2026 Rossouw von Solms: 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	47	6421	6234	3	3	192	10428

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Computer Science in South Africa Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Computer Science in South Africa Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Rossouw von Solms is affiliated with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. Their research spans multiple fields within computer science, business management, and social sciences, focusing on both technical and organizational aspects of information technology.

Their primary fields of study include:

Computer Science
Business, Management and Accounting
Social Sciences

Von Solms has contributed notably to subfields such as:

Signal Processing
Management Information Systems
Information Systems
Ocean Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

Main topics in von Solms's work encompass:

Information and Cyber Security
Information Technology Governance and Strategy
Maritime Navigation and Safety
Speech and Audio Processing
Music and Audio Processing
Speech Recognition and Synthesis
Maritime Security and History

Their recent papers include:

Information Security Service Culture - Information Security for End-users (2020), published in TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
Methodological Guidelines for Design Science Research (2024), published in Procedia Computer Science
A strategy for the implementation of standard data structures in financial management information systems - a South African case study (2021), published in African Journal of Business and Economic Research
Utility indicator for emotion detection in a speaker authentication system (2022), published in Information and Computer Security
Communication Factors Influencing Business-IT Alignment (2020), published in Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Von Solms publishes frequently in these venues:

Procedia Computer Science
TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
African Journal of Business and Economic Research
Information and Computer Security
Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Collaborations form a significant part of von Solms's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

Petrus M.J. Delport
Silma Koekemoer
Ebenhaeser Otto Janse van Rensburg
Reinhardt A. Botha
Suné von Solms

Best Publications

From information security to cyber security

Rossouw Von Solms;Johan Van Niekerk

1419
Citations
Towards information security behavioural compliance

Cheryl Vroom;Rossouw Von Solms

692
Citations
Information security policy compliance model in organizations

Nader Sohrabi Safa;Rossouw Von Solms;Steven Furnell

599
Citations
Information security conscious care behaviour formation in organizations

Nader Sohrabi Safa;Mehdi Sookhak;Rossouw Von Solms;Steven Furnell

513
Citations
The 10 deadly sins of information security management

Basie Von Solms;Rossouw Von Solms

476
Citations
A framework for the governance of information security

Shaun Posthumus;Rossouw Von Solms

405
Citations
An information security knowledge sharing model in organizations

Nader Sohrabi Safa;Rossouw Von Solms

359
Citations
Information security culture: A management perspective

Unknown

353
Citations
From policies to culture

Rossouw Von Solms;Basie Von Solms

304
Citations
Management of risk in the information age

Mariana Gerber;Rossouw Von Solms

281
Citations
Cultivating an organizational information security culture

Kerry-Lynn Thomson;Rossouw von Solms;Lynette Louw

261
Citations
Information security management: why standards are important

Rossouw von Solms

206
Citations
Information security obedience: a definition

Kerry-Lynn Thomson;Rossouw Von Solms

168
Citations
Cybersecurity and information security – what goes where?

Basie von Solms;Rossouw von Solms

164
Citations
Phishing for phishing awareness

Unknown

164
Citations
A cyclic approach to business continuity planning

Jacques Botha;Rossouw Von Solms

161
Citations
Information Security Governance: A model based on the Direct-Control Cycle

Rossouw Von Solms;S. H. (Basie) Von Solms

159
Citations
A business approach to effective information technology risk analysis and management

Sharon Halliday;Karin P. Badenhorst;Rossouw von Solms

154
Citations
From information security to...business security

Basie Von Solms;Rossouw Von Solms

137
Citations
Motivation and opportunity based model to reduce information security insider threats in organisations

Nader Sohrabi Safa;Nader Sohrabi Safa;Carsten Maple;Tim Watson;Rossouw Von Solms

130
Citations
Human aspects of information security in organisations

Nader Sohrabi Safa;Rossouw von Solms;Lynn Futcher

111
Citations
Real-time information integrity=system integrity+data integrity+continuous assurances

Stephen Flowerday;Rossouw Von Solms

109
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gurpreet Dhillon University of Nebraska at Omaha

Steven Furnell University of Nottingham

Tutut Herawan University of Malaya

External Links

Personal website of Rossouw von Solms Google Scholar page

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