Elliot J. Chikofsky

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Elliot J. Chikofsky is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Software. According to data from OpenAlex, Elliot J. Chikofsky has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Information Systems, 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Software. Recurrent topics in Elliot J. Chikofsky's work include Software Engineering Research (5 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (4 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (3 papers). Elliot J. Chikofsky is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (5 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (4 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (3 papers). Elliot J. Chikofsky collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elliot J. Chikofsky's co-authors include James H. Cross, Peter G. Selfridge, Richard C. Waters, Ira D. Baxter, Linda Clare and Alex Quilici and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software and IEEE Computer Society Press eBooks.

In The Last Decade

Elliot J. Chikofsky

13 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Reverse engineering and design recovery: a taxonomy 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 400 800 1.2k
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. Reverse engineering and design recovery: a taxonomy
    1990 1.2k citations Elliot J. Chikofsky, James H. Cross IEEE Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elliot J. Chikofsky United States 8 1.1k 641 555 307 105 14 1.4k
D. C. Ince United Kingdom 13 613 0.6× 467 0.7× 393 0.7× 237 0.8× 77 0.7× 38 1.2k
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock United States 11 757 0.7× 685 1.1× 387 0.7× 237 0.8× 37 0.4× 57 1.2k
Rudolf K. Keller Canada 18 803 0.7× 508 0.8× 526 0.9× 264 0.9× 43 0.4× 61 1.1k
G. J. Myers Poland 3 876 0.8× 583 0.9× 442 0.8× 286 0.9× 47 0.4× 4 1.2k
Luigi Lavazza Italy 18 975 0.9× 512 0.8× 524 0.9× 240 0.8× 42 0.4× 135 1.4k
Xiaohu Yang China 20 1.1k 1.0× 351 0.5× 454 0.8× 403 1.3× 141 1.3× 109 1.4k
Thomas J. Mowbray United States 6 683 0.6× 384 0.6× 340 0.6× 317 1.0× 80 0.8× 13 914
Regine Meunier Germany 5 820 0.8× 794 1.2× 267 0.5× 484 1.6× 48 0.5× 6 1.3k
Kyo C. Kang South Korea 12 1.0k 0.9× 925 1.4× 333 0.6× 297 1.0× 30 0.3× 37 1.3k
Gregor Engels Germany 19 670 0.6× 603 0.9× 462 0.8× 264 0.9× 59 0.6× 140 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elliot J. Chikofsky

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Chikofsky, Elliot J.. (2006). Sustain, Enhance, or Replace: Making Decisions on Systems. 134–134. 2 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J.. (2006). On the Meeting of Software Architecture and Reverse Engineering. 17–24. 1 indexed citations
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Selfridge, Peter G., Richard C. Waters, & Elliot J. Chikofsky. (2002). Challenges to the field of reverse engineering. 144–150. 18 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J.. (2002). CASE and reengineering: from archeology to software perestroika. 122–122. 2 indexed citations
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Clare, Linda, Ira D. Baxter, & Elliot J. Chikofsky. (1996). Proceedings : Third Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, November 8-10, 1996, Monterey, California. IEEE Computer Society Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Cross, James H., et al.. (1995). Second working conference on reverse engineering summary report. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 20(5). 23–26. 1 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J., et al.. (1994). Reverse engineering: progress along many dimensions. Communications of the ACM. 37(5). 22–25. 38 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J., et al.. (1992). Assessing the State of Tools Assessment. IEEE Software. 9(3). 18–21. 8 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J., et al.. (1990). Guest Editors' Introduction: Fitting Pieces to the Maintenance Puzzle. IEEE Software. 7(1). 11–12. 8 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J., et al.. (1990). Fitting Pieces to the Maintenance Puzzle - Guest Editors' Introduction.. IEEE Software. 7. 11–12. 14 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J. & James H. Cross. (1990). Reverse engineering and design recovery: a taxonomy. IEEE Software. 7(1). 13–17. 1228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chikofsky, Elliot J.. (1990). How to Lose Productivity with Productivity Tools. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 23(5). 1–4. 6 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J.. (1988). Guest Editor's Introduction: Software Technology People Can Really Use. IEEE Software. 5(2). 8–10. 7 indexed citations
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Chikofsky, Elliot J., et al.. (1988). CASE: reliability engineering for information systems. IEEE Software. 5(2). 11–16. 50 indexed citations

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