Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Research, Papers and Researchers

01Research activity

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) research by ScholarsColab researchers

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Recent focus (2024 onwards): learning, network, uavs, deep, multi-agent.

02Researchers

PhD researchers working on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

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Hrishikesh DuttaInstitut Polytechnique de Paris8 papers on this topic · 41 citationsDr. Mesfin L. BetaloAssistant Professor, Postdoc. Fellow at Shenzhen University, China7 papers on this topic · 104 citationsAmjad IqbalUniversity of Manitoba6 papers on this topic · 100 citationsUUsha Rani NelakuditiVFSTR Deemed to be University6 papers on this topic · 91 citationsTheodoros TsiftsisUniversity of Thessaly4 papers on this topic · 399 citationsAPARNA KUMARINirma university3 papers on this topic · 273 citationsTop 2% scientist · Networking & TelecommunicationsAsst. Prof. Dr. Ali H. WheebCollege of Engineering, University of Baghdad3 papers on this topic · 99 citationsMohammad Reza RezaeeMr3 papers on this topic · 2 citationsHannu TenhunenKTH-Royal Institute of Technology2 papers on this topic · 458 citationsTop 2% scientist · Electrical & Electronic EngineeringFarhan AadilSivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey2 papers on this topic · 104 citationsXXiaochun ChengSwansea University2 papers on this topic · 40 citationsDr. Narayanamoorthi RSRM Institute of Science and Technology2 papers on this topic · 17 citationsDr Rajesh DeyPost Doctoral Fellow,Aasoc prof2 papers on this topic · 0 citationsDr Mueen UddinUniversity of Doha for Science and Technology2 papers on this topic · 0 citationsTop 2% scientist · Artificial Intelligence & Image ProcessingBasant KumarModern College of Business and Science(Univ of Missouri,St Louis USA) Muscat2 papers on this topic · 0 citationsIbrahim A. HameedProfessor1 paper on this topic · 102 citationsMohamed Esmail KararMenoufia University1 paper on this topic · 80 citationsDr. Lowlesh Nandkishor YadavAssociate Professor, Dean R&D , Suryodaya College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur,…1 paper on this topic · 34 citationsMD Ashfakul Karim KausikMilitary Institute of Science and Technology1 paper on this topic · 34 citationsRRadhaKrishna KarneCMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY1 paper on this topic · 26 citationsMMasood Ur RehmanUniversity of Glasgow1 paper on this topic · 24 citationsAnkit KumarAssistant Professor1 paper on this topic · 12 citationsDr. SATHISH KUMAR SELVAPERUMALAsia Pacific Univeristy1 paper on this topic · 9 citationsEmmanuel Ampoma AffumKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 paper on this topic · 8 citationsBhargavKalinga Institute of Industrial Technology1 paper on this topic · 6 citationsR S HegadiCentral University of Karnataka1 paper on this topic · 6 citationsHemalathapanimalar engineering college1 paper on this topic · 5 citationsUmar IslamDepartment of Artificial Intelligence, The University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Swat,…1 paper on this topic · 5 citationsMMohendra RoyPandit Deendayal Energy University1 paper on this topic · 2 citationsNeelima KMohan Babu University1 paper on this topic · 2 citationsMDr. Muhammad Aminur RahamanGreen University of Bangladesh1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsDr. Amit BiswasAssociate Professor and HOD, Agricultural Engineering Department, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia,…1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsRotimi-Williams BelloUniversity of Africa, Nigeria1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsDr. Tasher Ali SheikhAssam down town University1 paper on this topic · 1 citationsDr Pradip JawandhiyaDiorector, P R Pote Patil college of Engineering & Management, Amravati1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr. T. Lurthu PushparajAssistant professor Cum Research Supervisor1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr. V. Gokula KrishnanProfessor, Department of Computer Science Engineering, Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil…1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsSuhas VaddhiparthyKshema General Insurance Limited1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsBahaa Saifalnasr Rabi MohammedEl-Saleheya El-Gadida University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr. VishalLovely Professionalm University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr. Himanshu SharmaIILM University, Greater Noida1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDr Senthil Kumar PSRM Institute of Science and Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsDR GEETA SABLEAssociate Professor1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsP. JayadharshiniKONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsVVanathi MAssistant Professor1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsimenphd student1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsFenanirUniversity of setif 1 Algeria1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsSharmila SubudhiDept. of Computer science, MSCB University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsThi-Thu-Huong LePusan National University1 paper on this topic · 0 citationsKhalid MostafaTA1 paper on this topic · 0 citations

03Papers

Research papers on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

1. Unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs): Collision avoidance systems and approaches2020405 citationsIEEE AccessHannu Tenhunen
2. Resource allocation for energy harvesting-powered D2D communication underlaying UAV-assisted networks2017204 citationsIEEE Transactions on Green Communications and NetworkingTheodoros Tsiftsis
3. A taxonomy of blockchain-enabled softwarization for secure UAV network2020143 citationsComputer CommunicationsAPARNA KUMARI
4. Blockchain-envisioned softwarized multi-swarming UAVs to tackle COVID-I9 situations2020130 citationsIEEE NetworkAPARNA KUMARI
5. UAV-aided multi-way NOMA networks with residual hardware impairments2020110 citationsIEEE Wireless Communications LettersTheodoros Tsiftsis
6. Fundamental Research on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Support Precision Agriculture in Oil Palm Plantations2019102 citationsIbrahim A. Hameed
7. An UAV-assisted VANET architecture for intelligent transportation system in smart cities202193 citationsInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor NetworksFarhan Aadil
8. A pilot study of smart agricultural irrigation using unmanned aerial vehicles and IoT-based cloud system202180 citationsInformation Sciences LettersMohamed Esmail Karar
9. Deep reinforcement learning for secrecy energy-efficient UAV communication with reconfigurable intelligent surface202369 citationsAmjad Iqbal
10. Performance Evaluation of Standard and Modified OLSR Protocols for Uncoordinated UAV Ad-Hoc Networks in Search and Rescue Environments202366 citationsElectronicsAsst. Prof. Dr. Ali H. Wheeb
11. Towards active vision with UAVs in marine search and rescue: Analyzing human detection at variable altitudes202053 citationsHannu Tenhunen
12. Device-to-device communications underlying UAV-supported social networking201850 citationsIEEE AccessTheodoros Tsiftsis
13. Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Task Scheduling and Resource Sharing for O-RAN-empowered Multi-UAV-assisted Wireless Sensor Networks202342 citationsIEEE Transactions on Vehicular TechnologyDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
14. Cooperative conflict detection and resolution and safety assessment for 6G enabled unmanned aerial vehicles202237 citationsIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsXiaochun Cheng
15. Energy-efficient UAV-relaying 5G/6G spectrum sharing networks: Interference coordination with power management and trajectory design202235 citationsIEEE Open Journal of the Communications SocietyTheodoros Tsiftsis
16. Energy-aware UAV based on blockchain model using IoE application in 6G network-driven cybertwin202234 citationsEnergiesDr. Lowlesh Nandkishor Yadav
17. Integration of artificial intelligence and IoT with UAVs for precision agriculture202534 citationsHybrid AdvancesMD Ashfakul Karim Kausik
18. Implementation of RWP and Gauss Markov Mobility Model for Multi-UAV Networks in Search and Rescue Environment202233 citationsInternational Journal of Interactive Mobile TechnologiesAsst. Prof. Dr. Ali H. Wheeb
19. IoT based unmanned aerial vehicle system for agriculture applications201832 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
20. Multi-Agent DRL-Based Energy Harvesting for Freshness of Data in UAV-Assisted Wireless Sensor Networks202429 citationsIEEE Transactions on Network and Service ManagementDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
21. Investigation on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): An Overview202226 citationsRadhaKrishna Karne
22. Green UAV-enabled internet-of-things network with AI-assisted NOMA for disaster management202424 citationsMasood Ur Rehman
23. Determination of coordinate transformations in UAVS201618 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
24. Generative AI-Driven Multi-Agent DRL for Task Allocation in UAV-Assisted EMPD within 6G-Enabled SAGIN Networks202517 citationsIEEE Internet of Things JournalDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
25. Deep reinforcement learning-based resource allocation for secure RIS-aided UAV communication202317 citationsAmjad Iqbal
26. Crowd monitoring and payload delivery drone using quadcopter based UAV system201816 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
27. Implementation of power optimization technique for UAVs201814 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
28. Addressing environmental stochasticity in reconfigurable intelligent surface aided unmanned aerial vehicle networks: Multi-task deep reinforcement learning based optimization …202413 citationsInternet of ThingsAmjad Iqbal
29. Uav based remote sensing for tassel detection and growth stage estimation of maize crop using f-rcnn201912 citationsAnkit Kumar
30. Investigation of unsafe construction site conditions using deep learning algorithms using unmanned aerial vehicles202412 citationsSensorsDr. Narayanamoorthi R
31. UAV-assisted ubiquitous communication architecture for urban VANET environment.202311 citationsJournal of SupercomputingFarhan Aadil
32. UAV based smoke plume detection system controlled via the short message service through the GSM network201610 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
33. Towards a UAV-centric content caching architecture for communication-challenged environments202210 citationsHrishikesh Dutta
34. Gain enhancement of axial mode helical antenna for UAV applications20159 citationsDr. SATHISH KUMAR SELVAPERUMAL
35. Federated multi-armed bandit learning for caching in UAV-aided content dissemination20239 citationsAd Hoc NetworksHrishikesh Dutta
36. Enhancing UAV Communication Performance: Analysis Using Interference Based Geometry Stochastic Model and Successive Interference Cancellation20228 citationsEmmanuel Ampoma Affum
37. Multi-UAV Data Collection Optimization for Sink Node and Trajectory Planning in WSN20228 citationsDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
38. Joint optimization for cluster head selection in UAV-assisted WSN20217 citationsDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
39. UAV trajectory planning for improved content availability in infrastructure-less wireless networks20237 citationsHrishikesh Dutta
40. Next-gen smart healthcare using UAV assisted cooperative communication: A deep learning approach20246 citationsIEEE Transactions on Consumer ElectronicsBhargav
41. A Comparative Analysis of IoU-Based Losses with YOLOv8: Fruit Tree Detection from UAV Images20256 citationsProcedia computer scienceR S Hegadi
42. Handling demand heterogeneity in UAV-aided content caching in communication-challenged environments20236 citationsHrishikesh Dutta
43. Misalignment-tolerant wireless power transfer for high endurance IoT sensors using UAVs and nonlinear resonant circuits20255 citationsResults in EngineeringDr. Narayanamoorthi R
44. Intelligent Wearable Devices Enabled Automatic Vehicle Detection and Tracking System with Video‐Enabled UAV Networks Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network and IoT Surveillance20225 citationsJournal of Healthcare EngineeringHemalatha
45. Towards federated multi-armed bandit learning for content dissemination using swarm of UAVs20255 citationsACM Transactions on Internet of ThingsHrishikesh Dutta
46. Enhancing reliable and energy-efficient UAV communications with RIS and deep reinforcement learning20255 citationsPeerJ Computer ScienceUmar Islam
47. Enabling Privacy-preserving and Drop-out Resilient Federated LLM Fine-tuning for the Low-altitude UAV Swarm Networks20253 citationsIEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and NetworkingXiaochun Cheng
48. An energy efficient system for unmanned aerial vehicle-based surveillance20232 citationsMohendra Roy
49. Efficient energy management systems in UAV‐based IoT networks20212 citationsNeelima K
50. Distributed Federated-Multi-Armed Bandit Learning for Content Management in Connected UAVs20232 citationsIEEE Internet of Things MagazineHrishikesh Dutta
51. Feasibility Study and Selection of Open-Source Flight Controller for UAV Applications20231 citationsUsha Rani Nelakuditi
52. Energy and Latency-Aware Optimal Task Allocation in Edge Computing Assisted Multi-UAV System20241 citationsDr. Muhammad Aminur Rahaman
53. CNN-Based Rice Nitrogen Status Estimation Using UAV Integrated Multispectral Camera Images20231 citationsDr. Amit Biswas
54. Federated Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for UAV Collision Avoidance in Dense Smart City Environment20241 citationsMohammad Reza Rezaee
55. Multi agent reinforcement learning for UAV collision avoidance20231 citationsMohammad Reza Rezaee
56. Estimation of tree height using UAV photogrammetric data20241 citationsRotimi-Williams Bello
57. UAV-assisted-Smart Farming for Agricultural Monitoring in a Large Scale WSN Area20231 citationsDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
58. Top-k Multi-Armed Bandit Learning for Content Dissemination in Swarms of Micro-UAVs20251 citationsIEEE Transactions on Network and Service ManagementHrishikesh Dutta
59. Multi-Armed Bandit Learning for Content Provisioning in Network of UAVs20231 citationsHrishikesh Dutta
60. Twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient-based physical layer security and SEE in RIS-aided UAV communication20251 citationsComputer NetworksAmjad Iqbal
61. An Effective Routing Algorithm to Minimize the UAV Routing Time and Extend the Network Lifetime in Clustered IoT Network.20251 citationsRadioengineeringDr. Tasher Ali Sheikh
62. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Low-Flying Drones: A Review of Classification20240 citationsDr Pradip Jawandhiya
63. AI-Powered Real-Time Obstacle Detection for UAVs using Blockchain20240 citationsAPARNA KUMARI
64. DRL-Controlled Adaptive UAV Landing on Unstructured Terrain Using a ROS 2 Digital Twin Framework20250 citationsSGS-Engineering & SciencesDr Rajesh Dey
65. Comprehensive Review of Bird-Inspired Perched Landing Systems for Enhanced UAV Stability and Efficiency20250 citationsSGS-Engineering & SciencesDr Rajesh Dey
66. Traffic Management in Smart Cities Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles20240 citationsDr. T. Lurthu Pushparaj
67. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for UAV Flocking and Collision Avoidance in Challenging Environments20250 citationsMohammad Reza Rezaee
68. TUB-IoT: Quantum Trust-Based Big Data UAV Architecture for Security-Centric Internet of Things20260 citationsIEEE Open Journal of the Communications SocietyDr Mueen Uddin
69. Enhancing 6g Wireless Networks Through Uavs for Secure and Efficient Communication0 citationsDr Mueen Uddin
70. ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT ST-TCN FRAMEWORK USING UAV MULTI-SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF PINE NEMATODE20240 citationsJournal of Theoretical and Applied Information TechnologyDr. V. Gokula Krishnan
71. Attention Meets UAVs: A Comprehensive Evaluation of DDoS Detection in Low-Cost UAVs20240 citationsSuhas Vaddhiparthy
72. A New Approach for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Sterilizing Cities from Covid-19 Virus0 citationsBahaa Saifalnasr Rabi Mohammed
73. Distance Measurement for UAVs in Deep Hazardous Tunnels20240 citationsDr. Vishal
74. RIS-Assisted UAV-Based Dynamic Coverage Control for 6G-Enabled Internet of Everything Using Multi-agent DRL20250 citationsIEEE Transactions on Automation Science and EngineeringDr. Mesfin L. Betalo
75. A comprehensive survey of 6G-V2X communication in UAVs20250 citationsApplications of Artificial Intelligence inDr. Himanshu Sharma
76. A Cutting Edge Method To Create A Synthetic Aerial Dataset For Use In UAV Monitoring20230 citationsThe International journal of analytical and experimental modal analysisDr Senthil Kumar P
77. Multi-agent learning for UAV networks: a unified approach ‎to trajectory control, frequency allocation and routing20250 citationsDR GEETA SABLE
78. Sustainable Smart Agriculture Using UAV-Enabled Flying Edge Computing20250 citationsSGS-Engineering & SciencesBasant Kumar
79. AeroAgriNet: A Unified Simulation Framework for Swarm Intelligent UAVs and Edge AI in Precision Agriculture 4.020250 citationsBasant Kumar
80. Multimodal Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Classification Using Vision and Acoustic Inputs20250 citationsP. Jayadharshini
81. An Evaluation of the State of Health of Strawberry Plants for Organic Farming Through the Utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles20240 citationsVanathi M
82. Adaptive UAV Inspection of PV Panels Using Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning and Zigzag Coverage Planning20250 citationsimen
83. ADAPTIVE ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR RELIABLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AD HOC NETWORK BASED ON DEEP Q-NETWORK ALGORITHM20240 citationsAsst. Prof. Dr. Ali H. Wheeb
84. Energy-Aware Hierarchical Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks for TinyML-Based UAV Intrusion Detection on Microcontrollers0 citationsFenanir
85. Hierarchical Federated Graph Attention Networks for Scalable and Resilient UAV Collision Avoidance20250 citationsSharmila Subudhi
86. 6G SDVN: UAV-Assisted VANETs for AI-Enabled Controller Selection and Heterogeneous Multi-Band Connectivity20260 citationsIEEE Open Journal of the Communications SocietyAmjad Iqbal
87. Reward-Driven Clustered Federated Learning for DRL Based UAV-RIS Networks20230 citationsAmjad Iqbal
88. RV-DroneEye: Unity-based framework for a Synthetic dataset for robust UAV recognition20260 citationsIEEE AccessThi-Thu-Huong Le
89. Secure and Efficient UAV Authentication: PESDAP’s Cross-Layer PUF-ECC Framework for IoD20260 citationsComputer NetworksKhalid Mostafa

04Journals

Journals that publish Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) research

Where our researchers published their papers on this topic, with each journal’s indexing.

*Impact factor and quartile calculated from OpenAlex open data where available; official Journal Impact Factors are published by Clarivate. Indexing from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists. Find the right journal for your own paper →

05Top 2% scientists

World’s Top 2% scientists in Mechanical Engineering & Transports

The Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list ranks researchers by a composite citation indicator. Mechanical Engineering & Transports is the research subfield closest to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in that list; 3,359 researchers from 79 countries are listed in it.

Source: Elsevier Data Repository, Ioannidis et al., 2026 edition, citations to the end of 2025 (career-long ranking). ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Stanford University or Elsevier, and the researchers listed are not ScholarsColab mentors unless marked so above.

06Related topics

Topics related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Topics that share the most papers with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in our researchers’ work:

• Reinforcement Learning (RL)105 papers · 62 researchers
• Precision Agriculture42 papers · 34 researchers
• Edge Computing40 papers · 37 researchers
• Agriculture252 papers · 133 researchers
• Remote Sensing50 papers · 42 researchers
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)344 papers · 126 researchers
• Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET)133 papers · 45 researchers
• Energy Harvesting65 papers · 33 researchers
• Internet of Things (IoT)1,334 papers · 356 researchers
• Wireless Networks95 papers · 51 researchers

07Questions

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