Robert J. Walker

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Walker is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Walker has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Information Systems, 45 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 20 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Walker's work include Software Engineering Research (59 papers), Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (44 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (21 papers). Robert J. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (59 papers), Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (44 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (21 papers). Robert J. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Ireland. Robert J. Walker's co-authors include Gail C. Murphy, Reid Holmes, Martin P. Robillard, Thomas Zimmermann, Siobhán Clarke, Elisa Baniassad, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Wayne Twine, Sabine Henry and Leah K. VanWey and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Current Biology and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Walker

92 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Walker Canada	27	1.8k	960	578	529	280	95	2.7k
Martin Schader Germany	17	459 0.3×	465 0.5×	199 0.3×	206 0.4×	365 1.3×	78	1.6k
Geert‐Jan Houben Netherlands	27	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	362 0.6×	31 0.1×	572 2.0×	126	2.7k
Chris Fox United Kingdom	19	706 0.4×	557 0.6×	102 0.2×	297 0.6×	61 0.2×	128	2.0k
Marcos Kalinowski Brazil	20	839 0.5×	216 0.2×	269 0.5×	206 0.4×	164 0.6×	119	1.5k
Gerald M. Weinberg United States	18	752 0.4×	365 0.4×	114 0.2×	242 0.5×	184 0.7×	53	1.7k
Paul Johannesson Sweden	20	617 0.3×	437 0.5×	285 0.5×	40 0.1×	77 0.3×	131	1.6k
Roliana Ibrahim Malaysia	20	611 0.3×	856 0.9×	118 0.2×	54 0.1×	119 0.4×	121	1.7k
Igor Mozetič Slovenia	22	477 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	90 0.2×	52 0.1×	22 0.1×	67	2.6k
Béla Gipp Germany	27	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	195 0.3×	15 0.0×	117 0.4×	126	2.6k
Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye United Kingdom	15	291 0.2×	656 0.7×	165 0.3×	12 0.0×	67 0.2×	42	2.2k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2014). Using Structural Generalization to Discover Replacement Functionality for API Evolution. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2014). The Reduction Process for Change Type Cases to Consider. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations

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Canfell, Karen, Jufang Shi, Jie‐Bin Lew, et al.. (2011). Prevention of cervical cancer in rural China: Evaluation of HPV vaccination and primary HPV screening strategies. Vaccine. 29(13). 2487–2494. 64 indexed citations

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Smith, Megan A., Jie‐Bin Lew, Robert J. Walker, et al.. (2011). The predicted impact of HPV vaccination on male infections and male HPV-related cancers in Australia. Vaccine. 29(48). 9112–9122. 53 indexed citations

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Kapur, Puneet, et al.. (2010). Refactoring References for Library Migration - Appendix. Open MIND. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2008). Jigsaw. 933–934. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J.. (2008). Twelve Characteristics of an Effective Teacher: A Longitudinal, Qualitative, Quasi-Research Study of In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers' Opinions.. Educational Horizons. 87(1). 61–68. 46 indexed citations

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Garcia, Alessandro, Phil Greenwood, George T. Heineman, et al.. (2007). Assessment of Contemporary Modularization Techniques - ACoM'07. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 32(5). 31–37. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2007). Assisting potentially-repetitive small-scale changes via semi-automated heuristic search. 497–500. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2004). An Implementation of Declarative Event Patterns. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2004). Communication History Patterns: Direct Implementations of Protocol Specifications. PRISM (University of Calgary). 2 indexed citations

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Willson, James K. V., A. M. Davis, Matthew F. Cuttle, et al.. (2004). Latrotoxin Receptor Signaling Engages the UNC-13-Dependent Vesicle-Priming Pathway in C. elegans. Current Biology. 14(24). 2310–2310. 4 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., Lionel Briand, David Notkin, Carolyn Seaman, & Walter F. Tichy. (2003). Panel: empirical validation: what, why, when, and how. International Conference on Software Engineering. 721–722. 4 indexed citations

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Murphy, Gail C., et al.. (2001). Separating features in source code: an exploratory study. International Conference on Software Engineering. 275–284. 70 indexed citations

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Clarke, Siobhán & Robert J. Walker. (2001). Separating Crosscutting Concerns Across the Lifecycle: From Composition Patterns to AspectJ and Hyper/J. 12 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J., et al.. (2000). Efficient mapping of software system traces to architectural views. Conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research. 12. 26 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J. & Gail C. Murphy. (2000). Implicit context: easing software evolution and reuse. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J.. (2000). Eliminating Cycles in Composed Class Hierarchies. 3 indexed citations

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Murphy, Gail C., et al.. (2000). Separating Concerns with Hyper/J TM : An Experience Report. 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Robert J. & David R. King. (1983). Testing logic arrays. Microelectronics Journal. 14(3). 31–39.

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