Abbas Acar

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Abbas Acar is a scholar working on Signal Processing, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Abbas Acar has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Signal Processing, 12 papers in Information Systems and 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Abbas Acar's work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (9 papers), User Authentication and Security Systems (5 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (4 papers). Abbas Acar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (9 papers), User Authentication and Security Systems (5 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (4 papers). Abbas Acar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Türkiye. Abbas Acar's co-authors include A. Selcuk Uluagac, Hidayet Aksu, Mauro Conti, Ahmet Arış, Amit Kumar Sikder, Kemal Akkaya, Vehbi Çağrı Güngör, Selcuk Uluagac, Leonardo Babun and Engin Kirda and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, ACM Computing Surveys and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

In The Last Decade

Abbas Acar

25 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Survey on Homomorphic Encryption Schemes 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2025 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Survey on Homomorphic Encryption Schemes
    2018 727 citations Abbas Acar, Hidayet Aksu et al. ACM Computing Surveys profile →
  2. A Survey on Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials
    2025 13 citations Abbas Acar, A. Selcuk Uluagac et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Abbas Acar United States 11 667 327 253 161 160 26 1.0k
Lu Zhou China 14 500 0.7× 581 1.8× 466 1.8× 148 0.9× 107 0.7× 38 1.1k
Rana Forsati Iran 19 647 1.0× 430 1.3× 193 0.8× 202 1.3× 85 0.5× 39 1.1k
Xindi Ma China 16 627 0.9× 612 1.9× 550 2.2× 90 0.6× 171 1.1× 45 1.2k
M.A.P. Chamikara Australia 12 673 1.0× 288 0.9× 222 0.9× 152 0.9× 83 0.5× 30 1.0k
Shengshan Hu China 19 878 1.3× 367 1.1× 155 0.6× 305 1.9× 146 0.9× 61 1.2k
Wai Kit Wong Malaysia 10 710 1.1× 304 0.9× 81 0.3× 243 1.5× 85 0.5× 46 994
King-Hang Wang Taiwan 15 493 0.7× 644 2.0× 665 2.6× 173 1.1× 118 0.7× 33 1.2k
Sergey Bezzateev Russia 12 238 0.4× 353 1.1× 298 1.2× 82 0.5× 137 0.9× 83 729
Lidan Shou China 18 479 0.7× 275 0.8× 260 1.0× 227 1.4× 324 2.0× 110 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Abbas Acar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Abbas Acar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abbas Acar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Abbas Acar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Abbas Acar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Abbas Acar. Abbas Acar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lazzeretti, Riccardo, Marco Angelini, Abbas Acar, et al.. (2025). Speak Up, I'm Listening: Extracting Speech from Zero-Permission VR Sensors. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome).
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2025). A Survey on Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 27(6). 3641–3671. 13 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2024). (In)Security of File Uploads in Node.js. 1573–1584. 2 indexed citations
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D’Elia, Daniele Cono, et al.. (2024). With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Security and Privacy Issues of Modern Browser Application Programming Interfaces. IEEE Security & Privacy. 23(2). 52–60. 1 indexed citations
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Arış, Ahmet, et al.. (2024). Ransomware Over Modern Web Browsers: A Novel Strain and a New Defense Mechanism. ACM Transactions on the Web. 19(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2024). 50 Shades of Support: A Device-Centric Analysis of Android Security Updates. 2 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, Ahmet Arış, Abdeslam El Fergougui, et al.. (2024). Exploring Jamming and Hijacking Attacks for Micro Aerial Drones. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1939–1944. 7 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2023). Augmenting Security and Privacy in the Virtual Realm: An Analysis of Extended Reality Devices. IEEE Security & Privacy. 22(1). 10–23. 6 indexed citations
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Arış, Ahmet, Abbas Acar, Mauro Conti, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive security and performance assessment of UAV authentication schemes. Security and Privacy. 7(1). 7 indexed citations
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Arış, Ahmet, et al.. (2023). A review of on-device machine learning for IoT: An energy perspective. Ad Hoc Networks. 153. 103348–103348. 21 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2022). Energy consumption of on-device machine learning models for IoT intrusion detection. Internet of Things. 21. 100670–100670. 57 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, et al.. (2021). In-Browser Cryptomining for Good: An Untold Story. 151. 20–29. 4 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac, & Kemal Akkaya. (2020). A Usable and Robust Continuous Authentication Framework Using Wearables. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(6). 2140–2153. 20 indexed citations
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Sikder, Amit Kumar, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, et al.. (2020). Kratos. 1–12. 36 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, Wenyi Liu, Raheem Beyah, Kemal Akkaya, & A. Selcuk Uluagac. (2019). A privacy‐preserving multifactor authentication system. Security and Privacy. 2(5). 10 indexed citations
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Sikder, Amit Kumar, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, et al.. (2019). Multi-User Multi-Device-Aware Access Control System for Smart Home.. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, Wenyi Liu, Raheem Beyah, Kemal Akkaya, & A. Selcuk Uluagac. (2019). A privacy‐preserving multifactor authentication system. Security and Privacy. 2(6). 2 indexed citations
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Celik, Z. Berkay, Abbas Acar, Hidayet Aksu, et al.. (2019). Curie. 121–132. 1 indexed citations
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Acar, Abbas, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac, & Mauro Conti. (2018). A Survey on Homomorphic Encryption Schemes. ACM Computing Surveys. 51(4). 1–35. 727 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sikder, Amit Kumar, Abbas Acar, Hidayet Aksu, et al.. (2018). IoT-enabled smart lighting systems for smart cities. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 639–645. 68 indexed citations

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