Özgür B. Akan

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
249 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Özgür B. Akan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Özgür B. Akan has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 117 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 82 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Özgür B. Akan's work include Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (110 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (55 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (51 papers). Özgür B. Akan is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (110 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (55 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (51 papers). Özgür B. Akan collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States. Özgür B. Akan's co-authors include Ian F. Akyildiz, Barış Atakan, Murat Kuşcu, Özgür Ergül, Ergin Dinc, Mehmet C. Vuran, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam, Falko Dressler, Mustafa Özger and Oktay Cetinkaya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

In The Last Decade

Özgür B. Akan

228 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

ESRT

2003 518 citations Özgür B. Akan, Ian F. Akyildiz et al. profile →
Spatio-temporal correlation: theory and applications for wireless sensor networks

2004 482 citations Özgür B. Akan, Ian F. Akyildiz et al. profile →
Cognitive radio sensor networks

2009 436 citations Özgür B. Akan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Özgür B. Akan Türkiye	46	3.8k	3.8k	2.7k	1.4k	699	249	7.8k
Chan‐Byoung Chae South Korea	42	5.2k 1.4×	2.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 2.7×	269	7.4k
Bin Li China	29	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	491 0.2×	262 0.2×	574 0.8×	326	3.5k
Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis Greece	30	1.8k 0.5×	517 0.1×	348 0.1×	135 0.1×	226 0.3×	304	3.7k
Zhisheng Duan China	56	1.4k 0.4×	12.0k 3.2×	111 0.0×	448 0.3×	861 1.2×	319	14.1k
Tommaso Melodia United States	49	7.9k 2.0×	8.5k 2.2×	1.1k 0.4×	108 0.1×	986 1.4×	303	13.4k
Murat Arcak United States	44	1.0k 0.3×	2.6k 0.7×	165 0.1×	495 0.4×	598 0.9×	241	7.0k
David Angeli Italy	42	895 0.2×	1.2k 0.3×	204 0.1×	1.7k 1.2×	261 0.4×	226	7.6k
Maged Elkashlan United Kingdom	59	14.8k 3.9×	6.0k 1.6×	646 0.2×	275 0.2×	4.1k 5.9×	274	16.2k
Wei‐Ping Zhu Canada	43	4.9k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	427 0.2×	60 0.0×	3.2k 4.5×	502	8.0k
Zhengyuan Xu China	43	7.2k 1.9×	1.3k 0.3×	637 0.2×	86 0.1×	1.5k 2.1×	436	8.0k

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Akan, Özgür B., et al.. (2025). Molecular Communication-Based Quorum Sensing Disruption for Enhanced Immune Defense. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 25(1). 23–32. 1 indexed citations

Li, Kai, Conggai Li, Xin Yuan, et al.. (2025). Zero-Trust Foundation Models: A New Paradigm for Secure and Collaborative Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(22). 46269–46293. 6 indexed citations

Li, Kai, Wei Ni, Hailong Huang, et al.. (2024). Biasing Federated Learning With a New Adversarial Graph Attention Network. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24(3). 2407–2421. 4 indexed citations

Akan, Özgür B., et al.. (2024). Analysis of Terahertz Communication Under Dust Storm Conditions on Mars. IEEE Communications Letters. 29(2). 388–392.

Li, Kai, et al.. (2024). Data-Agnostic Model Poisoning Against Federated Learning: A Graph Autoencoder Approach. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 3465–3480. 15 indexed citations

Kuşcu, Murat, et al.. (2024). Frequency-Domain Detection for Molecular Communication With Cross-Reactive Receptors. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(8). 4741–4755.

Akan, Özgür B., et al.. (2024). Nanoantennas and Nanoradars: The Future of Integrated Sensing and Communication at the Nanoscale. IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications. 10(4). 493–516.

Akan, Özgür B., et al.. (2024). Molecular Quantum (MolQ) Communication Channel in the Gut-Brain Axis Synapse. IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications. 10(4). 604–612. 1 indexed citations

Ergönül, Önder, et al.. (2021). Molecular communication theoretical modeling and analysis of SARS-CoV2 transmission in human respiratory system. Digital Collections portal (Koç University). 17 indexed citations

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Tang, Jian, Rong Zheng, Özgür B. Akan, & Weiyi Zhang. (2020). Introduction to the Special Section on Learning-Based Modeling, Management, and Control for Computer and Communication Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 7(1). 153–154.

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Cetinkaya, Oktay, et al.. (2019). Energy-Neutral Wireless-Powered Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 8(5). 1373–1376. 9 indexed citations

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Bilgin, Bilgesu A., Hamideh Ramezani, & Özgür B. Akan. (2019). Human Blockage Model for Indoor Terahertz Band Communication. 1–6. 17 indexed citations

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Kuşcu, Murat, Ergin Dinc, Bilgesu A. Bilgin, Hamideh Ramezani, & Özgür B. Akan. (2019). Transmitter and Receiver Architectures for Molecular Communications: A Survey on Physical Design With Modulation, Coding, and Detection Techniques. Proceedings of the IEEE. 107(7). 1302–1341. 119 indexed citations

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Bilgin, Bilgesu A., Ergin Dinc, & Özgür B. Akan. (2018). DNA-Based Molecular Communications. IEEE Access. 6. 73119–73129. 16 indexed citations

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Dinc, Ergin & Özgür B. Akan. (2017). Theoretical Limits on Multiuser Molecular Communication in Internet of Nano-Bio Things. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 16(4). 266–270. 33 indexed citations

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Akan, Özgür B., et al.. (2016). THE IMPORTANCE OF WIRELESS GREEN COMMUNICATION AND THE LED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS OF VISIBLE LIGHT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Dinc, Ergin & Özgür B. Akan. (2016). Correction to “Channel Model for the Surface Ducts: Large-Scale Path-Loss, Delay Spread, and AOA”. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 1 indexed citations

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Dinc, Ergin & Özgür B. Akan. (2016). Correction to “Channel Model for the Surface Ducts: Large-Scale Path-Loss, Delay Spread, and AOA” [Jun 15 2728-2738]. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 64(8). 3735–3736. 1 indexed citations

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Akyildiz, Ian F., Raghupathy Sivakumar, Faramarz Fekri, et al.. (2014). Proceedings of ACM The First Annual International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication. 3 indexed citations

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Akan, Özgür B. & Falko Dressler. (2009). Biologically-inspired and nano-scale communication and networking. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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