Mitsuru Ohba

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mitsuru Ohba is a scholar working on Software, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuru Ohba has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Software, 5 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 4 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Mitsuru Ohba's work include Software Reliability and Analysis Research (6 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (5 papers) and Software Engineering Research (4 papers). Mitsuru Ohba is often cited by papers focused on Software Reliability and Analysis Research (6 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (5 papers) and Software Engineering Research (4 papers). Mitsuru Ohba collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Mitsuru Ohba's co-authors include Shigeru Yamada, Shunji Osaki, Yoshiaki Kakuda and Hiroshi Ohtera and has published in prestigious journals such as IBM Journal of Research and Development, IEEE Transactions on Reliability and Quality Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Mitsuru Ohba

7 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

S-Shaped Reliability Growth Modeling for Software Error Detection

1983 619 citations Shigeru Yamada, Mitsuru Ohba et al. IEEE Transactions on Reliability profile →
Software reliability analysis models

1984 441 citations Mitsuru Ohba IBM Journal of Research and Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mitsuru Ohba Japan	4	1.3k	1.1k	700	349	79	7	1.3k
Kazu Okumoto United States	5	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	790 1.1×	426 1.2×	77 1.0×	7	1.6k
Y. Tohma Japan	11	247 0.2×	194 0.2×	150 0.2×	62 0.2×	95 1.2×	27	377
W.K. Ehrlich United States	9	352 0.3×	109 0.1×	201 0.3×	28 0.1×	22 0.3×	14	397
Larry Morell United States	7	551 0.4×	71 0.1×	325 0.5×	18 0.1×	37 0.5×	26	605
Xia Cai China	9	171 0.1×	65 0.1×	147 0.2×	35 0.1×	12 0.2×	18	274
C. Beounes France	5	187 0.1×	106 0.1×	73 0.1×	10 0.0×	67 0.8×	5	313
Xinyu Zang United States	5	258 0.2×	243 0.2×	14 0.0×	15 0.0×	25 0.3×	9	334
Carmen J. Trammell United States	8	243 0.2×	40 0.0×	171 0.2×	5 0.0×	5 0.1×	15	332
M.A. Qureshi United States	8	77 0.1×	64 0.1×	24 0.0×	9 0.0×	78 1.0×	21	336
Karama Kanoun France	7	56 0.0×	47 0.0×	51 0.1×	8 0.0×	12 0.2×	18	172

Countries citing papers authored by Mitsuru Ohba

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitsuru Ohba

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All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Kakuda, Yoshiaki, et al.. (2003). Extended-model Based testing by Using Directed Chinese Postman Problem. 25(3). 267–278. 1 indexed citations

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Ohba, Mitsuru, et al.. (1993). Coverage measurement experience during function test. International Conference on Software Engineering. 287–301. 83 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shigeru, Hiroshi Ohtera, & Mitsuru Ohba. (1992). Testing-domain dependent software reliability models. Quality Engineering. 24(1-2). 79–86. 1 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shigeru & Mitsuru Ohba. (1986). S - Shaped Software Reliability Growth Models Characterized by Error Detection Rates. 27(8). 821–828. 2 indexed citations

5.

Ohba, Mitsuru. (1984). Software reliability analysis models. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 28(4). 428–443. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yamada, Shigeru, Mitsuru Ohba, & Shunji Osaki. (1984). s-Shaped Software Reliability Growth Models and Their Applications. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-33(4). 289–292. 202 indexed citations

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Yamada, Shigeru, Mitsuru Ohba, & Shunji Osaki. (1983). S-Shaped Reliability Growth Modeling for Software Error Detection. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-32(5). 475–484. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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