Mohammad Shojafar

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
204 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Mohammad Shojafar is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad Shojafar has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 62 papers in Information Systems and 56 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mohammad Shojafar's work include IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (49 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (45 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (40 papers). Mohammad Shojafar is often cited by papers focused on IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (49 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (45 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (40 papers). Mohammad Shojafar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Iran. Mohammad Shojafar's co-authors include Enzo Baccarelli, Nicola Cordeschi, Jemal Abawajy, Zahra Pooranian, Rahim Tafazolli, Paola G. Vinueza Naranjo, Mamoun Alazab, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Mauro Conti and Saeed Javanmardi and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Communications and ACM Computing Surveys.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad Shojafar

192 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city

2020 327 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. profile →
Fog of Everything: Energy-Efficient Networked Computing Architectures, Research Challenges, and a Case Study

2017 267 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. IEEE Access profile →
Deadline-aware and energy-efficient IoT task scheduling in fog computing systems: A semi-greedy approach

2022 113 citations Sadoon Azizi, Mohammad Shojafar et al. profile →
A comprehensive survey on cyber deception techniques to improve honeypot performance

2024 44 citations Mohammad Shojafar et al. Computers & Security profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mohammad Shojafar	4.4k	2.5k	2.0k	1.2k	577	204	6.5k
Moayad Aloqaily	3.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	575 1.0×	192	6.5k
Mohammed Aledhari	4.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	755 1.3×	25	6.5k
Klaus Wehrle	3.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	507 0.9×	307	6.0k
Jun Wu	3.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	486 0.8×	315	6.2k
Mehdi Mohammadi	4.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	873 0.7×	782 1.4×	35	6.4k
Deepak Puthal	3.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	527 0.9×	178	5.2k
Moussa Ayyash	4.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	3.2k 1.6×	813 0.7×	745 1.3×	70	6.9k
Sahil Garg	3.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	806 1.4×	254	7.3k
Ilsun You	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	597 1.0×	317	5.8k
Rodrigo Román	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	970 0.8×	409 0.7×	80	5.0k

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Taheri, Rahim, et al.. (2024). Unveiling vulnerabilities in deep learning-based malware detection: Differential privacy driven adversarial attacks. Computers & Security. 146. 104035–104035. 19 indexed citations

Ghahramani, Meysam, Rahim Taheri, Mohammad Shojafar, Reza Javidan, & Shaohua Wan. (2024). Deep Image: A precious image based deep learning method for online malware detection in IoT environment. Internet of Things. 27. 101300–101300. 9 indexed citations

Shojafar, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). iVFAS: An Improved Vehicle-to-Fog Authentication System for Secure and Efficient Fog-Based Road Condition Monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(9). 12570–12584. 11 indexed citations

Azizi, Sadoon, et al.. (2023). DCSP: A delay and cost-aware service placement and load distribution algorithm for IoT-based fog networks. Computer Communications. 215. 9–20. 8 indexed citations

Shojafar, Mohammad, et al.. (2022). Smart Grid Security and Privacy: From Conventional to Machine Learning Issues (Threats and Countermeasures). IEEE Access. 10. 52922–52954. 48 indexed citations

Chu, Zheng, Pei Xiao, Mohammad Shojafar, et al.. (2022). Utility Maximization for IRS Assisted Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing and Caching (WP-MECC) Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(1). 457–472. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Ke, et al.. (2022). AFFIRM: Provably Forward Privacy for Searchable Encryption in Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(11). 22607–22618. 8 indexed citations

Chu, Zheng, Pei Xiao, Mohammad Shojafar, et al.. (2022). Intelligent-Reflecting-Surface-Empowered Wireless-Powered Caching Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(15). 13153–13167. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Ke, et al.. (2021). Forward Privacy Preservation in IoT-Enabled Healthcare Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 18(3). 1991–1999. 57 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Nilesh, Mithun Mukherjee, Jianqiang Li, Mohammad Shojafar, & Yi Pan. (2021). Cryptanalysis of a Honeyword System in the IoT Platform. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(4). 2614–2626. 3 indexed citations

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Aghili, Seyed Farhad, Hamid Mala, Christian Schindelhauer, Mohammad Shojafar, & Rahim Tafazolli. (2021). Closed-loop and open-loop authentication protocols for blockchain-based IoT systems. Information Processing & Management. 58(4). 102568–102568. 13 indexed citations

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Taheri, Rahim, Meysam Ghahramani, Reza Javidan, et al.. (2020). . View. 137 indexed citations

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Xiao, Pei, et al.. (2020). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Mobile Edge Computing for Internet of Things. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 10(3). 619–623. 137 indexed citations

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Wang, Eric Ke, Xi Liu, Chien‐Ming Chen, et al.. (2020). Voice-Transfer Attacking on Industrial Voice Control Systems in 5G-Aided IIoT Domain. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 17(10). 7085–7092. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Eric Ke, Peng Xu, Chien‐Ming Chen, et al.. (2020). Neural Architecture Search for Robust Networks in 6G-Enabled Massive IoT Domain. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(7). 5332–5339. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Chien‐Ming Chen, Saru Kumari, et al.. (2020). HDMA: Hybrid D2D Message Authentication Scheme for 5G-Enabled VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 22(8). 5071–5080. 94 indexed citations

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Tajiki, Mohammad Mahdi, Mohammad Shojafar, Behzad Akbari, et al.. (2019). Joint failure recovery, fault prevention, and energy-efficient resource management for real-time SFC in fog-supported SDN. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 36 indexed citations

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Tajiki, Mohammad Mahdi, Stefano Salsano, Luca Chiaraviglio, Mohammad Shojafar, & Behzad Akbari. (2019). Joint Energy Efficient and QoS-Aware Path Allocation and VNF Placement for Service Function Chaining. Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University). 129 indexed citations

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Fallah, Narjes, Ravinesh C. Deo, Mohammad Shojafar, Mauro Conti, & Shahaboddin Shamshirband. (2018). Computational Intelligence Approaches for Energy Load Forecasting in Smart Energy Management Grids: State of the Art, Future Challenges, and Research Directions. Energies. 11(3). 596–596. 188 indexed citations

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Shojafar, Mohammad, et al.. (2017). 2-Phase NSGA II: An Optimized Reward and Risk Measurements Algorithm in Portfolio Optimization. Algorithms. 10(4). 130–130. 15 indexed citations

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