Alistair Cockburn

12.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
40 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Alistair Cockburn is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair Cockburn has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Information Systems, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Alistair Cockburn's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (15 papers), Software Engineering Research (9 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (8 papers). Alistair Cockburn is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (15 papers), Software Engineering Research (9 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (8 papers). Alistair Cockburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Alistair Cockburn's co-authors include Ward Cunningham, Martin Fowler, D. A. Thomas, Arie van Bennekum, K. Beck, Laurie Williams, Steve Adolph, Wayne Citrin, Rainer Hauser and Linda Rising and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Alistair Cockburn

36 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Manifesto for agile softw... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alistair Cockburn United States 20 5.4k 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 1.0k 40 7.3k
Tore Dybå Norway 35 5.1k 0.9× 941 0.5× 970 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 67 6.5k
Ian Sommerville United Kingdom 39 4.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 826 0.7× 889 0.9× 203 7.0k
Philippe Kruchten Canada 36 6.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 155 7.8k
Kai Petersen Sweden 33 4.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 857 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 120 6.9k
Mario Piattini Spain 44 5.7k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 2.3k 1.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.5× 639 8.3k
Sjaak Brinkkemper Netherlands 37 3.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 588 0.5× 496 0.5× 272 4.9k
Björn Regnell Sweden 30 6.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.4× 761 0.6× 2.1k 1.9× 1.3k 1.2× 99 7.8k
Pearl Brereton United Kingdom 30 3.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 753 0.6× 703 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 107 6.4k
Martin Höst Sweden 25 7.6k 1.4× 2.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 2.9k 2.6× 1.8k 1.8× 105 10.2k
James D. Herbsleb United States 49 8.5k 1.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 169 11.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alistair Cockburn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alistair Cockburn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair Cockburn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Jacobson, Ivar & Alistair Cockburn. (2023). Use Cases are Essential. Queue. 21(5). 66–86.
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Cockburn, Alistair. (2006). Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition) (Agile Software Development Series). 69 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (2004). Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 299 indexed citations
4.
Williams, Laurie & Alistair Cockburn. (2003). Agile software development: it's about feedback and change. Computer. 36(6). 39–43. 229 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (2003). People and Methodologies in Software Development. 23 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair & Laurie Williams. (2001). The costs and benefits of pair programming. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 223–243. 261 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair, et al.. (2001). Agile software development, the people factor. Computer. 34(11). 131–133. 667 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beck, K., Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn, et al.. (2001). Manifesto for agile software development. 2169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cockburn, Alistair. (2000). Structuring Use Cases with Goals. 151 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1999). The impact of object-orientation on application development. IBM Systems Journal. 38(2.3). 308–332. 12 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1998). Object-oriented analysis and design, part 2.. 16(6). 53–63. 4 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1998). Surviving object-oriented projects: a manager's guide. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1997). Goals and Use Cases.. Journal of Object-oriented Programming. 10. 35–40. 43 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1997). Using Goal-Based Use Cases.. Journal of Object-oriented Programming. 10. 56–62. 32 indexed citations
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Keller, Rudolf K., Reinhard Schauer, & Alistair Cockburn. (1997). Object-oriented design quality. 63–67. 1 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1997). Surviving Object-Oriented Projects. 27 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1996). Prioritizing forces in software design. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 319–333. 9 indexed citations
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Fraser, Steven, et al.. (1996). OO anthropology (panel). ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 31(10). 286–291.
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Citrin, Wayne & Alistair Cockburn. (1995). Carla: A rule language for specifying communications architectures. Computer Languages. 21(3-4). 165–189. 1 indexed citations
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Cockburn, Alistair. (1992). Using natural language as a metaphoric base for OO. 187–189. 3 indexed citations

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