Paolo Tell

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Paolo Tell is a scholar working on Information Systems, Information Systems and Management and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Tell has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Information Systems, 8 papers in Information Systems and Management and 8 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Paolo Tell's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (18 papers), Software Engineering Research (12 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (7 papers). Paolo Tell is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (18 papers), Software Engineering Research (12 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (7 papers). Paolo Tell collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and United States. Paolo Tell's co-authors include Muhammad Ali Babar, He Zhang, Marco Kuhrmann, Jürgen Münch, Jakob E. Bardram, Philipp Diebold, Oliver Linssen, Fergal McCaffery, Christian R. Prause and Steven Houben and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software and Journal of Systems and Software.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Tell

25 papers receiving 732 citations

Hit Papers

Identifying relevant studies in software engineering 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. Identifying relevant studies in software engineering
    2010 401 citations He Zhang, Muhammad Ali Babar et al. Information and Software Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paolo Tell Denmark 12 551 168 127 114 114 28 761
Laurie Williams United States 9 791 1.4× 149 0.9× 161 1.3× 139 1.2× 190 1.7× 14 941
Rozilawati Razali Malaysia 14 443 0.8× 199 1.2× 98 0.8× 131 1.1× 61 0.5× 71 787
Klaas Sikkel Netherlands 10 406 0.7× 124 0.7× 181 1.4× 120 1.1× 64 0.6× 49 671
Irum Inayat Pakistan 12 468 0.8× 123 0.7× 205 1.6× 89 0.8× 54 0.5× 40 738
Yael Dubinsky Israel 14 602 1.1× 128 0.8× 236 1.9× 105 0.9× 116 1.0× 69 788
Geir Kjetil Hanssen Norway 13 577 1.0× 156 0.9× 208 1.6× 130 1.1× 152 1.3× 45 840
Nelly Condorí-Fernández Spain 14 448 0.8× 84 0.5× 156 1.2× 52 0.5× 211 1.9× 85 648
Pilar Rodríguez Finland 16 647 1.2× 174 1.0× 111 0.9× 139 1.2× 138 1.2× 37 810
Luis Olsina Argentina 14 509 0.9× 98 0.6× 212 1.7× 118 1.0× 95 0.8× 68 743
Óscar Dieste Spain 18 902 1.6× 154 0.9× 370 2.9× 131 1.1× 211 1.9× 80 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Tell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Tell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Tell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paolo Tell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paolo Tell 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 Paolo Tell. Paolo Tell 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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Trinkenreich, Bianca, Fabio Calefato, Geir Kjetil Hanssen, et al.. (2025). Get on the Train or be Left on the Station: Using LLMs for Software Engineering Research. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1503–1507.
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Lungu, Mircea, et al.. (2023). Live Is Life: Teaching Software Engineering on Live Systems. IEEE Software. 40(6). 117–125.
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Šmite, Darja, et al.. (2022). The Future Workplace: Characterizing the Spectrum of Hybrid Work Arrangements for Software Teams. IEEE Software. 40(2). 34–41. 26 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo, Jil Klünder, David Raffo, et al.. (2020). Towards the statistical construction of hybrid development methods. Journal of Software Evolution and Process. 33(1). 13 indexed citations
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Dittrich, Yvonne, et al.. (2020). Exploring the evolution of software practices. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 493–504. 4 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo, et al.. (2018). Virtual by design. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 102–111. 13 indexed citations
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Kuhrmann, Marco, Philipp Diebold, Jürgen Münch, et al.. (2018). Hybrid Software Development Approaches in Practice: A European Perspective. IEEE Software. 36(4). 20–31. 39 indexed citations
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Dittrich, Yvonne, Jacob Nørbjerg, Paolo Tell, & Lars Bendix. (2018). Researching cooperation and communication in continuous software engineering. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 87–90. 6 indexed citations
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Kuhrmann, Marco, Kurt Schneider, Dietmar Pfahl, et al.. (2018). Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. Lecture notes in computer science. 9 indexed citations
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Kuhrmann, Marco, Philipp Diebold, Jürgen Münch, et al.. (2017). Hybrid software and system development in practice: waterfall, scrum, and beyond. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 30–39. 103 indexed citations
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Kuhrmann, Marco, et al.. (2017). Is Scrum Fit for Global Software Engineering?. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1–10. 26 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo, et al.. (2016). Beyond the spreadsheet. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Kuhrmann, Marco, Philipp Diebold, Jürgen Münch, & Paolo Tell. (2016). How Does Software Process Improvement Address Global Software Engineering?. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 89–98. 12 indexed citations
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Houben, Steven, Paolo Tell, & Jakob E. Bardram. (2016). ActivitySpace: Managing Device Ecologies in an Activity-Centric Configuration Space. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo, et al.. (2015). The dBoard. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 161–170. 11 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo, Muhammad Ali Babar, & John Grundy. (2013). A Preliminary User Evaluation of an Infrastructure to Support Activity-Based Computing in Global Software Development (ABC4GSD). Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 100–109. 2 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo & Muhammad Ali Babar. (2011). Requirements for an Infrastructure to Support Activity-Based Computing in Global Software Development. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 62–69. 12 indexed citations
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Tell, Paolo & Muhammad Ali Babar. (2011). Supporting activity based computing paradigm in global software development. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 508–511. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, He, Muhammad Ali Babar, & Paolo Tell. (2010). Identifying relevant studies in software engineering. Information and Software Technology. 53(6). 625–637. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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