Yazan Boshmaf

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yazan Boshmaf is a scholar working on Information Systems, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Yazan Boshmaf has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Information Systems, 15 papers in Signal Processing and 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Yazan Boshmaf's work include Spam and Phishing Detection (14 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (14 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (7 papers). Yazan Boshmaf is often cited by papers focused on Spam and Phishing Detection (14 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (14 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (7 papers). Yazan Boshmaf collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Qatar. Yazan Boshmaf's co-authors include Konstantin Beznosov, Matei Ripeanu, Ildar Muslukhov, Jan Schäffner, Hasso Plattner, Alexander Zeier, Thomas Willhalm, Jonathan Lester, Cynthia Kuo and Georgos Siganos and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Networks, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment and Computers & Security.

In The Last Decade

Yazan Boshmaf

21 papers receiving 950 citations

Hit Papers

The socialbot network 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200 250
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. The socialbot network
    2011 282 citations Yazan Boshmaf, Ildar Muslukhov et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yazan Boshmaf Canada 13 705 467 387 335 332 23 1.0k
Steven Gianvecchio United States 9 648 0.9× 386 0.8× 400 1.0× 536 1.6× 417 1.3× 10 1.1k
Gregory Conti United States 16 335 0.5× 337 0.7× 247 0.6× 294 0.9× 170 0.5× 66 895
Minaxi Gupta United States 17 718 1.0× 867 1.9× 393 1.0× 529 1.6× 282 0.8× 45 1.3k
Matteo Dell’Amico France 13 469 0.7× 337 0.7× 328 0.8× 202 0.6× 135 0.4× 39 780
Krishna P. N. Puttaswamy United States 14 399 0.6× 598 1.3× 61 0.2× 415 1.2× 254 0.8× 25 1.2k
Orkut Buyukkokten United States 9 515 0.7× 214 0.5× 84 0.2× 243 0.7× 189 0.6× 12 902
Nick Nikiforakis United States 22 1.4k 2.0× 507 1.1× 1.1k 2.9× 1.2k 3.5× 396 1.2× 72 2.0k
David Dittrich United States 13 255 0.4× 456 1.0× 287 0.7× 377 1.1× 131 0.4× 26 798
Shlomo Hershkop United States 13 348 0.5× 433 0.9× 212 0.5× 388 1.2× 49 0.1× 24 708
Alexios Mylonas United Kingdom 16 414 0.6× 357 0.8× 385 1.0× 296 0.9× 181 0.5× 41 785

Countries citing papers authored by Yazan Boshmaf

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yazan Boshmaf'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 Yazan Boshmaf with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yazan Boshmaf more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yazan Boshmaf

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yazan Boshmaf. 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 Yazan Boshmaf. The network helps show where Yazan Boshmaf may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yazan Boshmaf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yazan Boshmaf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yazan Boshmaf 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 Yazan Boshmaf. Yazan Boshmaf 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.
Alhanahnah, Mohannad, Yazan Boshmaf, & Ashish Gehani. (2024). SoK: Software Debloating Landscape and Future Directions. 11–18.
2.
Boshmaf, Yazan, et al.. (2023). Dizzy: Large-Scale Crawling and Analysis of Onion Services. 1–11.
3.
AlSabah, Mashael, et al.. (2022). Content-Agnostic Detection of Phishing Domains using Certificate Transparency and Passive DNS. 446–459. 5 indexed citations
4.
Boshmaf, Yazan, et al.. (2019). An investigation of MMM Ponzi scheme on Bitcoin. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
5.
Boshmaf, Yazan, et al.. (2018). Measurement and Analysis of Bitcoin Transactions of Ransomware. Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University). 3 indexed citations
6.
Muslukhov, Ildar, Yazan Boshmaf, & Konstantin Beznosov. (2018). Source Attribution of Cryptographic API Misuse in Android Applications. 133–146. 21 indexed citations
7.
Muslukhov, Ildar, et al.. (2016). Decoupling data-at-rest encryption and smartphone locking with wearable devices. Pervasive and Mobile Computing. 32. 26–34. 5 indexed citations
8.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Dionysios Logothetis, Georgos Siganos, et al.. (2016). Íntegro: Leveraging victim prediction for robust fake account detection in large scale OSNs. Computers & Security. 61. 142–168. 50 indexed citations
9.
Halawa, Hassan H., Konstantin Beznosov, Yazan Boshmaf, et al.. (2016). Harvesting the low-hanging fruits. 11–22. 6 indexed citations
10.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Dionysios Logothetis, Georgos Siganos, et al.. (2015). Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs. Figshare. 86 indexed citations
11.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Matei Ripeanu, Konstantin Beznosov, & Elizeu Santos‐Neto. (2015). Thwarting Fake OSN Accounts by Predicting their Victims. 81–89. 18 indexed citations
12.
Boshmaf, Yazan. (2015). Security analysis of malicious socialbots on the web. Open Collections. 2 indexed citations
13.
Boshmaf, Yazan, et al.. (2014). To Befriend Or Not? A Model of Friend Request Acceptance on Facebook. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 285–300. 16 indexed citations
14.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Konstantin Beznosov, & Matei Ripeanu. (2013). Graph-based Sybil detection in social and information systems. 466–473. 29 indexed citations
15.
Muslukhov, Ildar, Yazan Boshmaf, Cynthia Kuo, Jonathan Lester, & Konstantin Beznosov. (2012). Understanding Users' Requirements for Data Protection in Smartphones. 49 indexed citations
16.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, & Matei Ripeanu. (2012). Design and analysis of a social botnet. Computer Networks. 57(2). 556–578. 129 indexed citations
17.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, & Matei Ripeanu. (2012). Key Challenges in Defending Against Malicious Socialbots. Figshare. 12–12. 36 indexed citations
18.
Boshmaf, Yazan, Ildar Muslukhov, Konstantin Beznosov, & Matei Ripeanu. (2011). The socialbot network. 93–102. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
19.
Sun, San-Tsai, Yazan Boshmaf, Kirstie Hawkey, & Konstantin Beznosov. (2010). A billion keys, but few locks. 61–72. 36 indexed citations
20.
Willhalm, Thomas, et al.. (2009). SIMD-scan. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. 2(1). 385–394. 157 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 Steven Gianvecchio Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gregory Conti Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Minaxi Gupta Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matteo Dell’Amico Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Krishna P. N. Puttaswamy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Orkut Buyukkokten Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nick Nikiforakis Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Dittrich Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shlomo Hershkop Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alexios Mylonas
Rankless by CCL
2026