Bente Anda

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bente Anda is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Bente Anda has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Information Systems, 13 papers in Software and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Bente Anda's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (25 papers), Software Engineering Research (24 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (10 papers). Bente Anda is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (25 papers), Software Engineering Research (24 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (10 papers). Bente Anda collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Bermuda. Bente Anda's co-authors include Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Audris Mockus, Tore Dybå, Aiko Yamashita, Parastoo Mohagheghi, Reidar Conradi, Erik Arisholm, Amela Karahasanović, Magne Jørgensen and T. Dyba and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Information and Software Technology and Empirical Software Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Bente Anda

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying the Effect of Code Smells on Maintenance Effort 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Quantifying the Effect of Code Smells on Maintenance Effort
    2013 234 citations Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Bente Anda et al. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bente Anda Norway 16 984 496 290 211 175 27 1.1k
Vigdis By Kampenes Norway 8 911 0.9× 337 0.7× 269 0.9× 171 0.8× 211 1.2× 8 1.1k
Eduardo Santana de Almeida Brazil 20 995 1.0× 330 0.7× 560 1.9× 278 1.3× 166 0.9× 105 1.2k
Sira Vegas Spain 16 1.0k 1.0× 609 1.2× 236 0.8× 218 1.0× 159 0.9× 53 1.3k
Davide Falessi United States 19 928 0.9× 432 0.9× 306 1.1× 170 0.8× 160 0.9× 75 1.2k
Jürgen Börstler Sweden 19 955 1.0× 435 0.9× 329 1.1× 170 0.8× 484 2.8× 113 1.4k
Emelie Engström Sweden 16 941 1.0× 686 1.4× 352 1.2× 261 1.2× 106 0.6× 49 1.3k
O. Gotel United Kingdom 6 873 0.9× 358 0.7× 416 1.4× 130 0.6× 81 0.5× 10 989
Lucas Layman United States 18 1.0k 1.0× 371 0.7× 149 0.5× 162 0.8× 426 2.4× 61 1.3k
Dieter Rombach Germany 14 686 0.7× 274 0.6× 218 0.8× 143 0.7× 128 0.7× 46 910
Robert Dupuis Canada 8 773 0.8× 283 0.6× 217 0.7× 138 0.7× 199 1.1× 23 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bente Anda

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bente Anda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bente Anda

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Følstad, Asbjørn, Bente Anda, & Dag I. K. Sjøberg. (2009). The usability inspection performance of work-domain experts: An empirical study. Interacting with Computers. 22(2). 75–87. 13 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2009). Understanding software maintenance and evolution by analyzing individual changes: a literature review. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice. 21(6). 349–378. 20 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2009). An investigation of use case quality in a large safety-critical software development project. Information and Software Technology. 51(12). 1699–1711. 23 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2009). Understanding cost drivers of software evolution: a quantitative and qualitative investigation of change effort in two evolving software systems. Empirical Software Engineering. 15(2). 166–203. 9 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, & Audris Mockus. (2008). Variability and Reproducibility in Software Engineering: A Study of Four Companies that Developed the Same System. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 35(3). 407–429. 67 indexed citations
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Kampenes, Vigdis By, Bente Anda, & Tore Dybå. (2008). Flexibility in Research Designs in Empirical Software Engineering. Electronic workshops in computing. 9 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente. (2007). Assessment of software system evolvability. 71–74. 5 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2006). Experiences from introducing UML-based development in a large safety-critical project. Empirical Software Engineering. 11(4). 555–581. 59 indexed citations
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Mohagheghi, Parastoo, Bente Anda, & Reidar Conradi. (2005). Effort estimation of use cases for incremental large-scale software development. 303–311. 27 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente & Dag I. K. Sjøberg. (2005). Investigating the Role of Use Cases in the Construction of Class Diagrams. Empirical Software Engineering. 10(3). 285–309. 23 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2005). A multiple-case study of software effort estimation based on use case points. 393–402. 27 indexed citations
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Mohagheghi, Parastoo, Bente Anda, & Reidar Conradi. (2005). Effort estimation of use cases for incremental large-scale software development. 303–303. 91 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2005). Collecting Feedback during Software Engineering Experiments. Empirical Software Engineering. 10(2). 113–147. 17 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente, et al.. (2003). An evaluation of applying use cases to construct design versus validate design. 10 pp.–10 pp.. 5 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente & Dag I. K. Sjøberg. (2002). Towards an inspection technique for use case models. 127–134. 53 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente & Dag I. K. Sjøberg. (2002). Towards an inspection technique for use case models. 8 indexed citations
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Anda, Bente. (2002). Comparing Effort Estimates Based on Use Case Points with Expert Estimates. 24 indexed citations

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