John McAvoy

1.0k total citations
59 papers, 657 citations indexed

About

John McAvoy is a scholar working on Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John McAvoy has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 657 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Information Systems, 15 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 12 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in John McAvoy's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (18 papers), Software Engineering Research (7 papers) and Scientific Computing and Data Management (7 papers). John McAvoy is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (18 papers), Software Engineering Research (7 papers) and Scientific Computing and Data Management (7 papers). John McAvoy collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. John McAvoy's co-authors include Tom Butler, Lionel Zuckerbraun, David Sammon, Philip O’Reilly, Henry J. Fee, Tadhg Nagle, Mary Dempsey, Attracta Brennan, Kevin O’Leary and Rob Gleasure and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and The American Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

John McAvoy

54 papers receiving 598 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John McAvoy 209 126 118 87 84 59 657
Jukka Kääriäinen 102 0.5× 31 0.2× 116 1.0× 118 1.4× 99 1.2× 38 727
Debora E. Dunkle 60 0.3× 92 0.7× 223 1.9× 230 2.6× 69 0.8× 18 945
Myers 66 0.3× 75 0.6× 73 0.6× 79 0.9× 28 0.3× 59 762
Graham Wood 69 0.3× 107 0.8× 50 0.4× 107 1.2× 14 0.2× 37 670
Remko Helms 245 1.2× 105 0.8× 260 2.2× 336 3.9× 134 1.6× 83 1.5k
Dong Wu 35 0.2× 83 0.7× 38 0.3× 114 1.3× 40 0.5× 79 559
Ali Alper Yayla 122 0.6× 13 0.1× 179 1.5× 112 1.3× 55 0.7× 25 541
Hsieh 49 0.2× 84 0.7× 29 0.2× 62 0.7× 20 0.2× 54 887
V Evans 201 1.0× 33 0.3× 76 0.6× 39 0.4× 19 0.2× 23 489
E Hazan 58 0.3× 348 2.8× 74 0.6× 29 0.3× 21 0.3× 34 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John McAvoy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John McAvoy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McAvoy, John, et al.. (2025). The Data Governance Journey in Practice: Insights from Case Study Research. Information Systems Management. 42(3). 471–488.
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Dempsey, Mary, Attracta Brennan, & John McAvoy. (2020). Barriers and waste in the research grant application process in higher education through a Lean Six Sigma lens. Management and Production Engineering Review. 7 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2018). A critical realist method for applied business research. Journal of Critical Realism. 17(2). 160–175. 19 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2017). CAUSAL FRAMEWORK THROUGH RETRODUCTION AND RETRODICTION. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1314–1326. 2 indexed citations
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Djemame, Karim, et al.. (2014). Trust and Risk Relationship Analysis on a Workflow Basis: A Use Case. 7–12. 1 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John, Tadhg Nagle, & David Sammon. (2013). A novel approach to challenging consensus in evaluations: The Agitation Workshop. Cork Open Research Archive (University College Cork, Ireland). 16(1). 45–55. 3 indexed citations
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Townend, Paul, David E. Webster, Karim Djemame, et al.. (2013). Risk Assessment and Trust in Services Computing: Applications and Experience. 392–399. 2 indexed citations
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Sammon, David, Tadhg Nagle, & John McAvoy. (2012). THE ISD PROCESS AS A ?LIVE ROUTINE?: THE MINDLESS BEHAVIOURS OF A NARRATIVE NETWORK. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 44(9). 211-1–211-13. 1 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John, Tadhg Nagle, & David Sammon. (2012). Using mindfulness to examine ISD agility. Information Systems Journal. 23(2). 155–172. 30 indexed citations
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Nagle, Tadhg, John McAvoy, & David Sammon. (2011). UTILISING MINDFULNESS TO ANALYSE AGILE GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 119-1–119-13. 6 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2009). The Dilution of Effort in Self‑Evaluating Development Teams: Agile Loafing. 12(2). 6 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2009). A Failure to Learn By Software Developers: Inhibiting the Adoption of an Agile Software Development Methodology. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. 11(1). 23–46. 8 indexed citations
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Butler, Tom & John McAvoy. (2008). Social Inclusion and IT Education: An Institutional Analysis. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 70. 2 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John, et al.. (2006). Towards the development of a simple tool to assist in agile methodology adoption decisions: agile adoption matrix. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 2101–2110. 1 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2006). Looking for a place to hide: a study of social loafing in agile teams. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 596–607. 3 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & David Sammon. (2005). Agile Methodology Adoption Decisions: An Innovative Approach to Teaching and Learning. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 16(4). 409–420. 14 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2005). A Paradox of the Change to User Stories: The Application of the Theory of Competing Commitments. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1103–1114. 1 indexed citations
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McAvoy, John & Tom Butler. (2005). Resisting the change to user stories: a trip to Abilene. International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management. 1(1). 48–48. 6 indexed citations
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Fee, Henry J., et al.. (1978). Pseudoaneurysm of the axillary artery following a modified Bristow operation: report of a case and review.. PubMed. 19(1). 65–8. 24 indexed citations
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Fee, Henry J., et al.. (1977). Unusual manifestation of Coccidioides immitis infection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 74(4). 548–550. 9 indexed citations

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