Wohlin, C (Wohlin, Claes) An analysis of the most cited articles in software engineering journals - 2001 INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, 50 (1-2): 3-9 JAN 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: Claes.Wohlin at bth.se

Author(s): Wohlin, C (Wohlin, Claes) 

Title: An analysis of the most cited articles in software engineering 
journals - 2001 

Source: INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY, 50 (1-2): 3-9 JAN 2008 

Language: English
 
Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: citations; bibliometric research; software engineering 

Abstract: Citations and related work are crucial in any research to 
position the work and to build on the work of others. A high citation 
count is an indication of the influence of specific articles. The 
importance of citations means that it is interesting to analyze which 
articles are cited the most. Such an analysis has been conducted using the 
ISI Web of Science to identify the most cited software engineering journal 
articles published in 2001. The objective of the analysis is to identify 
and list the articles that have influenced others the most as measured by 
citation count. An understanding of which research is viewed by the 
research community as most valuable to build upon may provide valuable 
insights into what research to focus on now and in the future. Based on 
the analysis, a list of the 20 most cited articles is presented here. The 
intention of the analysis is twofold. First, to identify the most cited 
articles, and second, to invite the authors of the most cited articles in 
2001 to contribute to a special section of Information and Software 
Technology. Three authors have accepted the invitation and their articles 
appear in this special section. Moreover, an analysis has been conducted 
regarding which authors are most productive in terms of software 
engineering journal publications. The latter analysis focuses on the 
publications in the last 20 years, which is intended as a complement to 
last year's analysis focusing on the most cited articles in the last 20 
years [C. Wohlin, An Analysis of the Most Cited Articles in Software 
Engineering Journals - 2007, Information and Software Technology 49 (1) 2-
11]. The most productive author in the last 20 years is Professor Victor 
Basili. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: Blekinge Inst Technol, Sch Engn, Dept Syst & Software Engn, S-
37225 Ronneby, Sweden 

Reprint Address: Wohlin, C, Blekinge Inst Technol, Sch Engn, Dept Syst & 
Software Engn, POB 520, S-37225 Ronneby, Sweden. 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 0950-5849 

 
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