Niclas Ohlsson

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 958 citations indexed

About

Niclas Ohlsson is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Niclas Ohlsson has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 958 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Information Systems, 8 papers in Software and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Niclas Ohlsson's work include Software Engineering Research (9 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (8 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (4 papers). Niclas Ohlsson is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (9 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (8 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (4 papers). Niclas Ohlsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Singapore. Niclas Ohlsson's co-authors include Norman Fenton, Mary E. Helander, Ming Zhao, Claes Wohlin, Min Xie, Minghui Zhao, Mikael Lindvall, Kristian Sandahl and Joachim Karlsson 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

Niclas Ohlsson

9 papers receiving 871 citations

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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.

Quantitative analysis of faults and failures in a complex software system

2000 493 citations Norman Fenton, Niclas Ohlsson IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niclas Ohlsson Sweden	8	883	797	297	149	43	9	958
István Siket Hungary	8	821 0.9×	650 0.8×	216 0.7×	141 0.9×	81 1.9×	23	866
J.K. Chaar United States	6	486 0.6×	482 0.6×	170 0.6×	89 0.6×	18 0.4×	14	674
S. London United States	10	739 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	274 0.9×	88 0.6×	15 0.3×	10	1.1k
Taweesup Apiwattanapong United States	12	745 0.8×	753 0.9×	289 1.0×	163 1.1×	27 0.6×	16	902
James A. Whittaker United States	12	285 0.3×	304 0.4×	132 0.4×	84 0.6×	13 0.3×	28	465
Christopher M. Lott United States	9	330 0.4×	453 0.6×	129 0.4×	125 0.8×	14 0.3×	23	592
Mohammad Zulkernine Canada	11	481 0.5×	338 0.4×	134 0.5×	121 0.8×	20 0.5×	23	570
Mário Jino Brazil	11	304 0.3×	261 0.3×	159 0.5×	85 0.6×	19 0.4×	68	471
R. Fiutem Italy	14	523 0.6×	352 0.4×	158 0.5×	305 2.0×	18 0.4×	26	621
Roberta Coelho Brazil	11	431 0.5×	296 0.4×	186 0.6×	219 1.5×	26 0.6×	41	536

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Fenton, Norman & Niclas Ohlsson. (2000). Quantitative analysis of faults and failures in a complex software system. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 26(8). 797–814. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sandahl, Kristian, et al.. (1998). An Extended Replication of an Experiment for Assessing Methods for Software Requirements Inspections. Empirical Software Engineering. 3(4). 327–354. 43 indexed citations

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Zhao, Minghui, Claes Wohlin, Niclas Ohlsson, & Min Xie. (1998). A comparison between software design and code metrics for the prediction of software fault content. Information and Software Technology. 40(14). 801–809. 37 indexed citations

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Helander, Mary E., Ming Zhao, & Niclas Ohlsson. (1998). Planning models for software reliability and cost. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 24(6). 420–434. 38 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Niclas, Ming Zhao, & Mary E. Helander. (1998). Application of multivariate analysis for software fault prediction. Software Quality Journal. 7(1). 51–66. 55 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Niclas & Claes Wohlin. (1998). Experiences of Fault Data in a Large Software System. 2(4). 163–171. 1 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Niclas, et al.. (1997). Early Risk-Management by Identification of Fault-prone Modules. Empirical Software Engineering. 2(2). 166–173. 20 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Niclas. (1996). Software quality engineering by early identification of fault-prone modules. 8 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Niclas, et al.. (1996). Predicting fault-prone software modules in telephone switches. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 22(12). 886–894. 263 indexed citations

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