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Most cited journal articles in software engineering
Information and Software Technology 47 (2005) 955 www.elsevier.com/locate/infsof
Editorial
Most cited journal articles in software engineering Citations are important to position an investigators’ research, to retrospectively evaluate research performance, to detect scientific trends, and to acknowledge the contribution of others. In this context, the most cited articles are of particular importance, since a high citation count is an indication of high impact on the research community. Based on the above, Information and Software Technology has decided to launch an annual special issue presenting the most cited articles in software engineering five years previously, in order to provide a picture of which research is most influential and which areas attract most attention. The annual special issue will be the final issue of the journal each year. The current special issue includes an analysis and report of the most cited journal articles in software engineering with publication dates in 1999 and five invited articles. The analysis is conducted using the ISI Web of Science, which is the same database as is used to determine impact factors for different journals in different research disciplines. This tool was chosen for several other reasons too, including possibility for automation and also to make the study replicable to a certain degree (limitations include that the citation count is done a specific date). The analysis also includes a comparison between 1999 and 1994 in terms of topics and research methods for the most cited articles. Five authors ranked highly on the list emerging from the analysis were invited to contribute with a new article as part of this special issue. The five articles are as follows with invited authors in italics:
0950-5849/$ - see front matter q 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2005.09.001
† “Engineering a Software Tool for Gene Structure Prediction in Higher Organisms” by G. Gremme, V. Brendel, M. E. Sparks and S. Kurtz † “A Measurement Framework for Object-Oriented Software Testability” by S. Mouchawrab, L. C. Briand and Y. Labiche † “British Petroleum’s Multi-Enterprise Asset Management System” by C. P. Holland, D. R. Shaw and P. Kawalek † “Software Project Management Using PROMPT: a Hybrid Metrics, Modeling and Utility Framework” by D. Raffo † “Simulating Families of Studies to Build Confidence in Defect Hypotheses” by F. Shull, D. Cruzes, V. Basili and M.Mendonc¸a On behalf of Information and Software Technology Claes Wohlin (e-mail: [email protected]) Sebastian Elbaum (e-mail: [email protected]) Martin Shepperd (e-mail: [email protected]) C. Wohlin* Department of Systems and Software Engineering, School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Box 520, SE-372 25 Ronneby, Sweden E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 17 October 2005
* Tel.: C46-457-385820.
Editorial
Most cited journal articles in software engineering Citations are important to position an investigators’ research, to retrospectively evaluate research performance, to detect scientific trends, and to acknowledge the contribution of others. In this context, the most cited articles are of particular importance, since a high citation count is an indication of high impact on the research community. Based on the above, Information and Software Technology has decided to launch an annual special issue presenting the most cited articles in software engineering five years previously, in order to provide a picture of which research is most influential and which areas attract most attention. The annual special issue will be the final issue of the journal each year. The current special issue includes an analysis and report of the most cited journal articles in software engineering with publication dates in 1999 and five invited articles. The analysis is conducted using the ISI Web of Science, which is the same database as is used to determine impact factors for different journals in different research disciplines. This tool was chosen for several other reasons too, including possibility for automation and also to make the study replicable to a certain degree (limitations include that the citation count is done a specific date). The analysis also includes a comparison between 1999 and 1994 in terms of topics and research methods for the most cited articles. Five authors ranked highly on the list emerging from the analysis were invited to contribute with a new article as part of this special issue. The five articles are as follows with invited authors in italics:
0950-5849/$ - see front matter q 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2005.09.001
† “Engineering a Software Tool for Gene Structure Prediction in Higher Organisms” by G. Gremme, V. Brendel, M. E. Sparks and S. Kurtz † “A Measurement Framework for Object-Oriented Software Testability” by S. Mouchawrab, L. C. Briand and Y. Labiche † “British Petroleum’s Multi-Enterprise Asset Management System” by C. P. Holland, D. R. Shaw and P. Kawalek † “Software Project Management Using PROMPT: a Hybrid Metrics, Modeling and Utility Framework” by D. Raffo † “Simulating Families of Studies to Build Confidence in Defect Hypotheses” by F. Shull, D. Cruzes, V. Basili and M.Mendonc¸a On behalf of Information and Software Technology Claes Wohlin (e-mail: [email protected]) Sebastian Elbaum (e-mail: [email protected]) Martin Shepperd (e-mail: [email protected]) C. Wohlin* Department of Systems and Software Engineering, School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Box 520, SE-372 25 Ronneby, Sweden E-mail address: [email protected] Available online 17 October 2005
* Tel.: C46-457-385820.