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Software Engineering Journal Papers from the 1970s

This webpage is an attempt to assemble a ranking of top-cited software engineering journal papers from the 1970s. The ranking has been created based on citations of papers published at top software engineering venues. More details are available here.

Top journal papers of the 1970s normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Thomas J. McCabe:
    A Complexity Measure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    5916 cites at OpenAlex
    1923% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Tsun S. Chow:
    Testing Software Design Modeled by Finite-State Machines.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    1568 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    K. Mani Chandy and Jayadev Misra:
    Distributed Simulation: A Case Study in Design and Verification of Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    1123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1067% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Lawrence H. Putnam:
    A General Empirical Solution to the Macro Software Sizing and Estimating Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    958 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1064% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Leslie Lamport:
    Proving the Correctness of Multiprocess Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    1297 cites at Semantic Scholar
    773% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Brian Randell:
    System Structure for Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    1093 cites at OpenAlex
    752% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Douglas T. Ross:
    Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    998 cites at Semantic Scholar
    572% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Marc J. Rochkind:
    The Source Code Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    807 cites at Semantic Scholar
    529% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Douglas T. Ross and Kenneth E. Schoman Jr.:
    Structured Analysis for Requirements Definition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    931 cites at Semantic Scholar
    527% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Harold S. Stone:
    Multiprocessor Scheduling with the Aid of Network Flow Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    785 cites at Semantic Scholar
    428% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jon Louis Bentley:
    Multidimensional Binary Search Trees in Database Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    482 cites at Semantic Scholar
    401% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Per Brinch Hansen:
    The Programming Language Concurrent Pascal.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    626 cites at OpenAlex
    388% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    John D. Musa:
    A Theory of Software Reliability and Its Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    617 cites at Semantic Scholar
    381% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Michael Stonebraker:
    Concurrency Control and Consistency of Multiple Copies of Data in Distributed INGRES.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    419 cites at Semantic Scholar
    335% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Richard G. Hamlet:
    Testing Programs with the Aid of a Compiler.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    603 cites at Semantic Scholar
    306% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Daniel Teichroew and Ernest A. Hershey III:
    PSL/PSA: A Computer Aided Technique for Structured Documentation and Analysis of Information Processing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    524 cites at Semantic Scholar
    253% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Barbara G. Ryder:
    Constructing the Call Graph of a Program.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    336 cites at Semantic Scholar
    249% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    David Lorge Parnas:
    On the Design and Development of Program Families.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    985 cites at Semantic Scholar
    237% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    George J. Schick and Ray W. Wolverton:
    An Analysis of Competing Software Reliability Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    272 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Bill Curtis, Sylvia B. Sheppard, Phil Milliman, M. A. Borst, and Tom Love:
    Measuring the Psychological Complexity of Software Maintenance Tasks with the Halstead and McCabe Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    315 cites at Semantic Scholar
    227% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Most frequent authors in the 1970s top 100 ⌄

  1. 1
    C. V. Ramamoorthy
    3 papers in this ranking
  2. 2
    Harold S. Stone
    3 papers in this ranking
  3. 3
    William E. Howden
    3 papers in this ranking
  4. 4
    Alan Jay Smith
    2 papers in this ranking
  5. 5
    Barbara H. Liskov
    2 papers in this ranking
  6. 6
    Ben Wegbreit
    2 papers in this ranking
  7. 7
    David Lorge Parnas
    2 papers in this ranking
  8. 8
    Douglas T. Ross
    2 papers in this ranking
  9. 9
    James J. Horning
    2 papers in this ranking
  10. 10
    Jayadev Misra
    2 papers in this ranking
  11. 11
    K. Mani Chandy
    2 papers in this ranking
  12. 12
    Philip A. Bernstein
    2 papers in this ranking
  13. 13
    Richard J. Waldinger
    2 papers in this ranking
  14. 14
    Santosh K. Shrivastava
    2 papers in this ranking
  15. 15
    Siu-Bun F. Ho
    2 papers in this ranking
  16. 16
    W. T. Chen
    2 papers in this ranking
  17. 17
    Zohar Manna
    2 papers in this ranking
  18. 18
    Abraham Silberschatz
    1 papers in this ranking
  19. 19
    Alan C. Shaw
    1 papers in this ranking
  20. 20
    Alan R. Hevner
    1 papers in this ranking

Top journal papers from 1979 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    K. Mani Chandy and Jayadev Misra:
    Distributed Simulation: A Case Study in Design and Verification of Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    1123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1067% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Jon Louis Bentley:
    Multidimensional Binary Search Trees in Database Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    482 cites at Semantic Scholar
    401% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Michael Stonebraker:
    Concurrency Control and Consistency of Multiple Copies of Data in Distributed INGRES.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    419 cites at Semantic Scholar
    335% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Barbara G. Ryder:
    Constructing the Call Graph of a Program.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    336 cites at Semantic Scholar
    249% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Bill Curtis, Sylvia B. Sheppard, Phil Milliman, M. A. Borst, and Tom Love:
    Measuring the Psychological Complexity of Software Maintenance Tasks with the Halstead and McCabe Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    315 cites at Semantic Scholar
    227% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Philip A. Bernstein, David W. Shipman, and Wing Shing Wong:
    Formal Aspects of Serializability in Database Concurrency Control.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    256 cites at Semantic Scholar
    166% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Barbara H. Liskov and Alan Snyder:
    Exception Handling in CLU.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Martin R. Woodward, Michael A. Hennell, and David Hedley:
    A Measure of Control Flow Complexity in Program Text.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan R. Hevner and S. Bing Yao:
    Query Processing in Distributed Database Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    207 cites at Semantic Scholar
    115% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Daniel A. Menascé and Richard R. Muntz:
    Locking and Deadlock Detection in Distributed Data Bases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    205 cites at Semantic Scholar
    113% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    David Lorge Parnas:
    Designing Software for Ease of Extension and Contraction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    92% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Zohar Manna and Richard J. Waldinger:
    Synthesis: Dreams - Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Simeon C. Ntafos and S. Louis Hakimi:
    On Path Cover Problems in Digraphs and Applications to Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Raymond A. Marie:
    An Approximate Analytical Method for General Queueing Networks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    180 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Shahid H. Bokhari:
    Dual Processor Scheduling with Dynamic Reassignment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    166 cites at Semantic Scholar
    73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Charles S. Wetherell and Alfred Shannon:
    Tidy Drawings of Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    135 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Norman F. Schneidewind and Heinz-Michael Hoffmann:
    An Experiment in Software Error Data Collection and Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    130 cites at Semantic Scholar
    35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Thomas E. Cheatham Jr., Glenn H. Holloway, and Judy A. Townley:
    Symbolic Evaluation and the Analysis of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    112 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Richard C. Waters:
    A Method for Analyzing Loop Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -0% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    J. C. Huang:
    Detection of Data Flow Anomaly Through Program Instrumentation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    87 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    K. Mani Chandy and Jayadev Misra:
    Distributed Simulation: A Case Study in Design and Verification of Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    1123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1067% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Jon Louis Bentley:
    Multidimensional Binary Search Trees in Database Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    482 cites at Semantic Scholar
    401% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Michael Stonebraker:
    Concurrency Control and Consistency of Multiple Copies of Data in Distributed INGRES.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    419 cites at Semantic Scholar
    335% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Barbara G. Ryder:
    Constructing the Call Graph of a Program.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    336 cites at Semantic Scholar
    249% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Bill Curtis, Sylvia B. Sheppard, Phil Milliman, M. A. Borst, and Tom Love:
    Measuring the Psychological Complexity of Software Maintenance Tasks with the Halstead and McCabe Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    315 cites at Semantic Scholar
    227% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Philip A. Bernstein, David W. Shipman, and Wing Shing Wong:
    Formal Aspects of Serializability in Database Concurrency Control.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    256 cites at Semantic Scholar
    166% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Barbara H. Liskov and Alan Snyder:
    Exception Handling in CLU.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Martin R. Woodward, Michael A. Hennell, and David Hedley:
    A Measure of Control Flow Complexity in Program Text.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan R. Hevner and S. Bing Yao:
    Query Processing in Distributed Database Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    207 cites at Semantic Scholar
    115% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Daniel A. Menascé and Richard R. Muntz:
    Locking and Deadlock Detection in Distributed Data Bases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    205 cites at Semantic Scholar
    113% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    David Lorge Parnas:
    Designing Software for Ease of Extension and Contraction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    92% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Zohar Manna and Richard J. Waldinger:
    Synthesis: Dreams - Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Simeon C. Ntafos and S. Louis Hakimi:
    On Path Cover Problems in Digraphs and Applications to Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Raymond A. Marie:
    An Approximate Analytical Method for General Queueing Networks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    180 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Shahid H. Bokhari:
    Dual Processor Scheduling with Dynamic Reassignment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    166 cites at Semantic Scholar
    73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Charles S. Wetherell and Alfred Shannon:
    Tidy Drawings of Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    135 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Norman F. Schneidewind and Heinz-Michael Hoffmann:
    An Experiment in Software Error Data Collection and Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    130 cites at Semantic Scholar
    35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Thomas E. Cheatham Jr., Glenn H. Holloway, and Judy A. Townley:
    Symbolic Evaluation and the Analysis of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    112 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Richard C. Waters:
    A Method for Analyzing Loop Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -0% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    J. C. Huang:
    Detection of Data Flow Anomaly Through Program Instrumentation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    87 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1978 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Tsun S. Chow:
    Testing Software Design Modeled by Finite-State Machines.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    1568 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Lawrence H. Putnam:
    A General Empirical Solution to the Macro Software Sizing and Estimating Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    958 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1064% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    George J. Schick and Ray W. Wolverton:
    An Analysis of Competing Software Reliability Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    272 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Harold S. Stone:
    Critical Load Factors in Two-Processor Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    162 cites at Semantic Scholar
    97% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    William E. Howden:
    Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    143 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, and David S. Wile:
    Informality in Program Specifications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Charles Rich and Howard E. Shrobe:
    Initial Report on a Lisp Programmer's Apprentice.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Wolfgang Dzida, Siegfried Herda, and Wolf D. Itzfeldt:
    User-Perceived Quality of Interactive Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    131 cites at Semantic Scholar
    59% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan C. Shaw:
    Software Descriptions with Flow Expressions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan Jay Smith:
    A Comparative Study of Set Associative Memory Mapping Algorithms and Their Use for Cache and Main Memory.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    122 cites at Semantic Scholar
    48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Philip A. Bernstein, James B. Rothnie Jr., Nathan Goodman, and Christos H. Papadimitriou:
    The Concurrency Control Mechanism of SDD-1: A System for Distributed Databases (The Fully Redundant Case).
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    113 cites at Semantic Scholar
    37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Edward T. Chen:
    Program Complexity and Programmer Productivity.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Zohar Manna and Richard J. Waldinger:
    The Logic of Computer Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    62 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -25% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Hannes Goullon, Rainer Isle, and Klaus-Peter Löhr:
    Dynamic Restructuring in an Experimental Operating System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    56 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -32% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Santosh K. Shrivastava and Jean-Pierre Banâtre:
    Reliable Resource Allocation Between Unreliable Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    51 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Shi-Kuo Chang and Jyh-Sheng Ke:
    Database Skeleton and Its Application to Fuzzy Query Translation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -42% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    William E. Riddle, Jack C. Wileden, John H. Sayler, Alan R. Segal, and Allan M. Stavely:
    Behavior Modeling During Software Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    43 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Richard A. DeMillo, David P. Dobkin, and Richard J. Lipton:
    Even Data Bases That Lie Can Be Compromised.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    41 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -50% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    David Gries:
    The Multiple Assignment Statement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -59% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Barry C. De Roze and Thomas H. Nyman:
    The Software Life Cycle-A Management and Technological Challenge in the Department of Defense.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    33 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -60% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Tsun S. Chow:
    Testing Software Design Modeled by Finite-State Machines.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    1568 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Lawrence H. Putnam:
    A General Empirical Solution to the Macro Software Sizing and Estimating Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    958 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1064% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    George J. Schick and Ray W. Wolverton:
    An Analysis of Competing Software Reliability Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    272 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Harold S. Stone:
    Critical Load Factors in Two-Processor Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    162 cites at Semantic Scholar
    97% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    William E. Howden:
    Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    143 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, and David S. Wile:
    Informality in Program Specifications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Charles Rich and Howard E. Shrobe:
    Initial Report on a Lisp Programmer's Apprentice.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Wolfgang Dzida, Siegfried Herda, and Wolf D. Itzfeldt:
    User-Perceived Quality of Interactive Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    131 cites at Semantic Scholar
    59% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan C. Shaw:
    Software Descriptions with Flow Expressions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan Jay Smith:
    A Comparative Study of Set Associative Memory Mapping Algorithms and Their Use for Cache and Main Memory.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    122 cites at Semantic Scholar
    48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Philip A. Bernstein, James B. Rothnie Jr., Nathan Goodman, and Christos H. Papadimitriou:
    The Concurrency Control Mechanism of SDD-1: A System for Distributed Databases (The Fully Redundant Case).
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    113 cites at Semantic Scholar
    37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Edward T. Chen:
    Program Complexity and Programmer Productivity.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Zohar Manna and Richard J. Waldinger:
    The Logic of Computer Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    62 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -25% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Hannes Goullon, Rainer Isle, and Klaus-Peter Löhr:
    Dynamic Restructuring in an Experimental Operating System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    56 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -32% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Santosh K. Shrivastava and Jean-Pierre Banâtre:
    Reliable Resource Allocation Between Unreliable Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    51 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Shi-Kuo Chang and Jyh-Sheng Ke:
    Database Skeleton and Its Application to Fuzzy Query Translation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -42% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    William E. Riddle, Jack C. Wileden, John H. Sayler, Alan R. Segal, and Allan M. Stavely:
    Behavior Modeling During Software Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    43 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Richard A. DeMillo, David P. Dobkin, and Richard J. Lipton:
    Even Data Bases That Lie Can Be Compromised.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    41 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -50% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    David Gries:
    The Multiple Assignment Statement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -59% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Barry C. De Roze and Thomas H. Nyman:
    The Software Life Cycle-A Management and Technological Challenge in the Department of Defense.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    33 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -60% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1977 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Leslie Lamport:
    Proving the Correctness of Multiprocess Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    1297 cites at Semantic Scholar
    773% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Douglas T. Ross:
    Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    998 cites at Semantic Scholar
    572% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Douglas T. Ross and Kenneth E. Schoman Jr.:
    Structured Analysis for Requirements Definition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    931 cites at Semantic Scholar
    527% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Harold S. Stone:
    Multiprocessor Scheduling with the Aid of Network Flow Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    785 cites at Semantic Scholar
    428% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Richard G. Hamlet:
    Testing Programs with the Aid of a Compiler.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    603 cites at Semantic Scholar
    306% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Daniel Teichroew and Ernest A. Hershey III:
    PSL/PSA: A Computer Aided Technique for Structured Documentation and Analysis of Information Processing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    524 cites at Semantic Scholar
    253% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Mack W. Alford:
    A Requirements Engineering Methodology for Real-Time Processing Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    113% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    William E. Howden:
    Symbolic Testing and the DISSECT Symbolic Evaluation System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    278 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Phyllis Reisner:
    Use of Psychological Experimentation as an Aid to Development of a Query Language.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    187 cites at Semantic Scholar
    26% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    William H. Harrison:
    Compiler Analysis of the Value Ranges for Variables.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    18% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Thomas E. Bell, David C. Bixler, and Margaret E. Dyer:
    An Extendable Approach to Computer-Aided Software Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Carl G. Davis and Charles R. Vick:
    The Software Development System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    116 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Edmund B. Daly:
    Management of Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    93 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Alan Jay Smith:
    Two Methods for the Efficient Analysis of Memory Address Trace Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -39% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    James J. Horning and David B. Wortman:
    Software Hut: A Computer Program Engineering Project in the Form of a Game.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Donald E. Knuth:
    Deletions That Preserve Randomness.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    54 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Jean-Loup Baer and Carla Schlatter Ellis:
    Model, Design, and Evaluation of a Compiler for a Parallel Processing Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    46 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Abraham Silberschatz, Richard B. Kieburtz, and Arthur J. Bernstein:
    Extending Concurrent Pascal to Allow Dynamic Resource Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    46 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Gary J. Nutt:
    A Parallel Processor Operating System Comparison.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    42 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -72% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Michael R. Paige:
    On Partitioning Program Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Leslie Lamport:
    Proving the Correctness of Multiprocess Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    1297 cites at Semantic Scholar
    773% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Douglas T. Ross:
    Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    998 cites at Semantic Scholar
    572% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Douglas T. Ross and Kenneth E. Schoman Jr.:
    Structured Analysis for Requirements Definition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    931 cites at Semantic Scholar
    527% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Harold S. Stone:
    Multiprocessor Scheduling with the Aid of Network Flow Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    785 cites at Semantic Scholar
    428% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Richard G. Hamlet:
    Testing Programs with the Aid of a Compiler.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    603 cites at Semantic Scholar
    306% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Daniel Teichroew and Ernest A. Hershey III:
    PSL/PSA: A Computer Aided Technique for Structured Documentation and Analysis of Information Processing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    524 cites at Semantic Scholar
    253% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Mack W. Alford:
    A Requirements Engineering Methodology for Real-Time Processing Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    113% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    William E. Howden:
    Symbolic Testing and the DISSECT Symbolic Evaluation System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    278 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Phyllis Reisner:
    Use of Psychological Experimentation as an Aid to Development of a Query Language.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    187 cites at Semantic Scholar
    26% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    William H. Harrison:
    Compiler Analysis of the Value Ranges for Variables.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    18% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Thomas E. Bell, David C. Bixler, and Margaret E. Dyer:
    An Extendable Approach to Computer-Aided Software Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Carl G. Davis and Charles R. Vick:
    The Software Development System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    116 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Edmund B. Daly:
    Management of Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    93 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Alan Jay Smith:
    Two Methods for the Efficient Analysis of Memory Address Trace Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -39% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    James J. Horning and David B. Wortman:
    Software Hut: A Computer Program Engineering Project in the Form of a Game.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Donald E. Knuth:
    Deletions That Preserve Randomness.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    54 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Jean-Loup Baer and Carla Schlatter Ellis:
    Model, Design, and Evaluation of a Compiler for a Parallel Processing Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    46 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Abraham Silberschatz, Richard B. Kieburtz, and Arthur J. Bernstein:
    Extending Concurrent Pascal to Allow Dynamic Resource Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    46 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Gary J. Nutt:
    A Parallel Processor Operating System Comparison.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    42 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -72% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Michael R. Paige:
    On Partitioning Program Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1976 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Thomas J. McCabe:
    A Complexity Measure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    5916 cites at OpenAlex
    1923% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    David Lorge Parnas:
    On the Design and Development of Program Families.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    985 cites at Semantic Scholar
    237% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Lori A. Clarke:
    A System to Generate Test Data and Symbolically Execute Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    847 cites at Semantic Scholar
    190% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    William E. Howden:
    Reliability of the Path Analysis Testing Strategy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    453 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, Siu-Bun F. Ho, and W. T. Chen:
    On the Automated Generation of Program Test Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    366 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    William A. Wulf, Ralph L. London, and Mary Shaw:
    An Introduction to the Construction and Verification of Alphard Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    328 cites at Semantic Scholar
    12% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Frank DeRemer and Hans H. Kron:
    Programming-in-the-Large Versus Programming-in-the-Small.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    306 cites at OpenAlex
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Webb Miller and David L. Spooner:
    Automatic Generation of Floating-Point Test Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    286 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -2% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Harold N. Gabow, Shachindra N. Maheswari, and Leon J. Osterweil:
    On Two Problems in the Generation of Program Test Paths.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -33% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan W. Biermann and Ramachandran Krishnaswamy:
    Constructing Programs from Example Computations.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    James L. Elshoff:
    An Analysis of Some Commercial PL/I Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Margaret H. Hamilton and Saydean Zeldin:
    Higher Order Software - A Methodology for Defining Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    108 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Susan L. Gerhart and Lawrence Yelowitz:
    Observations of Fallibility in Applications of Modern Programming Methodologies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    104 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Ben Wegbreit:
    Goal-Directed Program Transformation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    92 cites at OpenAlex
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Jean-Loup Baer and Gary R. Sager:
    Dynamic Improvement of Locality in Virtual Memory Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    64 cites at OpenAlex
    -78% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Anita K. Jones and Barbara H. Liskov:
    A Language Extension for Controlling Access to Shared Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    64 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -78% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Richard C. T. Lee, Y. H. Chin, and S. C. Chang:
    Application of Principal Component Analysis to Multikey Searching.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    55 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -81% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Calvin C. Elgot:
    Structured Programming With and Without GO TO Statements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    53 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    J. Eugene Ball, Jerome A. Feldman, James R. Low, Richard F. Rashid, and Paul Rovner:
    RIG, Rochester's Intelligent Gateway: System Overview.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    38 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    David Gries:
    An Illustration of Current Ideas on the Derivation of Correctness Proofs and Correct Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Thomas J. McCabe:
    A Complexity Measure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    5916 cites at OpenAlex
    1923% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    David Lorge Parnas:
    On the Design and Development of Program Families.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    985 cites at Semantic Scholar
    237% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Lori A. Clarke:
    A System to Generate Test Data and Symbolically Execute Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    847 cites at Semantic Scholar
    190% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    William E. Howden:
    Reliability of the Path Analysis Testing Strategy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    453 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, Siu-Bun F. Ho, and W. T. Chen:
    On the Automated Generation of Program Test Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    366 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    William A. Wulf, Ralph L. London, and Mary Shaw:
    An Introduction to the Construction and Verification of Alphard Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    328 cites at Semantic Scholar
    12% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Frank DeRemer and Hans H. Kron:
    Programming-in-the-Large Versus Programming-in-the-Small.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    306 cites at OpenAlex
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Webb Miller and David L. Spooner:
    Automatic Generation of Floating-Point Test Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    286 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -2% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Harold N. Gabow, Shachindra N. Maheswari, and Leon J. Osterweil:
    On Two Problems in the Generation of Program Test Paths.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -33% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan W. Biermann and Ramachandran Krishnaswamy:
    Constructing Programs from Example Computations.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    James L. Elshoff:
    An Analysis of Some Commercial PL/I Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Margaret H. Hamilton and Saydean Zeldin:
    Higher Order Software - A Methodology for Defining Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    108 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Susan L. Gerhart and Lawrence Yelowitz:
    Observations of Fallibility in Applications of Modern Programming Methodologies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    104 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Ben Wegbreit:
    Goal-Directed Program Transformation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    92 cites at OpenAlex
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Jean-Loup Baer and Gary R. Sager:
    Dynamic Improvement of Locality in Virtual Memory Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    64 cites at OpenAlex
    -78% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Anita K. Jones and Barbara H. Liskov:
    A Language Extension for Controlling Access to Shared Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    64 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -78% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Richard C. T. Lee, Y. H. Chin, and S. C. Chang:
    Application of Principal Component Analysis to Multikey Searching.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    55 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -81% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Calvin C. Elgot:
    Structured Programming With and Without GO TO Statements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    53 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    J. Eugene Ball, Jerome A. Feldman, James R. Low, Richard F. Rashid, and Paul Rovner:
    RIG, Rochester's Intelligent Gateway: System Overview.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    38 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    David Gries:
    An Illustration of Current Ideas on the Derivation of Correctness Proofs and Correct Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1975 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Brian Randell:
    System Structure for Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    1093 cites at OpenAlex
    752% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Marc J. Rochkind:
    The Source Code Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    807 cites at Semantic Scholar
    529% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Per Brinch Hansen:
    The Programming Language Concurrent Pascal.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    626 cites at OpenAlex
    388% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    John D. Musa:
    A Theory of Software Reliability and Its Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    617 cites at Semantic Scholar
    381% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Victor R. Basili and Albert J. Turner:
    Iterative Enhancement: A Practical Technique for Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    411 cites at Semantic Scholar
    221% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    John B. Goodenough and Susan L. Gerhart:
    Toward a Theory of Test Data Selection.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    321 cites at OpenAlex
    150% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Barbara H. Liskov and Stephen N. Zilles:
    Specification Techniques for Data Abstractions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    257 cites at OpenAlex
    100% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    K. Mani Chandy, James C. Browne, Charles W. Dissly, and Werner R. Uhrig:
    Analytic Models for Rollback and Recovery Strategies in Data Base Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    187 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Albert Endres:
    An Analysis of Errors and Their Causes in System Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    107 cites at OpenAlex
    -17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Ben Wegbreit:
    Property Extraction in Well-Founded Property Sets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    92 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -28% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Karl E. Hewitt and Brian Cantwell Smith:
    Towards a Programming Apprentice.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -30% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Steven M. German and Ben Wegbreit:
    A Synthesizer of Inductive Assertions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    84 cites at OpenAlex
    -34% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Barry W. Boehm, Robert K. McClean, and D. B. Urfrig:
    Some Experience with Automated Aids to the Design of Large-Scale Reliable Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    70 cites at OpenAlex
    -45% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Howard A. Sholl and Taylor L. Booth:
    Software Performance Modeling Using Computation Structures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    67 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Siu-Bun F. Ho:
    Testing Large Software with Automated Software Evaluation Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    66 cites at OpenAlex
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    John D. Gannon and James J. Horning:
    Language Design for Programming Reliability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    65 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Sanat K. Basu and Jayadev Misra:
    Proving Loop Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    50 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, K. H. Kim, and W. T. Chen:
    Optimal Placement of Software Monitors Aiding Systematic Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Richard E. Fairley:
    An Experimental Program-Testing Facility.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -65% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Thomas Porter and István Simon:
    Random Insertion into a Priority Queue Structure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -70% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Brian Randell:
    System Structure for Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    1093 cites at OpenAlex
    752% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Marc J. Rochkind:
    The Source Code Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    807 cites at Semantic Scholar
    529% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Per Brinch Hansen:
    The Programming Language Concurrent Pascal.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    626 cites at OpenAlex
    388% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    John D. Musa:
    A Theory of Software Reliability and Its Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    617 cites at Semantic Scholar
    381% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Victor R. Basili and Albert J. Turner:
    Iterative Enhancement: A Practical Technique for Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    411 cites at Semantic Scholar
    221% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    John B. Goodenough and Susan L. Gerhart:
    Toward a Theory of Test Data Selection.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    321 cites at OpenAlex
    150% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Barbara H. Liskov and Stephen N. Zilles:
    Specification Techniques for Data Abstractions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    257 cites at OpenAlex
    100% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    K. Mani Chandy, James C. Browne, Charles W. Dissly, and Werner R. Uhrig:
    Analytic Models for Rollback and Recovery Strategies in Data Base Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    187 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Albert Endres:
    An Analysis of Errors and Their Causes in System Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    107 cites at OpenAlex
    -17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Ben Wegbreit:
    Property Extraction in Well-Founded Property Sets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    92 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -28% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Karl E. Hewitt and Brian Cantwell Smith:
    Towards a Programming Apprentice.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -30% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Steven M. German and Ben Wegbreit:
    A Synthesizer of Inductive Assertions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    84 cites at OpenAlex
    -34% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Barry W. Boehm, Robert K. McClean, and D. B. Urfrig:
    Some Experience with Automated Aids to the Design of Large-Scale Reliable Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    70 cites at OpenAlex
    -45% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Howard A. Sholl and Taylor L. Booth:
    Software Performance Modeling Using Computation Structures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    67 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -48% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Siu-Bun F. Ho:
    Testing Large Software with Automated Software Evaluation Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    66 cites at OpenAlex
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    John D. Gannon and James J. Horning:
    Language Design for Programming Reliability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    65 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Sanat K. Basu and Jayadev Misra:
    Proving Loop Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    50 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, K. H. Kim, and W. T. Chen:
    Optimal Placement of Software Monitors Aiding Systematic Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Richard E. Fairley:
    An Experimental Program-Testing Facility.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -65% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Thomas Porter and István Simon:
    Random Insertion into a Priority Queue Structure.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -70% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

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