OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Optical Communications and Networking is 28. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical layer encryption-based secure slicing in 5G RAN with hybrid-trusted links	81
Large-scale and nonblocking OXC using a hybrid of WSSs and OCSs	75
Optical switching for data centers and advanced computing systems [Invited]	70
Environment-aware geometric shaping for digital FSO fronthaul networks	61
Quantum Key Distribution with Spectral Amplitude Coding OCDMA for Multiple Access Network	60
DRL-enabled cooperative free-space optical communication system with an elastic optical splitter	53
Cost-optimal network planning for converged optical X-haul in Beyond 5G networks	52
Efficient statistical QoT-aware resource allocation in EONs over the C+L-band: a multi-period and low-margin perspective	48
Generalized quantum-assisted digital signature service in an SDN-controlled quantum-integrated optical network	41
Benchmarking framework for resource allocation algorithms in multicore fiber elastic optical networks	40
Towards explainable artificial intelligence in optical networks: the use case of lightpath QoT estimation	39
Semi-supervised learning model synergistically utilizing labeled and unlabeled data for failure detection in optical networks	36
Scheme of carrier cooperation with coordinated scheduling for faster and lower-cost failure/disaster recovery	34
Reinforcement-learning-based path planning in multilayer elastic optical networks [Invited]	34
RECCL: optimizing collective algorithms for reconfigurable optical networks	33
Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures	32
Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON	32
Packet-optical transport network for future radio infrastructure	31
Optical-Wireless Cooperative Control with Optical Path Switching for Taffic Steering in Open RAN	30
ZR 400 Gbit/s and 800 Gbit/s use cases, trials, deployments, and future prospects [Invited]	29
Routing problem for reducing significant outages in optical networks and its system analysis	29
Hybrid 3DMA for multi-user MIMO-VLC	29
Building a digital twin of an EDFA for optical networks: a gray-box modeling approach	29
Capacity scaling in metro-regional aggregation networks: the multiband S-BVT	28
Transport SDN architecture for multi-layer transport slicing	28

Real-time in-service ODN monitoring based on receiver-side DSP for next-generation PONs	28
Optical fiber anomaly detection through SRS-induced spectral tilt in C+L-band transmission systems	28
Disaggregated optical-layer switching for optically composable disaggregated computing [Invited]	28