Mark C. Paulk

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Mark C. Paulk is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark C. Paulk has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Information Systems, 21 papers in Software and 8 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Mark C. Paulk's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (30 papers), Software Engineering Research (28 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (17 papers). Mark C. Paulk is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (30 papers), Software Engineering Research (28 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (17 papers). Mark C. Paulk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Spain. Mark C. Paulk's co-authors include Charles V. Weber, Mary Beth Chrissis, Bruce Curtis, David Zubrow, Dennis R. Goldenson, Will Hayes, James D. Herbsleb, Suzanne Garcia, Chris F. Kemerer and Marilyn W. Bush and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and IEEE Software.

In The Last Decade

Mark C. Paulk

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Capability maturity model, version 1.1

1993 787 citations Mark C. Paulk, Bruce Curtis et al. IEEE Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark C. Paulk United States	14	1.3k	655	362	250	212	46	2.0k
Mary Beth Chrissis United States	6	1.0k 0.8×	573 0.9×	265 0.7×	205 0.8×	196 0.9×	9	1.7k
Markku Oivo Finland	26	1.5k 1.2×	387 0.6×	369 1.0×	117 0.5×	292 1.4×	101	2.2k
Ken Schwaber Bermuda	4	1.8k 1.4×	430 0.7×	295 0.8×	115 0.5×	348 1.6×	7	2.4k
Charles V. Weber United States	5	664 0.5×	367 0.6×	180 0.5×	157 0.6×	123 0.6×	6	1.1k
Rini van Solingen Netherlands	15	737 0.6×	460 0.7×	191 0.5×	257 1.0×	189 0.9×	59	1.2k
Jürgen Münch Germany	25	1.6k 1.3×	446 0.7×	381 1.1×	106 0.4×	345 1.6×	140	2.1k
Félix García Spain	28	1.7k 1.3×	862 1.3×	360 1.0×	108 0.4×	524 2.5×	177	2.7k
Tom DeMarco United States	16	1.5k 1.2×	366 0.6×	578 1.6×	90 0.4×	370 1.7×	42	2.1k
Alan MacCormack United States	21	878 0.7×	338 0.5×	263 0.7×	771 3.1×	251 1.2×	63	2.3k
Maya Daneva Netherlands	24	1.8k 1.4×	613 0.9×	299 0.8×	111 0.4×	547 2.6×	149	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark C. Paulk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark C. Paulk

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). Using the Software CMM with Good Judgment. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1. 2 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). The Impact of Process Discipline on Personal Software Quality and Productivity. Open MIND. 12.

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Paulk, Mark C., Kim LaScola Needy, & Jayant Rajgopal. (2018). Identify Outliers, Understand the Process. Figshare.

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Paulk, Mark C., et al.. (2018). Statistical Sampling for Process Assessments. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 12.

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). Using the Software CMM in Small Organizations. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). A History of the Capability Maturity Model for Software. Open MIND. 12. 44 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C. & Elaine B. Hyder. (2018). Common Pitfalls in Statistical Thinking. Figshare. 9.

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). Factors Affecting Personal Software Quality. Figshare.

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Paulk, Mark C., et al.. (2018). Assessing a Level 5 Organization. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University).

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). The Rational Planning of (Software) Projects. KiltHub Repository.

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2018). Agile Methodologies and Process Discipline. Figshare. 13 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (2013). A Scrum Adoption Survey. 15. 2 indexed citations

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Hyder, Elaine B., et al.. (2010). eSourcing Capability Model for Service Providers - eSCM-SP. 11 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (1999). Practices of High Maturity Organizations. 13 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (1999). Analyzing the Conceptual Relationship Between ISO/IEC 15504 (Software Process Assessment) and the Capability Maturity Model for Software. 24 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (1998). Using the capability maturity model for software to drive change. IGI Global eBooks. 196–219. 3 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C.. (1995). The Evolation of the SEI's Capacity Maturity Model for Software.. Software Process Improvement and Practice. 1. 3–15. 33 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C., et al.. (1993). Capability Maturity Model . . .. 43 indexed citations

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Paulk, Mark C., Bruce Curtis, Mary Beth Chrissis, & Charles V. Weber. (1993). Capability maturity model, version 1.1. IEEE Software. 10(4). 18–27. 787 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paulk, Mark C.. (1980). Applying SPC To The Personal Software Process. 6 indexed citations

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