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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
48
Citations
13863
World Ranking
6050
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2012 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Javier Lopez is affiliated with the University of Malaga in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in computer science and engineering, with a total of 82 and 23 publications in these fields respectively.

Their work spans several subfields including information systems, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, and control and systems engineering. The main topics of research include blockchain technology applications and security, IoT and edge/fog computing, network security and intrusion detection, smart grid security and resilience, cloud data security solutions, cryptography and data security, as well as general information and cybersecurity.

Javier Lopez has published in various venues, often appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Security & Privacy
  • EDULEARN proceedings
  • Computers & Security
  • Internet of Things

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lopez include:

  • Cristina Alcaraz (17 collaborative papers)
  • Rodrigo Román (9 collaborative papers)
  • Carmen Fernández-Gago (9 collaborative papers)
  • Davide Ferraris (7 collaborative papers)
  • Juan E. Rubio (6 collaborative papers)

Recent papers by Javier Lopez include:

  • "Digital Twins for Intelligent Authorization in the B5G-Enabled Smart Grid," 2021, published in IEEE Wireless Communications
  • "Digital Twin: A Comprehensive Survey of Security Threats," 2022, published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (authored by Cristina Alcaraz, a frequent collaborator)
  • "A survey on the (in)security of trusted execution environments," 2023, published in Computers & Security (authored by Antonio Muñoz)
  • "Private set intersection: A systematic literature review," 2023, published in Computer Science Review (authored by Daniel Morales)
  • "Stakeholder perspectives and requirements on cybersecurity in Europe," 2021, published in Journal of Information Security and Applications (authored by Simone Fischer-Hübner)

Javier Lopez has also contributed to scholarly books, including one published by Springer Science+Business Media titled "Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXXVI" (2022).

The scientist holds the ACM Senior Member award since 2012, recognizing professional standing in the computing community.

Best Publications

  • On the features and challenges of security and privacy in distributed internet of things

    Rodrigo Roman;Jianying Zhou;Javier Lopez

  • Mobile Edge Computing, Fog et al.: A Survey and Analysis of Security Threats and Challenges

    Rodrigo Roman;Javier Lopez;Masahiro Mambo

  • Securing the Internet of Things

    Rodrigo Roman;Pablo Najera;Javier Lopez

  • Information and Communications Security

    Miguel Soriano;Sihan Qing;Javier López

  • Trust management systems for wireless sensor networks: Best practices

    Javier Lopez;Rodrigo Roman;Isaac Agudo;Carmen Fernandez-Gago

  • A Survey of IoT-Enabled Cyberattacks: Assessing Attack Paths to Critical Infrastructures and Services

    Ioannis Stellios;Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou;Mihalis Psarakis;Cristina Alcaraz

  • Key management systems for sensor networks in the context of the Internet of Things

    Rodrigo Roman;Cristina Alcaraz;Javier Lopez;Nicolas Sklavos

  • Applying intrusion detection systems to wireless sensor networks

    R. Roman;Jianying Zhou;J. Lopez

  • Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things: Do We Need a Complete Integration?

    Cristina Alcaraz;Pablo Najera;Javier Lopez;Rodrigo Roman

  • Computer Security – ESORICS 2007

    Joachim Biskup;Javier López

  • Evolving privacy: From sensors to the Internet of Things

    Javier Lopez;Ruben Rios;Feng Bao;Guilin Wang

  • Integrating wireless sensor networks and the internet: a security analysis

    Rodrigo Roman;Javier Lopez

  • A Security Analysis for Wireless Sensor Mesh Networks in Highly Critical Systems

    Cristina Alcaraz;Javier Lopez

  • Authentication and authorization infrastructures (AAIs): a comparative survey

    Javier Lopez;Rolf Oppliger;Günther Pernul

  • A survey of cryptographic primitives and implementations for hardware-constrained sensor network nodes

    Rodrigo Roman;Cristina Alcaraz;Javier Lopez

  • Analysis of Security Threats, Requirements, Technologies and Standards in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Javier Lopez;Rodrigo Roman;Cristina Alcaraz

  • Real-time location and inpatient care systems based on passive RFID

    Pablo Najera;Javier Lopez;Rodrigo Roman

  • OCPP Protocol: Security Threats and Challenges

    Cristina Alcaraz;Javier Lopez;Stephen Wolthusen

  • Wireless Sensor Network Security

    Javier Lopez;Jianying Zhou

  • On the security of wireless sensor networks

    Rodrigo Roman;Jianying Zhou;Javier Lopez

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection

    Javier Lopez;Roberto Setola;Stephen D. Wolthusen

  • Computer security - ESORICS 2007 : 12th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Dresden, Germany, September 24-26, 2007 : proceedings

    Joachim Biskup;Javier Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianying Zhou
Jianying Zhou Singapore University of Technology and Design
José M. Troya
José M. Troya University of Malaga
Eduardo Fernández-Medina
Eduardo Fernández-Medina University of Castilla-La Mancha
Stefanos Gritzalis
Stefanos Gritzalis University of Piraeus
Ed Dawson
Ed Dawson Queensland University of Technology
Mario Piattini
Mario Piattini University of Castilla-La Mancha
Dimitris Gritzalis
Dimitris Gritzalis Athens University of Economics and Business
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik University of California, Irvine
Michael Backes
Michael Backes University of Oxford
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Cheng Kung University

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