Muhammad Ali Imran

32.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
1.3k papers, 21.7k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Ali Imran is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ali Imran has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 21.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 735 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 430 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 184 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ali Imran's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (338 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (152 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (117 papers). Muhammad Ali Imran is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (338 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (152 papers) and Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (117 papers). Muhammad Ali Imran collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Pakistan and China. Muhammad Ali Imran's co-authors include Qammer H. Abbasi, Ahmed Zoha, Rahim Tafazolli, Oluwakayode Onireti, Lei Zhang, Ali Imran, Alexander Gluhak, Sutharshan Rajasegarar, Mona Jaber and Paulo Valente Klaine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ali Imran

1.1k papers receiving 21.1k 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.

  1. How much energy is needed to run a wireless network?
    2011 1.2k citations Gunther Auer, Vito Giannini et al. profile →
  2. Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Approaches for Disaggregated Energy Sensing: A Survey
    2012 701 citations Muhammad Ali Imran et al. Sensors profile →
  3. 5G Backhaul Challenges and Emerging Research Directions: A Survey
    2016 397 citations Muhammad Ali Imran et al. profile →
  4. Challenges in 5G: how to empower SON with big data for enabling 5G
    2014 334 citations Muhammad Ali Imran et al. profile →
  5. A Survey of Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Self-Organizing Cellular Networks
    2017 323 citations Muhammad Ali Imran, Oluwakayode Onireti et al. profile →
  6. A Scalable Multi-Layer PBFT Consensus for Blockchain
    2020 286 citations Muhammad Ali Imran et al. profile →
  7. Challenges, Applications, and Future of Wireless Sensors in Internet of Things: A Review
    2022 241 citations Qammer H. Abbasi, Muhammad Ali Imran et al. profile →
  8. Generative AI-Driven Semantic Communication Networks: Architecture, Technologies, and Applications
    2024 61 citations Muhammad Ali Imran et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Muhammad Ali Imran 12.8k 8.1k 2.9k 2.5k 1.7k 1.3k 21.7k
Jiajia Liu 8.5k 0.7× 9.0k 1.1× 3.9k 1.4× 1.2k 0.5× 2.2k 1.3× 585 19.0k
Xianbin Wang 9.4k 0.7× 6.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 808 0.3× 2.4k 1.4× 704 14.9k
Ramjee Prasad 14.0k 1.1× 12.4k 1.5× 2.1k 0.7× 749 0.3× 1.0k 0.6× 1.0k 18.8k
Choong Seon Hong 6.9k 0.5× 8.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 703 0.3× 3.4k 2.0× 772 15.2k
Jingjing Wang 5.5k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 3.4k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 899 17.7k
Yingying Chen 6.9k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 846 0.3× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 507 13.8k
Jiming Chen 9.0k 0.7× 9.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 773 0.3× 2.4k 1.4× 609 18.4k
Ala Al‐Fuqaha 4.1k 0.3× 6.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 606 0.2× 2.4k 1.4× 222 12.9k
Wei Xiang 5.5k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 999 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 665 11.5k
Yonghui Li 15.4k 1.2× 9.2k 1.1× 4.2k 1.5× 676 0.3× 1.3k 0.8× 776 21.3k

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All Works

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Ali, Mudassar, et al.. (2025). Efficient Resource Allocation in Digital Twin‐Assisted Mobile Edge Computing Network. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 36(4).
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Zafar, Junaid, Humayun Zubair Khan, Jalil ur Rehman Kazim, et al.. (2025). Multi-band reflective metasurface for efficient linear and circular polarization conversion. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 57(2). 5 indexed citations
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Zafar, Junaid, Humayun Zubair Khan, Abdul Jabbar, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric multi-band reflective metasurface for linear and circular polarizations conversion in Ku, K, Ka, and U bands. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4977–4977. 1 indexed citations
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Imran, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2025). A highly efficient and broadband metasurface for linear-to-linear and linear-to-circular polarization conversion in reflection mode. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications. 64. 101382–101382. 1 indexed citations
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Shah, Syed Tariq, Jalil ur Rehman Kazim, Ahmad Taha, et al.. (2024). Coded environments: data-driven indoor localisation with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 5 indexed citations
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Imran, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Impact of spray drying operating conditions on yield, secondary metabolites, antioxidant potential and storage quality of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) pomace powder. South African Journal of Botany. 169. 383–395. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruimin, et al.. (2024). Dressing Stark splitting of time-resolved excitation spectra in Eu3+-doped BiPO4 micro-crystals. Optics & Laser Technology. 176. 110996–110996. 1 indexed citations
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Usman, Muhammad, Jalil ur Rehman Kazim, Khaled Assaleh, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence enabled smart mask for speech recognition for future hearing devices. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30112–30112. 2 indexed citations
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Imran, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2024). Monitoring Critical Infrastructure Facilities During Disasters Using Large Language Models. 21. 1 indexed citations
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Imran, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2024). Surface-modified nanoparticles based on ibuprofen prodrug and exploring its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer potential. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 100. 106021–106021. 1 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2024). Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 3(3). 100147–100147.
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Khalil, Samina, Farhan Ahmed, Bilal Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of Typhoid Fever among Different Socio-Demographic-Groups in District Bahawalnagar, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences. 138–143.
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Imran, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2023). Health and Safety Risk Analysis with JSA Method (Job Safety Analysis). 1(2). 143–149. 1 indexed citations
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Abbasi, Qammer H., et al.. (2023). Flexible Antenna with Circular/Linear Polarization for Wideband Biomedical Wireless Communication. Sensors. 23(12). 5608–5608. 12 indexed citations
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Leng, Supeng, et al.. (2022). A V2V Empowered Consensus Framework for Cooperative Autonomous Driving. GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 5729–5734. 8 indexed citations
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Abumarshoud, Hanaa, Lina Mohjazi, Octavia A. Dobre, et al.. (2021). LiFi through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A New Frontier for 6G?. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. 17(1). 37–46. 92 indexed citations
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Based, Md. Abdul, et al.. (2021). OLGBM: Optuna Optimized Light Gradient Boosting Machine for Intrusion Detection. 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Aman, Waqas, et al.. (2020). Preventing Identity Attacks in RFID Backscatter Communication Systems: a Physical-Layer Approach. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 7 indexed citations
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Desset, Claude, Björn Debaillie, Vito Giannini, et al.. (2012). Flexible power modeling of LTE base stations. View. 2858–2862. 171 indexed citations
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Onireti, Oluwakayode, Fabien Héliot, & Muhammad Ali Imran. (2011). Closed-form Approximation for the Trade-Off between Energy Efficiency and Spectral Efficiency in the Uplink of Cellular Network. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 6 indexed citations

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