Ehab Al‐Shaer

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Ehab Al‐Shaer is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ehab Al‐Shaer has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 80 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 70 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Ehab Al‐Shaer's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (120 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (54 papers) and Network Packet Processing and Optimization (49 papers). Ehab Al‐Shaer is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (120 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (54 papers) and Network Packet Processing and Optimization (49 papers). Ehab Al‐Shaer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Pakistan. Ehab Al‐Shaer's co-authors include H. Hamed, Qi Duan, Jafar Haadi Jafarian, Adel El‐Atawy, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Raouf Boutaba, Latifur Khan, Ghaith Husari, Taghrid Samak and Bill Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Ehab Al‐Shaer

199 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Openflow random host mutation 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Openflow random host mutation
    2012 330 citations Ehab Al‐Shaer, Qi Duan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ehab Al‐Shaer United States 34 3.5k 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 861 206 4.3k
Avishai Wool Israel 31 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 818 0.6× 644 0.6× 475 0.6× 102 3.2k
Heejo Lee South Korea 27 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 422 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 123 3.9k
Karl Levitt United States 30 3.2k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 792 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 123 4.7k
Farnam Jahanian United States 41 4.5k 1.3× 2.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 956 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 117 6.0k
Peter Reiher United States 31 4.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 565 0.4× 955 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 132 4.6k
Dongyan Xu United States 42 3.8k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 533 0.4× 2.2k 2.0× 2.2k 2.5× 200 5.4k
Richard A. Kemmerer United States 32 3.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 584 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 1.8k 2.1× 96 4.2k
Yi‐Min Wang United States 31 3.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 752 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 723 0.8× 128 4.7k
Robbert van Renesse United States 38 5.4k 1.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 175 0.2× 166 6.0k
Matthew Caesar United States 31 4.2k 1.2× 972 0.6× 494 0.4× 1.6k 1.5× 531 0.6× 98 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ehab Al‐Shaer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ehab Al‐Shaer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ehab Al‐Shaer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ehab Al‐Shaer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ehab Al‐Shaer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ehab Al‐Shaer. Ehab Al‐Shaer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wei, Jinpeng, et al.. (2024). Prompting LLM to Enforce and Validate CIS Critical Security Control. 93–104. 1 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, et al.. (2024). SMET: Semantic mapping of CTI reports and CVE to ATT&CK for advanced threat intelligence. Journal of Computer Security.
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Duan, Qi, Ehab Al‐Shaer, & Jiang Xie. (2020). Range and Topology Mutation Based Wireless Agility. 59–67. 4 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, Archna Bhatia, Zhuo Cheng, et al.. (2020). Active Defense Against Social Engineering: The Case for Human Language Technology. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Soumya K., et al.. (2014). PoliCon: a policy conciliation framework for heterogeneous mobile ad hoc networks. Security and Communication Networks. 8(3). 418–430. 1 indexed citations
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Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur & Ehab Al‐Shaer. (2013). A formal approach for network security management based on qualitative risk analysis. Integrated Network Management. 244–251. 14 indexed citations
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Duan, Qi, et al.. (2012). Provable configuration planning for wireless sensor networks. 316–321. 7 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, et al.. (2012). Fine-grain diagnosis of overlay performance anomalies using end-point network experiences. 91–99. 1 indexed citations
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El‐Atawy, Adel & Ehab Al‐Shaer. (2009). Building Covert Channels over the Packet Reordering Phenomenon. 2186–2194. 33 indexed citations
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Salah, Khaled, et al.. (2009). A potential low‐rate DoS attack against network firewalls. Security and Communication Networks. 4(2). 136–146. 23 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, et al.. (2009). Overlay Fault Diagnosis Based on Evidential Reasoning. 2596–2600. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Yongning & Ehab Al‐Shaer. (2009). Sharing end-user negative symptoms for improving overlay network dependability. 275–284. 6 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, et al.. (2007). PolicyVis: firewall security policy visualization and inspection. USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference. 1–16. 28 indexed citations
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El‐Atawy, Adel, et al.. (2005). Policy segmentation for intelligent firewall testing. 67–72. 30 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab, et al.. (2003). On studying the impact of the Internet delays on audio transmission. 208–213. 9 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab & H. Hamed. (2002). Design and Implementation of Firewall Policy Advisor Tools. 34 indexed citations
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Al‐Shaer, Ehab. (1999). Dynamic Monitoring Approach for Multi-poin Multimedia Systems.. 2(1). 75–88. 5 indexed citations

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