Michael Coblenz

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 678 citations indexed

About

Michael Coblenz is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Coblenz has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 678 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Information Systems, 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Michael Coblenz's work include Software Engineering Research (12 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (5 papers) and Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (4 papers). Michael Coblenz is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (12 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (5 papers) and Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (4 papers). Michael Coblenz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Michael Coblenz's co-authors include Brad A. Myers, Andrew J. Ko, Htet Htet Aung, Jonathan Aldrich, Joshua Sunshine, Amy J. Ko, Forrest Shull, Michelle L. Mazurek, Michael Hicks and Cyrus Omar and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems.

In The Last Decade

Michael Coblenz

22 papers receiving 641 citations

Hit Papers

An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information during Software Maintenance Tasks
    2006 462 citations Andrew J. Ko, Brad A. Myers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Coblenz United States 10 551 199 181 150 136 27 678
Will Snipes United States 12 576 1.0× 316 1.6× 103 0.6× 156 1.0× 158 1.2× 24 713
Damiano Distante Italy 15 400 0.7× 97 0.5× 167 0.9× 135 0.9× 96 0.7× 58 635
Dan Ingalls United States 10 278 0.5× 136 0.7× 237 1.3× 84 0.6× 193 1.4× 14 606
Ciera Jaspan United States 14 477 0.9× 237 1.2× 166 0.9× 127 0.8× 131 1.0× 41 719
Olga Baysal Canada 16 788 1.4× 280 1.4× 146 0.8× 314 2.1× 188 1.4× 38 938
Andrea Janes Italy 16 560 1.0× 223 1.1× 185 1.0× 67 0.4× 236 1.7× 72 733
Andrew J. Ko United States 11 866 1.6× 406 2.0× 276 1.5× 274 1.8× 245 1.8× 26 1.1k
Eirini Kalliamvakou Canada 10 773 1.4× 201 1.0× 150 0.8× 376 2.5× 229 1.7× 17 939
Andrew Forward Canada 11 601 1.1× 303 1.5× 288 1.6× 106 0.7× 137 1.0× 23 705
Rabe Abdalkareem Canada 12 525 1.0× 192 1.0× 154 0.9× 156 1.0× 173 1.3× 31 655

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Coblenz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Coblenz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Coblenz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Coblenz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Coblenz 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 Michael Coblenz. Michael Coblenz 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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He, Mingyi, et al.. (2025). How Scientists Use Jupyter Notebooks: Goals, Quality Attributes, and Opportunities. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1243–1255. 1 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2024). A Theory of Scientific Programming Efficacy. 1–12. 3 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2024). An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Autocomplete in IDEs. Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.. 1(FSE). 1284–1306. 2 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2023). A Qualitative Study of REST API Design and Specification Practices. 148–156.
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Coblenz, Michael, Michelle L. Mazurek, & Michael Hicks. (2022). Garbage collection makes rust easier to use. arXiv (Cornell University). 1021–1032. 4 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2021). PLIERS. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 28(4). 1–53. 16 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2020). Obsidian. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems. 42(3). 1–82. 11 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, Jonathan Aldrich, Joshua Sunshine, & Brad A. Myers. (2020). An Empirical Study of Ownership, Typestate, and Assets in the Obsidian Smart Contract Language.. 1 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2019). User-Centered Programming Language Design in the Obsidian Smart Contract Language.. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Coblenz, Michael, Joshua Sunshine, Jonathan Aldrich, & Brad A. Myers. (2019). Smarter Smart Contract Development Tools. 48–51. 14 indexed citations
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Ko, Andrew J., Brad A. Myers, Michael Coblenz, & Jeffrey Stylos. (2018). End-User Programming Productivity Tools. Figshare.
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Coblenz, Michael, Jonathan Aldrich, Brad A. Myers, & Joshua Sunshine. (2018). Interdisciplinary Programming Language Design. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael. (2017). Obsidian: A Safer Blockchain Programming Language. 97–99. 46 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2017). Glacier: Transitive Class Immutability for Java. 496–506. 17 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, et al.. (2017). Empirical Studies on the Security and Usability Impact of Immutability. 50–53. 7 indexed citations
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Yost, Beth, Michael Coblenz, Brad A. Myers, et al.. (2016). Software Development Practices, Barriers in the Field and the Relationship to Software Quality. 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, Robert C. Seacord, Brad A. Myers, Joshua Sunshine, & Jonathan Aldrich. (2015). A course-based usability analysis of Cilk Plus and OpenMP. 245–249. 2 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, Jonathan Aldrich, Brad A. Myers, & Joshua Sunshine. (2014). Considering Productivity Effects of Explicit Type Declarations. 59–61. 1 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, Andrew J. Ko, & Brad A. Myers. (2006). JASPER. 65–69. 25 indexed citations
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Coblenz, Michael, Amy J. Ko, & Brad A. Myers. (2005). Using objects of measurement to detect spreadsheet errors. Figshare. 314–316. 24 indexed citations

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