Ward Cunningham

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
15 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Ward Cunningham is a scholar working on Communication, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Cunningham has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Communication, 3 papers in Information Systems and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ward Cunningham's work include Wikis in Education and Collaboration (4 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (2 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (2 papers). Ward Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Wikis in Education and Collaboration (4 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (2 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (2 papers). Ward Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Ward Cunningham's co-authors include K. Beck, Alistair Cockburn, Arie van Bennekum, D. A. Thomas, Martin Fowler, Bo Leuf, Robert R. Kessler, Laurie Williams, Ron Jeffries and Kent Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Software, ACM SIGPLAN Notices and Journal of Gerontology.

In The Last Decade

Ward Cunningham

15 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Manifesto for agile softw... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2001 2001 2000 1992 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Manifesto for agile software development
    2001 2.2k citations K. Beck, Arie van Bennekum et al. profile →
  2. The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web
    2001 689 citations Bo Leuf, Ward Cunningham Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. Strengthening the case for pair programming
    2000 523 citations Laurie Williams, Robert R. Kessler et al. IEEE Software profile →
  4. The WyCash portfolio management system
    1992 463 citations Ward Cunningham profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ward Cunningham 2.9k 932 756 655 569 15 4.5k
Torgeir Dingsøyr 3.9k 1.3× 896 1.0× 662 0.9× 409 0.6× 828 1.5× 71 5.3k
Daniela Damian 3.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 842 1.1× 451 0.7× 515 0.9× 134 4.1k
Tore Dybå 5.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 941 1.2× 1.0k 1.6× 1.0k 1.8× 67 6.5k
David Redmiles 2.1k 0.7× 993 1.1× 980 1.3× 359 0.5× 451 0.8× 155 3.4k
Sarah Beecham 2.5k 0.9× 672 0.7× 508 0.7× 831 1.3× 399 0.7× 88 3.1k
Iris Vessey 2.1k 0.7× 686 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 480 0.7× 325 0.6× 83 6.5k
Alistair Cockburn 5.4k 1.8× 977 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 1.1k 1.7× 1.0k 1.8× 40 7.3k
Casper Lassenius 2.9k 1.0× 724 0.8× 360 0.5× 683 1.0× 655 1.2× 114 3.6k
Walt Scacchi 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 624 0.8× 258 0.4× 294 0.5× 140 2.6k
Ricardo Colomo‐Palacios 2.0k 0.7× 547 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 153 0.2× 633 1.1× 296 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ward Cunningham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ward Cunningham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ward Cunningham. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ward Cunningham. The network helps show where Ward Cunningham may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward Cunningham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ward Cunningham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ward Cunningham 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 Ward Cunningham. Ward Cunningham is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
1.
Cunningham, Ward & Michael W. Mehaffy. (2013). Wiki as pattern language. 32. 6 indexed citations
2.
Woods, Dan, et al.. (2007). Wikis For Dummies. 5 indexed citations
3.
Cockburn, Alistair, Ward Cunningham, Arie van Bennekum, Martin Fowler, & D. A. Thomas. (2006). Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 249 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Ward. (2006). Design principles of wiki. 13–14. 19 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Ward, et al.. (2005). Fit for Developing Software: Framework for Integrated Tests (Robert C. Martin). Prentice Hall PTR eBooks. 393–5. 78 indexed citations
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Beck, Kent, et al.. (2003). Agile management - an oxymoron?. 275–277. 12 indexed citations
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Leuf, Bo, et al.. (2002). Wiki way : コラボレーションツールWiki. 1 indexed citations
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Beck, K., Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn, et al.. (2001). Manifesto for agile software development. 2169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leuf, Bo & Ward Cunningham. (2001). The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 689 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Williams, Laurie, Robert R. Kessler, Ward Cunningham, & Ron Jeffries. (2000). Strengthening the case for pair programming. IEEE Software. 17(4). 19–25. 523 indexed citations breakdown →
11.
Cunningham, Ward, et al.. (1997). Using patterns to improve our architectural vision. IEEE Software. 14(1). 53–59. 24 indexed citations
12.
Cunningham, Ward. (1992). The WyCash portfolio management system. 29–30. 463 indexed citations breakdown →
13.
Beck, K. & Ward Cunningham. (1989). A laboratory for teaching object oriented thinking. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 24(10). 1–6. 214 indexed citations
14.
Cunningham, Ward & Kent Beck. (1986). A diagram for object-oriented programs. 361–367. 33 indexed citations
15.
Cunningham, Ward. (1978). Principles for Identifying Structural Differences Some Methodological Issues Related to Comparative Factor Analysis. Journal of Gerontology. 33(1). 82–86. 23 indexed citations

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