Nour Alí

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 812 citations indexed

About

Nour Alí is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Nour Alí has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 812 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Information Systems, 31 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Nour Alí's work include Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (26 papers), Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (20 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (13 papers). Nour Alí is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (26 papers), Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (20 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (13 papers). Nour Alí collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. Nour Alí's co-authors include Nuha Alshuqayran, Roger Evans, Muhammad Ali Babar, Lianping Chen, Carlos Solís, Jim Buckley, Rami Bahsoon, Sara Hassan, Sarah Beecham and Sebastian Herold and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Journal of Systems and Software and Information and Software Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nour Alí

38 papers receiving 752 citations

Hit Papers

A Systematic Mapping Study in Microservice Architecture 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 50 100 150 200
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 Systematic Mapping Study in Microservice Architecture
    2016 244 citations Nuha Alshuqayran, Nour Alí et al. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nour Alí United Kingdom 14 651 442 427 94 64 44 812
Neil B. Harrison United States 13 447 0.7× 314 0.7× 133 0.3× 81 0.9× 60 0.9× 39 605
Norman L. Kerth United States 5 398 0.6× 369 0.8× 182 0.4× 151 1.6× 49 0.8× 7 718
Andrew Forward Canada 11 601 0.9× 288 0.7× 137 0.3× 303 3.2× 106 1.7× 23 705
Leo A. Meyerovich United States 12 513 0.8× 568 1.3× 316 0.7× 174 1.9× 62 1.0× 19 1.0k
Juha Savolainen Denmark 15 491 0.8× 390 0.9× 132 0.3× 129 1.4× 53 0.8× 67 628
Lauren Wiener United States 2 344 0.5× 332 0.8× 128 0.3× 184 2.0× 27 0.4× 5 621
Andrea Janes Italy 16 560 0.9× 185 0.4× 236 0.6× 223 2.4× 67 1.0× 72 733
Kris De Volder Canada 12 781 1.2× 399 0.9× 241 0.6× 309 3.3× 137 2.1× 22 874
Rosario Pugliese Italy 16 328 0.5× 574 1.3× 525 1.2× 45 0.5× 13 0.2× 65 881
Peter G. Selfridge United States 11 407 0.6× 293 0.7× 106 0.2× 144 1.5× 52 0.8× 41 638

Countries citing papers authored by Nour Alí

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nour Alí's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nour Alí with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nour Alí more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nour Alí

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nour Alí. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nour Alí. The network helps show where Nour Alí may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nour Alí

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nour Alí. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nour Alí based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nour Alí. Nour Alí is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Al-Shargie, Fares, Nour Alí, Usman Tariq, et al.. (2025). EEG-Based Multi-Level Mental State Classification Using Partial Directed Coherence and Graph Convolutional Networks: Impact of Binaural Beats on Stress Mitigation. IEEE Access. 13. 61284–61298. 2 indexed citations
2.
Alshuqayran, Nuha, Nour Alí, & Roger Evans. (2025). A model-driven architecture approach for recovering microservice architectures: Defining and evaluating MiSAR. Information and Software Technology. 186. 107808–107808.
3.
Alí, Nour, et al.. (2021). A validation & verification driven ontology: An iterative process. Applied Ontology. 16(3). 297–337. 2 indexed citations
4.
Alshuqayran, Nuha, Nour Alí, & Roger Evans. (2018). Towards Micro Service Architecture Recovery: An Empirical Study. Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London). 47–4709. 33 indexed citations
5.
Hassan, Sara, Nour Alí, & Rami Bahsoon. (2017). Microservice Ambients: An Architectural Meta-Modelling Approach for Microservice Granularity. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 1–10. 47 indexed citations
6.
Alí, Nour, et al.. (2017). Architecture consistency: State of the practice, challenges and requirements. Empirical Software Engineering. 23(1). 224–258. 37 indexed citations
7.
Fish, Andrew, et al.. (2015). Prediction of Users' Response Time in Q&A Communities. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 618–623. 7 indexed citations
8.
Condorí-Fernández, Nelly, Giuseppe Procaccianti, & Nour Alí. (2014). Metrics for Green and Sustainable Software: MeGSuS 2014. VU Research Portal. 62–63. 1 indexed citations
9.
Petridis, Miltos, et al.. (2014). Enabling the visualization for reasoning about temporal data. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 9. 179–180. 4 indexed citations
10.
Alí, Nour, Fei Chen, & Carlos Solís. (2012). Modeling Support for Mobile Ambients in Service Oriented Architecture. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 1603. 1–8. 4 indexed citations
11.
Alí, Nour, Sarah Beecham, & Ivan Mistrík. (2010). Architectural Knowledge Management in Global Software Development: A Review. 347–352. 22 indexed citations
12.
Alí, Nour, et al.. (2010). Model driven support for the Service Oriented Architecture modeling language. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 8–14. 13 indexed citations
13.
Chen, Lianping, Muhammad Ali Babar, & Nour Alí. (2009). Variability management in software product lines: a systematic review. 81–90. 165 indexed citations
14.
Alí, Nour & Muhammad Ali Babar. (2009). Modeling Service Oriented Architectures of Mobile Applications by Extending SoaML with Ambients. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 442–449. 11 indexed citations
15.
Solís, Carlos, Nour Alí, & Muhammad Ali Babar. (2009). A Spatial Hypertext Wiki for Architectural Knowledge Management. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 36–46. 7 indexed citations
16.
Alí, Nour, Carlos Solís, & Isidro Ramos. (2008). Comparing architecture description languages for mobile software systems. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 33–38. 7 indexed citations
17.
Solís, Carlos & Nour Alí. (2008). ShyWiki. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
18.
Pérez, Jennifer, Nour Alí, José Á. Carsí, et al.. (2007). Integrating aspects in software architectures: PRISMA applied to robotic tele-operated systems. Information and Software Technology. 50(9-10). 969–990. 19 indexed citations
19.
Costa, Ciniro, Nour Alí, C. Pizarro, & José Á. Carsí. (2006). Transparent Mobility of Distributed Objects using .NET. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 14(15). 11–18.
20.
Pérez, Jennifer, et al.. (2005). PRISMANET middleware: Soporte a la Evolución Dinámica de Arquitecturas Software Orientadas a Aspectos.. 27–34. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Neil B. Harrison Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Norman L. Kerth Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrew Forward Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Leo A. Meyerovich Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Juha Savolainen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lauren Wiener Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrea Janes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kris De Volder Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rosario Pugliese Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter G. Selfridge
Rankless by CCL
2026