Question 1

Which countries lead Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 705 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and National University of Defense Technology.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks include Simon Iain Hay, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási and Harry Eugene Stanley.

Question 4

Where is Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Tsinghua University and Nanyang Technological University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks is "Consensus Problems in Networks of Agents With Switching Topology and Time-Delays" (Reza Olfati‐Saber, Richard M. Murray, 2004), with 12,915 citations. Next come "An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks" (10,610) and "Ad-hoc on-demand distance vector routing" (10,342).