Highly-cited papers in software engineering: The top-100

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-128

  Garousi, Vahid ^a   Fernandes, João M ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Highly cited papers; Most cited; Most frequently cited; Software engineering; Top cited

Indexed keywords

MIDDLEWARE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEB SERVICES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; MOST CITED; MOST FREQUENTLY CITED; OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN; QUALITY PAPERS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; WEB SERVICES COMPOSITION;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84952836907     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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