Gary Wassermann

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gary Wassermann is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Wassermann has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Information Systems, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Gary Wassermann's work include Security and Verification in Computing (9 papers), Web Application Security Vulnerabilities (8 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (6 papers). Gary Wassermann is often cited by papers focused on Security and Verification in Computing (9 papers), Web Application Security Vulnerabilities (8 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (6 papers). Gary Wassermann collaborates with scholars based in United States. Gary Wassermann's co-authors include Zhendong Su, Dinakar Dhurjati, Dachuan Yu, Hiroshi Inamura, Ajay Chander, Frederic T. Chong, S. Felix Wu, Jedidiah R. Crandall, Prémkumar Dévanbu and Shaozhi Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology and ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review.

In The Last Decade

Gary Wassermann

13 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The essence of command injection attacks in web applications 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. The essence of command injection attacks in web applications
    2006 349 citations Zhendong Su, Gary Wassermann profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary Wassermann United States 10 1.1k 812 505 385 228 14 1.2k
Chung-Hung Tsai Taiwan 6 693 0.6× 579 0.7× 345 0.7× 163 0.4× 102 0.4× 7 771
V. Benjamin Livshits United States 6 438 0.4× 449 0.6× 307 0.6× 256 0.7× 142 0.6× 7 656
Viktoria Felmetsger United States 6 440 0.4× 384 0.5× 269 0.5× 148 0.4× 93 0.4× 8 546
Christian Hammer Germany 16 389 0.4× 427 0.5× 400 0.8× 258 0.7× 245 1.1× 40 746
Xiaorui Pan United States 6 256 0.2× 331 0.4× 303 0.6× 79 0.2× 155 0.7× 7 506
Asia Slowinska Netherlands 13 290 0.3× 589 0.7× 648 1.3× 197 0.5× 323 1.4× 23 834
Zheng Leong Chua Singapore 9 269 0.2× 502 0.6× 441 0.9× 57 0.1× 265 1.2× 12 672
Avik Chaudhuri United States 11 350 0.3× 334 0.4× 321 0.6× 220 0.6× 169 0.7× 23 567
Alejandro Russo Sweden 13 208 0.2× 592 0.7× 449 0.9× 68 0.2× 242 1.1× 50 673
Yue Duan United States 8 397 0.4× 159 0.2× 621 1.2× 367 1.0× 356 1.6× 18 726

Countries citing papers authored by Gary Wassermann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gary Wassermann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Wassermann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gary Wassermann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gary Wassermann 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 Gary Wassermann. Gary Wassermann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Su, Zhendong & Gary Wassermann. (2008). Techniques and tools for engineering secure web applications. 1 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Gary & Zhendong Su. (2008). Static detection of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. 171–180. 247 indexed citations
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., Gary Wassermann, Shaozhi Ye, et al.. (2008). Bezoar: Automated virtual machine-based full-system recovery from control-flow hijacking attacks. 121–128. 12 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Gary, Dachuan Yu, Ajay Chander, et al.. (2008). Dynamic test input generation for web applications. 249–260. 125 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Gary & Zhendong Su. (2007). Sound and precise analysis of web applications for injection vulnerabilities. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 42(6). 32–41. 49 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Gary & Zhendong Su. (2007). Sound and precise analysis of web applications for injection vulnerabilities. 32–41. 238 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Gary, et al.. (2007). Static checking of dynamically generated queries in database applications. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 16(4). 14–14. 50 indexed citations
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., et al.. (2006). Temporal search. 25–36. 36 indexed citations
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., et al.. (2006). Temporal search. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 40(5). 25–36. 9 indexed citations
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., et al.. (2006). ExecRecorder. 66–71. 30 indexed citations
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Su, Zhendong & Gary Wassermann. (2006). The essence of command injection attacks in web applications. 372–382. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., et al.. (2006). Temporal search. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 41(11). 25–36. 6 indexed citations
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Crandall, Jedidiah R., et al.. (2006). Temporal search. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 34(5). 25–36. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Zhendong & Gary Wassermann. (2006). The essence of command injection attacks in web applications. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 41(1). 372–382. 74 indexed citations

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