Mohammad Zarour

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

Mohammad Zarour is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad Zarour has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Information Systems, 12 papers in Software and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Mohammad Zarour's work include Software Engineering Research (18 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (16 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (10 papers). Mohammad Zarour is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (18 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (16 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (10 papers). Mohammad Zarour collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and India. Mohammad Zarour's co-authors include Mamdouh Alenezi, Raees Ahmad Khan, Alka Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, Adil Hussain Seh, Izzat Alsmadi, Abdulrahman Alarifi, Abhishek Pandey, Masood Ahmad and Jean‐Marc Desharnais and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Access and Journal of Systems and Software.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad Zarour

37 papers receiving 725 citations

Hit Papers

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Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications

2020 287 citations Adil Hussain Seh, Mohammad Zarour et al. Healthcare profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohammad Zarour Saudi Arabia	11	377	167	148	74	59	40	801
Karim Abouelmehdi Morocco	9	263 0.7×	164 1.0×	285 1.9×	86 1.2×	41 0.7×	19	724
Hayat Khaloufi Morocco	5	214 0.6×	108 0.6×	244 1.6×	86 1.2×	22 0.4×	7	620
Prathamesh Churi India	18	272 0.7×	89 0.5×	227 1.5×	131 1.8×	30 0.5×	72	1.0k
Charles Zhechao Liu United States	10	575 1.5×	321 1.9×	160 1.1×	69 0.9×	27 0.5×	28	800
Wahidah Husain Malaysia	12	245 0.6×	146 0.9×	415 2.8×	44 0.6×	17 0.3×	47	1.1k
E. M. Almahdi Malaysia	9	168 0.4×	110 0.7×	353 2.4×	127 1.7×	45 0.8×	9	941
Rodolfo Stoffel Antunes Brazil	15	217 0.6×	230 1.4×	395 2.7×	81 1.1×	15 0.3×	40	935
Xiaomei Bai China	17	374 1.0×	77 0.5×	383 2.6×	67 0.9×	19 0.3×	48	1.0k
Elena García‐Barriocanal Spain	18	367 1.0×	75 0.4×	337 2.3×	88 1.2×	19 0.3×	71	929
Teo Sušnjak New Zealand	19	209 0.6×	112 0.7×	383 2.6×	40 0.5×	38 0.6×	69	1.2k

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Zarour, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). MLOps best practices, challenges and maturity models: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology. 183. 107733–107733. 3 indexed citations

Zarour, Mohammad, Mamdouh Alenezi, & Mohammed Akour. (2025). A Framework to Evaluate Software Engineering Program Using SWEBOK Version 4. Journal of Communications Software and Systems. 21(1). 66–78.

Alsmadi, Izzat, et al.. (2024). Stance Detection in the Context of Fake News—A New Approach. Future Internet. 16(10). 364–364. 2 indexed citations

Seh, Adil Hussain, Mohammad Zarour, Mamdouh Alenezi, et al.. (2020). Healthcare Data Breaches: Insights and Implications. Healthcare. 8(2). 133–133. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

Alenezi, Mamdouh & Mohammad Zarour. (2020). On the Relationship between Software Complexity and Security. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

Alenezi, Mamdouh, et al.. (2020). A reference measurement framework of software security product quality (SPQ ^NFSR ). IET Information Security. 15(1). 23–37. 3 indexed citations

Zarour, Mohammad, et al.. (2019). DEVOPS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AWARENESS AND ADOPTION - THE CASE OF SAUDI ARABIA. 14(1). 21–21. 2 indexed citations

Agrawal, Alka, Mohammad Zarour, Mamdouh Alenezi, Rajeev Kumar, & Raees Ahmad Khan. (2019). Security durability assessment through fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. PeerJ Computer Science. 5. e215–e215. 31 indexed citations

Zarour, Mohammad, et al.. (2018). AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF BAD SMELLS DURING SOFTWARE EVOLUTION USING DESIGNITE TOOL. 12(4). 12–12. 10 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, et al.. (2017). User experience framework that combines aspects, dimensions, and measurement methods. Cogent Engineering. 4(1). 1421006–1421006. 80 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, Jean‐Marc Desharnais, & Alain Abran. (2017). The Software Engineering Body of Knowledge: A Benchmarking Tool for Organizational Process Assessment and Improvement – Case Study. Indian Journal of Science and Technology. 10(43). 1–19.

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Abran, Alain, Jean‐Marc Desharnais, Mohammad Zarour, & Onur Demirörs. (2015). Productivity-based software estimation models and process improvement: an empirical study. 5 indexed citations

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Alsmadi, Izzat & Mohammad Zarour. (2015). Building an Islamic financial information system based on policy managements. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences. 27(4). 364–375. 6 indexed citations

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Alsmadi, Izzat & Mohammad Zarour. (2015). Online integrity and authentication checking for Quran electronic versions. Applied Computing and Informatics. 13(1). 38–46. 26 indexed citations

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Alsaleh, Mansour, et al.. (2015). Process improvement in governmental agencies: Toward CMMI certification. 18. 168–173. 1 indexed citations

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Abran, Alain, Jean‐Marc Desharnais, Mohammad Zarour, & Onur Demirörs. (2014). Productivity-Based Software Estimation Model: An Economics Perspective and an Empirical Study. International Conference on Software Engineering Advances. 196–201. 1 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, Abdulrahman Alarifi, Alain Abran, & Jean‐Marc Desharnais. (2012). Evaluating the assessment method of the software maintenance maturity model. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, Alain Abran, & Jean‐Marc Desharnais. (2012). Software process improvement and management: approaches and tools for practical development. 2 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, Alain Abran, Jean‐Marc Desharnais, & Luigi Buglione. (2010). Design and implementation of lightweight software process assessment methods : survey of best practices. 2 indexed citations

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Zarour, Mohammad, Jean‐Marc Desharnais, & Alain Abran. (2007). A framework to compare software process assessment methods dedicated to small and very small organizations. 2 indexed citations

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