2026 Per Runeson: 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	52	4937	4801	20	20	255	32650

Overview

Per Runeson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has made contributions primarily in the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on software engineering research. Their work encompasses several key areas within the discipline, including software engineering techniques and practices, open source software innovations, software testing and debugging techniques, e-government and public services, big data and business intelligence, and software reliability and analysis research.

The scientist has published extensively in journals and conferences, notably contributing to frequent publication venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Information and Software Technology
IEEE Software
Software Quality Journal
JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Per Runeson include:

Threats to validity in software engineering research: A critical reflection (2023) - Information and Software Technology
Guiding the selection of research methodology in industry-academia collaboration in software engineering (2021) - Information and Software Technology
Critical scenario identification for realistic testing of autonomous driving systems (2022) - Software Quality Journal
Navigating the Upcoming European Union AI Act (2023) - IEEE Software
Governance and Management of Green IT: A Multi-Case Study (2020) - Information and Software Technology

Per Runeson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors over multiple publications. Notable frequent collaborators include:

Emelie Engström
Qunying Song
Rasmus Ros
Johan Linåker
Elizabeth Bjarnason

Their research spans subfields within computer science such as information systems, computer science applications, software, artificial intelligence, and management information systems, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach to addressing challenges in software engineering and related domains.

Best Publications

Experimentation in Software Engineering

Claes Wohlin;Per Runeson;Martin Hst;Magnus C. Ohlsson

8414
Citations
Guidelines for conducting and reporting case study research in software engineering

Per Runeson;Martin Höst

5334
Citations
Experimentation in Software Engineering: An Introduction

Claes Wohlin;Per Runeson;Martin Höst;Magnus C. Ohlsson

3687
Citations
Experimentation in Software Engineering

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2970
Citations
Case Study Research in Software Engineering: Guidelines and Examples

Per Runeson;Martin Host;Austen Rainer;Bjorn Regnell

1564
Citations
Detection of Duplicate Defect Reports Using Natural Language Processing

Per Runeson;Magnus Alexandersson;Oskar Nyholm

730
Citations
Att genomföra examensarbete

Martin Höst;Björn Regnell;Per Runeson

660
Citations
Software product line testing - A systematic mapping study

Emelie Engström;Per Runeson

443
Citations
A systematic review on regression test selection techniques

Emelie Engström;Per Runeson;Mats Skoglund

411
Citations
A survey of unit testing practices

P. Runeson

372
Citations
Combining agile methods with stage-gate project management

D. Karlstrom;P. Runeson

290
Citations
Using Students as Experiment Subjects – An Analysis on Graduate and Freshmen Student Data

Per Runeson

274
Citations
Case studies synthesis: a thematic, cross-case, and narrative synthesis worked example

Daniela S. Cruzes;Tore Dybå;Per Runeson;Martin Höst

256
Citations
On the Reliability of Mapping Studies in Software Engineering

Claes Wohlin;Per Runeson;Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira Neto;Emelie Engström

242
Citations
Integrating agile software development into stage-gate managed product development

Daniel Karlström;Per Runeson

228
Citations
Recovering from a decade: a systematic mapping of information retrieval approaches to software traceability

Markus Borg;Per Runeson;Anders Ardö

214
Citations
An experimental comparison of usage-based and checklist-based reading

T. Thelin;P. Runeson;C. Wohlin

213
Citations
A Second Replicated Quantitative Analysis of Fault Distributions in Complex Software Systems

Tihana Galinac Grbac;P. Runeson;Darko Huljenić

203
Citations
A qualitative survey of regression testing practices

Emelie Engström;Per Runeson

183
Citations
Automated bug assignment: Ensemble-based machine learning in large scale industrial contexts

Leif Jonsson;Markus Borg;David Broman;Kristian Sandahl

166
Citations
Defect content estimations from review data

Claes Wohlin;Per Runeson

160
Citations
Analysis and Interpretation

Claes Wohlin;Per Runeson;Martin Höst;Magnus C. Ohlsson

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Höst Malmö University

Björn Regnell Lund University

Claes Wohlin Blekinge Institute of Technology

Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria

Tore Dybå SINTEF

Dag I. K. Sjøberg University of Oslo

Robert Feldt Chalmers University of Technology

Ita Richardson University of Limerick

David Budgen Durham University

Barbara Kitchenham Keele University

External Links

Personal website of Per Runeson Google Scholar page

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