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Top Software Researchers

Mark Harman ranks first, followed by Lionel Briand and David Lo, out of 190,910 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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The ranking

  1. 1 Mark Harman United Kingdom · #10,640 worldwide overall 68.2 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Lionel Briand Luxembourg · #12,133 worldwide overall 57.5 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 David Lo Singapore · #10,678 worldwide overall 65.7 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Xin Xia Singapore · #3,448 worldwide overall 34.9 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Gregg Rothermel United States · #23,338 worldwide overall 39.3 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Mary Jean Harrold United States · #11,748 worldwide overall 35.8 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Lingming Zhang United States · #5,496 worldwide overall 31.7 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Andrea Arcuri Norway · #9,146 worldwide overall 33.9 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Tao Xie United States · #57,216 worldwide overall 41.0 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Michael D. Ernst United States · #19,816 worldwide overall 30.8 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Yves Le Traon Luxembourg · #84,835 worldwide overall 35.3 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Zhendong Su United States · #13,193 worldwide overall 31.2 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Darko Marinov United States · #29,133 worldwide overall 30.0 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Lu Zhang China · #22,748 worldwide overall 27.3 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Ahmed E. Hassan Canada · #21,005 worldwide overall 36.1 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Denys Poshyvanyk United States · #10,568 worldwide overall 31.5 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Gabriele Bavota Switzerland · #3,850 worldwide overall 25.4 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Koushik Sen United States · #25,043 worldwide overall 25.2 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Andrea De Lucia Italy · #102,429 worldwide overall 35.2 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Gordon Fraser Germany · #166,497 worldwide overall 35.6 of 107 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Rajeev Alur United States · #24,293 worldwide overall 24.8 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Mike Papadakis Luxembourg · #25,871 worldwide overall 24.5 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Andreas Zeller Germany · #58,078 worldwide overall 27.2 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Hongyu Zhang Australia · #88,500 worldwide overall 26.3 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Tegawendé François Bissyandé Luxembourg · #57,539 worldwide overall 22.9 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Alessandro Orso United States · #14,703 worldwide overall 23.2 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Yang Liu Singapore · #232,562 worldwide overall 29.7 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Sarfraz Khurshid United States · #115,489 worldwide overall 26.2 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 Jacques Klein Luxembourg · #51,239 worldwide overall 22.3 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Kishor Shridharbhai Trivedi United States · #82,973 worldwide overall 25.1 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Dirk Beyer Germany · #117,894 worldwide overall 23.4 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Shin Yoo South Korea · #55,292 worldwide overall 21.8 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Abhik Roychoudhury Singapore · #61,340 worldwide overall 22.1 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Thomas A. Henzinger Austria · #49,731 worldwide overall 22.5 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Thomas Reps United States · #62,138 worldwide overall 23.7 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 Claire Le Goues United States · #39,342 worldwide overall 20.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Massimiliano Di Penta Italy · #37,903 worldwide overall 29.7 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Paolo Tonella Italy · #73,626 worldwide overall 25.8 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Patrice Godefroid United States · #19,636 worldwide overall 19.0 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Tsong Yueh Chen Australia · #261,333 worldwide overall 29.7 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Sumit Gulwani United States · #28,818 worldwide overall 19.3 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Laurie A. Williams United States · #25,569 worldwide overall 20.9 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Yingfei Xiong China · #24,440 worldwide overall 18.1 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Lin Tan United States · #34,407 worldwide overall 16.7 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Marta Kwiatkowska United Kingdom · #172,215 worldwide overall 18.6 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Junjie Chen China · #69,422 worldwide overall 17.9 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Thomas Zimmermann United States · #38,444 worldwide overall 17.7 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Edmund M. Clarke United States · #43,719 worldwide overall 17.7 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 48 Brad A. Myers United States · #27,136 worldwide overall 19.2 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Thomas J. Ball United States · #46,002 worldwide overall 17.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Sriram K. Rajamani India · #68,791 worldwide overall 17.3 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 Dan Hao China · #46,362 worldwide overall 18.1 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 Michael Pradel Germany · #27,059 worldwide overall 19.2 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 53 Victor Robert Basili United States · #123,824 worldwide overall 20.2 of 65 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Shing-Chi Cheung China · #157,965 worldwide overall 17.4 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Fabio Palomba Italy · #78,223 worldwide overall 25.2 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Qingan Qiu China · #23,261 worldwide overall 14.8 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Min Xie Singapore · #93,880 worldwide overall 19.2 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Martin Monperrus Sweden · #73,806 worldwide overall 17.1 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu China · #17,292 worldwide overall 19.8 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Rocco Oliveto Italy · #128,329 worldwide overall 27.2 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Gregory Levitin Israel · #139,289 worldwide overall 20.8 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Zhenyu Chen China · #80,227 worldwide overall 17.6 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 63 W. Eric Wong United States · #166,271 worldwide overall 19.3 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Westley R. Weimer United States · #85,200 worldwide overall 18.0 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Andy Zaidman Netherlands · #32,435 worldwide overall 16.4 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 66 Arie van Deursen Netherlands · #101,267 worldwide overall 17.3 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 David A. Parker United Kingdom · #132,750 worldwide overall 15.2 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Prémkumar Dévanbu United States · #27,469 worldwide overall 14.8 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Jeff Offutt United States · #121,971 worldwide overall 19.8 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Liudong Xing United States · #369,061 worldwide overall 25.5 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 Atif M. Memon United States · #70,816 worldwide overall 16.1 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Nachiappan Nagappan United States · #16,330 worldwide overall 15.5 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 Bram Adams Canada · #63,402 worldwide overall 18.0 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Annibale Panichella Netherlands · #38,680 worldwide overall 15.5 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Don S. Batory United States · #69,880 worldwide overall 14.8 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Chakkrit Kla Tantithamthavorn Australia · #15,716 worldwide overall 13.2 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Ali Mesbah Canada · #44,173 worldwide overall 14.0 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Ming Wen China · #145,362 worldwide overall 13.7 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Rupak Majumdar Germany · #170,615 worldwide overall 15.7 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 David W. Coit United States · #25,208 worldwide overall 13.0 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 81 A. Jefferson Offutt United States · #64,086 worldwide overall 13.5 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 Sebastian G. Elbaum United States · #167,229 worldwide overall 15.8 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Phil McMinn United Kingdom · #183,278 worldwide overall 18.0 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Yue Jia United Kingdom · #32,196 worldwide overall 12.7 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Harald C. Gall Switzerland · #68,431 worldwide overall 14.1 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Tim Menzies United States · #189,299 worldwide overall 19.7 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 88 Yuriy Brun United States · #62,655 worldwide overall 12.6 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Miryung Kim United States · #33,432 worldwide overall 13.1 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Ge Li China · #42,593 worldwide overall 11.7 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Matthew B. Dwyer United States · #414,565 worldwide overall 18.0 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Moshe Y. Vardi United States · #114,619 worldwide overall 16.3 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Myra B. Cohen United States · #289,430 worldwide overall 16.5 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 Daniel Kroening United Kingdom · #207,213 worldwide overall 16.0 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Corina S. Păsăreanu United States · #489,348 worldwide overall 21.8 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Xiapu Luo China · #51,766 worldwide overall 14.3 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 96 Foutse Khomh Canada · #382,417 worldwide overall 18.5 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 David S. Notkin United States · #128,231 worldwide overall 12.8 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Dawn Xiaodong Song United States · #388 worldwide overall 11.2 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Marouane Kessentini United States · #116,819 worldwide overall 13.8 of 45 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Software. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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