2026 Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	116	181	176	1	1	1045	46139

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Brazil Leader Award
2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Internet of Things and vehicular communications
2011 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues is affiliated with the Federal University of Piauí in Brazil and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within computer science and engineering. Their primary fields of study include Computer Science with 689 publications and Engineering with 349 publications. Within these broader domains, Rodrigues has conducted significant work in subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of current technology areas, including:

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Cryptography and Data Security
Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Recent publications by Rodrigues reflect involvement in various domains of Internet of Things (IoT), health monitoring, smart systems, and reinforcement learning. Notable recent papers include:

"Cyber-physical systems architectures for industrial internet of things applications in Industry 4.0: A literature review" (2020), published in Journal of Manufacturing Systems
"Internet of Things for In-Home Health Monitoring Systems: Current Advances, Challenges and Future Directions" (2021), published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
"A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19" (2020), published in Sustainable Cities and Society
"A Smart Waste Management Solution Geared towards Citizens" (2020), published in Sensors
"RLProph: a dynamic programming based reinforcement learning approach for optimal routing in opportunistic IoT networks" (2020), published in Wireless Networks

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Ashok Kumar Das, Ahmad Almogren, Ikram Ud Din, Deepak Gupta, and Ricardo A. L. Rabêlo. Their work has been disseminated extensively in prominent journals and conferences, such as:

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Access
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Sensors

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues has also published several books through Springer International Publishing. These include titles focused on smart healthcare and cyber-security:

Internet of Medical Things for Smart Healthcare (2020)
Proceedings of First International Conference on Computing, Communications, and Cyber-Security (IC4S 2019) (2020)
Proceedings of Second International Conference on Computing, Communications, and Cyber-Security (2021)
Proceedings of Third International Conference on Computing, Communications, and Cyber-Security (2022)

Recognition of their professional contributions includes the IEEE Fellow accolade awarded in 2020 for work related to the Internet of Things and vehicular communications, and membership as an ACM Senior Member since 2011.

Best Publications

Mobile-health

Bruno M.C. Silva;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Isabel de la Torre Díez;Miguel López-Coronado

881
Citations
A novel deep learning based framework for the detection and classification of breast cancer using transfer learning

Sana Ullah Khan;Naveed Islam;Zahoor Jan;Ikram Ud Din

775
Citations
Methodological ReviewMobile-health: A review of current state in 2015

Bruno M.C. Silva;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Isabel de la Torre Díez;Miguel López-Coronado

580
Citations
Smart technologies for promotion of energy efficiency, utilization of sustainable resources and waste management

Sandro Nižetić;Nedjib Djilali;Agis Papadopoulos;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues

525
Citations
Cloud Computing Applications for Smart Grid: A Survey

Samaresh Bera;Sudip Misra;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues

509
Citations
Identifying pneumonia in chest X-rays: A deep learning approach

Amit Kumar Jaiswal;Prayag Tiwari;Sachin Kumar;Deepak Gupta

504
Citations
Wireless Sensor Networks: a Survey on Environmental Monitoring

Luís M. L. Oliveira;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

496
Citations
Cyber-physical systems architectures for industrial internet of things applications in Industry 4.0: A literature review

Diego G.S. Pivoto;Luiz F.F. de Almeida;Rodrigo da Rosa Righi;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues

435
Citations
Enabling Technologies for the Internet of Health Things

Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues;Dante Borges De Rezende Segundo;Heres Arantes Junqueira;Murilo Henrique Sabino

432
Citations
LoRaWAN — A low power WAN protocol for Internet of Things: A review and opportunities

Jonathan de Carvalho Silva;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues;Antonio M. Alberti;Petar Solic

396
Citations
5G D2D Networks: Techniques, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Rafay Iqbal Ansari;Chrysostomos Chrysostomou;Syed Ali Hassan;Mohsen Guizani

375
Citations
A comprehensive survey on network anomaly detection

Gilberto Fernandes;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues;Luiz Fernando Carvalho;Jalal F. Al-Muhtadi

374
Citations
Edge Computing in the Industrial Internet of Things Environment: Software-Defined-Networks-Based Edge-Cloud Interplay

Kuljeet Kaur;Sahil Garg;Gagangeet Singh Aujla;Neeraj Kumar

353
Citations
Design and Analysis of Secure Lightweight Remote User Authentication and Key Agreement Scheme in Internet of Drones Deployment

Mohammad Wazid;Ashok Kumar Das;Neeraj Kumar;Athanasios V. Vasilakos

335
Citations
BHEEM: A Blockchain-Based Framework for Securing Electronic Health Records

Jayneel Vora;Anand Nayyar;Sudeep Tanwar;Sudhanshu Tyagi

334
Citations
Energy meters evolution in smart grids: A review

Danielly B. Avancini;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues;Simion G.B. Martins;Ricardo A.L. Rabêlo

322
Citations
From Delay-Tolerant Networks to Vehicular Delay-Tolerant Networks

Paulo Rogerio Pereira;Augusto Casaca;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues;Vasco N. G. J. Soares

319
Citations
A Reference Model for Internet of Things Middleware

Mauro A. A. da Cruz;Joel Jose P. C. Rodrigues;Jalal Al-Muhtadi;Valery V. Korotaev

318
Citations
GeoSpray: A geographic routing protocol for vehicular delay-tolerant networks

Vasco N. G. J. Soares;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues;Farid Farahmand

309
Citations
Metaheuristic Scheduling for Cloud: A Survey

Chun-Wei Tsai;Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

282
Citations
Communications in Computer and Information Science

L.M.C.C. Pedro;J.J.P.C. Rodrigues;Henrique Martins

35
Citations
Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)

Sabu M Thampi;Michal Wozniak;Oge Marques;Dilip Krishnaswamy

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neeraj Kumar Thapar University

Jaime Lloret Universitat Politècnica de València

Guangjie Han Hohai University

Lei Shu Nanjing Agricultural University

Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque Universidade Federal do Ceará

Pascal Lorenz University of Upper Alsace

Ashok Kumar Das International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Jalal Al-Muhtadi King Saud University

Deepak Gupta Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT)

Chunsheng Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology

External Links

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