an edge convolution and normalization based approach for link prediction in complex networks17
Deep Neural Networks meet computation offloading in mobile edge networks: Applications, taxonomy, and open issues17
Bidirectional utilization of blockchain and privacy computing: Issues, progress, and challenges17
A deep density based and self-determining clustering approach to label unknown traffic17
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions17
Fair association and rate maximization in 6G UAV Aided HS only network and HetNet16
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Early Prevention and Mitigation of Link Flooding Attacks in Software Defined Networks16
Designing transport scheme of 3D naked-eye system16
BLIND: A privacy preserving truth discovery system for mobile crowdsensing16
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