Martin Neil

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Martin Neil is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Neil has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 35 papers in Software and 27 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Martin Neil's work include Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (49 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (35 papers) and Software Engineering Research (26 papers). Martin Neil is often cited by papers focused on Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (49 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (35 papers) and Software Engineering Research (26 papers). Martin Neil collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Türkiye and China. Martin Neil's co-authors include Norman Fenton, David G. Márquez, Anthony C. Constantinou, Paul Krause, David A. Lagnado, Peter Hearty, William Marsh, Barbaros Yet, Yun Zhou and Magda Osman and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Martin Neil

90 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

A critique of software defect prediction models 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2012 200 400 600
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. A critique of software defect prediction models
    1999 718 citations Norman Fenton, Martin Neil profile →
  2. Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis with Bayesian Networks
    2012 396 citations Norman Fenton, Martin Neil profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Neil United Kingdom 37 2.0k 1.7k 1.6k 873 575 93 5.0k
Norman Fenton United Kingdom 48 5.6k 2.9× 4.1k 2.4× 2.9k 1.9× 943 1.1× 1.4k 2.4× 186 9.9k
Nozer D. Singpurwalla United States 38 532 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 740 0.5× 1.7k 2.0× 191 0.3× 178 5.8k
Thomas D. Nielsen Denmark 21 353 0.2× 249 0.1× 1.7k 1.1× 539 0.6× 254 0.4× 73 3.4k
Thomas A. Mazzuchi United States 29 276 0.1× 248 0.1× 500 0.3× 663 0.8× 434 0.8× 233 3.2k
Robert G. Sargent United States 35 312 0.2× 648 0.4× 360 0.2× 326 0.4× 589 1.0× 136 5.2k
Dong‐Ling Xu United Kingdom 48 843 0.4× 173 0.1× 2.8k 1.8× 1.0k 1.2× 271 0.5× 172 8.3k
Averill M. Law United States 29 384 0.2× 513 0.3× 557 0.4× 766 0.9× 1.3k 2.3× 91 8.9k
Hoang Pham United States 40 1.6k 0.8× 4.0k 2.3× 197 0.1× 1.4k 1.6× 391 0.7× 212 6.5k
Naeem Seliya United States 32 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 53 0.1× 987 1.7× 84 5.0k
Terje Aven Norway 63 464 0.2× 834 0.5× 531 0.3× 6.2k 7.1× 213 0.4× 346 12.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Neil

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Neil

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McLachlan, Scott, Evangelia Kyrimi, Kudakwashe Dube, et al.. (2024). Approach and Method for Bayesian Network Modelling: The Case for Pregnancy Outcomes in England and Wales. 604–612. 1 indexed citations
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Neil, Martin, et al.. (2021). A causal Bayesian network approach for consumer product safety and risk assessment. Journal of Safety Research. 80. 198–214. 7 indexed citations
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Neil, Martin & Norman Fenton. (2021). Bayesian Hypothesis Testing and Hierarchical Modeling of Ivermectin Effectiveness. American Journal of Therapeutics. 28(5). e576–e579. 4 indexed citations
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Kyrimi, Evangelia, et al.. (2020). Medical idioms for clinical Bayesian network development. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 108. 103495–103495. 22 indexed citations
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Yet, Barbaros, et al.. (2018). An improved method for solving Hybrid Influence Diagrams. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 95. 93–112. 6 indexed citations
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Osman, Magda, Norman Fenton, Toby D. Pilditch, David A. Lagnado, & Martin Neil. (2018). Whom Do We Trust on Social Policy Interventions?. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 40(5). 249–268. 25 indexed citations
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Constantinou, Anthony C., Norman Fenton, & Martin Neil. (2016). Integrating expert knowledge with data in Bayesian networks: Preserving data-driven expectations when the expert variables remain unobserved. Expert Systems with Applications. 56. 197–208. 68 indexed citations
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Constantinou, Anthony C., Barbaros Yet, Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, & William Marsh. (2015). Value of information analysis for interventional and counterfactual Bayesian networks in forensic medical sciences. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 66. 41–52. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yun, Norman Fenton, & Martin Neil. (2014). Bayesian network approach to multinomial parameter learning using data and expert judgments. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 55(5). 1252–1268. 68 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yun, et al.. (2013). Incorporating expert judgement into Bayesian network machine learning. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 3249–3250. 4 indexed citations
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Fenton, Norman, et al.. (2013). When ‘neutral’ evidence still has probative value (with implications from the Barry George Case). Science & Justice. 54(4). 274–287. 29 indexed citations
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Lagnado, David A., Norman Fenton, & Martin Neil. (2012). Legal idioms: a framework for evidential reasoning. 4(1). 46–63. 55 indexed citations
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Fenton, Norman & Martin Neil. (2011). Avoiding probabilistic reasoning fallacies in legal practice using Bayesian networks. 36(2011). 114. 27 indexed citations
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Fenton, Norman & Martin Neil. (2010). Comparing risks of alternative medical diagnosis using Bayesian arguments. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 43(4). 485–495. 30 indexed citations
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Neil, Martin. (2009). Understanding the human consciousness. Docs.school Publications. 46(6). 237–42.
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Neil, Martin & Norman Fenton. (2008). Using Bayesian networks to model the operational risk to information technology infrastructure in financial institutions. Journal of financial transformation. 22. 131–138. 10 indexed citations
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Radliński, Łukasz, Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, & David G. Márquez. (2007). Improved decision-making for software managers using Bayesian networks. International Conference on Software Engineering. 13–19. 11 indexed citations
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Hearty, Peter, et al.. (2005). Automated population of causal models for improved software risk assessment. 433–434. 3 indexed citations
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Neil, Martin, et al.. (2000). Building large-scale Bayesian networks. The Knowledge Engineering Review. 15(3). 257–284. 208 indexed citations
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Neil, Martin. (1992). Multivariate Assessment of Software Products.. Software Testing Verification and Reliability. 1. 17–37. 11 indexed citations

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