2026 David Binkley: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	50	5538	5383	2530	2444	197	12407

Overview

David Binkley is affiliated with Loyola University Maryland in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a specific focus on subfields such as Software, Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
Software Engineering Research
Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Teaching and Learning Programming
VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques
Manufacturing Process and Optimization
Security and Verification in Computing

Recent scholarly contributions by David Binkley include the following publications:

Static stack-preserving intra-procedural slicing of WebAssembly binaries, 2022, Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering
Service Evolution Analytics: Change and Evolution Mining of a Distributed System, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
From Neuron Coverage to Steering Angle: Testing Autonomous Vehicles Effectively, 2021, Computer
An empirical evaluation of quasi-static executable slices, 2023, Journal of Systems and Software
Observation-based approximate dependency modeling and its use for program slicing, 2021, Journal of Systems and Software

Frequent publication venues for Binkley's work include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Systems and Software
arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering

Binkley has collaborated extensively with several co-authors. Regular collaborators include Coen De Roover, Quentin Stiévenart, Leon Moonen, Seongmin Lee, and Robert Feldt.

Best Publications

Interprocedural slicing using dependence graphs

Susan Horwitz;Thomas Reps;David Binkley

2639
Citations
Interprocedural slicing using dependence graphs

Susan Horwitz;Thomas Reps;David Binkley

2355
Citations
Whats in a Name? A Study of Identifiers

D. Lawrie;C. Morrell;H. Feild;D. Binkley

354
Citations
Source Code Analysis: A Road Map

D. Binkley

302
Citations
Semantics guided regression test cost reduction

D. Binkley

273
Citations
Are test smells really harmful? An empirical study

Gabriele Bavota;Abdallah Qusef;Rocco Oliveto;Andrea Lucia

217
Citations
The application of program slicing to regression testing

David W. Binkley

195
Citations
An empirical analysis of the distribution of unit test smells and their impact on software maintenance

Gabriele Bavota;Abdallah Qusef;Rocco Oliveto;Andrea De Lucia

183
Citations
A Survey of Empirical Results on Program Slicing

David Wendell Binkley;Mark Harman

180
Citations
Program integration for languages with procedure calls

David Binkley;Susan Horwitz;Thomas Reps

175
Citations
The impact of identifier style on effort and comprehension

Dave Binkley;Marcia Davis;Dawn Lawrie;Jonathan I. Maletic

171
Citations
Evolutionary testing in the presence of loop-assigned flags: a testability transformation approach

André Baresel;David Binkley;Mark Harman;Bogdan Korel

154
Citations
An empirical study of static program slice size

David Binkley;Nicolas Gold;Mark Harman

139
Citations
Effective identifier names for comprehension and memory

Dawn J. Lawrie;Christopher Morrell;Henry Feild;David W. Binkley

138
Citations
Amorphous program slicing

Mark Harman;David Binkley;Sebastian Danicic

133
Citations
Using semantic differencing to reduce the cost of regression testing

D. Binkley

133
Citations
The species per path approach to SearchBased test data generation

Phil McMinn;Mark Harman;David Binkley;Paolo Tonella

120
Citations
An empirical study of slice-based cohesion and coupling metrics

Timothy M. Meyers;David Binkley

115
Citations
Interprocedural slicing of computer programs using dependence graphs

Thomas Reps;Susan Horwitz;David Binkley

114
Citations
Tool-Supported Refactoring of Existing Object-Oriented Code into Aspects

D. Binkley;M. Ceccato;M. Harman;F. Ricca

111
Citations
Program slicing

K. Gallagher;D. Binkley

69
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Harman University College London

Jens Krinke University College London

Shin Yoo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Robert M. Hierons University of Sheffield

Thomas Reps University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rocco Oliveto University of Molise

Susan Horwitz University of Wisconsin–Madison

Phil McMinn University of Sheffield

Gabriele Bavota Universita della Svizzera Italiana

Paolo Tonella Universita della Svizzera Italiana

External Links

Personal website of David Binkley Google Scholar page

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