Neil Walkinshaw

1.4k total citations
52 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

Neil Walkinshaw is a scholar working on Software, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Walkinshaw has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Software, 35 papers in Information Systems and 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Neil Walkinshaw's work include Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (37 papers), Software Engineering Research (34 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (19 papers). Neil Walkinshaw is often cited by papers focused on Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (37 papers), Software Engineering Research (34 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (19 papers). Neil Walkinshaw collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. Neil Walkinshaw's co-authors include Kirill Bogdanov, Ramsay Taylor, John Derrick, Gordon Fraser, Mike Holcombe, Murray Wood, Phil McMinn, Marc Roper, Robert M. Hierons and David Wagg and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Information and Software Technology and Empirical Software Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Neil Walkinshaw

49 papers receiving 717 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil Walkinshaw United Kingdom 16 416 407 233 202 89 52 749
Daniel Ratiu Germany 13 524 1.3× 453 1.1× 319 1.4× 153 0.8× 92 1.0× 52 765
Albert Zündorf Germany 14 425 1.0× 412 1.0× 427 1.8× 192 1.0× 90 1.0× 77 742
Daniel Sundmark Sweden 15 426 1.0× 445 1.1× 116 0.5× 192 1.0× 52 0.6× 77 732
Olivier Barais France 13 541 1.3× 288 0.7× 560 2.4× 337 1.7× 27 0.3× 74 858
István Ráth Hungary 14 271 0.7× 436 1.1× 285 1.2× 185 0.9× 61 0.7× 41 601
Loli Burgueño Spain 15 318 0.8× 381 0.9× 267 1.1× 184 0.9× 35 0.4× 58 662
Sami Beydeda Germany 9 402 1.0× 400 1.0× 308 1.3× 139 0.7× 36 0.4× 19 632
Juergen Dingel Canada 18 431 1.0× 673 1.7× 509 2.2× 330 1.6× 233 2.6× 88 1.1k
Perdita Stevens United Kingdom 14 396 1.0× 417 1.0× 420 1.8× 169 0.8× 98 1.1× 61 733
Philippe Massonet Belgium 13 533 1.3× 123 0.3× 359 1.5× 328 1.6× 49 0.6× 44 755

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Walkinshaw

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Walkinshaw, Neil, et al.. (2025). Configuration Testing of an Artificial Pancreas System Using a Digital Twin: An Evaluative Case Study. Software Testing Verification and Reliability. 35(2). 4 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil & Robert M. Hierons. (2023). Modelling Second-Order Uncertainty in State Machines. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 49(5). 3261–3276. 2 indexed citations
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Wagg, David, et al.. (2022). Digital-twin-based testing for cyber–physical systems: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology. 156. 107145–107145. 57 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil & Leandro L. Minku. (2018). Are 20% of files responsible for 80% of defects?. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 1–10. 14 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil & Gordon Fraser. (2017). Uncertainty-Driven Black-Box Test Data Generation. 253–263. 17 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil. (2017). Software Quality Assurance. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 3 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, et al.. (2015). Black-Box Test Generation from Inferred Models. 19–24. 9 indexed citations
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Nair, Sunil, Neil Walkinshaw, Tim Kelly, & José Luis de la Vara. (2015). An evidential reasoning approach for assessing confidence in safety evidence. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 541–552. 28 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, et al.. (2014). Establishing the Source Code Disruption Caused by Automated Remodularisation Tools. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 466–470. 11 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil. (2013). Using evidential reasoning to make qualified predictions of software quality. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil & Kirill Bogdanov. (2013). Automated Comparison of State-Based Software Models in Terms of Their Language and Structure. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 22(2). 1–37. 18 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, Ramsay Taylor, & John Derrick. (2013). Inferring Extended Finite State Machine models from software executions. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 301–310. 19 indexed citations
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McMinn, Phil, et al.. (2010). Superstate identification for state machines using search-based clustering. 1381–1388. 1 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, Kirill Bogdanov, Christophe Damas, Bernard Lambeau, & Pierre Dupont. (2010). A framework for the competitive evaluation of model inference techniques. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1–9. 12 indexed citations
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McMinn, Phil, et al.. (2010). Using Dictionary Compression Algorithms to Identify Phases in Program Traces. 1 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, et al.. (2008). Improving dynamic software analysis by applying grammar inference principles. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice. 20(4). 269–290. 8 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil & Kirill Bogdanov. (2008). Inferring Finite-State Models with Temporal Constraints. Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester). 248–257. 77 indexed citations
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Kiran, Mariam, Simon Coakley, Neil Walkinshaw, Phil McMinn, & Mike Holcombe. (2008). Validation and discovery from computational biology models. Biosystems. 93(1-2). 141–150. 13 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, et al.. (2006). Using Attribute Slicing to Refactor Large Classes. DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics). 2 indexed citations
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Walkinshaw, Neil, Marc Roper, & Murray Wood. (2004). The Java system dependence graph. 55–64. 41 indexed citations

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