Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1954. 26.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on agile software development, empirical studies, requirements engineering, global software development, systematic literature reviews, project risk management, pair programming, software process improvement, user feedback, and continuous integration in the context of software engineering research.
- Agile Software Development
- Empirical Studies
- Requirements Engineering
- Global Software Development
- Systematic Literature Reviews
- Project Risk Management
- Pair Programming
- Software Process Improvement
- User Feedback
- Continuous Integration
- Research works
- 33k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 8.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research?
By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (850 and 420 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 850 works
- 2 Brazil 420 works
- 3 India 338 works
- 4 Germany 313 works
- 5 China 287 works
- 6 Indonesia 220 works
- 7 United Kingdom 163 works
- 8 Canada 158 works
- 9 Sweden 110 works
- 10 Italy 99 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Indonesia publishes the most Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research, followed by Blekinge Institute of Technology and Telkom University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Indonesia Indonesia 35 works
- 2 Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden 25 works
- 3 Telkom University Indonesia 24 works
- 4 Monash University Australia 19 works
- 5 Carnegie Mellon University United States 17 works
- 6 North Carolina State University United States 17 works
- 7 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Brazil 15 works
- 8 Pennsylvania State University United States 15 works
- 9 Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Finland 14 works
- 10 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology Indonesia 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Software Engineering Techniques and Practices?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices include Witold Pedrycz and Armando Fox.
- 1 Witold Pedrycz 5.4k citations
- 2 Armando Fox 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research done?
The largest centres of Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Bandung (Indonesia) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karlskrona.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KarlskronaSE · 25.1 works169×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Software Engineering Techniques and Practices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Software Engineering Techniques and Practices?
Among universities, judged by research, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlstad University and University of Oulu score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden | 71.2 | 40.1% | 177.4× | 25 | -7.9% |
| 2 | Karlstad University Sweden | 65.3 | 53.9% | 28.1× | 8 | +19.9% |
| 3 | University of Oulu Finland | 64.3 | 47.8% | 8.3× | 10 | +72.0% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Brazil | 63.6 | 31.0% | 12.3× | 12 | +241.7% |
| 5 | Chalmers University of Technology Sweden | 61.3 | 27.8% | 10.0× | 12 | +71.0% |
| 6 | University of Gothenburg Sweden | 60.5 | 36.0% | 6.2× | 12 | +197.8% |
| 7 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Finland | 60.3 | 37.2% | 28.4× | 14 | -64.6% |
| 8 | University of Indonesia Indonesia | 58.9 | 18.4% | 6.0× | 35 | +574.2% |
| 9 | Monash University Australia | 58.7 | 36.8% | 4.7× | 19 | +119.0% |
| 10 | National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Pakistan | 56.8 | 18.1% | 37.0× | 9 | +157.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Software Engineering Techniques and Practices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Software Engineering Techniques and Practices.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.