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Most cited papers in Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

What are the most cited papers in Security in Wireless Sensor Networks?

The most cited paper in Security in Wireless Sensor Networks is "Wireless sensor network survey" (Jennifer Yick, Biswanath Mukherjee, Dipak Ghosal, 2008), with 6,277 citations. Next come "Routing techniques in wireless sensor networks: a survey" (4,510) and "A key-management scheme for distributed sensor networks" (3,565).

Showing 50 of 93 papers. Every paper with more than 571 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Wireless sensor network survey Jennifer Yick, Biswanath Mukherjee, Dipak Ghosal · Computer Networks 15 Apr 2008 6,277
2 Routing techniques in wireless sensor networks: a survey Jamal Nazzal Al-Karaki, Ahmed E. Kamal · IEEE Wireless Communications Dec 2004 4,510
3 A key-management scheme for distributed sensor networks Laurent Eschenauer, Virgil D. Gligor Conference paper 18 Nov 2002 3,565
4 Efficient Inference in Fully Connected CRFs with Gaussian Edge Potentials Philipp Krähenbühl, Vladlen Koltun · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 20 Oct 2012 2,972
5 Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures Chris Karlof, David A. Wagner · Ad Hoc Networks Sep 2003 2,954
6 Random key predistribution schemes for sensor networks Haowen Chan, Adrian Perrig, Daniel S. Song Conference paperOpen access 13 May 2004 2,846
7 SPINS Adrian Perrig, Robert Szewczyk, Victor S. H. Wen et al. Conference paper 16 Jul 2001 2,542
8 A survey on wireless multimedia sensor networks Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Tommaso Melodia, Kaushik Roy Chowdhury · Computer Networks 3 Nov 2006 2,308
9 SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks Adrian Perrig, Robert Szewczyk, J. D. Tygar et al. · Wireless Networks Sep 2002 2,259
10 Secret key agreement by public discussion from common information Ueli M. Maurer · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory May 1993 2,079
11 Denial of service in sensor networks A.D. Wood, John A. Stankovic · Computer Oct 2002 1,723
12 TinySec Chris Karlof, Naveen Sastry, David A. Wagner Conference paper 3 Nov 2004 1,620
13 Packet leashes: a defense against wormhole attacks in wireless networks Yuerong Hu, Adrian Perrig, David B. Johnson Conference paper 2 Mar 2004 1,521
14 Security in wireless sensor networks Adrian Perrig, John A. Stankovic, David A. Wagner · Communications of the ACM Open access Jun 2004 1,470
15 Wireless sensor networks: A survey on the state of the art and the 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards Paolo Baronti, Prashant Pillai, Vince W.C. Chook et al. · Computer Communications 30 Dec 2006 1,431
16 Maximum Lifetime Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks Jeng‐Shian Chang, Leandros Tassiulas · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Aug 2004 1,417
17 Establishing pairwise keys in distributed sensor networks Donggang Liu, Peng Ning Conference paper 27 Oct 2003 1,360
18 The cougar approach to in-network query processing in sensor networks Yong Yao, Johannes E. Gehrke · ACM SIGMOD Record Sep 2002 1,333
19 The feasibility of launching and detecting jamming attacks in wireless networks Wenyuan Xu, Wade K. Trappe, Yanyong Zhang et al. Conference paper 25 May 2005 1,321
20 The sybil attack in sensor networks James Newsome, Elaine Shi, Dawn Xiaodong Song et al. Conference paper 26 Apr 2004 1,310
21 Ariadne Yih‐Chun Hu, Adrian Perrig, David B. Johnson Conference paper 23 Sep 2002 1,302
22 Energy-Efficient Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey Nikolaos A. Pantazis, Stefanos A. Nikolidakis, Dimitrios D. Vergados · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 16 Oct 2012 1,290
23 A Survey on Wireless Security: Technical Challenges, Recent Advances, and Future Trends Yulong Zou, Jia Zhu, Xianbin Wang et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE Open access 10 May 2016 1,269
24 Security of the Internet of Things: perspectives and challenges Jing Qi, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Jiafu Wan et al. · Wireless Networks 17 Jun 2014 1,259
25 MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks: a survey Ilker Demirkol, Cem Ersoy, Fatih Alagöz · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access Apr 2006 1,220
26 Highly-resilient, energy-efficient multipath routing in wireless sensor networks Deepak Ganesan, Ramesh Govindan, Scott J. Shenker et al. · ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review Oct 2001 1,142
27 A coverage-preserving node scheduling scheme for large wireless sensor networks Di Tian, Nicolas D. Georganas Conference paper 28 Sep 2002 1,135
28 LEAP Sencun Zhu, Sanjeev K. Setia, Sushil Jajodia Conference paper 27 Oct 2003 1,122
29 A pairwise key pre-distribution scheme for wireless sensor networks Wenliang Kevin Du, Jing Wei Deng, Yunghsiang Sam Han et al. Conference paper 27 Oct 2003 1,111
30 Secure group communications using key graphs Chung Kei Wong, Mohamed G. Gouda, Simon S. Lam · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking 2000 1,099
31 Efficient group signature schemes for large groups Jan L. Camenisch, Markus A. Stadler · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1997 1,086
32 Wireless sensor networks: a survey on recent developments and potential synergies Priyanka Rawat, Kamal Deep Singh, Hakima Chaouchi et al. · The Journal of Supercomputing 8 Oct 2013 1,059
33 Perfectly-Secure Key Distribution for Dynamic Conferences Carlo Blundo, Alfredo De Santis, Amir Herzberg et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1993 1,037
34 Efficient authentication and signing of multicast streams over lossy channels Adrian Perrig, Ran Canetti, J. D. Tygar et al. Conference paper 7 Nov 2002 956
35 The Secrecy Capacity of the MIMO Wiretap Channel Frédérique Oggier, Babak Hassibi · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Aug 2011 926
36 TinyECC: A Configurable Library for Elliptic Curve Cryptography in Wireless Sensor Networks An Liu, Peng Ning Conference paper Apr 2008 925
37 A key management scheme for wireless sensor networks using deployment knowledge Wenliang Kevin Du, Jing Wei Deng, Yunghsiang Sam Han et al. Conference paperOpen access 23 Dec 2004 922
38 Secure control against replay attacks Yilin Mo, Bruno Sinopoli Conference paper Sep 2009 920
39 SVELTE: Real-time intrusion detection in the Internet of Things Shahid Raza, Linus Wallgren, Thiemo Voigt · Ad Hoc Networks Open access 17 May 2013 907
40 A survey of security issues in wireless sensor networks Yong Wang, Garhan Attebury, Byrav Ramamurthy · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 2006 906
41 A line in the sand: a wireless sensor network for target detection, classification, and tracking Anish Arora, Prabal K. Dutta, Sandip Bapat et al. · Computer Networks 24 Jul 2004 898
42 CODA Chieh‐Yih Wan, Shane B. Eisenman, Andrew Thomas Campbell Conference paper 5 Nov 2003 897
43 The TESLA Broadcast Authentication Protocol Adrian Perrig, Ran Canetti, J. D. Tygar et al. · Figshare Open access 2 Apr 2018 851
44 A secure and efficient conference key distribution system Mike V. D. Burmester, Yvo Desmedt · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1995 849
45 Z-MAC: A Hybrid MAC for Wireless Sensor Networks Injong Rhee, Ajit Warrier, Mahesh Aia et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Jun 2008 840
46 A Survey of Intrusion Detection Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks İsmail Bütün, S.D. Morgera, Ravi T. Sankar · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 17 May 2013 836
47 SEAD: secure efficient distance vector routing for mobile wireless ad hoc networks Yih‐Chun Hu, David B. Johnson, Adrian Perrig · Ad Hoc Networks Jul 2003 828
48 EECS: an energy efficient clustering scheme in wireless sensor networks Mao Ye, Chengfa Li, Guihai Chen et al. Conference paper 6 Jul 2005 820
49 A Practical and Provably Secure Coalition-Resistant Group Signature Scheme Giuseppe Ateniese, Jan L. Camenisch, Marc Jóye et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2000 815
50 Reputation-based framework for high integrity sensor networks Saurabh Ganeriwal, Laura Balzano, Mani B. Srivastava · ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks May 2008 810

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