Frank Leymann

20.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
416 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Leymann is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Leymann has authored 416 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 303 papers in Information Systems, 192 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 171 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Frank Leymann's work include Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (205 papers), Business Process Modeling and Analysis (164 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (106 papers). Frank Leymann is often cited by papers focused on Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (205 papers), Business Process Modeling and Analysis (164 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (106 papers). Frank Leymann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Frank Leymann's co-authors include Schahram Dustdar, M. Papazoglou, Paolo Traverso, Uwe Breitenbücher, Ralph Mietzner, Dieter Roller, Olaf Zimmermann, D. Roller, Oliver Kopp and Cesare Pautasso and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACM Computing Surveys and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Frank Leymann

400 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Service-Oriented Computin... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 250 500 750
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. Service-Oriented Computing: State of the Art and Research Challenges
    2007 950 citations Frank Leymann et al. profile →
  2. Restful web services vs. "big"' web services
    2008 476 citations Frank Leymann et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Frank Leymann 6.4k 4.0k 3.1k 3.1k 665 416 8.5k
Boualem Benatallah 6.7k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 4.0k 1.3× 328 0.5× 221 8.6k
M. Papazoglou 5.0k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 235 0.4× 176 6.7k
Dieter Fensel 5.1k 0.8× 2.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 6.5k 2.1× 344 0.5× 313 8.9k
Marlon Dumas 7.4k 1.1× 3.2k 0.8× 5.5k 1.8× 3.8k 1.2× 323 0.5× 252 10.1k
Gustavo Alonso 4.6k 0.7× 6.3k 1.6× 1.4k 0.4× 2.9k 0.9× 623 0.9× 274 9.3k
Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede 5.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 5.7k 1.8× 2.9k 0.9× 536 0.8× 238 7.8k
Umeshwar Dayal 5.4k 0.8× 5.9k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 4.8k 1.5× 423 0.6× 217 11.5k
Ariel Rabkin 7.7k 1.2× 6.4k 1.6× 763 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 858 1.3× 19 10.1k
Thomas Erl 3.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 267 0.4× 19 4.5k
Sheila A. McIlraith 4.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 5.0k 1.6× 202 0.3× 140 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Leymann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Leymann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Leymann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Leymann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Leymann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Leymann. Frank Leymann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barzen, Johanna, et al.. (2025). Joint Wire Cutting with Non‐Maximally Entangled States. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 8(5). 1 indexed citations
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Breitenbücher, Uwe, et al.. (2023). Cross-Chain Smart Contract Invocations: A Systematic Multi-Vocal Literature Review. ACM Computing Surveys. 56(6). 1–38. 16 indexed citations
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Barzen, Johanna, et al.. (2023). Investigating the effect of circuit cutting in QAOA for the MaxCut problem on NISQ devices. Quantum Science and Technology. 8(4). 45022–45022. 16 indexed citations
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Mandl, A., et al.. (2023). Amplitude amplification-inspired QAOA: improving the success probability for solving 3SAT. Quantum Science and Technology. 9(1). 15028–15028. 6 indexed citations
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Yussupov, Vladimir, Jacopo Soldani, Uwe Breitenbücher, & Frank Leymann. (2022). Standards‐based modeling and deployment of serverless function orchestrations using BPMN and TOSCA. Software Practice and Experience. 52(6). 1454–1495. 15 indexed citations
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Yussupov, Vladimir, Jacopo Soldani, Uwe Breitenbücher, Antonio Brogi, & Frank Leymann. (2021). FaaSten your decisions: A classification framework and technology\n review of function-as-a-Service platforms. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 24 indexed citations
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Weder, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). QProv: A provenance system for quantum computing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 171–181. 10 indexed citations
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Barzen, Johanna, et al.. (2021). Encoding patterns for quantum algorithms. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 141–152. 57 indexed citations
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Leymann, Frank, et al.. (2020). Quantum in the Cloud: Application Potentials and Research\n Opportunities. Fachbereich Informatik (University of Stuttgart). 35 indexed citations
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Weder, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). The Quantum software lifecycle. 2–9. 28 indexed citations
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Leymann, Frank & Johanna Barzen. (2020). The bitter truth about gate-based quantum algorithms in the NISQ era. Quantum Science and Technology. 5(4). 44007–44007. 118 indexed citations
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Wieland, Matthias, et al.. (2016). Extended provisioning, security and analysis techniques for the ECHO health data management system. Computing. 99(2). 183–201. 6 indexed citations
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Karastoyanova, Dimka, Marco Pistore, Annapaola Marconi, et al.. (2012). Preventing KPI Violations in Business Processes based on Decision Tree Learning and Proactive Runtime Adaptation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations
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Kopp, Oliver, Dimka Karastoyanova, Frank Leymann, et al.. (2011). A Classification of BPEL Extensions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Schumm, David, Dimka Karastoyanova, Oliver Kopp, et al.. (2011). Process Fragment Libraries for Easier and Faster Development of Process-based Applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Kopp, Oliver, et al.. (2009). Improving control flow verification in a business process using an extended Petri net.. 35(3). 95–101. 4 indexed citations
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Leymann, Frank, et al.. (2008). EWFN - A Petri Net Dialect for Tuplespace-Based Workflow Enactment.. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 127-128. 7–14. 2 indexed citations
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Kossmann, Donald, Frank Leymann, & Dirk Taubner. (2004). Editorial (Web Services). Fachbereich Informatik (University of Stuttgart). 9 indexed citations
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Leymann, Frank. (1996). Workflows Make Objects Really Useful. Fachbereich Informatik (University of Stuttgart). 8 indexed citations

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