Diego López

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
191 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Diego López is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Diego López has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 59 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 50 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Diego López's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (23 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (23 papers). Diego López is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (23 papers) and Quantum Information and Cryptography (23 papers). Diego López collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United States. Diego López's co-authors include Jesús Folgueira, José Ordoñez-Lucena, Pablo Ameigeiras, Juan J. Ramos‐Munoz, Javier Lorca, Vı́ctor López, Antonio Pastor, Vicente Martín, Joan Serrat and Juan‐Luis Gorricho and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Diego López

174 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Network Slicing for 5G with SDN/NFV: Concepts, Architectures, and Challenges

2017 567 citations José Ordoñez-Lucena, Diego López et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →
Management and orchestration challenges in network functions virtualization

2016 218 citations Diego López et al. IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diego López Spain	23	1.9k	897	611	386	138	191	2.8k
Stephan Eidenbenz United States	24	1.6k 0.8×	333 0.4×	321 0.5×	257 0.7×	58 0.4×	138	2.2k
Li Chen China	24	1.4k 0.7×	645 0.7×	361 0.6×	888 2.3×	69 0.5×	149	2.2k
Jingtong Hu United States	27	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	509 0.8×	630 1.6×	58 0.4×	193	3.1k
Xiaojun Wang China	27	613 0.3×	825 0.9×	983 1.6×	453 1.2×	281 2.0×	264	2.3k
Ye Tian China	19	958 0.5×	622 0.7×	518 0.8×	132 0.3×	54 0.4×	118	1.9k
Dirk Beyer Germany	29	672 0.3×	288 0.3×	1.0k 1.6×	1.1k 2.9×	35 0.3×	170	2.8k
Yaohui Jin China	19	563 0.3×	502 0.6×	523 0.9×	234 0.6×	39 0.3×	167	1.5k
Byrav Ramamurthy United States	29	2.7k 1.4×	2.7k 3.0×	355 0.6×	345 0.9×	36 0.3×	228	4.6k
Lúıs Almeida Portugal	27	1.7k 0.9×	585 0.7×	170 0.3×	141 0.4×	77 0.6×	288	2.8k
Ruay-Shiung Chang Taiwan	22	1.8k 0.9×	535 0.6×	115 0.2×	698 1.8×	97 0.7×	95	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Diego López

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diego López

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vidal, Iván, et al.. (2025). An Enhanced Virtualized Control and Key Management Model for QKD Networks. IEEE Network. 39(3). 165–172.

López, Diego, Emmanuel Mignot, Gislain Lipeme Kouyi, et al.. (2025). Quantitative study of microplastic degradation in urban hydrosystems: Comparing in situ environmentally aged microplastics vs. artificially aged materials generated via accelerated photo-oxidation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 486. 137087–137087. 4 indexed citations

Astorga, Jasone, et al.. (2025). Toward Quantum-Safe Scalable Networks: An Open, Standards-Aware Key Management Framework. IEEE Network. 1–10.

Vidal, Iván, et al.. (2024). Unleashing Flexibility and Interoperability in QKD Networks: The Power of Softwarized Architectures. 216–220. 1 indexed citations

Pastor, Antonio, et al.. (2024). Implementation of a traffic flow path verification system in a data network. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 943–948. 1 indexed citations

Sanz, Mario, et al.. (2024). Design of an AI-driven Network Digital Twin for advanced 5G-6G network management. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

López, Diego, et al.. (2024). Custom-made spherical fluorescent tracer particles for laser Velocimetry Laboratory Experiments. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation. 99. 102665–102665. 2 indexed citations

Bellido, Luis, et al.. (2024). CANDIL: A federated data fabric for network analytics. Future Generation Computer Systems. 158. 98–109. 2 indexed citations

Kourtis, Michail‐Alexandros, Nikolay Tcholtchev, Evangelos Markakis, et al.. (2024). PQ-REACT: Post Quantum Cryptography Framework for Energy Aware Contexts. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–7.

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Bellido, Luis, et al.. (2023). Toward Building a Semantic Network Inventory for Model-Driven Telemetry. IEEE Communications Magazine. 61(3). 60–66. 1 indexed citations

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Almasan, Paul, Miquel Ferriol-Galmés, Jordi Paillissé, et al.. (2022). Network digital twin: context, enabling technologies, and opportunities. UPCommons institutional repository (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). 85 indexed citations

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Masip‐Bruin, Xavi, Admela Jukan, Antonio Lioy, et al.. (2021). Cybersecurity in ICT Supply Chains: Key Challenges and a Relevant Architecture. Sensors. 21(18). 6057–6057. 11 indexed citations

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Gonzalez, Andrés J., José Ordoñez-Lucena, Bjarne E. Helvik, et al.. (2020). The Isolation Concept in the 5G Network Slicing. 12–16. 44 indexed citations

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Tranoris, Christos, Andréa Cattoni, Kashif Mahmood, et al.. (2020). Onboarding Vertical Applications on 5G-VINNI Facility. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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García-Reinoso, Jaime, et al.. (2020). Reducing Service Creation Time Leveraging on Network Function Virtualization. IEEE Access. 8. 155679–155696. 2 indexed citations

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Vidal, Iván, et al.. (2019). Transport-Layer Limitations for NFV Orchestration in Resource-Constrained Aerial Networks. Sensors. 19(23). 5220–5220. 10 indexed citations

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López, Diego, et al.. (2019). Experimentation over distributed 5G NFV-based environments. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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López, Lorena Isabel Barona, Ángel Leonardo Valdivieso Caraguay, Luis Javier García Villalba, & Diego López. (2015). Trends on virtualisation with software defined networking and network function virtualisation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 255–263. 25 indexed citations

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López, Diego. (2014). Network functions virtualization: Beyond carrier-grade clouds. Optical Fiber Communication Conference. 1–18. 14 indexed citations

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López, Diego, et al.. (1998). XFVHDL: a tool for the synthesis of fuzzy logic controllers. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 102–107. 15 indexed citations

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