2026 Henrique Madeira: 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	36	11179	10862	35	34	225	6171

Overview

Henrique Madeira is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal and has a research focus primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Information Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Software, Artificial Intelligence, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to software engineering and neuroscience, particularly emphasizing:

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Software Engineering Research
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Risk and Safety Analysis
Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology

Henrique Madeira has published multiple papers across various venues. Notable recent works include:

"Can EEG Be Adopted as a Neuroscience Reference for Assessing Software Programmers' Cognitive Load?" (2021, Sensors)
"Quality Evaluation of Modern Code Reviews Through Intelligent Biometric Program Comprehension" (2022, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering)
"How Reliable Are Ultra-Short-Term HRV Measurements during Cognitively Demanding Tasks?" (2022, Sensors)
"On the accuracy of code complexity metrics: A neuroscience-based guideline for improvement" (2023, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
"The Effects of Soft Errors and Mitigation Strategies for Virtualization Servers" (2020, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing)

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, indicating active teamwork in their field. Frequent collaborators include:

P. Carvalho
Leo Silva
Margarida Pedroso de Lima
Ricardo Couceiro
João Castelhano

Henrique Madeira's publications are distributed across several publication venues. Among the most frequently used are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
IEEE Access
2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)
Sensors
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Xception: a technique for the experimental evaluation of dependability in modern computers

J. Carreira;H. Madeira;J.G. Silva

596
Citations
Emulation of Software Faults: A Field Data Study and a Practical Approach

J.A. Duraes;H.S. Madeira

418
Citations
Testing and Comparing Web Vulnerability Scanning Tools for SQL Injection and XSS Attacks

J. Fonseca;M. Vieira;H. Madeira

261
Citations
On Fault Representativeness of Software Fault Injection

R. Natella;D. Cotroneo;J. A. Duraes;H. S. Madeira

257
Citations
RIFLE: A General Purpose Pin-level Fault Injector

Henrique Madeira;Mário Zenha Rela;Francisco Moreira;João Gabriel Silva

245
Citations
Assessing Dependability with Software Fault Injection: A Survey

Roberto Natella;Domenico Cotroneo;Henrique S. Madeira

216
Citations
On the emulation of software faults by software fault injection

H. Madeira;D. Costa;M. Vieira

209
Citations
Using web security scanners to detect vulnerabilities in web services

Marco Vieira;Nuno Antunes;Henrique Madeira

206
Citations
A dependability benchmark for OLTP application environments

Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

141
Citations
Evaluation of Web Security Mechanisms Using Vulnerability & Attack Injection

José Fonseca;Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

115
Citations
Effective Detection of SQL/XPath Injection Vulnerabilities in Web Services

Nuno Antunes;Nuno Laranjeiro;Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

103
Citations
Experimental evaluation of the fail-silent behaviour in programs with consistency checks

M.Z. Rela;H. Madeira;J.G. Silva

103
Citations
Experimental evaluation of the fail-silent behavior in computers without error masking

H. Madeira;J.G. Silva

102
Citations
Experimental evaluation of a COTS system for space applications

H. Madeira;R.R. Some;F. Moreira;D. Costa

96
Citations
Software Aging and Rejuvenation in a SOAP-based Server

L. Silva;H. Madeira;J.G. Silva

94
Citations
Dependability Benchmarking of Web Servers

João Durães;Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

89
Citations
Assessing Robustness of Web-Services Infrastructures

M. Vieira;N. Laranjeiro;H. Madeira

82
Citations
Vulnerability & attack injection for web applications

Jose Fonseca;Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

81
Citations
Analysis of Field Data on Web Security Vulnerabilities

Jose Fonseca;Nuno Seixas;Marco Vieira;Henrique Madeira

78
Citations
Emulation of software faults by educated mutations at machine-code level

J. Duraes;H. Madeira

70
Citations
Characterization of operating systems behavior in the presence of faulty drivers through software fault emulation

J. Duraes;H. Madeira

70
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Vieira University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Philip Koopman Carnegie Mellon University

Domenico Cotroneo University of Naples Federico II

Joao Carreira Google (United States)

Miguel Castelo-Branco University of Coimbra

Geert Deconinck KU Leuven

Rudy Lauwereins KU Leuven

Brendan Murphy Microsoft (United States)

Zbigniew Kalbarczyk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rui Oliveira University of Minho

External Links

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