Journal article
The determinants of visibility of software engineering researchers
The Journal of systems and software, v 59(1)
2001
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to examine the visibility of software engineers who are highly cited in the literature and to present an analysis of the predictors of this visibility. We selected 59 leading software engineering researchers (the subjects) from a much larger group of well-respected software engineers using three criteria: (1) frequency of co-citation for the period 1991–1997, (2) extent to which the research is representative within the field, and (3) adequate coverage of the software engineering subject field. The visibility of the subjects was determined by asking other software engineers to classify each of the subjects by research area. The percentage of respondents who were able to identify the subject by his/her research area was taken as a measure of that subject's visibility. A number of variables were used to explain visibility including the area of expertise, the breadth of the research, and the vintage and form of publication of the subjects' most cited work.
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- Title
- The determinants of visibility of software engineering researchers
- Creators
- J.M. Verner - Drexel UniversityW.M. Evanco - Drexel UniversityK.W. McCain - Drexel UniversityG.W. Hislop - Drexel UniversityV.J. Cole - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of systems and software, v 59(1)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science; [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000173214700008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0035886250
- Other Identifier
- 991019168344704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Software Engineering
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods