Joaquín García-Alfaro

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Joaquín García-Alfaro is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Joaquín García-Alfaro has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 30 papers in Information Systems and 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Joaquín García-Alfaro's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (16 papers), Information and Cyber Security (15 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (13 papers). Joaquín García-Alfaro is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (16 papers), Information and Cyber Security (15 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (13 papers). Joaquín García-Alfaro collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Spain. Joaquín García-Alfaro's co-authors include Jordi Herrera‐Joancomartí, Frédéric Cuppens, Michel Barbeau, Nora Cuppens, Guillermo Navarro‐Arribas, Evangelos Kranakis, Hervé Debar, Joan Melià‐Seguí, Gustavo González-Granadillo and Grégory Blanc and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Joaquín García-Alfaro

91 papers receiving 938 citations

Hit Papers

Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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.

  1. Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins
    2022 155 citations Joaquín García-Alfaro et al. Sensors profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joaquín García-Alfaro France 16 430 376 282 116 115 103 975
Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi Iran 19 551 1.3× 421 1.1× 251 0.9× 176 1.5× 163 1.4× 121 1.2k
Marcello Cinque Italy 18 775 1.8× 441 1.2× 321 1.1× 81 0.7× 159 1.4× 122 1.1k
Paulo Ferreira Portugal 16 576 1.3× 342 0.9× 273 1.0× 154 1.3× 108 0.9× 144 1.1k
Scott Graham United States 15 642 1.5× 322 0.9× 207 0.7× 176 1.5× 129 1.1× 64 1.1k
Bahman Arasteh Iran 19 443 1.0× 385 1.0× 385 1.4× 68 0.6× 117 1.0× 100 1.2k
Christoph Reich Germany 16 332 0.8× 494 1.3× 260 0.9× 76 0.7× 40 0.3× 112 994
B. D. Deebak India 21 782 1.8× 679 1.8× 362 1.3× 60 0.5× 207 1.8× 51 1.3k
Ming‐Chao Chiang Taiwan 16 541 1.3× 337 0.9× 436 1.5× 64 0.6× 157 1.4× 83 1.3k
Thanassis Giannetsos Denmark 15 365 0.8× 184 0.5× 465 1.6× 53 0.5× 128 1.1× 46 941
Yanbin Sun China 16 557 1.3× 376 1.0× 461 1.6× 109 0.9× 186 1.6× 65 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Joaquín García-Alfaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joaquín García-Alfaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joaquín García-Alfaro. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Joaquín García-Alfaro. The network helps show where Joaquín García-Alfaro may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joaquín García-Alfaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joaquín García-Alfaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joaquín García-Alfaro 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 Joaquín García-Alfaro. Joaquín García-Alfaro 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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Palma, A., et al.. (2025). SHIELD: Assessing Security-by-Design in Federated Data Spaces Using Attack Graphs. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 480–489. 1 indexed citations
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Laurent, Maryline, et al.. (2025). Breaking barriers in healthcare: A secure identity framework for seamless access. Computer Standards & Interfaces. 95. 104020–104020.
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Cavalli, Ana, et al.. (2024). A Survey on Cyber-Resilience Approaches for Cyber-Physical Systems. ACM Computing Surveys. 56(8). 1–37. 9 indexed citations
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Mosbah, Mohamed, Florence Sèdes, Nadia Tawbi, et al.. (2024). Foundations and Practice of Security. Lecture notes in computer science.
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Megías, David, et al.. (2024). ZIRCON: Zero-watermarking-based approach for data integrity and secure provenance in IoT networks. Journal of Information Security and Applications. 85. 103840–103840. 3 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2024). Resilience Assessment of Multi-Layered Cyber-Physical Systems. 634–639.
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2023). Quantum Algorithms for Shapley Value Calculation. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Quantitative Resilience Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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García-Alfaro, Joaquín, et al.. (2022). Design, Modeling and Implementation of Digital Twins. Sensors. 22(14). 5396–5396. 155 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aı̈meur, Esma, et al.. (2022). Foundations and Practice of Security. Lecture notes in computer science. 2 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2021). Resilience Estimation of Cyber-Physical Systems via Quantitative Metrics. IEEE Access. 9. 46462–46475. 9 indexed citations
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Ahvar, Ehsan, Shohreh Ahvar, Zoltán Ádám Mann, et al.. (2021). DECA: A Dynamic Energy Cost and Carbon Emission-Efficient Application Placement Method for Edge Clouds. IEEE Access. 9. 70192–70213. 23 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2021). The Quantum What? Advantage, Utopia or Threat?. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Castellà‐Roca, Jordi, et al.. (2020). A Real-Time Query Log Protection Method for Web Search Engines. IEEE Access. 8. 87393–87413. 8 indexed citations
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Cavalli, Ana, et al.. (2020). Switched-Based Resilient Control of Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Access. 8. 212194–212208. 10 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, Joaquín García-Alfaro, & Evangelos Kranakis. (2019). Geocaching-inspired Resilient Path Planning for Drone Swarms. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 32. 620–625. 2 indexed citations
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Barbeau, Michel, et al.. (2019). Quality Amplification of Error Prone Navigation for Swarms of Micro Aerial Vehicles. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Imine, Abdessamad, et al.. (2018). Foundations and Practice of Security. Lecture notes in computer science. 7 indexed citations
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González-Granadillo, Gustavo, et al.. (2017). Selection of Pareto-efficient response plans based on financial and operational assessments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2017(1). 7 indexed citations
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González-Granadillo, Gustavo, Joaquín García-Alfaro, & Hervé Debar. (2016). A polytope-based approach to measure the impact of events against critical infrastructures. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 83(1). 3–21. 10 indexed citations

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