Abbas Yazdinejad

3.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
47 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Abbas Yazdinejad is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Abbas Yazdinejad has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 16 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Abbas Yazdinejad's work include Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (14 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (10 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (9 papers). Abbas Yazdinejad is often cited by papers focused on Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (14 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (10 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (9 papers). Abbas Yazdinejad collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Taiwan. Abbas Yazdinejad's co-authors include Ali Dehghantanha, Reza M. Parizi, Gautam Srivastava, Hadis Karimipour, Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo, Hadis Karimipour, Mohammed Aledhari, Qi Zhang, Ali Dehghantanha and Mohammad Hammoudeh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

In The Last Decade

Abbas Yazdinejad

45 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

An Energy-Efficient SDN Controller Architecture for IoT N... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024 2024 2024 50 100 150 200
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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. An Energy-Efficient SDN Controller Architecture for IoT Networks With Blockchain-Based Security
    2020 208 citations Abbas Yazdinejad, Reza M. Parizi et al. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing profile →
  2. Secure Intelligent Fuzzy Blockchain Framework: Effective Threat Detection in IoT Networks
    2022 124 citations Abbas Yazdinejad, Ali Dehghantanha et al. Computers in Industry profile →
  3. A Robust Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Model Against Model Poisoning Attacks
    2024 117 citations Abbas Yazdinejad, Ali Dehghantanha et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security profile →
  4. Hybrid Privacy Preserving Federated Learning Against Irregular Users in Next-Generation Internet of Things
    2024 62 citations Abbas Yazdinejad, Ali Dehghantanha et al. Journal of Systems Architecture profile →
  5. Federated Quantum-Based Privacy-Preserving Threat Detection Model for Consumer Internet of Things
    2024 40 citations Abbas Yazdinejad, Ali Dehghantanha et al. 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 Yazdinejad Canada 23 922 779 753 301 253 47 1.9k
Vincent Omollo Nyangaresi Kenya 28 916 1.0× 757 1.0× 597 0.8× 172 0.6× 309 1.2× 103 1.9k
Suleman Khan Malaysia 24 1.1k 1.2× 500 0.6× 499 0.7× 341 1.1× 407 1.6× 77 1.8k
Lihua Yin China 22 584 0.6× 363 0.5× 625 0.8× 292 1.0× 257 1.0× 121 1.4k
Sannasi Ganapathy India 27 1.6k 1.8× 467 0.6× 887 1.2× 285 0.9× 509 2.0× 101 2.3k
Hadis Karimipour Canada 15 775 0.8× 433 0.6× 601 0.8× 312 1.0× 307 1.2× 21 1.4k
Zahid Anwar Pakistan 24 878 1.0× 760 1.0× 436 0.6× 501 1.7× 181 0.7× 85 1.7k
Rui Zhang United States 29 906 1.0× 655 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 411 1.4× 566 2.2× 144 2.7k
Zubair Baig Australia 27 1.7k 1.8× 801 1.0× 923 1.2× 778 2.6× 425 1.7× 87 2.6k
Evangelos Markakis Greece 18 866 0.9× 458 0.6× 292 0.4× 215 0.7× 401 1.6× 115 1.5k
Khalid Elgazzar Canada 20 736 0.8× 544 0.7× 369 0.5× 124 0.4× 224 0.9× 120 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aledhari, Mohammed, Rehma Razzak, Mohamed Rahouti, et al.. (2025). Safeguarding connected autonomous vehicle communication: Protocols, intra- and inter-vehicular attacks and defenses. Computers & Security. 151. 104352–104352. 3 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Hao Wang, & Jude Dzevela Kong. (2025). Advanced AI-driven methane emission detection, quantification, and localization in Canada: A hybrid multi-source fusion framework. The Science of The Total Environment. 998. 180142–180142.
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, et al.. (2025). Symbiotic Federated Learning for Giant AI Threat Detection in 6G-IoT Infrastructures. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(20). 41472–41481.
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Dehghantanha, Gautam Srivastava, Hadis Karimipour, & Reza M. Parizi. (2024). Hybrid Privacy Preserving Federated Learning Against Irregular Users in Next-Generation Internet of Things. Journal of Systems Architecture. 148. 103088–103088. 62 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Dehghantanha, Hadis Karimipour, Gautam Srivastava, & Reza M. Parizi. (2024). A Robust Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Model Against Model Poisoning Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 6693–6708. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mothukuri, Viraaji, et al.. (2024). An AI Multi-Model Approach to DeFi Project Trust Scoring and Security. 19–28. 1 indexed citations
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Karimipour, Hadis, Ali Dehghantanha, Abbas Yazdinejad, et al.. (2023). A Generalizable Deep Neural Network Method for Detecting Attacks in Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Systems Journal. 1–9. 28 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Dehghantanha, Reza M. Parizi, Gautam Srivastava, & Hadis Karimipour. (2022). Secure Intelligent Fuzzy Blockchain Framework: Effective Threat Detection in IoT Networks. Computers in Industry. 144. 103801–103801. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Dehghantanha, Reza M. Parizi, & Gregory Epiphaniou. (2022). An optimized fuzzy deep learning model for data classification based on NSGA-II. Neurocomputing. 522. 116–128. 45 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, et al.. (2022). An ensemble deep learning model for cyber threat hunting in industrial internet of things. Digital Communications and Networks. 9(1). 101–110. 94 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Dehghantanha, Hadis Karimipour, Gautam Srivastava, & Reza M. Parizi. (2022). An efficient packet parser architecture for software-defined 5G networks. Physical Communication. 53. 101677–101677. 12 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Behrouz Zolfaghari, Amin Azmoodeh, et al.. (2021). A Review on Security of Smart Farming and Precision Agriculture: Security Aspects, Attacks, Threats and Countermeasures. Applied Sciences. 11(16). 7518–7518. 75 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, et al.. (2021). An Efficient DeFi-based Data Warehousing Approach in Supply Chain Finance. 177–185. 2 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, et al.. (2021). A Machine Learning-based SDN Controller Framework for Drone Management. 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Reza M. Parizi, Ali Dehghantanha, Qi Zhang, & Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo. (2020). An Energy-Efficient SDN Controller Architecture for IoT Networks With Blockchain-Based Security. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 13(4). 625–638. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, et al.. (2020). An Empirical Evaluation of AI Deep Explainable Tools. 1–6. 28 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Bohlooli, & Kamal Jamshidi. (2019). Performance improvement and hardware implementation of Open Flow switch using FPGA. 515–520. 8 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Bohlooli, & Kamal Jamshidi. (2018). P4 to SDNet: Automatic Generation of an Efficient Protocol-Independent Packet Parser on Reconfigurable Hardware. 159–164. 13 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Ali Bohlooli, & Kamal Jamshidi. (2017). Efficient design and hardware implementation of the OpenFlow v1.3 Switch on the Virtex-6 FPGA ML605. The Journal of Supercomputing. 74(3). 1299–1320. 18 indexed citations

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