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, Martin Fowler, D. A. Thomas, Arie van Bennekum, Alistair Cockburn, Bo Leuf, Laurie Williams, Ron Jeffries, Robert R. Kessler 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
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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.
Manifesto for agile software development
20012.2k citationsK. Beck, Arie van Bennekum et al.profile →
The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web
2001689 citationsBo Leuf, Ward CunninghamMedical Entomology and Zoologyprofile →
Strengthening the case for pair programming
2000523 citationsLaurie Williams, Robert R. Kessler et al.IEEE Softwareprofile →
Countries citing papers authored by Ward Cunningham
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This map shows the geographic impact of Ward Cunningham's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ward Cunningham with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ward Cunningham more than expected).
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
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