Stefan Axelsson

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Stefan Axelsson is a scholar working on Information Systems, Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Axelsson has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Information Systems, 24 papers in Signal Processing and 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Stefan Axelsson's work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (24 papers), Digital and Cyber Forensics (18 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (9 papers). Stefan Axelsson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (24 papers), Digital and Cyber Forensics (18 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (9 papers). Stefan Axelsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Netherlands. Stefan Axelsson's co-authors include Jari M. Kinaret, Lars Jönsson, S. Viefers, Erland Jonsson, Åke Gustafsson, Kerstin Johansen, David Sands, Katrin Franke, Ulf Lindqvist and Niklas Lavesson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nanotechnology, New Journal of Physics and Tobacco Control.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Axelsson

54 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Intrusion Detection Systems: A Survey and Taxonomy
    2002 479 citations Stefan Axelsson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Axelsson Sweden 17 1.0k 849 647 499 124 60 1.7k
Wajid Rafique China 21 716 0.7× 458 0.5× 106 0.2× 407 0.8× 124 1.0× 39 1.4k
Yaohui Jin China 19 563 0.6× 523 0.6× 140 0.2× 234 0.5× 117 0.9× 167 1.5k
Tong Li China 16 440 0.4× 514 0.6× 188 0.3× 424 0.8× 51 0.4× 100 1.2k
Kuai Xu United States 24 1.3k 1.3× 774 0.9× 221 0.3× 421 0.8× 79 0.6× 80 1.9k
Haiyong Xie China 26 2.7k 2.6× 604 0.7× 121 0.2× 489 1.0× 281 2.3× 85 3.4k
Agostino Forestiero Italy 22 545 0.5× 516 0.6× 144 0.2× 246 0.5× 209 1.7× 91 1.3k
Fahd Alhaidari Saudi Arabia 21 727 0.7× 365 0.4× 307 0.5× 532 1.1× 143 1.2× 47 1.2k
Manuel Gil Pérez Spain 22 807 0.8× 747 0.9× 339 0.5× 388 0.8× 124 1.0× 93 1.6k
Sanjay Kumar India 21 230 0.2× 600 0.7× 159 0.2× 191 0.4× 183 1.5× 100 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Axelsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Axelsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Axelsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Axelsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Axelsson 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 Stefan Axelsson. Stefan Axelsson 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
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2025). When is logging sufficient? — Tracking event causality for improved forensic analysis and correlation. Forensic Science International Digital Investigation. 52. 301877–301877.
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2024). A Theory of Offensive Cyberspace Operations and Its Policy and Strategy Implications. 23(1). 214–223. 1 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2023). A State-of-the-art of Scientific Research on Disinformation. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 22(1). 602–609.
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2023). A Whole-of-Society Approach to Organise for Offensive Cyberspace Operations: The Case of the Smart State Sweden. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 22(1). 592–602.
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Viberg, Anders, et al.. (2023). Disciplinärenden 2022 vid universitet och högskolor. 2(1). 8–8.
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Using the object ID index as an investigative approach for NTFS file systems. Digital Investigation. 28. S30–S39. 5 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2016). Paysim: a financial mobile money simulator for fraud detection. Annual Simulation Symposium. 249–255. 54 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2013). RETSIM: A shoe store agent-based simulation for fraud detection. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 25–34. 6 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Multi Agent Based Simulation (MABS) of Financial Transactions for Anti Money Laundering (AML). KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 17 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2009). Detecting Defects with an Interactive Code Review Tool Based on Visualisation and Machine Learning. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 412–417. 4 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Visualization for computer security. 5 indexed citations
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Nebot, Manel, María José López, Giuseppe Gorini, et al.. (2005). Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in public places of European cities. Tobacco Control. 14(1). 60–63. 75 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan, et al.. (2005). Theoretical and experimental investigations of three-terminal carbon nanotube relays. New Journal of Physics. 7. 245–245. 27 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan. (2004). Visualising the Inner Workings of a Self Learning Classifier: Improving the Usability of Intrusion Detection Systems. 1 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan. (2004). Distribuerat ingenjörsarbete : en möjlighet för Ferruform?. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Berg, P. A., et al.. (2003). Exposure Assessment to α- and β-Pinene, Δ<sup>3</sup>-Carene and Wood Dust in Industrial Production of Wood Pellets. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 47(3). 219–26. 29 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan. (2000). A Preliminary Attempt to Apply Detection and Estimation Theory to Intrusion Detection. 13 indexed citations
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Axelsson, Stefan. (1999). On a Difficulty of Intrusion Detection.. 11 indexed citations
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Lindskog, Stefan, et al.. (1998). A Comparison of the Security of Windows NT and UNIX. 5 indexed citations
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Stahre, Johan, et al.. (1997). Joint Optimization of People and Technology-An Example from the Car Industry. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 265–268. 1 indexed citations

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