Safa Otoum

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Safa Otoum is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Safa Otoum has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 21 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Safa Otoum's work include Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (25 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (21 papers) and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (18 papers). Safa Otoum is often cited by papers focused on Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (25 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (21 papers) and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (18 papers). Safa Otoum collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, Canada and United States. Safa Otoum's co-authors include Hussein T. Mouftah, Yaser Jararweh, Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, Moayad Aloqaily, Burak Kantarcı, Lewis Tseng, Azzam Mourad, Mehdi Letafati, Jalel Ben‐Othman and Muhammad Asad and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

In The Last Decade

Safa Otoum

54 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

A Survey on Blockchain for Information Systems Management and Security

2020 385 citations Safa Otoum, Yaser Jararweh et al. Information Processing & Management profile →
An intrusion detection system for connected vehicles in smart cities

2019 296 citations Moayad Aloqaily, Safa Otoum et al. Ad Hoc Networks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Safa Otoum United Arab Emirates	25	1.3k	1.0k	944	517	310	60	2.4k
Nicola Dragoni Denmark	23	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	661 0.7×	516 1.0×	502 1.6×	106	2.5k
Chhagan Lal Italy	24	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	815 0.9×	379 0.7×	349 1.1×	69	2.3k
Massimo Ficco Italy	27	1.4k 1.1×	981 1.0×	664 0.7×	340 0.7×	507 1.6×	98	2.2k
Ismaeel Al Ridhawi Kuwait	27	1.4k 1.0×	808 0.8×	595 0.6×	657 1.3×	191 0.6×	63	2.2k
Shailendra Rathore South Korea	22	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	809 0.9×	217 0.4×	438 1.4×	38	2.3k
Massimo Vecchio Italy	23	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	702 0.7×	568 1.1×	297 1.0×	67	2.9k
Shamik Sengupta United States	23	1.3k 1.0×	686 0.7×	405 0.4×	804 1.6×	288 0.9×	162	2.1k
Anazida Zainal Malaysia	22	1.1k 0.8×	647 0.6×	963 1.0×	333 0.6×	454 1.5×	142	2.1k
Fan Liang United States	16	1.2k 0.9×	766 0.8×	589 0.6×	464 0.9×	162 0.5×	46	2.2k
Alessandra Rizzardi Italy	17	1.4k 1.1×	878 0.9×	523 0.6×	262 0.5×	395 1.3×	44	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Safa Otoum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Safa Otoum

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Asad, Muhammad, Safa Otoum, & Bassem Ouni. (2025). Zero-Trust Federated Learning via 6G URLLC for Vehicular Communications. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 43(6). 1970–1980. 3 indexed citations

AbdulRahman, Sawsan, Ouns Bouachir, Safa Otoum, & Azzam Mourad. (2024). CRAS-FL: Clustered resource-aware scheme for federated learning in vehicular networks. Vehicular Communications. 47. 100769–100769. 3 indexed citations

AbdulRahman, Sawsan, Safa Otoum, & Ouns Bouachir. (2024). Federated learning on the go: Building stable clusters and optimizing resources on the road. Vehicular Communications. 51. 100870–100870.

Asad, Muhammad, Safa Otoum, & Bassem Ouni. (2024). Federated Learning in Vehicular Networks: A Review of Emerging Trends and Future Directions. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Asad, Muhammad & Safa Otoum. (2024). Bppfl: a blockchain-based framework for privacy-preserving federated learning. Cluster Computing. 28(2). 6 indexed citations

Otoum, Safa, et al.. (2024). A Federated MRI and ML Approach for Precision Healthcare Detection. 836–842. 1 indexed citations

Asad, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Clients Eligibility-Based Lightweight Protocol in Federated Learning: An IDS Use Case. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 21(4). 3759–3774. 6 indexed citations

Letafati, Mehdi & Safa Otoum. (2023). On the privacy and security for e-health services in the metaverse: An overview. Ad Hoc Networks. 150. 103262–103262. 30 indexed citations

Letafati, Mehdi & Safa Otoum. (2023). Global Differential Privacy for Distributed Metaverse Healthcare Systems. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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Arisdakessian, Sarhad, Omar Abdel Wahab, Hadi Otrok, et al.. (2023). FedMint: Intelligent Bilateral Client Selection in Federated Learning With Newcomer IoT Devices. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(23). 20884–20898. 25 indexed citations

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Letafati, Mehdi & Safa Otoum. (2023). Digital Healthcare in the Metaverse: Insights into Privacy and Security. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. 13(3). 80–89. 16 indexed citations

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Balasubramanian, Venkatraman, Safa Otoum, & Martin Reisslein. (2022). VeNet: Hybrid Stacked Autoencoder Learning for Cooperative Edge Intelligence in IoV. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(9). 16643–16653. 14 indexed citations

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Asad, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Resource and Heterogeneity-aware Clients Eligibility Protocol in Federated Learning. GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 1140–1145. 6 indexed citations

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Hayyolalam, Vahideh, Safa Otoum, & Öznur Özkasap. (2022). Dynamic QoS/QoE-aware reliable service composition framework for edge intelligence. Cluster Computing. 25(3). 1695–1713. 11 indexed citations

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Otoum, Safa, et al.. (2022). On the feasibility of Federated Learning towards on-demand client deployment at the edge. Information Processing & Management. 60(1). 103150–103150. 35 indexed citations

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Otoum, Safa, Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, & Hussein T. Mouftah. (2021). Preventing and Controlling Epidemics Through Blockchain-Assisted AI-Enabled Networks. IEEE Network. 35(3). 34–41. 17 indexed citations

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Alfandi, Omar, Safa Otoum, & Yaser Jararweh. (2020). Blockchain Solution for IoT-based Critical Infrastructures: Byzantine Fault Tolerance. 1–4. 49 indexed citations

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Otoum, Safa, et al.. (2020). A Survey on Blockchain for Information Systems Management and Security. Information Processing & Management. 58(1). 102397–102397. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Al-Khafajiy, Mohammed, Safa Otoum, Thar Baker, et al.. (2020). Intelligent Control and Security of Fog Resources in Healthcare Systems via a Cognitive Fog Model. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 21(3). 1–23. 22 indexed citations

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Otoum, Safa, Burak Kantarcı, & Hussein T. Mouftah. (2017). Hierarchical trust-based black-hole detection in WSN-based smart grid monitoring. 14. 1–6. 38 indexed citations

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