Forrest Shull

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Forrest Shull is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Forrest Shull has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Information Systems, 49 papers in Software and 25 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Forrest Shull's work include Software Engineering Research (84 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (63 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (40 papers). Forrest Shull is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (84 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (63 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (40 papers). Forrest Shull collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Forrest Shull's co-authors include Victor R. Basili, Filippo Lanubile, Jeffrey C. Carver, Carolyn Seaman, Nico Zazworka, Guilherme Horta Travassos, Antonio Vetrò, Marvin V. Zelkowitz, Natália Juristo and Ioana Rus and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Forrest Shull

137 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering 1999 2026 2008 2017 2007 1999 2015 200 400 600
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. Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering
    2007 698 citations Forrest Shull profile →
  2. Building knowledge through families of experiments
    1999 592 citations Victor R. Basili, Forrest Shull et al. profile →
  3. Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study
    2015 207 citations Manoel Mendonça, Forrest Shull et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Forrest Shull United States 39 4.8k 2.2k 1.2k 1.0k 975 143 5.8k
Magnus C. Ohlsson Sweden 12 3.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 717 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 17 5.2k
Anders Wesslén Sweden 9 3.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 714 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 11 5.1k
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger United States 37 5.6k 1.2× 2.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 839 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 118 7.1k
Kent Beck United States 14 4.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 970 0.9× 994 1.0× 42 5.5k
Björn Regnell Sweden 30 6.1k 1.3× 2.1k 1.0× 2.5k 2.0× 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 99 7.8k
Natália Juristo Spain 33 3.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 610 0.6× 635 0.7× 146 5.2k
Tore Dybå Norway 35 5.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 941 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 67 6.5k
Tracy Hall United Kingdom 33 3.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 749 0.6× 628 0.6× 777 0.8× 149 5.0k
Timothy C. Lethbridge Canada 31 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 621 0.6× 796 0.8× 150 3.5k
Alexander Serebrenik Netherlands 43 3.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 887 0.9× 236 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Forrest Shull

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Fields of papers citing papers by Forrest Shull

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Forrest Shull

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Nord, Robert L., İpek Özkaya, Edward J. Schwartz, Forrest Shull, & Rick Kazman. (2016). Can Knowledge of Technical Debt Help Identify Software Vulnerabilities. USENIX Security Symposium. 4 indexed citations
2.
Post, D.E., et al.. (2015). The Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments (CREATE) Program. Computing in Science & Engineering. 18(1). 10–13. 11 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest. (2014). Our Best Hope. IEEE Software. 31(4). 4–8. 1 indexed citations
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Falessi, Davide & Forrest Shull. (2013). Towards flexible automated support to improve the quality of computational science and engineering software. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 88–91. 1 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest. (2012). Designing a World at Your Fingertips: A Look at Mobile User Interfaces. IEEE Software. 29(4). 4–7. 2 indexed citations
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Turhan, Burak, Lucas Layman, Madeline Diep, Hakan Erdogmus, & Forrest Shull. (2011). How Effective Is Test-Driven Development?. Biodiversity Data Journal. 11. 207–220. 26 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest, et al.. (2010). An examination of change profiles in reusable and non‐reusable software systems. Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution Research and Practice. 22(5). 359–380. 6 indexed citations
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Dingsøyr, Torgeir, Finn Olav Bjørnson, & Forrest Shull. (2009). What Do We Know about Knowledge Management? Practical Implications for Software Engineering. IEEE Software. 26(3). 100–103. 40 indexed citations
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Hochstein, Lorin, Forrest Shull, & Lynn B. Reid. (2008). The role of MPI in development time: a case study. IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics. 34. 6 indexed citations
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Seaman, Carolyn, et al.. (2008). Defect categorization. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 149–157. 60 indexed citations
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Denger, Christian, et al.. (2007). A Snapshot of the State of Practice in Software Development for Medical Devices. 485–487. 7 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest. (2007). Who Needs Evidence, Anyway?. IEEE Software. 24(5). 10–11. 8 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest, et al.. (2006). Victor R. Basili's contributions to software quality. IEEE Software. 23(1). 16–18. 8 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest, Victor R. Basili, Jeffrey C. Carver, et al.. (2004). Knowledge-Sharing Issues in Experimental Software Engineering. Empirical Software Engineering. 9(1-2). 111–137. 78 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest, Victor R. Basili, Jeffrey C. Carver, et al.. (2003). Replicating software engineering experiments: addressing the tacit knowledge problem. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 7–16. 90 indexed citations
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Basili, Victor R., Mikael Lindvall, & Forrest Shull. (2002). A light-weight process for capturing and evolving defect reduction experience. 129–132. 2 indexed citations
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Conradi, Reidar, et al.. (2001). A Pragmatic Documents Standard for an Experience Library: Roles,Documen, Contents and Structure. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 8 indexed citations
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Shull, Forrest, Guilherme Horta Travassos, & Victor R. Basili. (1999). Towards Techniques for Improved OO Design Inspections. 334. 4 indexed citations
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Travassos, Guilherme Horta, Forrest Shull, & Jeffrey C. Carver. (1999). Evolving a Process for Inspecting OO Designs. 4 indexed citations
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Basili, Victor R., Gianluigi Caldiera, Filippo Lanubile, & Forrest Shull. (1996). Studies on reading techniques. 59–65. 26 indexed citations

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