Richard Macfarlane

467 total citations
22 papers, 235 citations indexed

About

Richard Macfarlane is a scholar working on Information Systems, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Macfarlane has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 235 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Information Systems, 12 papers in Signal Processing and 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Richard Macfarlane's work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (12 papers), Digital and Cyber Forensics (11 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (8 papers). Richard Macfarlane is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (12 papers), Digital and Cyber Forensics (11 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (8 papers). Richard Macfarlane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Richard Macfarlane's co-authors include William J. Buchanan, Owen Lo, Paul D. Griffiths, Gordon Russell, Bruce A. Ramsay, Fan Lü, Brian D. Davison, Elias Ekonomou and Lei Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Security, Entropy and Digital Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Richard Macfarlane

20 papers receiving 217 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Macfarlane United Kingdom 9 140 138 129 87 39 22 235
André Årnes Norway 8 77 0.6× 55 0.4× 91 0.7× 64 0.7× 26 0.7× 13 154
Thijs van Ede Netherlands 5 107 0.8× 212 1.5× 58 0.4× 211 2.4× 28 0.7× 10 262
Riccardo Bortolameotti Netherlands 3 94 0.7× 197 1.4× 55 0.4× 198 2.3× 25 0.6× 4 241
Yung Ryn Choe United States 7 96 0.7× 156 1.1× 68 0.5× 118 1.4× 24 0.6× 19 254
Bong-Nam Noh South Korea 9 138 1.0× 170 1.2× 72 0.6× 129 1.5× 12 0.3× 36 216
Charles Lever United States 7 169 1.2× 139 1.0× 172 1.3× 162 1.9× 10 0.3× 8 280
Nour El Madhoun France 7 65 0.5× 108 0.8× 92 0.7× 104 1.2× 19 0.5× 21 197
Keith Harrison United States 10 55 0.4× 74 0.5× 91 0.7× 105 1.2× 22 0.6× 18 175
Nabíl Schear United States 8 93 0.7× 115 0.8× 106 0.8× 144 1.7× 9 0.2× 15 210

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Macfarlane

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Macfarlane

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Macfarlane

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of live forensic techniques, towards Salsa20-Based cryptographic ransomware mitigation. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 46. 301572–301572. 6 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2023). Majority Voting Ransomware Detection System. Journal of Information Security. 14(4). 264–293. 3 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2022). Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification. Entropy. 24(10). 1503–1503. 12 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2022). Comparison Of Common Mathematical Techniques Used In The Calculation Of File Entropy. 2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2022). NapierOne: A modern mixed file data set alternative to Govdocs1. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 40. 301330–301330. 11 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2021). Review of Current Ransomware Detection Techniques. Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University). 2 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2021). Differential area analysis for ransomware attack detection within mixed file datasets. Computers & Security. 108. 102377–102377. 26 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2018). Privacy Parameter Variation Using RAPPOR on a Malware Dataset. Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University). 9363. 938–945. 2 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2017). A methodology for the security evaluation within third-party Android Marketplaces. Digital Investigation. 23. 88–98. 14 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2015). Fast contraband detection in large capacity disk drives. Digital Investigation. 12. S22–S29. 8 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of TFTP DDoS amplification attack. Computers & Security. 57. 67–92. 29 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2014). Evaluating Digital Forensic Tools (DFTs). Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University). 6 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2013). Approaches to the classification of high entropy file fragments. Digital Investigation. 10(4). 372–384. 21 indexed citations
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Russell, Gordon, et al.. (2012). A forensic image description language for generating test images.. Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University). 1 indexed citations
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Russell, Gordon & Richard Macfarlane. (2012). Security Issues of a Publicly Accessible Cloud Computing Infrastructure. Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University). 1. 1210–1216. 3 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2011). Cloud-based digital forensics evaluation test (D-FET) platform.. Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University). 1 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2011). Performance and student perception evaluation of cloud-based virtualised security and digital forensics labs.. Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University). 3 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2011). A methodology to evaluate rate-based intrusion prevention system against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS).. Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University). 21 indexed citations
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Macfarlane, Richard, et al.. (2011). Formal security policy implementations in network firewalls. Computers & Security. 31(2). 253–270. 6 indexed citations
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Buchanan, William J., et al.. (2010). Student perception of on-line lectures with a blended learning environment.. Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University). 1 indexed citations

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