Muhammad Afaq

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Muhammad Afaq is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Afaq has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Afaq's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (35 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (16 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (16 papers). Muhammad Afaq is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (35 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (16 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (16 papers). Muhammad Afaq collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Afaq's co-authors include Wang‐Cheol Song, Talha Ahmed Khan, Khizar Abbas, Muhammad Tahir Abbas, Asif Mehmood, Javed Iqbal, Ihtesham Ul Islam, Shafqat Ur Rehman, Murad Khan and Muhammad Sohail Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Sustainability and Materials Science and Engineering B.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Afaq

67 papers receiving 944 citations

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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.

A Blockchain and Machine Learning-Based Drug Supply Chain Management and Recommendation System for Smart Pharmaceutical Industry

2020 202 citations Khizar Abbas, Muhammad Afaq et al. Electronics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Afaq South Korea	17	593	274	232	181	71	74	991
Wang‐Cheol Song South Korea	17	753 1.3×	334 1.2×	267 1.2×	180 1.0×	57 0.8×	107	1.1k
Hoa Tran‐Dang South Korea	14	464 0.8×	233 0.9×	157 0.7×	89 0.5×	68 1.0×	38	742
Dong‐Hee Lee South Korea	20	900 1.5×	171 0.6×	256 1.1×	160 0.9×	62 0.9×	106	1.6k
Antônio Marcos Alberti Brazil	15	496 0.8×	375 1.4×	195 0.8×	85 0.5×	49 0.7×	65	1.0k
Maurizio Tomasella United Kingdom	10	389 0.7×	147 0.5×	172 0.7×	102 0.6×	142 2.0×	24	785
Carlo Giannelli Italy	18	771 1.3×	273 1.0×	201 0.9×	72 0.4×	77 1.1×	70	1.1k
Pan Deng China	9	355 0.6×	234 0.9×	133 0.6×	124 0.7×	58 0.8×	15	716
Anshuman Kalla India	14	567 1.0×	558 2.0×	441 1.9×	190 1.0×	61 0.9×	30	1.3k
Ilyong Chung South Korea	18	726 1.2×	530 1.9×	395 1.7×	210 1.2×	57 0.8×	73	1.1k
Marco Steger Austria	7	311 0.5×	277 1.0×	558 2.4×	165 0.9×	50 0.7×	10	716

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Afaq

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All Works

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Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Intelligent QV2X Routing for Traffic Management in Consumer IoV Using STGNN and Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 71(1). 1288–1297. 1 indexed citations

Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Influence of barium titanate and graphite on electrical attributes of Polyvinylidene fluoride matrix composites. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 181. 108606–108606. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Talha Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Zt &t: secure service session management using blockchain-based tokens in zero trust networks.. Annals of Telecommunications. 79(7-8). 487–505. 3 indexed citations

Alam, Sajid, et al.. (2024). Assuring Efficient Path Selection in an Intent-Based Networking System: A Graph Neural Networks and Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach. Journal of Network and Systems Management. 32(2). 1 indexed citations

Mehmood, Asif, Muhammad Afaq, Faisal Mehmood, & Wang‐Cheol Song. (2024). Enhancing Vehicle Location Prediction Accuracy with Road-Aware Rectification for Multi-Access Edge Computing Applications. Mathematics. 12(24). 3980–3980. 1 indexed citations

Afaq, Muhammad, Arfaa Sajid, Qaisar Manzoor, et al.. (2024). Sonochemical synthesis of CoO-ZnO nanocomposite and optimizing the degradation of toxic anionic dye using RSM-BBD. Materials Science and Engineering B. 312. 117847–117847. 9 indexed citations

Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosing ACL Injuries Taking Arthroscopy as Gold Standard. 16(11). 430–432. 1 indexed citations

Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). GENEVE@TEIN: A Sophisticated Tunneling Technique for Communication between OpenStack-based Multiple Clouds at TEIN. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Talha Ahmed, et al.. (2022). ZT&T: Secure blockchain-based tokens for service session management in Zero Trust Networks. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Khan, Basit, et al.. (2021). Speed Control of Three Phase Induction Motor using Variable Frequency Derive Control System. International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology. 10(1). 5–10. 3 indexed citations

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Abbas, Khizar, Talha Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Afaq, & Wang‐Cheol Song. (2021). Network Slice Lifecycle Management for 5G Mobile Networks: An Intent-Based Networking Approach. IEEE Access. 9. 80128–80146. 70 indexed citations

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Afaq, Muhammad, Muhammad Saqib, & Wang‐Cheol Song. (2021). Sensor Virtualization and Data Orchestration in Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Integrated Network Management. 998–1003. 5 indexed citations

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Abbas, Khizar, et al.. (2021). Network Data Analytics Function for IBN-based Network Slice Lifecycle Management. 15 indexed citations

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Khan, Talha Ahmed, Muhammad Afaq, Khizar Abbas, & Wang‐Cheol Song. (2021). Intent-based networking platform. 1921–1930. 8 indexed citations

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Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). An End-to-end Intelligent Network Resource Allocation in IoV: A Machine Learning Approach. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

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Khan, Talha Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Service Function Chaining and Traffic Steering in SDN using Graph Neural Network. 500–505. 16 indexed citations

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Abbas, Khizar, et al.. (2020). Slicing the Core Network and Radio Access Network Domains through Intent-Based Networking for 5G Networks. Electronics. 9(10). 1710–1710. 52 indexed citations

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Afaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2019). Towards 5G network slicing for vehicular ad-hoc networks: An end-to-end approach. Computer Communications. 149. 252–258. 33 indexed citations

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Afaq, Muhammad, Kyungbaek Kim, Deokjai Choi, et al.. (2017). multiFIA Multi-dimensional future Internet architecture. 3. 87–92. 2 indexed citations

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Afaq, Muhammad, Zubair Amjad, & Wang‐Cheol Song. (2016). A Framework for Orchestration based on Live Migration of Virtual Machines. 17(2). 121–122. 1 indexed citations

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