Nasir Saeed

5.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
126 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Nasir Saeed is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Nasir Saeed has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Ocean Engineering and 40 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Nasir Saeed's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (42 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (41 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (20 papers). Nasir Saeed is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (42 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (41 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (20 papers). Nasir Saeed collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. Nasir Saeed's co-authors include Mohamed‐Slim Alouini, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, Abdulkadir Çelik, Haewoon Nam, Ruhul Amin Khalil, Zakria Qadir, Hayssam Dahrouj, Heba Almorad, Hafiz Suliman Munawar and Khoa N. Le and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

In The Last Decade

Nasir Saeed

107 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Underwater optical wireless communications, networking, a... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2022 2023 2023 2025 100 200 300
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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. Underwater optical wireless communications, networking, and localization: A survey
    2019 356 citations Nasir Saeed, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri et al. profile →
  2. Towards 6G Internet of Things: Recent advances, use cases, and open challenges
    2022 175 citations Nasir Saeed et al. ICT Express profile →
  3. A Survey on Scalable LoRaWAN for Massive IoT: Recent Advances, Potentials, and Challenges
    2023 168 citations Nasir Saeed, Mohamed‐Slim Alouini et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →
  4. Communication and Control in Collaborative UAVs: Recent Advances and Future Trends
    2023 126 citations Shumaila Javaid, Nasir Saeed et al. profile →
  5. Integrating LLMs With ITS: Recent Advances, Potentials, Challenges, and Future Directions
    2025 25 citations Ruhul Amin Khalil, Nasir Saeed et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nasir Saeed Saudi Arabia 29 1.8k 990 983 826 315 126 3.1k
Jun Du China 28 1.1k 0.6× 417 0.4× 1.7k 1.7× 874 1.1× 539 1.7× 130 2.9k
Chuan Lin China 26 553 0.3× 481 0.5× 962 1.0× 333 0.4× 261 0.8× 101 1.9k
Paolo Casari Italy 31 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.9× 1.8k 1.9× 232 0.3× 145 0.5× 168 3.5k
Saad Qaisar Pakistan 25 1.4k 0.8× 540 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 118 0.1× 285 0.9× 81 2.6k
Xin Su China 20 797 0.4× 327 0.3× 431 0.4× 341 0.4× 289 0.9× 131 1.6k
Winston K.G. Seah New Zealand 32 2.8k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 3.3k 3.3× 234 0.3× 440 1.4× 242 4.9k
Mahamod Ismail Malaysia 32 4.0k 2.2× 302 0.3× 2.6k 2.7× 735 0.9× 485 1.5× 472 5.7k
Stefano Basagni United States 40 3.5k 2.0× 784 0.8× 5.9k 6.0× 381 0.5× 297 0.9× 150 7.2k
Huaping Liu United States 31 2.2k 1.2× 304 0.3× 1.1k 1.1× 603 0.7× 484 1.5× 238 3.0k
Fernando J. Álvarez Spain 24 1.2k 0.7× 509 0.5× 270 0.3× 315 0.4× 104 0.3× 151 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mei, Xiaojun, Huafeng Wu, Nasir Saeed, Dezhi Han, & Kuan‐Ching Li. (2025). Stratification-Aware RSS-Based Localization in Underwater Environments: CRLB Analysis and Perturbation-Resilient Solutions. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(11). 3809–3813.
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Javaid, Shumaila, et al.. (2025). AGI and LLM-Driven Spectrum Intelligence in Future Wireless Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications. 33(1). 224–233. 1 indexed citations
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Sadia, Haleema, et al.. (2025). Data-driven integrated sensing and communication: Recent advances, challenges, and future prospects. ICT Express. 11(4). 790–808. 1 indexed citations
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Mohammed, Khaled, et al.. (2024). SatNet SpaceSim: A Platform for Performance Analysis of Small Satellites Mega-Constellations. 646–651. 1 indexed citations
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Sadia, Haleema, et al.. (2024). Signal Detection in Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted NOMA Network Using LSTM Model: A ML Approach. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 6. 29–38. 3 indexed citations
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Javaid, Shumaila, Ruhul Amin Khalil, Nasir Saeed, Bin He, & Mohamed‐Slim Alouini. (2024). Leveraging Large Language Models for Integrated Satellite-Aerial-Terrestrial Networks: Recent Advances and Future Directions. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 6. 399–432. 25 indexed citations
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Guo, Shuaishuai, et al.. (2024). Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communications: Unlocking Potentials and Shaping the Future. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Khalil, Ruhul Amin, et al.. (2023). Robust graph‐based localization for industrial Internet of things in the presence of flipping ambiguities. CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology. 8(4). 1140–1149. 3 indexed citations
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Sawalmeh, Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Adaptive Control of IoT/M2M Devices in Smart Buildings Using Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(7). 7836–7849. 8 indexed citations
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Saeed, Nasir, et al.. (2022). Distributed Destination Search Routing for 5G and beyond Networks. Sensors. 22(2). 472–472.
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Khalil, Ruhul Amin, et al.. (2022). UAVs-assisted passive source localization using robust TDOA ranging for search and rescue. ICT Express. 9(4). 677–682. 17 indexed citations
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Guo, Shuaishuai, et al.. (2022). Multiple Parallel Federated Learning via Over-the-Air Computation. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 3. 1252–1264. 16 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Hasan, et al.. (2022). Interference Aware Cooperative Routing for Edge Computing-Enabled 5G Networks. IEEE Sensors Journal. 22(4). 3777–3784. 5 indexed citations
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Saeed, Nasir, Ahmed Elzanaty, Heba Almorad, et al.. (2020). CubeSat Communications: Recent Advances and Future Challenges. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 22(3). 1839–1862. 217 indexed citations
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Saeed, Nasir, Mohamed‐Slim Alouini, & Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri. (2019). To boldly go where no sensor has gone before: The movement to place IoT in radical new spaces.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Saeed, Nasir, et al.. (2016). Efficient Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Levenberg-Marquardt Refinement.. 34. 245–256. 1 indexed citations

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