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October 30, 2024
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SWAP: Smart WAter Protocol for the Irrigation of Urban Gardens in Smart Cities

Publicated to: IEEE Access. 10 39239-39247 - 2022-01-01 10(), DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3165579

Authors:

Aldegheishem, Abdulaziz; Alrajeh, Nabil; García-García, Laura; Lloret, Jaime
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Affiliations

King Saud Univ, Coll Appl Med Sci, Biomed Technol Dept - Author
King Saud Univ, Coll Architecture & Planning, Urban Planning Dept - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gest Integrada Zonas Costeras - Author
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Abstract

The implementation of Smart City projects has experimented a surge in the recent years with examples such as Smart Santander or Barcelona Smart City. Among the different domains that comprise the Smart City, water management has a great importance, more so in areas with water scarcity. Furthermore, water from different sources such as treated sewage water or collected rainwater can be utilized to address water needs where the use of potable water is not necessary. Therefore, the implementation of smart systems for the irrigation of urban gardens and other urban vegetated areas is of great importance to manage both water needs and the available resources. In this paper, a communication protocol for smart irrigation systems designed within the context of the Smart City is presented. The protocol enables the communication among devices with both LoRa and WiFi wireless technologies. Tests were performed with low-cost devices in an urban area. The results demonstrate the good performance of the proposal, obtaining the minimum packet loss by adding a 500 ms delay at the CH node when transmitting messages from WiFi to LoRa and vice versa.
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Keywords

BarcelonaDifferent domainsIntelligent sensorsIrrigationLoraMonitoringPotable waterProtocolProtocolsSewageSmart citiesSmart cityTemperature sensorsTreated sewage watersUrban areasUrban gardenWater needsWater scarcityWater treatmentWaters managementsWi-fiWireless local area networks (wlan)

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE Access due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.86. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.59 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 16
  • Scopus: 33
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-03:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 61 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/190072
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Saudi Arabia.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Lloret Mauri, Jaime).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Lloret Mauri, Jaime.

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    Awards linked to the item

    This work was supported by the Researchers Supporting Project, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under Grant RSP-2021/295.
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