Farzad Kiani

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Farzad Kiani is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Farzad Kiani has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Farzad Kiani's work include Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (16 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (9 papers) and Software Engineering Research (5 papers). Farzad Kiani is often cited by papers focused on Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (16 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (9 papers) and Software Engineering Research (5 papers). Farzad Kiani collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, Iran and Russia. Farzad Kiani's co-authors include Amir Seyyedabbasi, Sajjad Nematzadeh, Mahsa Torkamanian-Afshar, Nizamettin Aydın, Bahman Arasteh, Touraj Khodadadi, Mazdak Zamani, Ehsan Amiri, Azizah Abdul Manaf and Mine Afacan Fındıklı and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Farzad Kiani

55 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Sand Cat swarm optimization: a nature-inspired algorithm to solve global optimization problems

2022 463 citations Amir Seyyedabbasi, Farzad Kiani profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Farzad Kiani Türkiye	22	674	490	390	270	268	63	1.8k
Amir Seyyedabbasi Türkiye	18	634 0.9×	325 0.7×	305 0.8×	236 0.9×	288 1.1×	33	1.4k
Xiaodan Wang China	26	769 1.1×	234 0.5×	196 0.5×	209 0.8×	333 1.2×	127	2.7k
Putra Sumari Malaysia	16	1.0k 1.5×	464 0.9×	319 0.8×	614 2.3×	389 1.5×	95	2.3k
Xingshi He China	19	1.1k 1.6×	216 0.4×	484 1.2×	225 0.8×	399 1.5×	39	2.1k
Lalit Kumar Awasthi India	19	779 1.2×	796 1.6×	503 1.3×	255 0.9×	247 0.9×	149	2.4k
Amar Ramdane-Chérif France	19	536 0.8×	256 0.5×	358 0.9×	474 1.8×	117 0.4×	156	1.7k
Adam Słowik Poland	23	1.0k 1.5×	311 0.6×	516 1.3×	257 1.0×	373 1.4×	116	2.5k
Lianbo Ma China	26	912 1.4×	449 0.9×	289 0.7×	289 1.1×	503 1.9×	119	2.1k
Xiao Chen China	20	443 0.7×	485 1.0×	319 0.8×	458 1.7×	184 0.7×	130	2.1k
Pei‐Wei Tsai China	25	792 1.2×	434 0.9×	399 1.0×	260 1.0×	228 0.9×	91	2.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kiani, Farzad, et al.. (2025). Metaheuristics role in image processing and computer vision applications: a comprehensive review. Cluster Computing. 28(13).

Lanjanian, Hossein, et al.. (2025). Analyzing EEG data during opium addiction treatment using a fuzzy logic-based machine learning model. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 16. 1635933–1635933.

Kiani, Farzad, et al.. (2025). DSPCI-MTL: Dynamic split point computing in multi-task learning implementation with collaborative intelligence. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 124. 404–421.

Madhu, S., et al.. (2025). Advanced machine learning techniques for predicting wear performance in graphene oxide particulate interpenetrating polymer network composites. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 161. 112252–112252.

Subramanian, Balaji, Naveen Venkatesh Sridharan, V. Sugumaran, et al.. (2025). Tree-based ensemble regression models for emission prediction of a winter green oil-hydrogen dual-fuel engine with zeolite after-treatment. Renewable Energy. 257. 124726–124726.

Tırkolaee, Erfan Babaee, et al.. (2024). A Novel Solution Approach Based on Dominance Evaluation Measure for Project Scheduling in Multi-Project Environments. Systems. 12(11). 476–476. 1 indexed citations

Arasteh, Bahman, et al.. (2023). A bioinspired discrete heuristic algorithm to generate the effective structural model of a program source code. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences. 35(8). 101655–101655. 10 indexed citations

Kiani, Farzad, et al.. (2023). PSCSO: Enhanced sand cat swarm optimization inspired by the political system to solve complex problems. Advances in Engineering Software. 178. 103423–103423. 54 indexed citations

Allahviranloo, Tofigh, et al.. (2023). An application of artificial neural networks for solving fractional higher-order linear integro-differential equations. Boundary Value Problems. 2023(1). 6 indexed citations

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Arasteh, Bahman, et al.. (2023). A Novel Metaheuristic Based Method for Software Mutation Test Using the Discretized and Modified Forrest Optimization Algorithm. Journal of Electronic Testing. 39(3). 347–370. 8 indexed citations

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Kiani, Farzad, Giovanni Randazzo, Amir Seyyedabbasi, et al.. (2022). A Smart and Mechanized Agricultural Application: From Cultivation to Harvest. Applied Sciences. 12(12). 6021–6021. 23 indexed citations

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MotieGhader, Habib, Mahshid Deldar Abad Paskeh, Behzad Baradaran, et al.. (2022). Drug repositioning in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using gene co-expression and drug–gene interaction networks analysis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 9417–9417. 17 indexed citations

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Lanjanian, Hossein, et al.. (2022). Parallel molecular alteration between Alzheimer’s disease and major depressive disorder in the human brain dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: an insight from gene expression and methylation profile analyses. Genes & Genetic Systems. 97(6). 311–324. 5 indexed citations

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Kiani, Farzad, et al.. (2021). Social Mobilization and Migration Predictions by Machine Learning Methods: A study case on Lake Urmia. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering. 10(6). 123–127. 2 indexed citations

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Nematzadeh, Sajjad, Farzad Kiani, Mahsa Torkamanian-Afshar, & Nizamettin Aydın. (2021). Tuning hyperparameters of machine learning algorithms and deep neural networks using metaheuristics: A bioinformatics study on biomedical and biological cases. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 97. 107619–107619. 138 indexed citations

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Lanjanian, Hossein, Sajjad Nematzadeh, Shadi Hosseini, et al.. (2021). High-throughput analysis of the interactions between viral proteins and host cell RNAs. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 135. 104611–104611. 8 indexed citations

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Seyyedabbasi, Amir & Farzad Kiani. (2020). MAP-ACO: An efficient protocol for multi-agent pathfinding in real-time WSN and decentralized IoT systems. Microprocessors and Microsystems. 79. 103325–103325. 45 indexed citations

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Kiani, Farzad, et al.. (2019). Yapay Sinir Ağları ile Talep Tahmini Yapma: Beyaz Eşya Üretim Planlama Örneği. 1(1). 30–37. 1 indexed citations

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Seyyedabbasi, Amir, et al.. (2018). A METHOD FOR FORECASTING WEATHER CONDITION BY USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Kiani, Farzad & Muhammad Fahim. (2015). Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks by Distributed Time Sychnronization Algorithm. 344–348. 2 indexed citations

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