Rahim Khan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rahim Khan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahim Khan has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 20 papers in Information Systems and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rahim Khan's work include IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (16 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (14 papers) and User Authentication and Security Systems (8 papers). Rahim Khan is often cited by papers focused on IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (16 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (14 papers) and User Authentication and Security Systems (8 papers). Rahim Khan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and China. Rahim Khan's co-authors include Muhammad Zakarya, Ayaz Ali Khan, Mian Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Adil, Mohammed Amin Almaiah, Izaz Ur Rahman, Mukhtaj Khan, Jason Teo, Jehad Ali and Rajkumar Buyya and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, IEEE Access and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Rahim Khan

62 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

An Industrial IoT-Based Blockchain-Enabled Secure Searcha... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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.

  1. An Industrial IoT-Based Blockchain-Enabled Secure Searchable Encryption Approach for Healthcare Systems Using Neural Network
    2022 139 citations Rahim Khan, Jason Teo 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
Rahim Khan Pakistan 21 703 454 254 219 72 75 1.2k
Sandeep Sharma India 14 718 1.0× 375 0.8× 238 0.9× 183 0.8× 46 0.6× 70 1.1k
Somula Ramasubbareddy India 19 753 1.1× 369 0.8× 345 1.4× 377 1.7× 116 1.6× 85 1.3k
Sanjaya Kumar Panda India 22 1.0k 1.4× 865 1.9× 195 0.8× 180 0.8× 47 0.7× 104 1.5k
Amrit Mukherjee India 20 658 0.9× 159 0.4× 515 2.0× 143 0.7× 53 0.7× 76 1.1k
S. Vimal India 17 492 0.7× 207 0.5× 219 0.9× 220 1.0× 58 0.8× 37 844
Ahmad Ali AlZubi Saudi Arabia 18 374 0.5× 250 0.6× 186 0.7× 214 1.0× 59 0.8× 91 1.1k
Syed Bilal Hussain Shah China 16 510 0.7× 222 0.5× 384 1.5× 174 0.8× 64 0.9× 44 1.1k
Sumit Badotra India 17 535 0.8× 274 0.6× 131 0.5× 214 1.0× 86 1.2× 54 896
Roberto Girau Italy 17 773 1.1× 391 0.9× 222 0.9× 207 0.9× 32 0.4× 45 1.1k
Jennifer S. Raj India 18 406 0.6× 221 0.5× 287 1.1× 231 1.1× 65 0.9× 60 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rahim Khan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rahim Khan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahim Khan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rahim Khan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rahim Khan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Al‐Rasheed, Amal, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning and Device’s Neighborhood-Enabled Fusion Algorithm for the Internet of Things. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 71(1). 467–475.
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Peng, Bo, et al.. (2025). Spectral-spatial wave and frequency interactive transformer for hyperspectral image classification. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 27259–27259.
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2024). Device-enabled neighborhood-slot allocation for the edge-oriented Internet of Things. Frontiers in Computer Science. 6.
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2024). GroupFormer for hyperspectral image classification through group attention. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23879–23879. 4 indexed citations
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Zakarya, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Sustainable computing across datacenters: A review of enabling models and techniques. Computer Science Review. 52. 100620–100620. 28 indexed citations
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Attaullah, Mohammad & Rahim Khan. (2023). Relationship between Leadership and Management Training and Enhancement of Principal’s Skills at Public Sector Secondary School Level. journal of social sciences review. 3(2). 864–870.
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2023). Sensing and Device Neighborhood-Based Slot Assignment Approach for the Internet of Things. Applied Sciences. 13(8). 4682–4682. 2 indexed citations
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Jan, Mian Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Lightweight and smart data fusion approaches for wearable devices of the Internet of Medical Things. Information Fusion. 103. 102076–102076. 21 indexed citations
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Taylor, Peter, Andrew Lansdown, Rahim Khan, et al.. (2023). Age-related variation in thyroid function – a narrative review highlighting important implications for research and clinical practice. Thyroid Research. 16(1). 7–7. 27 indexed citations
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2022). A Trustworthy, Reliable, and Lightweight Privacy and Data Integrity Approach for the Internet of Things. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 19(1). 511–518. 12 indexed citations
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2021). Perceptions Of Postgraduate Research Scholars About Using Digital Library Resources: A Case Study Of District Peshawar. Library philosophy and practice. 2021. 1–17.
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Jan, Mian Ahmad, Fazlullah Khan, Rahim Khan, et al.. (2020). Lightweight Mutual Authentication and Privacy-Preservation Scheme for Intelligent Wearable Devices in Industrial-CPS. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 17(8). 5829–5839. 70 indexed citations
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2020). Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress on Life Satisfaction among University Students. 3(2). 3 indexed citations
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Khan, Ayaz Ali, Muhammad Zakarya, Rajkumar Buyya, et al.. (2019). An Energy and Performance Aware Consolidation Technique for Containerized Datacenters. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 9(4). 1305–1322. 48 indexed citations
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Khan, Rahim, et al.. (2019). Extractive based Text Summarization Using KMeans and TF-IDF. International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business. 11(3). 33–44. 38 indexed citations
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Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq, et al.. (2011). Performance assessment of canal irrigation in Pakistan. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6(12). 2692–2698. 7 indexed citations

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