Imran Makhdoom

2.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Imran Makhdoom is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Imran Makhdoom has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 14 papers in Information Systems and 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Imran Makhdoom's work include Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (12 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (10 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (7 papers). Imran Makhdoom is often cited by papers focused on Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (12 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (10 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (7 papers). Imran Makhdoom collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Pakistan and United States. Imran Makhdoom's co-authors include Mehran Abolhasan, Wei Ni, Justin Lipman, Haider Abbas, Ian Zhou, Ren Ping Liu, Khawar Mehmood, Muhammad Kamran Malik, Negin Shariati and Muhammad Ahmad Raza and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Access and Journal of Network and Computer Applications.

In The Last Decade

Imran Makhdoom

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Blockchain's adoption in IoT: The challenges, and a way forward

2018 332 citations Imran Makhdoom, Mehran Abolhasan et al. Journal of Network and Computer Applications profile →
Anatomy of Threats to the Internet of Things

2018 248 citations Imran Makhdoom, Mehran Abolhasan et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →
PrivySharing: A blockchain-based framework for privacy-preserving and secure data sharing in smart cities

2019 216 citations Imran Makhdoom, Ian Zhou et al. Computers & Security profile →

Peers

Imran Makhdoom

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Muhammad Ajmal Azad United Kingdom

Ricardo Neisse Italy

Minhaj Ahmad Khan Pakistan

Gulshan Kumar India

Leonardo Aniello Italy

Praveen Gauravaram Australia

Hany F. Atlam United Kingdom

Badis Hammi France

Junfeng Xie China

Muhammad Ajmal Azad United Kingdom

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Citations per year, relative to Imran Makhdoom Imran Makhdoom (= 1×) peers Muhammad Ajmal Azad

Countries citing papers authored by Imran Makhdoom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Imran Makhdoom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Imran Makhdoom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Imran Makhdoom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Imran Makhdoom 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 Imran Makhdoom. Imran Makhdoom is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hayawi, Kadhim, et al.. (2025). A False Positive Resilient Distributed Trust Management Framework for Collaborative Intrusion Detection Systems. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 18(2). 513–526. 2 indexed citations

Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, et al.. (2024). Securing Personally Identifiable Information: A Survey of SOTA Techniques, and a Way Forward. IEEE Access. 12. 116740–116770. 4 indexed citations

Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, Massimo Piccardi, & Daniel Franklin. (2024). PrivySeC: A secure and privacy-compliant distributed framework for personal data sharing in IoT ecosystems. Blockchain Research and Applications. 5(4). 100220–100220. 2 indexed citations

Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, Daniel Franklin, & Massimo Piccardi. (2023). I2Map: IoT Device Attestation Using Integrity Map. 112. 1900–1907.

Makhdoom, Imran, et al.. (2023). From trust to truth: Advancements in mitigating the Blockchain Oracle problem. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 217. 103672–103672. 22 indexed citations

Makhdoom, Imran, et al.. (2022). Science and Technology Parks: A Futuristic Approach. IEEE Access. 10. 31981–32021. 11 indexed citations

Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, & Justin Lipman. (2022). A comprehensive survey of covert communication techniques, limitations and future challenges. Computers & Security. 120. 102784–102784. 26 indexed citations

Abolhasan, Mehran, et al.. (2022). A multi-layered intrusion detection system for software defined networking. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 101. 108042–108042. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Ian, Imran Makhdoom, Negin Shariati, et al.. (2021). Internet of Things 2.0: Concepts, Applications, and Future Directions. IEEE Access. 9. 70961–71012. 92 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Kadhim Hayawi, Mohammed Kaosar, Sujith Samuel Mathew, & Pin–Han Ho. (2021). D2Gen: A Decentralized Device Genome Based Integrity Verification Mechanism for Collaborative Intrusion Detection Systems. IEEE Access. 9. 137260–137280. 9 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Kadhim Hayawi, Mohammed Kaosar, Sujith Samuel Mathew, & Mohammad Mehedy Masud. (2021). Blockchain-based Secure CIDS Operation. 103–106. 2 indexed citations

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Malik, Muhammad Kamran, et al.. (2020). Automatic speech recognition: a survey. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 80(6). 9411–9457. 169 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Farzad Tofigh, Ian Zhou, Mehran Abolhasan, & Justin Lipman. (2020). PLEDGE: A Proof-of-Honesty based Consensus Protocol for Blockchain-based IoT Systems. 1–3. 11 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Farzad Tofigh, Ian Zhou, Mehran Abolhasan, & Justin Lipman. (2020). PLEDGE: An IoT-oriented Proof-of-Honesty based Blockchain Consensus Protocol. 54–64. 7 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Ian Zhou, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, & Wei Ni. (2019). PrivySharing: A blockchain-based framework for privacy-preserving and secure data sharing in smart cities. Computers & Security. 88. 101653–101653. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Makhdoom, Imran, Ian Zhou, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, & Wei Ni. (2019). PrivySharing: A Blockchain-based Framework for Integrity and Privacy-preserving Data Sharing in Smart Cities. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ian, Imran Makhdoom, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, & Negin Shariati. (2019). A Blockchain-based File-sharing System for Academic Paper Review. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 1–10. 16 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, & Wei Ni. (2018). Blockchain for IoT: The Challenges and a Way Forward. 594–605. 16 indexed citations

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Makhdoom, Imran, Mehran Abolhasan, Justin Lipman, Ren Ping Liu, & Wei Ni. (2018). Anatomy of Threats to the Internet of Things. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 21(2). 1636–1675. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Makhdoom, Imran, Mehreen Afzal, & Imran Rashid. (2014). A novel code attestation scheme against Sybil Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

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