Journal of Software Maintenance

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Software reconnaissance: Mapping program features to code

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Norman, Michael C.

• A reverse‐engineering approach to subsystem structure identification

  Citation: 227

  Authors: Hausi A., Mehmet A., Scott R., James S.

• Towards an ontology of software maintenance

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Barbara A., Guilherme H., Anneliese, Frank, Norman F., Janice, Shingo, Risto, Hongji

• Software maintenance management: Changes in the last decade

  Citation: 93

  Authors: John T., Prashant

• Little languages: little maintenance?

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Arie Van, Paul

• Evolution in software product lines: two cases

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Mikael, Jan

• Recovering software architecture from the names of source files

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Nicolas, Timothy C.

• An early impact analysis technique for software maintenance

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Richard J., Malcolm

• An examination of the effects of requirements changes on software maintenance releases

  Citation: 61

  Authors: George E., Paul, Alan, Alan

• Uncertainty in computer application and its control through the engineering of software

  Citation: 57

  Authors: M. M.