Thomas J. Ostrand

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Ostrand is a scholar working on Software, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Ostrand has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Software, 41 papers in Information Systems and 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Ostrand's work include Software Reliability and Analysis Research (41 papers), Software Engineering Research (39 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (29 papers). Thomas J. Ostrand is often cited by papers focused on Software Reliability and Analysis Research (41 papers), Software Engineering Research (39 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (29 papers). Thomas J. Ostrand collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Thomas J. Ostrand's co-authors include Elaine J. Weyuker, Robert M. Bell, Marc Balcer, Tarak Goradia, Daniel Sundmark, Wasif Afzal, Yonghee Shin, Robert Bell, Paul Pettersson and Eduard Paul Enoiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and IEEE Software.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Ostrand

50 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Experiments on the effectiveness of dataflow- and control... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1994 1988 2005 200 400 600
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. Experiments on the effectiveness of dataflow- and control-flow-based test adequacy criteria
    1994 609 citations Tarak Goradia, Thomas J. Ostrand et al. International Conference on Software Engineering profile →
  2. The category-partition method for specifying and generating functional tests
    1988 584 citations Thomas J. Ostrand, Marc Balcer Communications of the ACM profile →
  3. Predicting the location and number of faults in large software systems
    2005 543 citations Thomas J. Ostrand, Elaine J. Weyuker et al. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas J. Ostrand United States 26 3.3k 2.9k 1.1k 388 215 51 3.8k
James A. Jones United States 23 3.5k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 316 0.8× 300 1.4× 70 4.1k
Bogdan Korel United States 32 3.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 821 0.8× 350 0.9× 506 2.4× 79 3.9k
J.R. Horgan United States 23 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 768 0.7× 395 1.0× 324 1.5× 42 2.9k
Tibor Gyimóthy Hungary 29 2.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 753 0.7× 603 1.6× 379 1.8× 133 2.9k
Nikolai Tillmann United States 28 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 403 0.4× 465 1.2× 538 2.5× 110 2.7k
Leonardo Mariani Italy 23 1.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 841 0.8× 556 1.4× 259 1.2× 135 2.1k
Mike Papadakis Luxembourg 32 3.0k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 580 0.5× 862 2.2× 819 3.8× 142 3.7k
Michael Pradel Germany 33 1.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 887 0.8× 818 2.1× 823 3.8× 115 3.0k
ThanhVu Nguyen United States 13 1.3k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 322 0.3× 429 1.1× 251 1.2× 48 1.8k
René Just United States 22 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 424 0.4× 263 0.7× 494 2.3× 51 2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas J. Ostrand

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Afzal, Wasif, et al.. (2017). Automated System-Level Regression Test Prioritization in a Nutshell. IEEE Software. 34(4). 30–37. 14 indexed citations
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Enoiu, Eduard Paul, et al.. (2014). Automated test generation using model checking: an industrial evaluation. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer. 18(3). 335–353. 32 indexed citations
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Bell, Robert M., Thomas J. Ostrand, & Elaine J. Weyuker. (2011). The limited impact of individual developer data on software defect prediction. Empirical Software Engineering. 18(3). 478–505. 48 indexed citations
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Bell, Robert M., Thomas J. Ostrand, & Elaine J. Weyuker. (2011). Does measuring code change improve fault prediction?. 1–8. 31 indexed citations
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Weyuker, Elaine J. & Thomas J. Ostrand. (2008). Comparing methods to identify defect reports in a change management database. 27–31. 3 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J. & Elaine J. Weyuker. (2007). An industrial research program in software fault prediction.. 21–28. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, Robert M., Thomas J. Ostrand, & Elaine J. Weyuker. (2006). Looking for bugs in all the right places. 61–72. 75 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J., Elaine J. Weyuker, & Robert M. Bell. (2005). Predicting the location and number of faults in large software systems. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 31(4). 340–355. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ostrand, Thomas J., Elaine J. Weyuker, & Robert M. Bell. (2004). Where the bugs are. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 29(4). 86–96. 37 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J., Elaine J. Weyuker, & Robert M. Bell. (2004). Where the bugs are. 86–96. 204 indexed citations
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Goradia, Tarak, et al.. (2002). Experiments on the effectiveness of dataflow- and control-flow-based test adequacy criteria. 191–200. 280 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J. & Elaine J. Weyuker. (2002). The distribution of faults in a large industrial software system. 55–64. 47 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J., et al.. (1998). A visual test development environment for GUI systems. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 23(2). 82–92. 9 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J., et al.. (1998). A visual test development environment for GUI systems. 82–92. 41 indexed citations
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Goradia, Tarak, et al.. (1994). Experiments on the effectiveness of dataflow- and control-flow-based test adequacy criteria. International Conference on Software Engineering. 191–200. 609 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ostrand, Thomas J. & Elaine J. Weyuker. (1991). Data flow-based test adequacy analysis for languages with pointers. 74–86. 42 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J. & Marc Balcer. (1988). The category-partition method for specifying and generating functional tests. Communications of the ACM. 31(6). 676–686. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ostrand, Thomas J. & Elaine J. Weyuker. (1984). Collecting and categorizing software error data in an industrial environment. Journal of Systems and Software. 4(4). 289–300. 64 indexed citations
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Weyuker, Elaine J. & Thomas J. Ostrand. (1980). Theories of Program Testing and the Application of Revealing Subdomains. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. SE-6(3). 236–246. 156 indexed citations
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Ostrand, Thomas J.. (1971). Pattern reproduction in tessellation automata of arbitrary dimension. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 5(6). 623–628. 13 indexed citations

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