Susan L. Gerhart

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

Susan L. Gerhart is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan L. Gerhart has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 12 papers in Software and 9 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Susan L. Gerhart's work include Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (10 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (9 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (8 papers). Susan L. Gerhart is often cited by papers focused on Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (10 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (9 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (8 papers). Susan L. Gerhart collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Susan L. Gerhart's co-authors include John B. Goodenough, Dan Craigen, Ted Ralston, Stanley Chun-Wei Lee, David S. Wile, Dale Baker, David R. Musser, Ralph L. London, D.H. Thompson and W.P. deRoever and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neurophysiology, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and SIAM Journal on Computing.

In The Last Decade

Susan L. Gerhart

27 papers receiving 808 citations

Hit Papers

Toward a theory of test data selection 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1975 100 200 300
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. Toward a theory of test data selection
    1975 351 citations John B. Goodenough, Susan L. Gerhart ACM SIGPLAN Notices profile →
  2. Toward a theory of test data selection
    1975 217 citations John B. Goodenough, Susan L. Gerhart IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Susan L. Gerhart United States 12 679 430 308 215 136 29 963
Martin R. Woodward United Kingdom 13 703 1.0× 478 1.1× 153 0.5× 119 0.6× 122 0.9× 39 852
Lee Naish Australia 15 576 0.8× 469 1.1× 399 1.3× 210 1.0× 247 1.8× 54 974
Dines Bjørner Denmark 12 300 0.4× 279 0.6× 495 1.6× 300 1.4× 152 1.1× 84 771
Yoonsik Cheon United States 14 564 0.8× 449 1.0× 692 2.2× 354 1.6× 169 1.2× 52 1.1k
John D. Gannon United States 17 575 0.8× 481 1.1× 413 1.3× 251 1.2× 134 1.0× 44 931
Thomas Arts Sweden 14 292 0.4× 191 0.4× 399 1.3× 288 1.3× 172 1.3× 47 743
Jan Madey Canada 5 423 0.6× 326 0.8× 436 1.4× 272 1.3× 122 0.9× 5 751
Ralph L. London United States 14 288 0.4× 318 0.7× 825 2.7× 442 2.1× 244 1.8× 33 1.1k
Richard Hamlet United States 10 841 1.2× 529 1.2× 150 0.5× 105 0.5× 86 0.6× 28 934
Vadim Okun United States 11 692 1.0× 368 0.9× 114 0.4× 106 0.5× 123 0.9× 14 796

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan L. Gerhart

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan L. Gerhart

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Craigen, Dan, Susan L. Gerhart, & Ted Ralston. (1995). Industrial applications of formal methods to model, design and analyze computer systems: an international survey. 14 indexed citations
2.
Gerhart, Susan L.. (1990). Guest Editor's Introduction: Applications of Formal MethodsDeveloping Virtuoso Software. IEEE Software. 7(5). 6–10. 3 indexed citations
3.
Gerhart, Susan L.. (1990). Applications of Formal Methods: Develoment Virtuoso Software - Guest Editor's Introduction.. IEEE Software. 7. 6–10. 5 indexed citations
4.
Gerhart, Susan L.. (1989). The MCC Software Technology Program.. IFIP Congress. 883–889. 2 indexed citations
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Landwehr, Carl E., et al.. (1986). NRL invitational workshop on testing and proving. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 11(5). 63–85. 1 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1984). Application of axiomatic methods to a specification analyser. International Conference on Software Engineering. 441–451. 4 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L., et al.. (1982). Modeling a Network Protocol in AFFIRM and Ada. 435–450. 2 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L., David R. Musser, D.H. Thompson, et al.. (1980). An Overview of AFFIRM: A Specification and Verification System.. IFIP Congress. 2(1). 343–347. 49 indexed citations
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Lee, Stanley Chun-Wei, Willem P. de Roever, & Susan L. Gerhart. (1979). The Evolution of List-Copying Algorithms.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 113(1). 53–67. 6 indexed citations
10.
Gerhart, Susan L.. (1978). A proposal for publication and exchange of program proofs. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 3(1). 7–17. 1 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L., et al.. (1976). Control structure abstractions of the backtracking programming technique. International Conference on Software Engineering. 391. 1 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1976). Proof Theory of Partial Correctness Verification Systems. SIAM Journal on Computing. 5(3). 355–377. 16 indexed citations
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Goodenough, John B. & Susan L. Gerhart. (1975). Toward a theory of test data selection. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 10(6). 493–510. 351 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Gerhart, Susan L.. (1975). Methods for teaching program verification. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 7(1). 172–178. 3 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1975). Assertions and APL programming. 138–147.
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Goodenough, John B. & Susan L. Gerhart. (1975). Toward a theory of test data selection. 493–510. 67 indexed citations
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Goodenough, John B. & Susan L. Gerhart. (1975). Toward a theory of test data selection. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. SE-1(2). 156–173. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1975). Methods for teaching program verification. 172–178. 4 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1975). Correctness-preserving program transformations. 54–66. 54 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Susan L.. (1975). Knowledge about programs. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 10(6). 88–95. 24 indexed citations

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