2026 Stefan Biffl: 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	10206	9919	89	86	398	6345

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Stefan Biffl is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has focused research activity in engineering and computer science, with additional work intersecting business, management, and accounting. Their scholarly output spans multiple subfields, prominently including industrial and manufacturing engineering, information systems, management information systems, computer networks and communications, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics covered in their work involve:

Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
Manufacturing Process and Optimization
Digital Transformation in Industry
Software System Performance and Reliability
Software Engineering Research
Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
Business Process Modeling and Analysis

Stefan Biffl has published in several frequent venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
2022 IEEE 27th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Journal of Systems and Software
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

They have participated in authoring four books published by Springer Science+Business Media, among them are:

Software Quality: Future Perspectives on Software Engineering Quality (2021)
Software Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering (2020)
Software Architecture (2021)
Software Quality: The Next Big Thing in Software Engineering and Quality (2022)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Biffl include:

"Risk-Driven Derivation of Operation Checklists from Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Knowledge," 2022, presented at the 2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
"QualSec: An Automated Quality-Driven Approach for Security Risk Identification in Cyber-Physical Production Systems," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
"Self-Adaptation in Industry: A Survey," 2023, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems
"What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
"Analysis of Quality Issues in Production With Multi-view Coordination Assets," 2022, IFAC-PapersOnLine

Frequent collaborators include Kristof Meixner, Dietmar Winkler, Arndt Lüder, Daniel Méndez, and Michael Felderer.

Stefan Biffl was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2008.

Best Publications

Software reviews, the state of the practice

M. Ciolkowski;O. Laitenberger;S. Biffl

156
Citations
PlanningLines: novel glyphs for representing temporal uncertainties and their evaluation

W. Aigner;S. Miksch;B. Thurnher;S. Biffl

150
Citations
Value-Based Requirements Traceability: Lessons Learned

Alexander Egyed;Paul Grunbacher;Matthias Heindl;Stefan Biffl

149
Citations
Optimal project feature weights in analogy-based cost estimation: improvement and limitations

M. Auer;A. Trendowicz;B. Graser;E. Haunschmid

146
Citations
A case study on value-based requirements tracing

Matthias Heindl;Stefan Biffl

137
Citations
Investigating the defect detection effectiveness and cost benefit of nominal inspection teams

S. Biffl;M. Halling

135
Citations
Software ecosystems vs. natural ecosystems: learning from the ingenious mind of nature

Deepak Dhungana;Iris Groher;Elisabeth Schludermann;Stefan Biffl

130
Citations
Integration of heterogeneous engineering environments for the automation systems lifecycle

Stefan Biffl;Alexander Schatten;Alois Zoitl

122
Citations
Practical Experiences in the Design and Conduct of Surveys in Empirical Software Engineering

Marcus Ciolkowski;Oliver Laitenberger;Sira Vegas;Stefan Biffl

114
Citations
Synthesized essence: what game jams teach about prototyping of new software products

Juergen Musil;Angelika Schweda;Dietmar Winkler;Stefan Biffl

108
Citations
Value-Based Management of Software Testing

Rudolf Ramler;Stefan Biffl;Paul Grünbacher

97
Citations
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering for Cyber-Physical Production Systems: Data Models and Software Solutions for Handling Complex Engineering Projects

Stefan Biffl;Arndt Lder;Detlef Gerhard

97
Citations
Semantic Integration of Software and Systems Engineering Environments

T. Moser;S. Biffl

89
Citations
Software project portfolio optimization with advanced multiobjective evolutionary algorithms

Thomas Kremmel;Jiří Kubalík;Stefan Biffl

88
Citations
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering for Cyber-Physical Production Systems

Stefan Biffl;Arndt Lüder;Detlef Gerhard

76
Citations
What Makes Agile Software Development Agile

Marco Kuhrmann;Paolo Tell;Regina Hebig;Jil Ann Christin Klunder

75
Citations
A Domain Ontology Building Process for Guiding Requirements Elicitation

Inah Omoronyia;Guttorm Sindre;Tor Stålhane;Stefan Biffl

72
Citations
Integrating Collaborative Processes and Quality Assurance Techniques: Experiences from Requirements Negotiation

Paul GríNbacher;Michael Halling;Stefan Biffl;Barry W. Boehm

65
Citations
Business process-based valuation of IT-security

Thomas Neubauer;Markus Klemen;Stefan Biffl

63
Citations
Software process improvement in Europe: potential of the new V‐modell XT and research issues

Stefan Biffl;Dietmar Winkler;Reinhard Höhn;Herbert Wetzel

63
Citations
Secure business process management: a roadmap

T. Neubauer;M. Klemen;S. Biffl

63
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Sabou Vienna University of Economics and Business

Paul Grünbacher Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Manuel Wimmer Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Edgar R. Weippl University of Vienna

Danny Weyns KU Leuven

Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Rick Rabiser Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Michael Felderer University of Cologne

Alois Zoitl Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Barry Boehm University of Southern California

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Biffl

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