Most-cited papers on IoT and Sensor Networks

Ranked by citation count via OpenAlex. Citations update on a rolling basis; list regenerates every 24h.

1. Wireless sensor networks: a survey

   2002 · Computer Networks · Akyildiz, Ian F., Su, Weilian, Sankarasubramaniam, Yogesh et al.

   17,335 cited

2. A survey on sensor networks

   2002 · IEEE Communications Magazine · Akyildiz, Ian F., Su, Weilian, Sankarasubramaniam, Yogesh et al.

   13,659 cited

3. Wireless sensor network survey

   2008 · Computer Networks · Yick, Jennifer, Mukherjee, Biswanath, Ghosal, Dipak

   6,196 cited

4. HEED: a hybrid, energy-efficient, distributed clustering approach for ad hoc sensor networks

   2004 · IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing · Younis, Ossama, Fahmy, Sonia

   4,985 cited

5. Routing techniques in wireless sensor networks: a survey

   2004 · IEEE Wireless Communications · Al‐Karaki, Jamal N., Kamal, Ahmed E.

   4,485 cited

6. Wireless sensor networks for habitat monitoring

   2002 · Mainwaring, Alan, Culler, David, Polastre, Joseph et al.

   4,170 cited

7. A key-management scheme for distributed sensor networks

   2002 · Eschenauer, Laurent, Gligor, Virgil D.

   3,561 cited

8. A survey on routing protocols for wireless sensor networks

   2003 · Ad Hoc Networks · Akkaya, Kemal, Younis, Mohamed

   3,477 cited

9. Versatile low power media access for wireless sensor networks

   2004 · Polastre, Joseph, Hill, Jason, Culler, David

   3,368 cited

10. Wireless integrated network sensors

    2000 · Communications of the ACM · Pottie, Gregory J., Kaiser, William J.

    3,226 cited

11. System architecture directions for networked sensors

    2000 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · Hill, Jason, Szewczyk, Robert, Woo, Alec et al.

    3,109 cited

12. Sensor networks: Evolution, opportunities, and challenges

    2003 · Proceedings of the IEEE · Chong, Chee-Yee, Kumar, Sanjeev

    3,075 cited

13. Locating the nodes: cooperative localization in wireless sensor networks

    2005 · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine · Patwari, Neal, Ash, Joshua N., Kyperountas, Spyros et al.

    3,038 cited

14. Underwater acoustic sensor networks: research challenges

    2005 · Ad Hoc Networks · Akyildiz, Ian F., Pompili, Dario, Melodia, Tommaso

    3,026 cited

15. Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures

    2003 · Ad Hoc Networks · Karlof, Chris, Wagner, David

    2,953 cited

16. Random key predistribution schemes for sensor networks

    2004 · Chan, Haowen, Perrig, Adrian, Song, Daniel S.

    2,844 cited

17. Medium Access Control With Coordinated Adaptive Sleeping for Wireless Sensor Networks

    2004 · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking · Ye, W., Heidemann, John, Estrin, Deborah

    2,734 cited

18. Dynamic fine-grained localization in Ad-Hoc networks of sensors

    2001 · Savvides, Andreas, Han, Chih‐Chieh, Strivastava, Mani B.

    2,702 cited

19. Contiki - a lightweight and flexible operating system for tiny networked sensors

    2004 · Dunkels, Adam, Grönvall, Björn, Voigt, Thiemo

    2,663 cited

20. An adaptive energy-efficient MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks

    2003 · Dam, Tijs van, Langendoen, Koen

    2,662 cited

21. Range-free localization schemes for large scale sensor networks

    2003 · He, Tian, Huang, Chengdu, Blum, Brian et al.

    2,645 cited

22. Energy conservation in wireless sensor networks: A survey

    2008 · Ad Hoc Networks · Anastasi, Giuseppe, Conti, Marco, Francesco, Mario Di et al.

    2,538 cited

23. A survey on clustering algorithms for wireless sensor networks

    2007 · Computer Communications · Abbasi, Ameer Ahmed, Younis, Mohamed

    2,367 cited

24. Directed diffusion for wireless sensor networking

    2003 · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking · Intanagonwiwat, Chalermek, Govindan, Ramesh, Estrin, Deborah et al.

    2,348 cited

25. Adaptive protocols for information dissemination in wireless sensor networks

    1999 · Heinzelman, Wendi, Kulik, Joanna, Balakrishnan, Hari

    2,311 cited

26. A survey on wireless multimedia sensor networks

    2006 · Computer Networks · Akyildiz, Ian F., Melodia, Tommaso, Chowdhury, Kaushik

    2,290 cited

27. SPINS: Security Protocols for Sensor Networks

    2002 · Wireless Networks · Perrig, Adrian, Szewczyk, Robert, Tygar, J. D. et al.

    2,245 cited

28. TEEN: a routing protocol for enhanced efficiency in wireless sensor networks

    2005 · Manjeshwar, A., Agrawal, Dharma P.

    2,243 cited

29. Long short-term memory neural network for traffic speed prediction using remote microwave sensor data

    2015 · Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies · Ma, Xiaolei, Tao, Zhimin, Wang, Yinhai et al.

    2,121 cited

30. Protocols for self-organization of a wireless sensor network

    2000 · IEEE Personal Communications · Sohrabi, K., Gao, Jhih-Siao, Ailawadhi, V. et al.

    2,067 cited