Frank Breitinger

2.9k total citations
82 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Frank Breitinger is a scholar working on Information Systems, Signal Processing and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Breitinger has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Information Systems, 56 papers in Signal Processing and 36 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Frank Breitinger's work include Digital and Cyber Forensics (57 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (53 papers) and Digital Media Forensic Detection (25 papers). Frank Breitinger is often cited by papers focused on Digital and Cyber Forensics (57 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (53 papers) and Digital Media Forensic Detection (25 papers). Frank Breitinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frank Breitinger's co-authors include Ibrahim Baggili, Harald Baier, Christoph Busch, Christian Rathgeb, Andrew Marrington, Joseph A. Ricci, Jason W. Moore, Xiaolu Zhang, Vassil Roussev and Claudia Nickel and has published in prestigious journals such as Carbohydrate Polymers, Forensic Science International and Computers & Security.

In The Last Decade

Frank Breitinger

75 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Breitinger United States 23 1.2k 1.0k 611 322 253 82 1.6k
Ibrahim Baggili United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 526 0.9× 309 1.0× 213 0.8× 87 1.6k
Hein S. Venter South Africa 25 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 340 0.6× 395 1.2× 412 1.6× 162 1.9k
Nicole Beebe United States 15 604 0.5× 483 0.5× 226 0.4× 290 0.9× 324 1.3× 41 990
Rafał Kozik Poland 19 420 0.3× 498 0.5× 109 0.2× 659 2.0× 684 2.7× 107 1.3k
Sagar Samtani United States 22 763 0.6× 454 0.5× 121 0.2× 417 1.3× 418 1.7× 74 1.4k
Ben Martini Australia 17 781 0.6× 527 0.5× 150 0.2× 284 0.9× 243 1.0× 31 1.0k
Robert F. Erbacher United States 17 430 0.4× 298 0.3× 360 0.6× 295 0.9× 426 1.7× 75 941
Miguel Angel Medina‐Pérez Mexico 17 224 0.2× 322 0.3× 175 0.3× 405 1.3× 151 0.6× 52 872
Adam Bates United States 25 877 0.7× 933 0.9× 79 0.1× 744 2.3× 1.1k 4.4× 64 1.9k
Rodrigo Nogueira Canada 14 292 0.2× 207 0.2× 359 0.6× 776 2.4× 27 0.1× 37 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Breitinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Breitinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Breitinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Breitinger 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 Frank Breitinger. Frank Breitinger 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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Breitinger, Frank, et al.. (2025). SoK: Timeline based event reconstruction for digital forensics: Terminology, methodology, and current challenges. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 53. 301932–301932.
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Göbel, Thomas, Frank Breitinger, & Harald Baier. (2025). Optimising data set creation in the cybersecurity landscape with a special focus on digital forensics: Principles, characteristics, and use cases. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 52. 301882–301882.
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Breitinger, Frank, et al.. (2025). Exploring the potential of large language models for improving digital forensic investigation efficiency. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 52. 301859–301859. 7 indexed citations
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Beek, Harm van, et al.. (2025). Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Digital Forensics: Case Study and General Recommendations. Open University of the Netherlands Research Portal. 6(4). 1–18.
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Studiawan, Hudan, Frank Breitinger, & Mark Scanlon. (2025). Towards a standardized methodology and dataset for evaluating LLM-based digital forensic timeline analysis. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 54. 301982–301982.
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Hargreaves, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Beyond timestamps: Integrating implicit timing information into digital forensic timelines. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 49. 301755–301755. 3 indexed citations
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Hargreaves, Christopher, Frank Breitinger, Liz Dowthwaite, Helena Webb, & Mark Scanlon. (2024). DFPulse: The 2024 digital forensic practitioner survey. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 51. 301844–301844. 5 indexed citations
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Breitinger, Frank, et al.. (2023). Sharing datasets for digital forensic: A novel taxonomy and legal concerns. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 45. 301562–301562. 7 indexed citations
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Breitinger, Frank, et al.. (2023). Automation for digital forensics: Towards a definition for the community. Forensic Science International. 349. 111769–111769. 7 indexed citations
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Göbel, Thomas, Harald Baier, & Frank Breitinger. (2023). Data for Digital Forensics: Why a Discussion on “How Realistic is Synthetic Data” is Dispensable. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 4(3). 1–18. 7 indexed citations
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Göbel, Thomas, et al.. (2022). FRASHER – A framework for automated evaluation of similarity hashing. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 42. 301407–301407. 5 indexed citations
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Alrabaee, Saed, et al.. (2022). The role of national cybersecurity strategies on the improvement of cybersecurity education. Computers & Security. 119. 102754–102754. 68 indexed citations
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Breitinger, Frank, et al.. (2020). Digital forensic tools: Recent advances and enhancing the status quo. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 34. 300999–300999. 22 indexed citations
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Baggili, Ibrahim, et al.. (2017). DROP (DRone Open source Parser) your drone: Forensic analysis of the DJI Phantom III. Digital Investigation. 22. S3–S14. 65 indexed citations
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Baggili, Ibrahim, et al.. (2016). Anti-forensics: Furthering digital forensic science through a new extended, granular taxonomy. Digital Investigation. 18. S66–S75. 58 indexed citations
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Baggili, Ibrahim & Frank Breitinger. (2015). Data Sources for Advancing Cyber Forensics: What the Social World has to Offer. Digital Commons - New Heaven (University of New Haven). 8 indexed citations
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Baggili, Ibrahim, et al.. (2015). An Empirical Comparison of Widely Adopted Hash Functions in Digital Forensics: Does the Programming Language and Operating System Make a Difference?. Scholarly Commons (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University). 57–68. 1 indexed citations
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Baggili, Ibrahim, et al.. (2015). Network and device forensic analysis of Android social-messaging applications. Digital Investigation. 14. S77–S84. 81 indexed citations
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Breitinger, Frank & Harald Baier. (2012). A Fuzzy Hashing Approach Based on Random Sequences and Hamming Distance. Scholarly Commons (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University). 89–100. 32 indexed citations
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Breitinger, Frank & Claudia Nickel. (2010). User survey on phone security and usage. Carbohydrate Polymers. 215. 139–144. 28 indexed citations

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