Lan Cao

2.8k total citations
51 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Lan Cao is a scholar working on Information Systems, Management Information Systems and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Lan Cao has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Information Systems, 15 papers in Management Information Systems and 8 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Lan Cao's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (21 papers), Software Engineering Research (15 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers). Lan Cao is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (21 papers), Software Engineering Research (15 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers). Lan Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ghana. Lan Cao's co-authors include Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Kannan Mohan, Peng Xu, Richard Baskerville, Andreas Hirschi, Jürgen Deller, Sumantra Sarkar, Karlene Cousins, Cecil Eng Huang Chua and Detmar W. Straub and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Access and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Lan Cao

50 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lan Cao United States 19 1.1k 404 253 239 236 51 1.9k
V. Ramesh United States 18 781 0.7× 430 1.1× 311 1.2× 282 1.2× 244 1.0× 36 1.8k
Darja Šmite Sweden 22 1.1k 1.0× 343 0.8× 152 0.6× 130 0.5× 383 1.6× 67 1.6k
Aybüke Aurum Australia 24 2.0k 1.8× 482 1.2× 693 2.7× 185 0.8× 429 1.8× 79 2.9k
Pär J. Ågerfalk Sweden 28 1.4k 1.2× 760 1.9× 401 1.6× 253 1.1× 519 2.2× 118 2.8k
Heikki Topi United States 19 1.0k 0.9× 431 1.1× 209 0.8× 97 0.4× 601 2.5× 114 2.0k
Nils Brede Moe Norway 26 2.2k 1.9× 639 1.6× 170 0.7× 183 0.8× 498 2.1× 91 3.0k
Ryan Wright United States 20 879 0.8× 245 0.6× 234 0.9× 168 0.7× 212 0.9× 48 2.2k
Minder Chen United States 15 427 0.4× 476 1.2× 202 0.8× 133 0.6× 99 0.4× 35 1.5k
Joyce J. Elam United States 22 493 0.4× 675 1.7× 265 1.0× 304 1.3× 159 0.7× 48 2.0k
Ana M. Moreno Spain 20 1.4k 1.2× 211 0.5× 507 2.0× 76 0.3× 296 1.3× 69 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lan Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lan Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lan Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lan Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lan Cao 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 Lan Cao. Lan Cao 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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Werder, Karl, et al.. (2025). Why AI Monitoring Faces Resistance and What Healthcare Organizations Can Do About It: An Emotion-Based Perspective. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e51785–e51785. 2 indexed citations
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Werder, Karl, et al.. (2024). Empower Diversity in AI Development. Communications of the ACM. 67(12). 31–34. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2024). Shift of ambidexterity modes: An empirical investigation of the impact of artificial intelligence in customer service. International Journal of Information Management. 76. 102773–102773. 7 indexed citations
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Werder, Karl, et al.. (2022). Why do Family Members Reject AI in Health Care? Competing Effects of Emotions. Journal of Management Information Systems. 39(3). 765–792. 31 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2022). A platform-based approach to ambidexterity for innovation: An empirical investigation in the public sector. International Journal of Information Management. 68. 102570–102570. 13 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2017). Understanding Goal-Directed Emotions in Agile Software Development Teams. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2015). Analysis of varieties and standards of Leguminosae plants used in Tibetan medicine. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica. 40(24). 4914–22. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, Andreas Hirschi, & Jürgen Deller. (2013). The positive effects of a protean career attitude for self‐initiated expatriates. Career Development International. 18(1). 56–77. 64 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan & Hongwei Zhu. (2013). Normal accidents. Journal of Data and Information Quality. 4(3). 1–26. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2012). Global Software Development Project. Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan. (2010). The Misalignment between Packaged Enterprise Systems and Chinese Context: A Context Study of Packaged ES Adoption in China. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 153. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan, et al.. (2009). VALIDATING THE IS-IMPACT MODEL: TWO EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES IN CHINA AND MALAYSIA. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 67. 13 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan. (2008). Estimating Agile Software Project Effort: An Empirical Study. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 401. 10 indexed citations
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Haines, Russell, et al.. (2006). Participation and Persuasion via Computer-Mediated Communication: Anonymous versus Identified Comments. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 50. 8 indexed citations
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Ramesh, Balasubramaniam, Lan Cao, Kannan Mohan, & Peng Xu. (2006). Can distributed software development be agile?. Communications of the ACM. 49(10). 41–46. 224 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan & Peng Xu. (2005). Activity Patterns of Pair Programming. 88a–88a. 29 indexed citations
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Purao, Sandeep, Duane Truex, & Lan Cao. (2003). NOW THE TWAIN SHALL MEET: COMBINING SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGENT SYSTEMS. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 359. 2 indexed citations
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Chua, Cecil Eng Huang, Lan Cao, Karlene Cousins, et al.. (2002). IS Bibliographic Repository (ISBIB): A Central Repository of Research Information for the IS Community. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 8. 8 indexed citations
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Chua, Cecil Eng Huang, Lan Cao, Karlene Cousins, & Detmar W. Straub. (2002). Measuring Researcher-Production in Information Systems. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3(1). 145–215. 99 indexed citations
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Cao, Lan. (1995). The Cat That Catches Mice: China's Challenge to the Dominant Privatization Model. Brooklyn journal of international law. 21(1). 97. 4 indexed citations

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