Ian Sommerville

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
203 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Ian Sommerville is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Sommerville has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Information Systems, 71 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 34 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Ian Sommerville's work include Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (44 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (43 papers) and Software Engineering Research (42 papers). Ian Sommerville is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (44 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (43 papers) and Software Engineering Research (42 papers). Ian Sommerville collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Ian Sommerville's co-authors include Gerald Kotonya, Pete Sawyer, Gordon Baxter, Stephen Viller, Tom Rodden, Mark Rouncefield, Richard Bentley, Russell Lock, Guy Dewsbury and John Rooksby and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, European Journal of Operational Research and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Ian Sommerville

193 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques 1997 2026 2006 2016 1998 1997 2010 2004 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ian Sommerville United Kingdom 39 4.0k 2.4k 1.1k 889 826 203 7.0k
Alistair Cockburn United States 20 5.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 40 7.3k
Matthias Jarke Germany 40 3.6k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 2.4k 2.7× 843 1.0× 366 7.5k
Neil Maiden United Kingdom 28 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 558 0.5× 323 0.4× 515 0.6× 159 3.7k
Kai Petersen Sweden 33 4.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 857 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 120 6.9k
Christopher Alexander United States 16 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 439 0.4× 450 0.5× 449 0.5× 36 6.1k
Gerhard Fischer United States 51 1.7k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 329 0.3× 762 0.9× 482 0.6× 199 7.9k
Keng Siau United States 44 2.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 713 0.8× 219 0.3× 240 8.2k
Björn Regnell Sweden 30 6.1k 1.5× 2.5k 1.0× 761 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 2.1k 2.6× 99 7.8k
Alan R. Hevner United States 34 3.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 3.7k 3.4× 1.3k 1.5× 367 0.4× 155 11.7k
Natália Juristo Spain 33 3.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 486 0.4× 635 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 146 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Sommerville

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Sommerville

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Sommerville

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Sommerville. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Sommerville 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 Ian Sommerville. Ian Sommerville 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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Sommerville, Ian & Perdita Stevens. (2007). Software Engineering: AND Using UML, Software Engineering with Objects and Components.
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Sommerville, Ian. (2006). Software Engineering: (Update) (8th Edition) (International Computer Science). Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 40 indexed citations
3.
Sommerville, Ian, et al.. (2006). Reflection: Improving Research through Knowledge Transfer. International Conference on Software Engineering Advances. 70–70. 1 indexed citations
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Wongthongtham, Pornpit, Elizabeth Chang, Tharam S. Dillon, & Ian Sommerville. (2005). Software engineering ontologies and their implementation. eSpace (Curtin University). 208–213. 10 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, John, et al.. (2004). A service model for component-based development. 162–169. 10 indexed citations
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Dewsbury, Guy, et al.. (2004). Easy for everyone: using components to offer specialised interfaces for software. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations
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Rayson, Paul, Bernadette Sharp, Claude C. Chibelushi, et al.. (2003). Tracker: a framework to support reducing rework through decision management. International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. 12(3). 344–351. 7 indexed citations
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McLean, Alex, Yi Yang, Ian Sommerville, Yoshiaki Uchida, & M. Iwase. (2001). The Science and Technology of Slags for Iron and Steelmaking. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 20(3-4). 185–194. 1 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian, et al.. (2000). Failures of Healthcare Systems. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3 indexed citations
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Kotonya, Gerald & Ian Sommerville. (1998). Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1002 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sawyer, Pete, Ian Sommerville, & Stephen Viller. (1998). Improving the Requirements Process. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 71–84. 20 indexed citations
12.
Finkelstein, Anthony & Ian Sommerville. (1996). The viewpoints FAQ. Software Engineering Journal. 67 indexed citations
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Ramachandran, Muthu & Ian Sommerville. (1995). A Framework for Analysing Reuse Knowledge.. Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 220–225. 1 indexed citations
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Hutchison, David, et al.. (1992). Cooperation and configuration within distributed systems management. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 274–285. 3 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian, et al.. (1992). Configuration specification using a system structure language. 80–89. 2 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian, et al.. (1991). Modelling real-time constraints. 164–169. 3 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian & Murray Wood. (1989). A software components catalogue. 189–206. 4 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian, et al.. (1989). Configuration management using SySL. 106–109. 2 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian. (1985). Software engineering (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 43 indexed citations
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Sommerville, Ian. (1977). Machine language programming in an undergraduate computer science curriculum. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 9(1). 104–107. 1 indexed citations

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