Kent Beck

9.8k citations
42 papers · 5.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 14

Kent Beck

40 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Kent Beck
Comparison fields: 5 of 124
  • Software 1.5k
  • Information Systems 4.2k
  • Computer Science Applications 970
  • Management Information Systems 524
  • Human-Computer Interaction 277
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kent Beck

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kent Beck, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201686
2 20108
3
Contributing To Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, And Plug-Ins
2003117
4 20031
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Questioning Extreme Programming
200251
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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Changebreakdown →
20003544
7
Time Travel: A Pattern Language for Values That Change
19993
8
Kent Beck's guide to better Smalltalk
199910
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Beyond the Hype: Do Patterns and Frameworks Reduce Discovery Costs? (Panel).
19972
10 19973
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Lazy optimization: patterns for efficient Smalltalk programming
19963
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Distributed Smalltalk
19942
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How Do Teams Shape Objects ? - How Di Object Shape Teams ? (Panel).
19941
14 199320
15 19932
16 19931
17 19936
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Development environments
19922
19 19912
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Panel: Experiences with Reusability.
19881

About Kent Beck

Kent Beck is a scholar working on Information Systems, Development, Computer Science Applications, Information Systems and Management and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 42 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (12 papers), Software Engineering Research (8 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers), Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (5 papers), Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (5 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (3 papers) and Software Engineering and Design Patterns (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (1.5k citations), Information Systems (4.2k citations), Computer Science Applications (970 citations), Management Information Systems (524 citations) and Human-Computer Interaction (277 citations). Kent Beck has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Martin Fowler, Erich Gamma, Dror G. Feitelson, Eitan Frachtenberg, Ward Cunningham, Tony Savor, Michael Stumm, Ward Cunningham, Laurie Williams and Mary Shaw. Their work appears in journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, IEEE Software, IEEE Internet Computing, European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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