OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is 25. 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
Optimizing telemetry forwarding for distributed failure recovery in packet-optical networks	76
Near-real-time 6G service operation enabled by distributed intelligence and in-band telemetry	54
Quality of transmission optimization in multi-band optical system: a stepwise multi-device joint configuration algorithm	50
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	50
Comparison of distributed and centralized quantum key management systems for meshed QKD networks	47
Design, Prototyping, and Polarity Management of All-Port Flipped 19-Core Fiber Splitters for Broadcast and Select-Type Spatial Cross-Connects	40
Enabling ROADM in mode division multiplexing networks with mode-selective switches	39
On the design of efficient fiber-wireless architectures to enable multigigabit visible light communication	39
Introduction to the OFC 2022 Special Issue	38
Charting the future of optical access networks: an operator’s perspective [Invited]	32
Pre- and post-processing techniques for reinforcement-learning-based routing and spectrum assignment in elastic optical networks	30
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	30
Introduction to the ONDM 2022 special issue	30
Introduction to the Future Optical Networks and Communications Symposium Special Issue	28
Operator view on optical transport network automation in a multi-vendor context [Invited]	27
Unitary checkerboard precoded OFDM for low-PAPR optical wireless communications	27
Zero touch provisioning compliant with authentications of IEEE PON packages A and B for SDN-enabled broadband access	27
Introduction to the ONDM2020 special issue	27
Risky event classification leveraging transfer learning for very limited datasets in optical networks	26
ZR 400 Gbit/s and 800 Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	26
Automation of multi-layer multi-domain transport networks and the role of AI [Invited]	25
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	25
Disaggregation and virtualization for future access and metro networks [Invited Tutorial]	25
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	25
Topology Bench: systematic graph-based benchmarking for core optical networks	25