Massimo Tornatore

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
501 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Massimo Tornatore is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Tornatore has authored 501 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 417 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 209 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 50 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Massimo Tornatore's work include Advanced Optical Network Technologies (374 papers), Optical Network Technologies (279 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (262 papers). Massimo Tornatore is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Network Technologies (374 papers), Optical Network Technologies (279 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (262 papers). Massimo Tornatore collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and China. Massimo Tornatore's co-authors include Biswanath Mukherjee, Francesco Musumeci, Achille Pattavina, Cristina Rottondi, Avishek Nag, Ferhat Dikbıyık, Pulak Chowdhury, M. Farhan Habib, Omran Ayoub and Charles U. Martel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Tornatore

470 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

An Overview on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks

2018 420 citations Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Massimo Tornatore Italy	45	6.8k	4.1k	942	665	197	501	8.7k
Zhisheng Niu China	48	6.4k 0.9×	6.1k 1.5×	579 0.6×	973 1.5×	656 3.3×	336	8.5k
Chonggang Wang United States	37	3.5k 0.5×	4.1k 1.0×	386 0.4×	404 0.6×	288 1.5×	214	5.7k
Jie Cui China	44	3.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	2.2k 2.3×	2.4k 3.6×	121 0.6×	250	6.0k
Jie Zhang China	40	4.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	750 0.8×	2.3k 3.4×	198 1.0×	702	7.3k
Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani United Kingdom	36	3.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	543 0.6×	143 0.2×	225 1.1×	401	4.5k
Wolfgang Kellerer Germany	42	3.2k 0.5×	5.1k 1.2×	680 0.7×	490 0.7×	320 1.6×	456	6.5k
Amiya Nayak Canada	41	2.2k 0.3×	3.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 2.2×	193 1.0×	324	5.9k
Miroslav Vozňák Czechia	29	2.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	351 0.4×	858 1.3×	481 2.4×	396	3.8k
Soung Chang Liew Hong Kong	38	4.9k 0.7×	5.8k 1.4×	195 0.2×	301 0.5×	239 1.2×	270	6.7k
Kaiping Xue China	43	1.6k 0.2×	3.1k 0.8×	2.0k 2.1×	2.2k 3.2×	488 2.5×	252	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Tornatore

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Yang, Xin, et al.. (2025). Experimental demonstration of local AI-Agents for lifecycle management and control automation of optical networks. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 17(8). C82–C82. 3 indexed citations

Ayoub, Omran, et al.. (2025). Capacity Sharing for Survivable Virtual Network Mapping Against Double-Link Failures. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 22(4). 3003–3015.

Zhang, Jiawei, Hao Yu, Bojun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Multi-Failure Localization in High-Degree ROADM-Based Optical Networks Using Rules-Informed Neural Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 43(5). 1738–1754. 4 indexed citations

Almeida, Raul C., et al.. (2024). Cost minimization of multi-class demands groomed over multi-rate OTN interfaces considering WDM-layer constraints. Optical Fiber Technology. 85. 103803–103803.

Temiz, Fatih, et al.. (2024). Vertical Federated Learning for Failure Localization in Partially Disaggregated Optical Networks. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–6. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Sugang, Noboru Yoshikane, Sifat Ferdousi, et al.. (2024). A Distributed-Ledger-based Multi-Entity Cooperation Platform for Network-Cloud Recovery. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Musumeci, Francesco, et al.. (2024). Joint QoT-Aware Optimization of OTN and WDM Layers for Low-Cost Optical Metro Networks. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 4979–4984. 1 indexed citations

Layec, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Resource Re-Allocation for Pre-Planned Power Outages in Optical Networks. W4I.7–W4I.7.

Zhang, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Digital-twin-assisted meta learning for soft-failure localization in ROADM-based optical networks. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 16(7). C11–C11. 11 indexed citations

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Xu, Sugang, Kiyo Ishii, Noboru Yoshikane, et al.. (2023). Resilience enhancement in open network–cloud ecosystems through disaggregation and cooperation [Invited]. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 16(2). A105–A105. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Cao, Fen Zhou, Massimo Tornatore, & Shilin Xiao. (2022). Maximizing Revenue With Adaptive Modulation and Multiple FECs in Flexible Optical Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 31(1). 220–233. 3 indexed citations

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Lord, Andrew, Seb J. Savory, Massimo Tornatore, & Abhijit Mitra. (2022). Flexible Technologies to Increase Optical Network Capacity. Proceedings of the IEEE. 110(11). 1714–1724. 18 indexed citations

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Ayoub, Omran, et al.. (2021). Progressive Slice Recovery With Guaranteed Slice Connectivity After Massive Failures. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 30(2). 826–839. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Hao, Francesco Musumeci, Jiawei Zhang, Massimo Tornatore, & Yuefeng Ji. (2020). Isolation-Aware 5G RAN Slice Mapping Over WDM Metro-Aggregation Networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 38(6). 1125–1137. 48 indexed citations

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Batista, Daniel Macêdo, et al.. (2019). Low-Latency and Energy-Efficient BBU Placement and VPON Formation in Virtualized Cloud-Fog RAN. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 11(4). B37–B37. 25 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Gustavo B., et al.. (2018). Data evacuation from data centers in disaster-affected regions through software-defined satellite networks. Computer Networks. 148. 88–100. 15 indexed citations

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Tornatore, Massimo, et al.. (2013). Placement of Base-Band Units (BBUs) over fixed/mobile converged Multi-Stage WDM-PONs. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 246–251. 9 indexed citations

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Vizcaíno, Jorge López, Felipe Jiménez, Francesco Musumeci, et al.. (2013). Quality of protection schemes with extended flexibility for improved energy efficiency in transport networks. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 28–35. 5 indexed citations

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Colman-Meixner, Carlos, Ferhat Dikbıyık, Massimo Tornatore, Chen‐Nee Chuah, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2013). Disaster-resilient virtual-network mapping and adaptation in optical networks. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 107–112. 34 indexed citations

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Maier, G., Massimo Tornatore, & Achille Pattavina. (2005). Cost and benefits of survivability in an optical transport network. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1 indexed citations

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