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Software Engineering Journal Papers from the 1980s

This webpage is an attempt to assemble a ranking of top-cited software engineering journal papers from the 1980s. 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 1980s normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Barry W. Boehm:
    Software Engineering Economics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    7070 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3588% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Allan J. Albrecht and John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Software Function, Source Lines of Code, and Development Effort Prediction: A Software Science Validation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    1722 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2191% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Victor R. Basili and H. Dieter Rombach:
    The TAME Project: Towards Improvement-Oriented Software Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1577 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1707% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Thomas L. Casavant and Jon G. Kuhl:
    A Taxonomy of Scheduling in General-Purpose Distributed Computing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1229 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1309% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Sallie M. Henry and Dennis G. Kafura:
    Software Structure Metrics Based on Information Flow.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    912 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1224% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Algirdas Avizienis:
    The N-Version Approach to Fault-Tolerant Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1122% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Sandra Rapps and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Selecting Software Test Data Using Data Flow Information.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1117% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Evaluating Software Complexity Measures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    959 cites at Semantic Scholar
    999% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Amrit L. Goel:
    Software Reliability Models: Assumptions, Limitations, and Applicability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    915% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Derek L. Eager, Edward D. Lazowska, and John Zahorjan:
    Adaptive Load Sharing in Homogeneous Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1102 cites at Semantic Scholar
    830% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Grady Booch:
    Object-Oriented Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1082 cites at Semantic Scholar
    813% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Barry W. Boehm and Philip N. Papaccio:
    Understanding and Controlling Software Costs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    790 cites at Semantic Scholar
    805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Richard Koo and Sam Toueg:
    Checkpointing and Rollback-Recovery for Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    656 cites at Semantic Scholar
    762% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Jayadev Misra and K. Mani Chandy:
    Proofs of Networks of Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    589 cites at Semantic Scholar
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Barry W. Boehm and Rony Ross:
    Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    728% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    William E. Howden:
    Weak Mutation Testing and Completeness of Test Sets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    510 cites at Semantic Scholar
    683% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Edward M. Reingold and John S. Tilford:
    Tidier Drawings of Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    680% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Victor R. Basili and Richard W. Selby:
    Comparing the Effectiveness of Software Testing Strategies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    580 cites at Semantic Scholar
    662% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    John C. Knight and Nancy G. Leveson:
    An Experimental Evaluation of the Assumption of Independence in Multiversion Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    896 cites at Semantic Scholar
    656% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Houssine Chetto and Maryline Silly-Chetto:
    Some Results of the Earliest Deadline Scheduling Algorithm.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    477 cites at Semantic Scholar
    635% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Most frequent authors in the 1980s top 100 ⌄

  1. 1
    Victor R. Basili
    5 papers in this ranking
  2. 2
    Elaine J. Weyuker
    4 papers in this ranking
  3. 3
    Barry W. Boehm
    3 papers in this ranking
  4. 4
    Elliot Soloway
    3 papers in this ranking
  5. 5
    Nancy G. Leveson
    3 papers in this ranking
  6. 6
    Richard W. Selby
    3 papers in this ranking
  7. 7
    Aloysius K. Mok
    2 papers in this ranking
  8. 8
    Andrew P. Black
    2 papers in this ranking
  9. 9
    Bev Littlewood
    2 papers in this ranking
  10. 10
    C. V. Ramamoorthy
    2 papers in this ranking
  11. 11
    David H. Hutchens
    2 papers in this ranking
  12. 12
    David Lorge Parnas
    2 papers in this ranking
  13. 13
    David M. Weiss
    2 papers in this ranking
  14. 14
    Dennis G. Kafura
    2 papers in this ranking
  15. 15
    Edward D. Lazowska
    2 papers in this ranking
  16. 16
    Jeff Kramer
    2 papers in this ranking
  17. 17
    Jeff Magee
    2 papers in this ranking
  18. 18
    Nick Roussopoulos
    2 papers in this ranking
  19. 19
    Paul C. Clements
    2 papers in this ranking
  20. 20
    Simeon C. Ntafos
    2 papers in this ranking

Top journal papers from 1989 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Barry W. Boehm and Rony Ross:
    Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    728% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Houssine Chetto and Maryline Silly-Chetto:
    Some Results of the Earliest Deadline Scheduling Algorithm.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    477 cites at Semantic Scholar
    635% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    James A. Larson, Shamkant B. Navathe, and Ramez Elmasri:
    A Theory of Attribute Equivalence in Databases with Application to Schema Integration.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    469 cites at Semantic Scholar
    623% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    David Fernández-Baca:
    Allocating Modules to Processors in a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    455 cites at Semantic Scholar
    601% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Alan C. Shaw:
    Reasoning About Time in Higher-Level Language Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    419 cites at Semantic Scholar
    546% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Deepinder P. Sidhu and Ting-Kau Leung:
    Formal Methods for Protocol Testing: A Detailed Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    540% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Michael L. Dertouzos and Aloysius K. Mok:
    Multiprocessor On-Line Scheduling of Hard-Real-Time Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    407 cites at Semantic Scholar
    527% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Jeff Magee, Jeff Kramer, and Morris Sloman:
    Constructing Distributed Systems in Conic.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    368 cites at Semantic Scholar
    467% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Guang-Huei Chiou and Wen-Tsuen Chen:
    Secure Broadcasting Using the Secure Lock.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    295 cites at Semantic Scholar
    355% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Bev Littlewood and Douglas R. Miller:
    Conceptual Modeling of Coincident Failures in Multiversion Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    285 cites at Semantic Scholar
    339% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianfranco Balbo, Andrea Bobbio, Giovanni Chiola, Gianni Conte, and Aldo Cumani:
    The Effect of Execution Policies on the Semantics and Analysis of Stochastic Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    249 cites at Semantic Scholar
    284% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Lori A. Clarke, Andy Podgurski, Debra J. Richardson, and Steven J. Zeil:
    A Formal Evaluation of Data Flow Path Selection Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    248 cites at Semantic Scholar
    282% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Riccardo Gusella and Stefano Zatti:
    The Accuracy of the Clock Synchronization Achieved by TEMPO in Berkeley UNIX 4.3BSD.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    225 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Rajiv D. Banker and Chris F. Kemerer:
    Scale Economies in New Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    215 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid:
    The Dynamics of Software Project Staffing: A System Dynamics Based Simulation Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    171% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Tadao Murata, Boris Shenker, and Sol M. Shatz:
    Detection of Ada Static Deadlocks Using Petri Net Invariants.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Friedrich L. Bauer, Bernhard Möller, Helmuth Partsch, and Peter Pepper:
    Formal Program Construction by Transformations-Computer-Aided, Intuition-Guided Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    148% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Geoff Barrett:
    Formal Methods Applied to a Floating-Point Number System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    142 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Murthy V. Devarakonda and Ravishankar K. Iyer:
    Predictability of Process Resource Usage: A Measurement-Based Study on UNIX.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    110% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    William R. Bevier:
    Kit: A Study in Operating System Verification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    107% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Barry W. Boehm and Rony Ross:
    Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    728% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Houssine Chetto and Maryline Silly-Chetto:
    Some Results of the Earliest Deadline Scheduling Algorithm.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    477 cites at Semantic Scholar
    635% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    James A. Larson, Shamkant B. Navathe, and Ramez Elmasri:
    A Theory of Attribute Equivalence in Databases with Application to Schema Integration.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    469 cites at Semantic Scholar
    623% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    David Fernández-Baca:
    Allocating Modules to Processors in a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    455 cites at Semantic Scholar
    601% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Alan C. Shaw:
    Reasoning About Time in Higher-Level Language Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    419 cites at Semantic Scholar
    546% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Deepinder P. Sidhu and Ting-Kau Leung:
    Formal Methods for Protocol Testing: A Detailed Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    540% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Michael L. Dertouzos and Aloysius K. Mok:
    Multiprocessor On-Line Scheduling of Hard-Real-Time Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    407 cites at Semantic Scholar
    527% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Jeff Magee, Jeff Kramer, and Morris Sloman:
    Constructing Distributed Systems in Conic.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    368 cites at Semantic Scholar
    467% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Guang-Huei Chiou and Wen-Tsuen Chen:
    Secure Broadcasting Using the Secure Lock.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    295 cites at Semantic Scholar
    355% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Bev Littlewood and Douglas R. Miller:
    Conceptual Modeling of Coincident Failures in Multiversion Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    285 cites at Semantic Scholar
    339% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianfranco Balbo, Andrea Bobbio, Giovanni Chiola, Gianni Conte, and Aldo Cumani:
    The Effect of Execution Policies on the Semantics and Analysis of Stochastic Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    249 cites at Semantic Scholar
    284% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Lori A. Clarke, Andy Podgurski, Debra J. Richardson, and Steven J. Zeil:
    A Formal Evaluation of Data Flow Path Selection Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    248 cites at Semantic Scholar
    282% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Riccardo Gusella and Stefano Zatti:
    The Accuracy of the Clock Synchronization Achieved by TEMPO in Berkeley UNIX 4.3BSD.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    225 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Rajiv D. Banker and Chris F. Kemerer:
    Scale Economies in New Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    215 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid:
    The Dynamics of Software Project Staffing: A System Dynamics Based Simulation Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    171% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Tadao Murata, Boris Shenker, and Sol M. Shatz:
    Detection of Ada Static Deadlocks Using Petri Net Invariants.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Friedrich L. Bauer, Bernhard Möller, Helmuth Partsch, and Peter Pepper:
    Formal Program Construction by Transformations-Computer-Aided, Intuition-Guided Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    148% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Geoff Barrett:
    Formal Methods Applied to a Floating-Point Number System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    142 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Murthy V. Devarakonda and Ravishankar K. Iyer:
    Predictability of Process Resource Usage: A Measurement-Based Study on UNIX.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    110% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    William R. Bevier:
    Kit: A Study in Operating System Verification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1989
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    107% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1988 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Victor R. Basili and H. Dieter Rombach:
    The TAME Project: Towards Improvement-Oriented Software Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1577 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1707% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Thomas L. Casavant and Jon G. Kuhl:
    A Taxonomy of Scheduling in General-Purpose Distributed Computing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1229 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1309% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Evaluating Software Complexity Measures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    959 cites at Semantic Scholar
    999% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Barry W. Boehm and Philip N. Papaccio:
    Understanding and Controlling Software Costs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    790 cites at Semantic Scholar
    805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Phyllis G. Frankl and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    An Applicable Family of Data Flow Testing Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    597 cites at Semantic Scholar
    584% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Charles R. Symons:
    Function Point Analysis: Difficulties and Improvements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    420 cites at Semantic Scholar
    381% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Songnian Zhou:
    A Trace-Driven Simulation Study of Dynamic Load Balancing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    407 cites at Semantic Scholar
    366% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Shi-Kuo Chang, C. W. Yan, Donald C. Dimitroff, and Timothy Arndt:
    An Intelligent Image Database System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    336 cites at Semantic Scholar
    285% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Simeon C. Ntafos:
    A Comparison of Some Structural Testing Strategies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    330 cites at Semantic Scholar
    278% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan M. Davis, Edward H. Bersoff, and Edward R. Comer:
    A Strategy for Comparing Alternative Software Development Life Cycle Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    303 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jack A. Orenstein and Frank Manola:
    PROBE Spatial Data Modeling and Query Processing in an Image Database Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    242% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Nick Roussopoulos, Christos Faloutsos, and Timos K. Sellis:
    An Efficient Pictorial Database System for PSQL.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    276 cites at Semantic Scholar
    216% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Richard W. Selby and Adam A. Porter:
    Learning from Examples: Generation and Evaluation of Decision Trees for Software Resource Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    275 cites at Semantic Scholar
    215% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Don S. Batory, J. R. Barnett, Jorge F. Garza, K. P. Smith, K. Tsukuda, Brian C. Twichell, and T. E. Wise:
    GENESIS: An Extensible Database Management System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    249 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rakesh Agrawal:
    Alpha: An Extension of Relational Algebra to Express a Class of Recursive Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    211 cites at Semantic Scholar
    142% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Ted Tenny:
    Program Readability: Procedures Versus Comments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Thomas Joseph and Alfonso F. Cardenas:
    PICQUERY: A High Level Query Language for Pictorial Database Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jonathan Billington, Geoffrey R. Wheeler, and Michael C. Wilbur-Ham:
    PROTEAN: A High-Level Petri Net Tool for the Specification and Verification of Communication Protocols.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    166 cites at Semantic Scholar
    90% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Christos Faloutsos:
    Gray Codes for Partial Match and Range Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    163 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Luqi, Valdis Berzins, and Raymond T. Yeh:
    A Prototyping Language for Real-Time Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    163 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Victor R. Basili and H. Dieter Rombach:
    The TAME Project: Towards Improvement-Oriented Software Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1577 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1707% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Thomas L. Casavant and Jon G. Kuhl:
    A Taxonomy of Scheduling in General-Purpose Distributed Computing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    1229 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1309% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Evaluating Software Complexity Measures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    959 cites at Semantic Scholar
    999% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Barry W. Boehm and Philip N. Papaccio:
    Understanding and Controlling Software Costs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    790 cites at Semantic Scholar
    805% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Phyllis G. Frankl and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    An Applicable Family of Data Flow Testing Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    597 cites at Semantic Scholar
    584% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Charles R. Symons:
    Function Point Analysis: Difficulties and Improvements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    420 cites at Semantic Scholar
    381% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Songnian Zhou:
    A Trace-Driven Simulation Study of Dynamic Load Balancing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    407 cites at Semantic Scholar
    366% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Shi-Kuo Chang, C. W. Yan, Donald C. Dimitroff, and Timothy Arndt:
    An Intelligent Image Database System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    336 cites at Semantic Scholar
    285% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Simeon C. Ntafos:
    A Comparison of Some Structural Testing Strategies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    330 cites at Semantic Scholar
    278% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Alan M. Davis, Edward H. Bersoff, and Edward R. Comer:
    A Strategy for Comparing Alternative Software Development Life Cycle Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    303 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jack A. Orenstein and Frank Manola:
    PROBE Spatial Data Modeling and Query Processing in an Image Database Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    242% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Nick Roussopoulos, Christos Faloutsos, and Timos K. Sellis:
    An Efficient Pictorial Database System for PSQL.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    276 cites at Semantic Scholar
    216% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Richard W. Selby and Adam A. Porter:
    Learning from Examples: Generation and Evaluation of Decision Trees for Software Resource Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    275 cites at Semantic Scholar
    215% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Don S. Batory, J. R. Barnett, Jorge F. Garza, K. P. Smith, K. Tsukuda, Brian C. Twichell, and T. E. Wise:
    GENESIS: An Extensible Database Management System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    249 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rakesh Agrawal:
    Alpha: An Extension of Relational Algebra to Express a Class of Recursive Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    211 cites at Semantic Scholar
    142% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Ted Tenny:
    Program Readability: Procedures Versus Comments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Thomas Joseph and Alfonso F. Cardenas:
    PICQUERY: A High Level Query Language for Pictorial Database Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jonathan Billington, Geoffrey R. Wheeler, and Michael C. Wilbur-Ham:
    PROTEAN: A High-Level Petri Net Tool for the Specification and Verification of Communication Protocols.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    166 cites at Semantic Scholar
    90% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Christos Faloutsos:
    Gray Codes for Partial Match and Range Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    163 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Luqi, Valdis Berzins, and Raymond T. Yeh:
    A Prototyping Language for Real-Time Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    163 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1987 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Richard Koo and Sam Toueg:
    Checkpointing and Rollback-Recovery for Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    656 cites at Semantic Scholar
    762% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Victor R. Basili and Richard W. Selby:
    Comparing the Effectiveness of Software Testing Strategies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    580 cites at Semantic Scholar
    662% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Nancy G. Leveson and Janice L. Stolzy:
    Safety Analysis Using Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    488 cites at Semantic Scholar
    541% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Andrew P. Black, Norman C. Hutchinson, Eric Jul, Henry M. Levy, and Larry Carter:
    Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    468 cites at Semantic Scholar
    515% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Frank C. H. Lin and Robert M. Keller:
    The Gradient Model Load Balancing Method.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    353 cites at Semantic Scholar
    364% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Dorothy E. Denning:
    An Intrusion-Detection Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    347 cites at Semantic Scholar
    356% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Mark A. Holliday and Mary K. Vernon:
    A Generalized Times Petri Net Model for Performance Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    315 cites at Semantic Scholar
    314% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Wei Zhao, Krithi Ramamritham, and John A. Stankovic:
    Scheduling Tasks with Resource Requirements in Hard Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    265 cites at Semantic Scholar
    248% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Norman F. Schneidewind:
    The State of Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    252 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Dennis G. Kafura and Geereddy R. Reddy:
    The Use of Software Complexity Metrics in Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    245 cites at Semantic Scholar
    222% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    C. Gray Girling:
    Covert Channels in LAN's.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    231 cites at Semantic Scholar
    204% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Kenneth C. Sevcik and Marjory J. Johnson:
    Cycle Time Properties Of The FDDI Token Ring Protocol.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    207 cites at OpenAlex
    172% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Jonathan K. Millen, Sidney C. Clark, and Sheryl B. Freedman:
    The Interrogator: Protocol Security Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    201 cites at Semantic Scholar
    164% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    R. Keith Scott, James W. Gault, and David F. McAllister:
    Fault-Tolerant Software Reliability Modeling.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    184 cites at Semantic Scholar
    142% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Richard W. Selby, Victor R. Basili, and F. Terry Baker:
    Cleanroom Software Development: An Empirical Evaluation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    131% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Hon Fung Li and W. K. Cheung:
    An Empirical Study of Software Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    175 cites at Semantic Scholar
    130% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Robin A. Sahner and Kishor S. Trivedi:
    Performance and Reliability Analysis Using Directed Acyclic Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    170 cites at Semantic Scholar
    123% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Amihai Motro:
    Superviews: Virtual Integration of Multiple Databases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham:
    Virtual Time CSMA Protocols for Hard Real-Time Communication.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    H. Dieter Rombach:
    A Controlled Experiment on the Impact of Software Structure on Maintainability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    151 cites at Semantic Scholar
    98% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Richard Koo and Sam Toueg:
    Checkpointing and Rollback-Recovery for Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    656 cites at Semantic Scholar
    762% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Victor R. Basili and Richard W. Selby:
    Comparing the Effectiveness of Software Testing Strategies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    580 cites at Semantic Scholar
    662% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Nancy G. Leveson and Janice L. Stolzy:
    Safety Analysis Using Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    488 cites at Semantic Scholar
    541% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Andrew P. Black, Norman C. Hutchinson, Eric Jul, Henry M. Levy, and Larry Carter:
    Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    468 cites at Semantic Scholar
    515% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Frank C. H. Lin and Robert M. Keller:
    The Gradient Model Load Balancing Method.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    353 cites at Semantic Scholar
    364% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Dorothy E. Denning:
    An Intrusion-Detection Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    347 cites at Semantic Scholar
    356% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Mark A. Holliday and Mary K. Vernon:
    A Generalized Times Petri Net Model for Performance Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    315 cites at Semantic Scholar
    314% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Wei Zhao, Krithi Ramamritham, and John A. Stankovic:
    Scheduling Tasks with Resource Requirements in Hard Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    265 cites at Semantic Scholar
    248% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Norman F. Schneidewind:
    The State of Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    252 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Dennis G. Kafura and Geereddy R. Reddy:
    The Use of Software Complexity Metrics in Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    245 cites at Semantic Scholar
    222% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    C. Gray Girling:
    Covert Channels in LAN's.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    231 cites at Semantic Scholar
    204% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Kenneth C. Sevcik and Marjory J. Johnson:
    Cycle Time Properties Of The FDDI Token Ring Protocol.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    207 cites at OpenAlex
    172% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Jonathan K. Millen, Sidney C. Clark, and Sheryl B. Freedman:
    The Interrogator: Protocol Security Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    201 cites at Semantic Scholar
    164% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    R. Keith Scott, James W. Gault, and David F. McAllister:
    Fault-Tolerant Software Reliability Modeling.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    184 cites at Semantic Scholar
    142% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Richard W. Selby, Victor R. Basili, and F. Terry Baker:
    Cleanroom Software Development: An Empirical Evaluation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    131% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Hon Fung Li and W. K. Cheung:
    An Empirical Study of Software Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    175 cites at Semantic Scholar
    130% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Robin A. Sahner and Kishor S. Trivedi:
    Performance and Reliability Analysis Using Directed Acyclic Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    170 cites at Semantic Scholar
    123% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Amihai Motro:
    Superviews: Virtual Integration of Multiple Databases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Wei Zhao and Krithi Ramamritham:
    Virtual Time CSMA Protocols for Hard Real-Time Communication.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    H. Dieter Rombach:
    A Controlled Experiment on the Impact of Software Structure on Maintainability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1987
    151 cites at Semantic Scholar
    98% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1986 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Derek L. Eager, Edward D. Lazowska, and John Zahorjan:
    Adaptive Load Sharing in Homogeneous Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1102 cites at Semantic Scholar
    830% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Grady Booch:
    Object-Oriented Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1082 cites at Semantic Scholar
    813% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    John C. Knight and Nancy G. Leveson:
    An Experimental Evaluation of the Assumption of Independence in Multiversion Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    896 cites at Semantic Scholar
    656% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Michael E. Fagan:
    Advances in Software Inspections.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    769 cites at Semantic Scholar
    549% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Farnam Jahanian and Aloysius K. Mok:
    Safety Analysis of Timing Properties in Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    769 cites at Semantic Scholar
    549% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Robert E. Strom and Shaula Yemini:
    Typestate: A Programming Language Concept for Enhancing Software Reliability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    666 cites at Semantic Scholar
    462% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    David Lorge Parnas and Paul C. Clements:
    A Rational Design Process: How and Why to Fake It.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    619 cites at OpenAlex
    422% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    A. Nico Habermann and David Notkin:
    Gandalf: Software Development Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    351 cites at Semantic Scholar
    196% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Eugene Kligerman and Alexander D. Stoyenko:
    Real-Time Euclid: A Language for Reliable Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    351 cites at Semantic Scholar
    196% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili, Richard W. Selby, and David H. Hutchens:
    Experimentation in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    334 cites at Semantic Scholar
    182% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Abdallah A. Abdel-Ghaly, P. Y. Chan, and Bev Littlewood:
    Evaluation of Competing Software Reliability Predictions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    329 cites at Semantic Scholar
    178% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Paul T. Ward:
    The Transformation Schema: An Extension of Te Data Flow Diagram to Represent Control and Timing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    292 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Roy H. Campbell and Brian Randell:
    Error Recovery in Asynchronous Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    234 cites at Semantic Scholar
    97% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Giorgio Bruno and Giuseppe Marchetto:
    Process-Translatable Petri Nets for the Rapid Prototyping of Process Control Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Douglas R. Miller:
    Exponential Order Statistic Models of Software Reliability Growth.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    213 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Axiomatizing Software Test Data Adequacy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    77% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    P. Allen Currit, Michael G. Dyer, and Harlan D. Mills:
    Certifying the Reliability of Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    67% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    John R. Cameron:
    An Overview of JSD.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Carlo Batini, Enrico Nardelli, and Roberto Tamassia:
    A Layout Algorithm for Data Flow Diagrams.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    44% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Kenneth J. Perry and Sam Toueg:
    Distributed Agreement in the Presence of Processor and Communication Faults.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Derek L. Eager, Edward D. Lazowska, and John Zahorjan:
    Adaptive Load Sharing in Homogeneous Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1102 cites at Semantic Scholar
    830% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Grady Booch:
    Object-Oriented Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    1082 cites at Semantic Scholar
    813% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    John C. Knight and Nancy G. Leveson:
    An Experimental Evaluation of the Assumption of Independence in Multiversion Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    896 cites at Semantic Scholar
    656% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Michael E. Fagan:
    Advances in Software Inspections.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    769 cites at Semantic Scholar
    549% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Farnam Jahanian and Aloysius K. Mok:
    Safety Analysis of Timing Properties in Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    769 cites at Semantic Scholar
    549% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Robert E. Strom and Shaula Yemini:
    Typestate: A Programming Language Concept for Enhancing Software Reliability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    666 cites at Semantic Scholar
    462% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    David Lorge Parnas and Paul C. Clements:
    A Rational Design Process: How and Why to Fake It.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    619 cites at OpenAlex
    422% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    A. Nico Habermann and David Notkin:
    Gandalf: Software Development Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    351 cites at Semantic Scholar
    196% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Eugene Kligerman and Alexander D. Stoyenko:
    Real-Time Euclid: A Language for Reliable Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    351 cites at Semantic Scholar
    196% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili, Richard W. Selby, and David H. Hutchens:
    Experimentation in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    334 cites at Semantic Scholar
    182% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Abdallah A. Abdel-Ghaly, P. Y. Chan, and Bev Littlewood:
    Evaluation of Competing Software Reliability Predictions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    329 cites at Semantic Scholar
    178% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Paul T. Ward:
    The Transformation Schema: An Extension of Te Data Flow Diagram to Represent Control and Timing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    292 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Roy H. Campbell and Brian Randell:
    Error Recovery in Asynchronous Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    234 cites at Semantic Scholar
    97% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Giorgio Bruno and Giuseppe Marchetto:
    Process-Translatable Petri Nets for the Rapid Prototyping of Process Control Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    87% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Douglas R. Miller:
    Exponential Order Statistic Models of Software Reliability Growth.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    213 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Axiomatizing Software Test Data Adequacy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    77% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    P. Allen Currit, Michael G. Dyer, and Harlan D. Mills:
    Certifying the Reliability of Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    67% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    John R. Cameron:
    An Overview of JSD.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Carlo Batini, Enrico Nardelli, and Roberto Tamassia:
    A Layout Algorithm for Data Flow Diagrams.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    44% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Kenneth J. Perry and Sam Toueg:
    Distributed Agreement in the Presence of Processor and Communication Faults.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1985 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Algirdas Avizienis:
    The N-Version Approach to Fault-Tolerant Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1122% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Sandra Rapps and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Selecting Software Test Data Using Data Flow Information.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1117% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Amrit L. Goel:
    Software Reliability Models: Assumptions, Limitations, and Applicability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    915% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    David Lorge Parnas, Paul C. Clements, and David M. Weiss:
    The Modular Structure of Complex Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    539 cites at Semantic Scholar
    467% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Robert Balzer:
    A 15 Year Perspective on Automatic Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    337% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Clyde P. Kruskal and Alan Weiss:
    Allocating Independent Subtasks on Parallel Processors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    401 cites at Semantic Scholar
    322% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Shigeru Yamada and Shunji Osaki:
    Software Reliability Growth Modeling: Models and Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    395 cites at Semantic Scholar
    316% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Dave E. Eckhardt and Larry D. Lee:
    A Theoretical Basis for the Analysis of Multiversion Software Subject to Coincident Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    376 cites at Semantic Scholar
    296% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Beth Adelson and Elliot Soloway:
    The Role of Domain Experience in Software Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    357 cites at Semantic Scholar
    276% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    W. Lewis Johnson and Elliot Soloway:
    PROUST: Knowledge-Based Program Understanding.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    356 cites at Semantic Scholar
    275% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jeff Kramer and Jeff Magee:
    Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    353 cites at Semantic Scholar
    272% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Steven P. Reiss:
    PECAN: Program Development Systems That Support Multiple Views.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    341 cites at Semantic Scholar
    259% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Guy T. Almes, Andrew P. Black, Edward D. Lazowska, and Jerre D. Noe:
    The Eden System: A Technical Review.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    321 cites at Semantic Scholar
    238% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David H. Hutchens and Victor R. Basili:
    System Structure Analysis: Clustering with Data Bindings.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    234% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    B. Dasarathy:
    Timing Constraints of Real-Time Systems: Constructs for Expressing Them, Methods of Validating Them.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    266 cites at Semantic Scholar
    180% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Lionel M. Ni, Chong-Wei Xu, and Thomas B. Gendreau:
    A Distributed Drafting Algorithm for Load Balancing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    266 cites at Semantic Scholar
    180% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Anthony I. Wasserman:
    Extending State Transition Diagrams for the Specification of Human-Computer Interaction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    238 cites at Semantic Scholar
    151% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Richard A. Kemmerer:
    Testing Formal Specifications to Detect Design Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Robert Neches, William R. Swartout, and Johanna D. Moore:
    Enhanced Maintenance and Explanation of Expert Systems Through Explicit Models of Their Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    108% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Richard C. Waters:
    The Programmer's Apprentice: A Session with KBEmacs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    193 cites at Semantic Scholar
    103% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Algirdas Avizienis:
    The N-Version Approach to Fault-Tolerant Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1122% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Sandra Rapps and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Selecting Software Test Data Using Data Flow Information.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    1156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1117% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Amrit L. Goel:
    Software Reliability Models: Assumptions, Limitations, and Applicability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    915% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    David Lorge Parnas, Paul C. Clements, and David M. Weiss:
    The Modular Structure of Complex Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    539 cites at Semantic Scholar
    467% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Robert Balzer:
    A 15 Year Perspective on Automatic Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    337% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Clyde P. Kruskal and Alan Weiss:
    Allocating Independent Subtasks on Parallel Processors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    401 cites at Semantic Scholar
    322% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Shigeru Yamada and Shunji Osaki:
    Software Reliability Growth Modeling: Models and Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    395 cites at Semantic Scholar
    316% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Dave E. Eckhardt and Larry D. Lee:
    A Theoretical Basis for the Analysis of Multiversion Software Subject to Coincident Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    376 cites at Semantic Scholar
    296% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Beth Adelson and Elliot Soloway:
    The Role of Domain Experience in Software Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    357 cites at Semantic Scholar
    276% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    W. Lewis Johnson and Elliot Soloway:
    PROUST: Knowledge-Based Program Understanding.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    356 cites at Semantic Scholar
    275% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jeff Kramer and Jeff Magee:
    Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    353 cites at Semantic Scholar
    272% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Steven P. Reiss:
    PECAN: Program Development Systems That Support Multiple Views.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    341 cites at Semantic Scholar
    259% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Guy T. Almes, Andrew P. Black, Edward D. Lazowska, and Jerre D. Noe:
    The Eden System: A Technical Review.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    321 cites at Semantic Scholar
    238% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David H. Hutchens and Victor R. Basili:
    System Structure Analysis: Clustering with Data Bindings.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    234% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    B. Dasarathy:
    Timing Constraints of Real-Time Systems: Constructs for Expressing Them, Methods of Validating Them.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    266 cites at Semantic Scholar
    180% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Lionel M. Ni, Chong-Wei Xu, and Thomas B. Gendreau:
    A Distributed Drafting Algorithm for Load Balancing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    266 cites at Semantic Scholar
    180% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Anthony I. Wasserman:
    Extending State Transition Diagrams for the Specification of Human-Computer Interaction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    238 cites at Semantic Scholar
    151% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Richard A. Kemmerer:
    Testing Formal Specifications to Detect Design Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Robert Neches, William R. Swartout, and Johanna D. Moore:
    Enhanced Maintenance and Explanation of Expert Systems Through Explicit Models of Their Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    108% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Richard C. Waters:
    The Programmer's Apprentice: A Session with KBEmacs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    193 cites at Semantic Scholar
    103% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1984 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Barry W. Boehm:
    Software Engineering Economics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    7070 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3588% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Victor R. Basili and David M. Weiss:
    A Methodology for Collecting Valid Software Engineering Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    1309 cites at Semantic Scholar
    583% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Mark D. Weiser:
    Program Slicing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    1204 cites at Semantic Scholar
    528% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich:
    Empirical Studies of Programming Knowledge.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    952 cites at Semantic Scholar
    397% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Joe W. Duran and Simeon C. Ntafos:
    An Evaluation of Random Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    749 cites at Semantic Scholar
    291% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    James M. Neighbors:
    The Draco Approach to Constructing Software from Reusable Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    150% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Umeshwar Dayal and Hai-Yann Hwang:
    View Definition and Generalization for Database Integration in a Multidatabase System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Thomas A. Standish:
    An Essay on Software Reuse.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    297 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Barry W. Boehm, Terence E. Gray, and Thomas Seewaldt:
    Prototyping Versus Specifying: A Multiproject Experiment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    296 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Carlo Batini and Maurizio Lenzerini:
    A Methodology for Data Schema Integration in the Entity Relationship Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    263 cites at Semantic Scholar
    37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Simon S. Lam and A. Udaya Shankar:
    Protocol Verification via Projections.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    234 cites at Semantic Scholar
    22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Joseph A. Goguen:
    Parameterized Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Daniel R. Dolk and Benn R. Konsynski:
    Knowledge Representation for Model Management Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Simeon C. Ntafos:
    On Required Element Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    T. Capers Jones:
    Reusability in Programming: A Survey of the State of the Art.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    8% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Jean-Claude Laprie:
    Dependability Evaluation of Software Systems in Operation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Estimating the Number of Faults in Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Robert G. Lanergan and Charles A. Grasso:
    Software Engineering with Reusable Designs and Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    155 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Ellis Horowitz and John B. Munson:
    An Expansive View of Reusable Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    150 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Carroll Morgan and Bernard Sufrin:
    Specification of the UNIX Filing System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -28% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Barry W. Boehm:
    Software Engineering Economics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    7070 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3588% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Victor R. Basili and David M. Weiss:
    A Methodology for Collecting Valid Software Engineering Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    1309 cites at Semantic Scholar
    583% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Mark D. Weiser:
    Program Slicing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    1204 cites at Semantic Scholar
    528% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich:
    Empirical Studies of Programming Knowledge.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    952 cites at Semantic Scholar
    397% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Joe W. Duran and Simeon C. Ntafos:
    An Evaluation of Random Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    749 cites at Semantic Scholar
    291% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    James M. Neighbors:
    The Draco Approach to Constructing Software from Reusable Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    150% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Umeshwar Dayal and Hai-Yann Hwang:
    View Definition and Generalization for Database Integration in a Multidatabase System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    88% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Thomas A. Standish:
    An Essay on Software Reuse.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    297 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Barry W. Boehm, Terence E. Gray, and Thomas Seewaldt:
    Prototyping Versus Specifying: A Multiproject Experiment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    296 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Carlo Batini and Maurizio Lenzerini:
    A Methodology for Data Schema Integration in the Entity Relationship Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    263 cites at Semantic Scholar
    37% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Simon S. Lam and A. Udaya Shankar:
    Protocol Verification via Projections.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    234 cites at Semantic Scholar
    22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Joseph A. Goguen:
    Parameterized Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Daniel R. Dolk and Benn R. Konsynski:
    Knowledge Representation for Model Management Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Simeon C. Ntafos:
    On Required Element Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    T. Capers Jones:
    Reusability in Programming: A Survey of the State of the Art.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    8% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Jean-Claude Laprie:
    Dependability Evaluation of Software Systems in Operation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Estimating the Number of Faults in Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Robert G. Lanergan and Charles A. Grasso:
    Software Engineering with Reusable Designs and Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    155 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Ellis Horowitz and John B. Munson:
    An Expansive View of Reusable Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    150 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Carroll Morgan and Bernard Sufrin:
    Specification of the UNIX Filing System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    138 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -28% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1983 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Allan J. Albrecht and John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Software Function, Source Lines of Code, and Development Effort Prediction: A Software Science Validation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    1722 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2191% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Gerald J. Popek, Gerard Rudisin, Allen Stoughton, Bruce J. Walker, Evelyn Walton, Johanna M. Chow, David A. Edwards, Stephen Kiser, and Charles S. Kline:
    Detection of Mutual Inconsistency in Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    428 cites at Semantic Scholar
    469% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Janusz W. Laski and Bogdan Korel:
    A Data Flow Oriented Program Testing Strategy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    369 cites at Semantic Scholar
    391% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Dale Skeen and Michael Stonebraker:
    A Formal Model of Crash Recovery in a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    339 cites at Semantic Scholar
    351% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Peter M. G. Apers, Alan R. Hevner, and S. Bing Yao:
    Optimization Algorithms for Distributed Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    271 cites at Semantic Scholar
    261% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Nancy G. Leveson and Peter R. Harvey:
    Analyzing Software Safety.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    264 cites at Semantic Scholar
    251% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    James E. Coolahan Jr. and Nick Roussopoulos:
    Timing Requirements for Time-Driven Systems Using Augmented Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    214 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Iraj Kalantari and Gerard McDonald:
    A Data Structure and an Algorithm for the Nearest Point Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    178 cites at Semantic Scholar
    137% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Victor R. Basili and David H. Hutchens:
    An Empirical Study of a Syntactic Complexity Family.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    147 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Stefano Ceri, Shamkant B. Navathe, and Gio Wiederhold:
    Distribution Design of Logical Database Schemas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    145 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Vincent Y. Shen, Samuel D. Conte, and Hubert E. Dunsmore:
    Software Science Revisited: A Critical Analysis of the Theory and Its Empirical Support.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    140 cites at Semantic Scholar
    86% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Victor R. Basili, Richard W. Selby, and Tsai-Yun Phillips:
    Metric Analysis and Data Validation Across Fortran Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    81% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Charles A. Behrens:
    Measuring the Productivity of Computer Systems Development Activities with Function Points.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    124 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Thomas Anderson and John C. Knight:
    A Framework for Software Fault Tolerance in Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Harvey S. Koch and Peter Kubat:
    Optimal Release Time of Computer Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    121 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    John S. Gourlay:
    A Mathematical Framework for the Investigation of Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    117 cites at Semantic Scholar
    56% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    To-Yat Cheung:
    Graph Traversal Techniques and the Maximum Flow Problem in Distributed Computation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Robert A. Nelson, Lois M. Haibt, and Peter B. Sheridan:
    Casting Petri Nets into Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    69 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -8% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Leland L. Beck and Thomas E. Perkins:
    A Survey of Software Engineering Practice: Tools, Methods, and Results.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    68 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Maggie Y. L. Ip, Lawrence V. Saxton, and Vijay V. Raghavan:
    On the Selection of an Optimal Set of Indexes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    68 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Allan J. Albrecht and John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Software Function, Source Lines of Code, and Development Effort Prediction: A Software Science Validation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    1722 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2191% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Gerald J. Popek, Gerard Rudisin, Allen Stoughton, Bruce J. Walker, Evelyn Walton, Johanna M. Chow, David A. Edwards, Stephen Kiser, and Charles S. Kline:
    Detection of Mutual Inconsistency in Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    428 cites at Semantic Scholar
    469% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Janusz W. Laski and Bogdan Korel:
    A Data Flow Oriented Program Testing Strategy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    369 cites at Semantic Scholar
    391% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Dale Skeen and Michael Stonebraker:
    A Formal Model of Crash Recovery in a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    339 cites at Semantic Scholar
    351% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Peter M. G. Apers, Alan R. Hevner, and S. Bing Yao:
    Optimization Algorithms for Distributed Queries.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    271 cites at Semantic Scholar
    261% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Nancy G. Leveson and Peter R. Harvey:
    Analyzing Software Safety.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    264 cites at Semantic Scholar
    251% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    James E. Coolahan Jr. and Nick Roussopoulos:
    Timing Requirements for Time-Driven Systems Using Augmented Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    214 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Iraj Kalantari and Gerard McDonald:
    A Data Structure and an Algorithm for the Nearest Point Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    178 cites at Semantic Scholar
    137% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Victor R. Basili and David H. Hutchens:
    An Empirical Study of a Syntactic Complexity Family.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    147 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Stefano Ceri, Shamkant B. Navathe, and Gio Wiederhold:
    Distribution Design of Logical Database Schemas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    145 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Vincent Y. Shen, Samuel D. Conte, and Hubert E. Dunsmore:
    Software Science Revisited: A Critical Analysis of the Theory and Its Empirical Support.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    140 cites at Semantic Scholar
    86% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Victor R. Basili, Richard W. Selby, and Tsai-Yun Phillips:
    Metric Analysis and Data Validation Across Fortran Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    136 cites at Semantic Scholar
    81% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Charles A. Behrens:
    Measuring the Productivity of Computer Systems Development Activities with Function Points.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    124 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Thomas Anderson and John C. Knight:
    A Framework for Software Fault Tolerance in Real-Time Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Harvey S. Koch and Peter Kubat:
    Optimal Release Time of Computer Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    121 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    John S. Gourlay:
    A Mathematical Framework for the Investigation of Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    117 cites at Semantic Scholar
    56% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    To-Yat Cheung:
    Graph Traversal Techniques and the Maximum Flow Problem in Distributed Computation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Robert A. Nelson, Lois M. Haibt, and Peter B. Sheridan:
    Casting Petri Nets into Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    69 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -8% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Leland L. Beck and Thomas E. Perkins:
    A Survey of Software Engineering Practice: Tools, Methods, and Results.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    68 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Maggie Y. L. Ip, Lawrence V. Saxton, and Vijay V. Raghavan:
    On the Selection of an Optimal Set of Indexes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    68 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1982 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    William E. Howden:
    Weak Mutation Testing and Completeness of Test Sets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    510 cites at Semantic Scholar
    683% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Pamela Zave:
    An Operational Approach to Requirements Specification for Embedded Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    318 cites at Semantic Scholar
    388% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Farokh B. Bastani:
    Software Reliability - Status and Perspectives.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    277 cites at Semantic Scholar
    325% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Ernest J. H. Chang:
    Echo Algorithms: Depth Parallel Operations on General Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    319% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Francis Y. L. Chin and Gultekin Özsoyoglu:
    Auditing and Inference Control in Statistical Databases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    219% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Timothy C. K. Chou and Jacob A. Abraham:
    Load Balancing in Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    178 cites at Semantic Scholar
    173% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Myron Lipow:
    Number of Faults per Line of Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    170 cites at Semantic Scholar
    161% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Richard C. Waters:
    The Programmer's Apprentice: Knowledge Based Programm Editing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    106% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    K. H. Kim:
    Approaches to Mechanization of the Conversation Scheme Based on Monitors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili and Harlan D. Mills:
    Understanding and Documenting Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    119 cites at Semantic Scholar
    83% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Lori A. Clarke, Johnette Hassell, and Debra J. Richardson:
    A Close Look at Domain Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    119 cites at Semantic Scholar
    83% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Nissim Francez and Michael Rodeh:
    Achieving Distributed Termination Without Freezing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    110 cites at Semantic Scholar
    69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Michael J. Fischer, Nancy D. Griffeth, and Nancy A. Lynch:
    Global States of a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Yat-Sang Kwong and Derick Wood:
    A New Method for Concurrency in B-Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Barbara Liskov:
    On Linguistic Support for Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    91 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Toshimi Minoura and Gio Wiederhold:
    Resilient Extended True-Copy Token Scheme for a Distributed Database System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    88 cites at Semantic Scholar
    35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Franco Bazzichi and Ippolito Spadafora:
    An Automatic Generator for Compiler Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    86 cites at Semantic Scholar
    32% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Nan C. Shu, Vincent Y. Lum, F. C. Tung, and Chin-Liang Chang:
    Specification of Forms Processing and Business Procedures for Office Automation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    80 cites at Semantic Scholar
    23% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Gary S. Ho and C. V. Ramamoorthy:
    Protocols for Deadlock Detection in Distributed Database Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    9% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Nick Roussopoulos:
    The Logical Access Path Schema of a Database.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    William E. Howden:
    Weak Mutation Testing and Completeness of Test Sets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    510 cites at Semantic Scholar
    683% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Pamela Zave:
    An Operational Approach to Requirements Specification for Embedded Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    318 cites at Semantic Scholar
    388% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Farokh B. Bastani:
    Software Reliability - Status and Perspectives.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    277 cites at Semantic Scholar
    325% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Ernest J. H. Chang:
    Echo Algorithms: Depth Parallel Operations on General Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    319% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Francis Y. L. Chin and Gultekin Özsoyoglu:
    Auditing and Inference Control in Statistical Databases.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    219% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Timothy C. K. Chou and Jacob A. Abraham:
    Load Balancing in Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    178 cites at Semantic Scholar
    173% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Myron Lipow:
    Number of Faults per Line of Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    170 cites at Semantic Scholar
    161% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Richard C. Waters:
    The Programmer's Apprentice: Knowledge Based Programm Editing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    106% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    K. H. Kim:
    Approaches to Mechanization of the Conversation Scheme Based on Monitors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili and Harlan D. Mills:
    Understanding and Documenting Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    119 cites at Semantic Scholar
    83% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Lori A. Clarke, Johnette Hassell, and Debra J. Richardson:
    A Close Look at Domain Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    119 cites at Semantic Scholar
    83% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Nissim Francez and Michael Rodeh:
    Achieving Distributed Termination Without Freezing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    110 cites at Semantic Scholar
    69% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Michael J. Fischer, Nancy D. Griffeth, and Nancy A. Lynch:
    Global States of a Distributed System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Yat-Sang Kwong and Derick Wood:
    A New Method for Concurrency in B-Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Barbara Liskov:
    On Linguistic Support for Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    91 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Toshimi Minoura and Gio Wiederhold:
    Resilient Extended True-Copy Token Scheme for a Distributed Database System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    88 cites at Semantic Scholar
    35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Franco Bazzichi and Ippolito Spadafora:
    An Automatic Generator for Compiler Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    86 cites at Semantic Scholar
    32% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Nan C. Shu, Vincent Y. Lum, F. C. Tung, and Chin-Liang Chang:
    Specification of Forms Processing and Business Procedures for Office Automation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    80 cites at Semantic Scholar
    23% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Gary S. Ho and C. V. Ramamoorthy:
    Protocols for Deadlock Detection in Distributed Database Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    9% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Nick Roussopoulos:
    The Logical Access Path Schema of a Database.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1982
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1981 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Sallie M. Henry and Dennis G. Kafura:
    Software Structure Metrics Based on Information Flow.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    912 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1224% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Jayadev Misra and K. Mani Chandy:
    Proofs of Networks of Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    589 cites at Semantic Scholar
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Edward M. Reingold and John S. Tilford:
    Tidier Drawings of Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    680% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Phyllis Reisner:
    Formal Grammar and Human Factors Design of an Interactive Graphics System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    300 cites at Semantic Scholar
    336% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Shahid H. Bokhari:
    A Shortest Tree Algorithm for Optimal Assignments Across Space and Time in a Distributed Processor System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    232 cites at Semantic Scholar
    237% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Raul Medina-Mora and Peter H. Feiler:
    An Incremental Programming Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    203 cites at Semantic Scholar
    195% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Robert Balzer:
    Transformational Implementation: An Example.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    148% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Robert L. Glass:
    Persistent Software Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    133 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan Jay Smith:
    Analysis of Long Term File Reference Patterns for Application to File Migration Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    99 cites at Semantic Scholar
    44% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili and Robert W. Reiter Jr.:
    A Controlled Experiment Quantitatively Comparing Software Development Approaches.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    92 cites at Semantic Scholar
    34% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Bernard Lint and Tilak Agerwala:
    Communication Issues in the Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    82 cites at Semantic Scholar
    19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, Yu-King R. Mok, Farokh B. Bastani, Gene H. Chin, and Keiichi Suzuki:
    Application of a Methodology for the Development and Validation of Reliable Process Control Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    75 cites at Semantic Scholar
    9% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Manfred Broy and Peter Pepper:
    Program Development as a Formal Activity.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Elaine Kant and David R. Barstow:
    The Refinement Paradigm: The Interaction of Coding and Efficiency Knowledge in Program Synthesis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    59 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Volkmar H. Haase:
    Real-Time Behavior of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    56 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Richard H. Thayer, Arthur B. Pyster, and Roger C. Wood:
    Major Issues in Software Engineering Project Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    54 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    L. Howard Holley and Barry K. Rosen:
    Qualified Data Flow Problems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    49 cites at OpenAlex
    -29% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Joe W. Duran and John J. Wiorkowski:
    Capture-Recaptur Sampling for Estimating Software Error Content.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    David E. Peercy:
    A Software Maintainability Evaluation Methodology.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Barry W. Boehm:
    An Experiment in Small-Scale Application Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -42% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Sallie M. Henry and Dennis G. Kafura:
    Software Structure Metrics Based on Information Flow.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    912 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1224% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Jayadev Misra and K. Mani Chandy:
    Proofs of Networks of Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    589 cites at Semantic Scholar
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Edward M. Reingold and John S. Tilford:
    Tidier Drawings of Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    537 cites at Semantic Scholar
    680% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Phyllis Reisner:
    Formal Grammar and Human Factors Design of an Interactive Graphics System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    300 cites at Semantic Scholar
    336% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Shahid H. Bokhari:
    A Shortest Tree Algorithm for Optimal Assignments Across Space and Time in a Distributed Processor System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    232 cites at Semantic Scholar
    237% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Raul Medina-Mora and Peter H. Feiler:
    An Incremental Programming Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    203 cites at Semantic Scholar
    195% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Robert Balzer:
    Transformational Implementation: An Example.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    148% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Robert L. Glass:
    Persistent Software Errors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    133 cites at Semantic Scholar
    93% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alan Jay Smith:
    Analysis of Long Term File Reference Patterns for Application to File Migration Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    99 cites at Semantic Scholar
    44% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Victor R. Basili and Robert W. Reiter Jr.:
    A Controlled Experiment Quantitatively Comparing Software Development Approaches.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    92 cites at Semantic Scholar
    34% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Bernard Lint and Tilak Agerwala:
    Communication Issues in the Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    82 cites at Semantic Scholar
    19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    C. V. Ramamoorthy, Yu-King R. Mok, Farokh B. Bastani, Gene H. Chin, and Keiichi Suzuki:
    Application of a Methodology for the Development and Validation of Reliable Process Control Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    75 cites at Semantic Scholar
    9% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Manfred Broy and Peter Pepper:
    Program Development as a Formal Activity.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Elaine Kant and David R. Barstow:
    The Refinement Paradigm: The Interaction of Coding and Efficiency Knowledge in Program Synthesis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    59 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Volkmar H. Haase:
    Real-Time Behavior of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    56 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -19% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Richard H. Thayer, Arthur B. Pyster, and Roger C. Wood:
    Major Issues in Software Engineering Project Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    54 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    L. Howard Holley and Barry K. Rosen:
    Qualified Data Flow Problems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    49 cites at OpenAlex
    -29% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Joe W. Duran and John J. Wiorkowski:
    Capture-Recaptur Sampling for Estimating Software Error Content.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    David E. Peercy:
    A Software Maintainability Evaluation Methodology.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Barry W. Boehm:
    An Experiment in Small-Scale Application Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -42% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 1980 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Gary S. Ho:
    Performance Evaluation of Asynchronous Concurrent Systems Using Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    612 cites at Semantic Scholar
    567% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Kathryn L. Heninger:
    Specifying Software Requirements for Complex Systems: New Techniques and Their Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    591 cites at Semantic Scholar
    544% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Roger C. Cheung:
    A User-Oriented Software Reliability Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    573 cites at Semantic Scholar
    524% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Peter J. Denning:
    Working Sets Past and Present.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    429 cites at Semantic Scholar
    368% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Lee J. White and Edward I. Cohen:
    A Domain Strategy for Computer Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    411 cites at Semantic Scholar
    348% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Elaine J. Weyuker and Thomas J. Ostrand:
    Theories of Program Testing and the the Application of Revealing Subdomains.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    254 cites at Semantic Scholar
    177% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Stephen S. Yau and James S. Collofello:
    Some Stability Measures for Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    151% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    William E. Howden:
    Functional Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    218 cites at Semantic Scholar
    138% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Ning-San Chang and King-sun Fu:
    Query-by-Pictorial-Example.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Bev Littlewood:
    Theories of Software Reliability: How Good Are They and How Can They Be Improved?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    201 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    David L. Russell:
    State Restoration in Systems of Communicating Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    118% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Martin R. Woodward, David Hedley, and Michael A. Hennell:
    Experience with Path Analysis and Testing of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    180 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Dennis W. Leinbaugh:
    Guaranteed Response Times in a Hard-Real-Time Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    159 cites at Semantic Scholar
    73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David R. Musser:
    Abstract Data Type Specification in the AFFIRM System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    148 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    David J. Taylor, David E. Morgan, and James P. Black:
    Redundancy in Data Structures: Improving Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Stephen S. Yau and Fu-Chung Chen:
    An Approach to Concurrent Control Flow Checking.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    129 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    John V. Guttag:
    Notes on Type Abstraction (Version 2).
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jacques Labetoulle and Guy Pujolle:
    Isolation Method in a Network of Queues.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    105 cites at Semantic Scholar
    14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Francis N. Parr:
    An Alternative to the Rayleigh Curve Model for Software Development Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Richard N. Taylor and Leon J. Osterweil:
    Anomaly Detection in Concurrent Software by Static Data Flow Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    85 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    C. V. Ramamoorthy and Gary S. Ho:
    Performance Evaluation of Asynchronous Concurrent Systems Using Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    612 cites at Semantic Scholar
    567% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Kathryn L. Heninger:
    Specifying Software Requirements for Complex Systems: New Techniques and Their Application.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    591 cites at Semantic Scholar
    544% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Roger C. Cheung:
    A User-Oriented Software Reliability Model.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    573 cites at Semantic Scholar
    524% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Peter J. Denning:
    Working Sets Past and Present.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    429 cites at Semantic Scholar
    368% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Lee J. White and Edward I. Cohen:
    A Domain Strategy for Computer Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    411 cites at Semantic Scholar
    348% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Elaine J. Weyuker and Thomas J. Ostrand:
    Theories of Program Testing and the the Application of Revealing Subdomains.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    254 cites at Semantic Scholar
    177% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Stephen S. Yau and James S. Collofello:
    Some Stability Measures for Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    151% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    William E. Howden:
    Functional Program Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    218 cites at Semantic Scholar
    138% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Ning-San Chang and King-sun Fu:
    Query-by-Pictorial-Example.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    210 cites at Semantic Scholar
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Bev Littlewood:
    Theories of Software Reliability: How Good Are They and How Can They Be Improved?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    201 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    David L. Russell:
    State Restoration in Systems of Communicating Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    118% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Martin R. Woodward, David Hedley, and Michael A. Hennell:
    Experience with Path Analysis and Testing of Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    180 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Dennis W. Leinbaugh:
    Guaranteed Response Times in a Hard-Real-Time Environment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    159 cites at Semantic Scholar
    73% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David R. Musser:
    Abstract Data Type Specification in the AFFIRM System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    148 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    David J. Taylor, David E. Morgan, and James P. Black:
    Redundancy in Data Structures: Improving Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    134 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Stephen S. Yau and Fu-Chung Chen:
    An Approach to Concurrent Control Flow Checking.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    129 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    John V. Guttag:
    Notes on Type Abstraction (Version 2).
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    17% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jacques Labetoulle and Guy Pujolle:
    Isolation Method in a Network of Queues.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    105 cites at Semantic Scholar
    14% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Francis N. Parr:
    An Alternative to the Rayleigh Curve Model for Software Development Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Richard N. Taylor and Leon J. Osterweil:
    Anomaly Detection in Concurrent Software by Static Data Flow Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1980
    85 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -7% above average of year
    Visited: Sep-2026
    Paper: DOI

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