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title: "Telefonica Research and Development: research papers"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Telefonica Research and Development took part in 22 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (11), economics (3) and operations research (3). 3 of them were published in 2025, against 3 in 2017."
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# Telefonica Research and Development

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Papers in the tracked journals with an author at Telefonica Research and Development: per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

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## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Telefonica Research and Development took part in 22 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (11), economics (3) and operations research (3).
- 3 of them were published in 2025, against 3 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Amazon (United States) (2), Telefónica (Spain) (2) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2).
- The journals publishing most of them were Neural Computing and Applications (2), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (2) and Computers & Security (1).
- The most-cited of them is “Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI” (Information Fusion, 2019), with 10,445 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 14 of its papers 764 times; 96% of those links came from papers with a university author and 0% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 94 times, 9% of them papers with a company author.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Telefonica Research and Development has 2,736 works with 145,274 citations (h-index 152).
- The tracked journals hold 21 of its 920 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.3%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Software-Defined Networks and 5G (700), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (521) and Network Traffic and Congestion Control (405).
- OpenAlex lists it under Telefónica (Spain).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2 |
| 2 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2 |
| 3 | [Computers & Security](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-security.md) | 1 |
| 4 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 1 |
| 5 | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Amazon (United States)](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/amazon-united-states.md) | 2 |
| 2 | [Telefónica (Spain)](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/telefonica-spain.md) | 2 |
| 3 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | 2 |
| 4 | Universidad de Valladolid | 2 |
| 5 | [University of Glasgow](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-glasgow.md) | 2 |
| 6 | Barcelona Supercomputing Center | 1 |
| 7 | Cisco Systems (United States) | 1 |
| 8 | [George Mason University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/george-mason-university.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-advanced-institute-of-science-and-technology.md) | 1 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Spain | 11 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 4 |
| 3 | United States | 3 |
| 4 | China | 1 |
| 5 | South Korea | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | 5G | 1 |
| 2 | 6G | 1 |
| 3 | GPU memory efficiency | 1 |
| 4 | IEEE 802.11be | 1 |
| 5 | IEEE 802.11bn | 1 |
| 6 | N-BEATS | 1 |
| 7 | NP-hard scheduling | 1 |
| 8 | [Twitter](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/twitter.md) | 1 |
| 9 | WADI dataset | 1 |
| 10 | Wi-Fi 7 | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,445 | 126.9 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2019.12.012) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2019-12-26 | Alejandro Barredo Arrieta, Natalia Díaz-Rodríguez, Javier Del Ser et al. |
| 2 | 88 | 0.8 | [A k-means binarization framework applied to multidimensional knapsack problem](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-017-0972-6) | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 2017-07-11 | José García, Broderick Crawford, Ricardo Soto et al. |
| 3 | 61 | 0.7 | [A business case for 5G mobile broadband in a dense urban area](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2019.03.002) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 2019-04-01 | Juan Rendón Schneir, Ade Ajibulu, Konstantinos Konstantinou et al. |
| 4 | 42 | 0.9 | [A survey on privacy for B5G/6G: New privacy challenges, and research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2022.100405) | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 2022-10-17 | Chamara Sandeepa, Bartlomiej Siniarski, Nicolas Kourtellis et al. |
| 5 | 39 | 1.2 | [Graph Neural Network contextual embedding for Deep Learning on tabular data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2024.106180) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2024-02-16 | Mario Villaizán-Vallelado, Matteo Salvatori, Belén Carro et al. |
| 6 | 33 | 1.2 | [TypeFormer: transformers for mobile keystroke biometrics](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-10140-2) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2024-07-30 | Giuseppe Stragapede, Paula Delgado-Santos, Rubén Tolosana et al. |
| 7 | 31 | 1.4 | [GAT-AD: Graph Attention Networks for contextual anomaly detection in network monitoring](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.110830) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2024-12-24 | Hamid Latif-Martínez, José Suárez‐Varela, Albert Cabellos‐Aparicio et al. |
| 8 | 27 | 0.2 | [Empowering cash managers to achieve cost savings by improving predictive accuracy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2016.11.002) | [International Journal of Forecasting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-forecasting.md) | 2017-01-12 | Francisco Salas Molina, Francisco J. Martin, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar et al. |
| 9 | 27 | 0.9 | [Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2024.102766) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 2024-04-24 | Edward J. Oughton, Giovanni Geraci, Michele Polese et al. |
| 10 | 16 | 0.6 | [Topic-based engagement analysis: Focusing on hotel industry Twitter accounts](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.104981) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2024-06-15 | Inmaculada Rabadán Martín, Lucía Barcos Redín, Jorge Pereira-Delgado et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Universidad de Granada](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidad-de-granada.md) | University | Spain | 24 |
| 2 | [University of Pisa](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-pisa.md) | University | Italy | 11 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | Government | France | 11 |
| 4 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | University | South Korea | 9 |
| 5 | Tecnalia | Other | Spain | 9 |
| 6 | Saarland University | University | Germany | 9 |
| 7 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | University | Singapore | 8 |
| 8 | University of the Basque Country | University | Spain | 8 |
| 9 | [Nanyang Technological University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanyang-technological-university.md) | University | Singapore | 8 |
| 10 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | University | Germany | 8 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Universitat Politècnica de València | University | Spain | 6 |
| 2 | Centro Tecnológico de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) | Nonprofit | Spain | 5 |
| 3 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | University | Australia | 4 |
| 4 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | University | Spain | 4 |
| 5 | [The University of Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-sydney.md) | University | Australia | 3 |
| 6 | [Hefei University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hefei-university-of-technology.md) | University | China | 3 |
| 7 | [University of Glasgow](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-glasgow.md) | University | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 8 | [Michigan State University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/michigan-state-university.md) | University | United States | 3 |
| 9 | University of Bern | University | Switzerland | 2 |
| 10 | [University of Lisbon](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-lisbon.md) | University | Portugal | 2 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## In OpenAlex

*Telefonica Research and Development in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Company |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Also known as | Telefónica I+D, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo |
| Part of | [Telefónica (Spain)](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/telefonica-spain.md) |
| Works in OpenAlex | 2,736 |
| Citations | 145,274 |
| h-index | 152 |
| i10-index | 1,810 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.27 |
| Website | [www.tid.es](http://www.tid.es/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/03qgzzb04](https://ror.org/03qgzzb04) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I4210134591](https://openalex.org/I4210134591) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 52 | 4,794 | 1 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 88 | 6,245 | 3 | 3.4% |
| 2024 | 101 | 6,208 | 6 | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 112 | 6,158 | 1 | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 100 | 5,506 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 2021 | 127 | 6,085 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 85 | 5,266 | 1 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 104 | 4,715 | 3 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 95 | 4,574 | 3 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 108 | 4,261 | 3 | 2.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Software-Defined Networks and 5G | Computer Science | 700 |
| 2 | Advanced Optical Network Technologies | Engineering | 521 |
| 3 | Network Traffic and Congestion Control | Computer Science | 405 |
| 4 | Optical Network Technologies | Engineering | 224 |
| 5 | Cloud Computing and Resource Management | Computer Science | 184 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Telefonica Research and Development. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/telefonica-research-and-development

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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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