2026 Leon Moonen: 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	38	10122	9836	30	30	123	7292

Overview

Leon Moonen is affiliated with the Simula Research Laboratory in Norway, contributing to the field of computer science with a focus on software engineering and related domains.

Their research spans multiple subfields of computer science, including:

Information Systems
Software
Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing

The primary topics covered in their work are:

Software Engineering Research
Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
Software System Performance and Reliability
Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
Topic Modeling
AI-based Problem Solving and Planning

Leon Moonen has published extensively, with a total of 48 publications mostly concentrated in computer science. Their frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Systems and Software
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Leon Moonen highlight their focus on software reliability, adaptive techniques, and automated program repair. Notable examples include:

"Fully Autonomous Programming with Large Language Models," 2023, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
"Extending the range of bugs that automated program repair can handle," 2023, Journal of Systems and Software
"On Adaptive Change Recommendation," 2020, Journal of Systems and Software
"Towards More Reliable Automated Program Repair by Integrating Static Analysis Techniques," 2021, IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS)
"Constructing a Knowledge Graph from Textual Descriptions of Software Vulnerabilities in the National Vulnerability Database," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of Moonen's work, with frequent coauthors including:

Anastasiia Grishina
Max Hort
Omar I. Al-Bataineh
David Binkley
Linas Vidziunas

Best Publications

A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis

B. Cornelissen;A. Zaidman;A. van Deursen;L. Moonen

574
Citations
Java quality assurance by detecting code smells

E. van Emden;L. Moonen

562
Citations
The ASF+SDF Meta-environment: A Component-Based Language Development Environment

Mark G. J. van den Brand;Arie van Deursen;Jan Heering;H. A. de Jong

535
Citations
The Asf+Sdf Meta-Environment: A Component-Based Language Development Environment

M.G.J. van den Brand;A. van Deursen;J. Heering;H.A. de Jong

532
Citations
Generating robust parsers using island grammars

L. Moonen

427
Citations
Refactoring test code

Arie Deursen;Leon M.F. Moonen;A. Bergh;Gerard Kok

398
Citations
Do developers care about code smells? An exploratory survey

Aiko Yamashita;Leon Moonen

289
Citations
Do code smells reflect important maintainability aspects

Aiko Yamashita;Leon Moonen

267
Citations
Identifying aspects using fan-in analysis

M. Marin;A. van Deursen;L. Moonen

252
Citations
Exploring the impact of inter-smell relations on software maintainability: an empirical study

Aiko Yamashita;Leon Moonen

223
Citations
Understanding Execution Traces Using Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views

B. Cornelissen;D. Holten;A. Zaidman;L. Moonen

199
Citations
CVEfixes: automated collection of vulnerabilities and their fixes from open-source software

Guru Bhandari;Amara Naseer;Leon Moonen

182
Citations
Symphony: view-driven software architecture reconstruction

A. van Deursen;C. Hofmeister;R. Koschke;L. Moonen

177
Citations
Execution trace analysis through massive sequence and circular bundle views

Bas Cornelissen;Andy Zaidman;Danny Holten;Leon Moonen

145
Citations
Identifying Crosscutting Concerns Using Fan-In Analysis

Marius Marin;Arie Van Deursen;Leon Moonen

139
Citations
To what extent can maintenance problems be predicted by code smell detection? - An empirical study

Aiko Yamashita;Aiko Yamashita;Leon Moonen

137
Citations
The Video Store Revisited – Thoughts on Refactoring and Testing

Arie van Deursen;Leon Moonen

132
Citations
A qualitative comparison of three aspect mining techniques

M. Ceccato;M. Marin;K. Mens;L. Moonen

114
Citations
Lightweight impact analysis using island grammars

L. Moonen

105
Citations
Exploring software systems

L. Moonen

104
Citations
A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis

S.G.M. Cornelissen;A.E. Zaidman;A. Van Deursen;L. Moonen

51
Citations
Identifying aspects using fan-in analysis

A.M. Marin;A. vanDeursen;L.M.F. Moonen

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie van Deursen Delft University of Technology

Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology

Paolo Tonella Universita della Svizzera Italiana

David Binkley Loyola University Maryland

Rainer Koschke University of Bremen

Paul Klint Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio

Joost Visser Leiden University

Eelco Visser Delft University of Technology

Reidar Conradi Norwegian University of Science and Technology

External Links

Personal website of Leon Moonen Google Scholar page

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