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. 19.8% 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%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -45% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (832 and 581 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 832 works
- 2 China 581 works
- 3 United States 190 works
- 4 Japan 99 works
- 5 Iraq 69 works
- 6 South Korea 61 works
- 7 Germany 51 works
- 8 ?? 51 works
- 9 United Kingdom 45 works
- 10 Canada 42 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research, followed by Saveetha University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 22 works
- 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 20 works
- 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 20 works
- 4 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 17 works
- 5 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 17 works
- 6 Fukuoka Institute of TechnologyJapan 15 works
- 7 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 14 works
- 8 Chitkara UniversityIndia 13 works
- 9 Anna University, ChennaiIndia 13 works
- 10 Xidian UniversityChina 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Leonidas Guibas.
- 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 2 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 3 Leonidas Guibas United States 6.3k citations
- 4 Deborah Estrin United States 5.9k citations
- 5 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
- 6 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
- 7 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
- 8 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
- 9 David Culler United States 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research done?
The largest centres of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Bengaluru (India).
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 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 78.8 | 26.5% | 8.8× | 20 | +226.1% |
| 2 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 68.8 | 15.5% | 7.8× | 20 | +333.3% |
| 3 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 67.7 | 24.5% | 13.1× | 22 | -36.4% |
| 4 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia | 65.0 | 17.7% | 15.6× | 12 | +543.0% |
| 5 | Chandigarh UniversityIndia | 62.8 | 7.4% | 11.4× | 17 | +764.6% |
| 6 | Iraqi UniversityIraq | 55.4 | 13.3% | 21.2× | 10 | — |
| 7 | Annamalai UniversityIndia | 55.0 | 20.6% | 19.6× | 10 | +58.2% |
| 8 | Chitkara UniversityIndia | 54.6 | 13.0% | 12.8× | 14 | — |
| 9 | Fukuoka Institute of TechnologyJapan | 54.5 | 16.3% | 193.9× | 15 | -5.3% |
| 10 | Anna University, ChennaiIndia | 53.5 | 19.6% | 19.4× | 13 | -36.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Mobile Ad Hoc Networks research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2010.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.