Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Computer Networks and Communications

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1965. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on research related to ad hoc wireless networks, including topics such as routing protocols, mobile ad hoc networks, security, multi-hop wireless routing, and mobility models. It covers various aspects of network capacity, performance analysis, and optimization techniques for ad hoc wireless communication. Additionally, it explores challenges and solutions in areas like interference management, topology control, and channel assignment in wireless mesh networks.

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Routing Protocols
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Multi-hop Wireless Routing
  • Security in Wireless Networks
  • Topology Control
  • Channel Assignment
  • Power Control
  • Mobility Models
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1965
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-40%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Which countries lead Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (924 and 685 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 924 works
  2. 2 China 685 works
  3. 3 United States 220 works
  4. 4 Japan 109 works
  5. 5 Iraq 78 works
  6. 6 South Korea 69 works
  7. 7 Germany 56 works
  8. 8 ?? 55 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 53 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 47 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 40.3%China: 29.8%United States: 9.6%Japan: 4.7%6 others listed: 15.6%40%largest
India924 · 40.3%China685 · 29.8%United States220 · 9.6%Japan109 · 4.7%6 others listed357 · 15.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research?

By volume in 2022-now, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 26 works
  2. 2 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 26 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 23 works
  4. 4 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 19 works
  5. 5 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 19 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 17 works
  7. 7 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 15 works
  8. 8 Xidian UniversityChina 15 works
  9. 9 Fukuoka Institute of TechnologyJapan 15 works
  10. 10 Anna University, ChennaiIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks include John P. A. Ioannidis, Xiaogang Wang and H. Vincent Poor.

  1. 1 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  4. 4 Seyedali Mirjalili Australia 154k citations
  5. 5 Stephen Boyd United States 142k citations
  6. 6 Philip S. Yu United States 141k citations
  7. 7 T. J. Kim Germany 139k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks?

The most cited paper in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks is "Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks" (Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan, 2005), with 14,208 citations. Next come "Ad-hoc on-demand distance vector routing" (10,342) and "Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function" (8,706).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan Conference paper 24 Aug 2005 14,208
2 Ad-hoc on-demand distance vector routing Charles E. Perkins, E.M. Royer Conference paper 1999 10,342
3 Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function Giuseppe Bianchi · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Mar 2000 8,706
4 Dynamic Source Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks David B. Johnson, David A. Maltz Book chapter 25 Aug 2007 8,548
5 The capacity of wireless networks Piyush Kumar Gupta, P. R. Kumar · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Mar 2000 8,402
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research done?

The largest centres of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Bengaluru (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 150 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 117 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 57 works
  4. 4 BengaluruIndia 47 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 47 works
  6. 6 CoimbatoreIndia 43 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  8. 8 HyderabadIndia 32 works
  9. 9 BaghdadIraq 32 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 31 works
See Mobile Ad Hoc Networks on the map

Where is the best place to study Mobile Ad Hoc Networks?

Among universities, judged by research, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Saveetha University and Islamic Azad University, Tehran score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 14.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Islamic Azad Univers…SRM Institute of Sci…Beijing University o…Saveetha University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 69.014.9%9.7×26 +13.1%
2Saveetha UniversityIndia 64.711.9%8.9×23 +142.6%
3Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 59.232.5%2.9×13 -66.3%
4Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 52.913.4%15.4×26 -38.3%
5Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 46.612.8%7.1×19 -45.7%
6Iraqi UniversityIraq 44.410.2%23.4×11 -
7Chandigarh UniversityIndia 44.13.3%12.9×19 +61.0%
8Beihang UniversityChina 42.922.2%4.2×12 -35.7%
9Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 42.617.8%16.7×13 -27.9%
10Chitkara UniversityIndia 40.64.8%13.5×14 +220.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, country by country

Is Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mobile Ad Hoc Networks as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Mobile Ad Hoc Networks0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Mobile Ad Hoc Networks10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Posts are plain text and can be reported.