OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Interdependencies and third parties	143
Load-altering attack detection on smart grid using functional observers	81
Cyber risk assessment of cyber-enabled autonomous cargo vessel	73
Bayesian games for the cybersecurity of nuclear power plants	65
An assessment of frameworks for heterogeneous aircraft operations in low-altitude airspace	61
Evaluation of network expansion decisions for resilient interdependent critical infrastructures with different topologies	56
Editorial	50
Adaptive anomaly detection system based on machine learning algorithms in an industrial control environment	49
On the component resilience importance measures for infrastructure systems	34
Security in Digital Aeronautical Communications A Comprehensive Gap Analysis	34
Rule-based anomaly detection for railway signalling networks	33
Enterprise architecture modeling for cybersecurity analysis in critical infrastructures — A systematic literature review	32
Attack-Defense game analysis of critical infrastructure network based on Cournot model with fixed operating nodes	31
A flexible OT testbed for evaluating on-device implementations of IEC-61850 GOOSE	30
Assessment of cross-border electricity interconnection projects using a MCDA method	29
FingerCI: Writing industrial process specifications from network traffic	28
Evaluation of SDN security measures in the context of IEC 62443-3-3	28
A review on effective alarm management systems for industrial process control: Barriers and opportunities	27
Enhancing urban system resilience to earthquake disasters: Impact of interdependence and resource allocation	26
Chance-constrained vulnerability assessment of smart water distribution systems against stealthy false data injection attacks	26
Robustness of the Chinese power grid to cascading failures under attack and defense strategies	26
Cyber attacks on critical infrastructures and satellite communications	24
Beyond botnets: Autonomous Firmware Zombie Attack in industrial control systems	23
CABBA: Compatible Authenticated Bandwidth-efficient Broadcast protocol for ADS-B	23
Simulation of multi-stage attack and defense mechanisms in smart grids	19

OptAML: Optimized adversarial machine learning on water treatment and distribution systems	18
Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience	18
Cybersecurity and cyber-terrorism challenges to energy-related infrastructures – Cybersecurity frameworks and economics – Comprehensive review	17
Corrigendum to ‘VetaDetect: Vehicle tampering detection with closed-loop model ensemble’ International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 37 (2022), 100525	16
Advancing coordination in critical maritime infrastructure protection: Lessons from maritime piracy and cybersecurity	16
Corrigendum to Threat Modelling of Cyber-Physical Systems Using an Applied π-Calculus	15
VetaDetect: Vehicle tampering detection with closed-loop model ensemble	14
Cybersecurity Assessment Framework for Digital Interface Between Safety and Security at Nuclear Power Plants	14
A comparison of onshore oil and gas transmission pipeline incident statistics in Canada and the United States	14
Mitigation of the impact of disturbances in gas transmission systems	14
A Cyber Incident Response and Recovery Framework to Support Operators of Industrial Control Systems	14
A Systematic Literature Review on RAMS analysis for critical infrastructures protection	14
Impacts of 5G on cyber-physical risks for interdependent connected smart critical infrastructure systems	13
Radio frequency identification and tracking of vehicles and drivers by exploiting keyless entry systems	13
Attacking the grid: Lessons from a guerrilla conflict and efforts for peace in Colombia: 1990–2018	13
An exploratory analysis of the last frontier: A systematic literature review of cybersecurity in space	12
Comprehensive vulnerability assessment for environmental facility depending on spatial characteristics in South Korea	11
Obfuscation strategies for industrial control systems	11
Editorial Board	10
Editorial Board	10
Editorial Board	10
Digital Twin-assisted anomaly detection for industrial scenarios	10
End-User Privacy Protection Scheme from cyber intrusion in smart grid advanced metering infrastructure	10
Editorial Board	9
Vulnerabilities and countermeasures in electrical substations	9
An AutoML-based security defender for industrial control systems	9
Editorial on Protection vs Resilience by Prof. Roberto Setola	9
A tri-level optimization model for interdependent infrastructure network resilience against compound hazard events	9
Adversarial attacks and mitigation for anomaly detectors of cyber-physical systems	9
Machine learning applications in the resilience of interdependent critical infrastructure systems—A systematic literature review	9
Feasibility of critical infrastructure protection using network functions for programmable and decoupled ICS policy enforcement over WAN	8
Demonstration of denial of charging attack on electric vehicle charging infrastructure and its consequences	8
ResNet50-1D-CNN: A new lightweight resNet50-One-dimensional convolution neural network transfer learning-based approach for improved intrusion detection in cyber-physical systems	8
Fault-tolerant AI-driven Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things	7
Dynamic predictive analysis of the consequences of gas pipeline failures using a Bayesian network	7
A survey on safeguarding critical infrastructures: Attacks, AI security, and future directions	7
Defensive cost–benefit analysis of smart grid digital functionalities	7
The digital divide in state vulnerability to submarine communications cable failure	6
Vulnerable underground entrance understanding for visual surveillance systems	6
IoT fusion based model predictive pid control approach for oil pipeline infrastructure	6
Resilient backup controller placement in distributed SDN under critical targeted attacks	6
Physical performance of power grids against earthquakes: from framework to implementation	6
Software-Defined Networking approaches for intrusion response in Industrial Control Systems: A survey	6
National and international maritime situational awareness model examples and the effects of North Stream Pipelines sabotage	6
False data injection in distribution system: Attacker's perspective	6
Physical threats vs Cyber threats	6
Optimized unmanned aerial vehicle pathway system in disaster resilience network	6
A watchdog model for physics-based anomaly detection in digital substations	6
A homogeneous ensemble based dynamic artificial neural network for solving the intrusion detection problem	6
Editorial Board	5

The drift of industrial control systems to pseudo security	5
Developments and research directions in maritime cybersecurity: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	5
Power systems resilience: Definition and taxonomy with a view towards metrics	5
SafeCI: Avoiding process anomalies in critical infrastructure	5
Systemic risk mitigation strategy for power grid cascade failures using constrained spectral clustering	5
Editorial – Linking science and policy for addressing CI security and resilience challenges by Dr. Georgios Giannopoulos	5
Cross trust: A decentralized MA-ABE mechanism for cross-border identity authentication	5
Protection of large-scale smart grids against false data injection cyberattacks leading to blackouts	5
New threats and research problems for critical infrastructure	5
Modeling flood propagation and cascading failures in interdependent transportation and stormwater networks	5
Hardware-in-Loop (HIL) Testbed Design of Thermal Power Plant for Threat Modeling and Attack Vector Analysis	4
Threat Modelling of Cyber–Physical Systems Using an Applied π-Calcul	4
Vulnerability assessment of urban road traffic systems based on traffic flow	4
A real-time network based anomaly detection in industrial control systems	4
A multi-criteria model for the security assessment of large-infrastructure construction sites	4
Editorial Board	4
SPARK and SAD: Leading-Edge Deep Learning Frameworks for Robust and Effective Intrusion Detection in SCADA Systems	4
A study on resilient and cost-based design in power distribution network against severe hurricane	4
Vulnerability analysis of critical infrastructure network	3
Editorial Board	3
Cyber-threat landscape of border control infrastructures	3
CAPTAIN: Community-based Advanced Persistent Threat Analysis in IT Networks	3
IJCIP Editorial December 2021 – Volume 35	3
Editorial Board	3