Kent Beck

10.8k citations
43 papers · 6.1k · 3 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

  • Software top 0.1%
    • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
    • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
    • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
    • Software Engineering Research
    • Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services

Papers in

Kent Beck

42 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Kent Beck's Hit Papers

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) 2004 · 608 citations
6080+8+17Years since publication10002.0k3.0k

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Kent Beck
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  • Software 1.7k
  • Information Systems 4.7k
  • Computer Science Applications 1.1k
  • Management Information Systems 583
  • Human-Computer Interaction 319
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All Works

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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
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20003550
2
Test-Driven Development by Example
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2002873
3
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition)
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2004608
4
Planning Extreme Programming
2000281
5 2013162
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
1996119
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Contributing To Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, And Plug-Ins
2003117
8 201686
9
Questioning Extreme Programming
200251
10 198650
11 198635
12
Implementation Patterns
200733
13 201624
14 199319
15 200318
16 200312
17
Kent Beck's guide to better Smalltalk
199910
18 20108
19 19946
20 19976

About Kent Beck

Kent Beck is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Management and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 43 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (13 papers), Software Engineering Research (8 papers), Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (5 papers), Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (5 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (5 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers), Software Engineering and Design Patterns (3 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (1.7k citations), Information Systems (4.7k citations), Computer Science Applications (1.1k citations), Management Information Systems (583 citations) and Human-Computer Interaction (319 citations). Kent Beck has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Martin Fowler, Erich Gamma, Dror G. Feitelson, Eitan Frachtenberg, Ward Cunningham, Ward Cunningham, Tony Savor, Michael Stumm, Laurie Williams and Mary Shaw. Their work appears in journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, IEEE Software, IEEE Internet Computing, CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.

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