Peter Sommerlad

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Sommerlad is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Sommerlad has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 11 papers in Information Systems and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter Sommerlad's work include Software Engineering Research (7 papers), Software Engineering and Design Patterns (7 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (6 papers). Peter Sommerlad is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (7 papers), Software Engineering and Design Patterns (7 papers) and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (6 papers). Peter Sommerlad collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Peter Sommerlad's co-authors include Michael Stal, Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Wolfgang Pree, Gustav Pomberger, Michael Ruegg, James Noble, Linda Rising and William F. Opdyke and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Software, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks and ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes.

In The Last Decade

Peter Sommerlad

25 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Sommerlad Switzerland 8 726 692 435 250 195 27 1.2k
Regine Meunier Germany 5 820 1.1× 794 1.1× 484 1.1× 267 1.1× 225 1.2× 6 1.3k
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock United States 11 757 1.0× 685 1.0× 237 0.5× 387 1.5× 93 0.5× 57 1.2k
Brian Foote United States 11 638 0.9× 606 0.9× 302 0.7× 290 1.2× 117 0.6× 17 1.0k
Dan Harkey United States 9 424 0.6× 333 0.5× 451 1.0× 83 0.3× 86 0.4× 13 918
Robert Orfali United States 9 432 0.6× 332 0.5× 454 1.0× 84 0.3× 85 0.4× 14 924
Thomas J. Mowbray United States 6 683 0.9× 384 0.6× 317 0.7× 340 1.4× 40 0.2× 13 914
Rudolf K. Keller Canada 18 803 1.1× 508 0.7× 264 0.6× 526 2.1× 29 0.1× 61 1.1k
Brian Wilkerson United States 5 446 0.6× 431 0.6× 159 0.4× 231 0.9× 42 0.2× 6 751
George T. Heineman United States 15 638 0.9× 601 0.9× 433 1.0× 199 0.8× 14 0.1× 52 1.1k
Welf Löwe Sweden 16 711 1.0× 429 0.6× 356 0.8× 423 1.7× 15 0.1× 122 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Sommerlad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Sommerlad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Sommerlad 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 Peter Sommerlad. Peter Sommerlad 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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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (2019). ReSYCLator. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy-Hill, Emerson, Don Roberts, Peter Sommerlad, & William F. Opdyke. (2015). Refactoring [Guest editors' introduction]. IEEE Software. 32(6). 27–29. 1 indexed citations
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Harrison, Neil B., et al.. (2015). Software Architecture Patterns: Reflection and Advances. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 40(1). 30–34. 3 indexed citations
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Ruegg, Michael & Peter Sommerlad. (2012). Refactoring towards seams in C. 117–123. 2 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter. (2012). Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Refactoring Tools. 1 indexed citations
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Ruegg, Michael & Peter Sommerlad. (2012). Refactoring towards seams in C++. 117–123. 1 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (2008). Refactoring support for the groovy-eclipse plug-in. 727–728. 1 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (2008). Cross language refactoring for Eclipse plug-ins. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (2007). Refactoring support for the C++ development tooling. 781–782. 10 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (2007). CUTE. 783–784. 2 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter. (2003). Reverse Proxy Patterns.. European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs. 431–458. 9 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter. (2001). Adopting XP. 423. 2 indexed citations
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Buschmann, Frank & Peter Sommerlad. (1998). What is a pattern. 137–139. 1 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (1998). Do-it-yourself Reflection. European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs. 337–366. 5 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter & Michael Stal. (1996). The client-dispatcher-server design pattern. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 475–482. 2 indexed citations
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Buschmann, Frank, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, & Michael Stal. (1996). Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns. 89(6). 443–8. 402 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, Hans Rohnert, Frank Buschmann, Michael Stal, & Regine Meunier. (1996). Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture. 664 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (1995). Automated support for software development with frameworks. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 20(SI). 123–127. 4 indexed citations
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Pree, Wolfgang, et al.. (1995). Active Guidance of Framework Development. 16. 136. 30 indexed citations
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Sommerlad, Peter, et al.. (1995). Automated support for software development with frameworks. 123–127. 20 indexed citations

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