Hesham El‐Sayed

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Hesham El‐Sayed is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hesham El‐Sayed has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 20 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hesham El‐Sayed's work include Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) (25 papers), Traffic control and management (15 papers) and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (13 papers). Hesham El‐Sayed is often cited by papers focused on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) (25 papers), Traffic control and management (15 papers) and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (13 papers). Hesham El‐Sayed collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United States and Canada. Hesham El‐Sayed's co-authors include Deepak Puthal, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, Mukesh Prasad, Sharmi Sankar, Chin‐Teng Lin, Manoranjan Mohanty, Sumbal Malik, Akshansh Gupta, Moumena Chaqfeh and Salah Bouktif and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Hesham El‐Sayed

83 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Edge of Things: The Big Picture on the Integration of Edge, IoT and the Cloud in a Distributed Computing Environment
    2017 279 citations Hesham El‐Sayed, Sharmi Sankar et al. IEEE Access profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hesham El‐Sayed United Arab Emirates 18 547 433 205 192 183 95 1.2k
Guiyang Luo China 17 497 0.9× 405 0.9× 154 0.8× 131 0.7× 146 0.8× 52 1.2k
Nabil Benamar Morocco 19 941 1.7× 517 1.2× 134 0.7× 182 0.9× 192 1.0× 80 1.5k
Rodolfo I. Meneguette Brazil 22 758 1.4× 805 1.9× 190 0.9× 167 0.9× 223 1.2× 130 1.4k
Salim Bitam Algeria 16 803 1.5× 740 1.7× 268 1.3× 100 0.5× 150 0.8× 48 1.2k
Neetesh Kumar India 18 426 0.8× 276 0.6× 173 0.8× 211 1.1× 123 0.7× 58 1.0k
Elyes Ben Hamida Qatar 21 815 1.5× 732 1.7× 125 0.6× 101 0.5× 133 0.7× 49 1.3k
Luca Bedogni Italy 19 543 1.0× 562 1.3× 109 0.5× 77 0.4× 150 0.8× 99 1.2k
Ali H. Al‐Bayatti United Kingdom 16 912 1.7× 1.2k 2.7× 196 1.0× 217 1.1× 423 2.3× 55 1.8k
Imed Ben Dhaou Saudi Arabia 18 453 0.8× 367 0.8× 223 1.1× 154 0.8× 58 0.3× 104 1.3k
Shen Wang Ireland 15 269 0.5× 422 1.0× 84 0.4× 213 1.1× 126 0.7× 67 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Hesham El‐Sayed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hesham El‐Sayed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hesham El‐Sayed

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hesham El‐Sayed. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hesham El‐Sayed 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 Hesham El‐Sayed. Hesham El‐Sayed 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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Bouktif, Salah, et al.. (2025). Parameterized-action based deep reinforcement learning for intelligent traffic signal control. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 159. 111422–111422.
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El‐Sayed, Hesham, et al.. (2025). Enhancing QoS in 6G Networks Through Multi-IAB Relaying Strategies With Optimal Path Selection. IEEE Access. 13. 58649–58657.
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Dowhuszko, Alexis A., et al.. (2025). QoE-Driven Resource Management Framework for Next-Generation Mobile Networks. SN Computer Science. 6(2). 1 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Hesham, et al.. (2025). Trajectory Planning of Autonomous Vehicles to Ensure Target QoS Requirements in 6G Mobile Networks. IEEE Access. 13. 37361–37369.
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Khan, M. Jalal, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, Sherzod Turaev, et al.. (2024). A Vehicle-Edge-Cloud Framework for Computational Analysis of a Fine-Tuned Deep Learning Model. Sensors. 24(7). 2080–2080. 5 indexed citations
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Khan, Ajmal, et al.. (2024). V2I-VTL: IoT-Enabled adaptive traffic light controller and emission reduction at intersection. PeerJ Computer Science. 10. e2507–e2507.
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Ignatious, Henry Alexander & Hesham El‐Sayed. (2024). Usecase-based generic framework for data fusion and decision making in Autonomous Driving. 180–185.
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Hussain, Shahid, Reyazur Rashid Irshad, Fabiano Pallonetto, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations Based on Novel Fuzzy Integer Linear Programming. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24(9). 9150–9164. 15 indexed citations
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Rahman, Shams, Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Usman, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Repositioning of Aerial Base Stations for Enhanced User Experience in 5G and Beyond. Sensors. 23(16). 7098–7098. 2 indexed citations
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Hussain, Shahid, Reyazur Rashid Irshad, Fabiano Pallonetto, et al.. (2023). Hybrid coordination scheme based on fuzzy inference mechanism for residential charging of electric vehicles. Applied Energy. 352. 121939–121939. 13 indexed citations
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Ignatious, Henry Alexander, Hesham El‐Sayed, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, & Bassem Mokhtar. (2023). Analyzing Factors Influencing Situation Awareness in Autonomous Vehicles—A Survey. Sensors. 23(8). 4075–4075. 12 indexed citations
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Puthal, Deepak, Ashish Nanda, Ming Liu, et al.. (2022). Decision tree based user-centric security solution for critical IoT infrastructure. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 99. 107754–107754. 18 indexed citations
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Khan, M. Jalal, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, Azam Beg, Sumbal Malik, & Hesham El‐Sayed. (2022). An overview of the 3GPP identified Use Cases for V2X Services. Procedia Computer Science. 198. 750–756. 20 indexed citations
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Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Application of Differential Privacy Approach in Healthcare Data – A Case Study. 35–39. 10 indexed citations
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El‐Sayed, Hesham & Moumena Chaqfeh. (2018). The deployment of mobile edges in vehicular environments. 322–324. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Chin‐Teng, Mukesh Prasad, Deepak Puthal, et al.. (2017). IoT-Based Wireless Polysomnography Intelligent System for Sleep Monitoring. IEEE Access. 6. 405–414. 63 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liren, Hesham El‐Sayed, & Valeriu Beiu. (2010). A Position-Based Broadcast Relay Approach in Mobile Vehicle-to-Vehicle Network.. International Conference on Wireless Networks. 611–616. 1 indexed citations

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