Spreadsheets and End-User Computing
Spreadsheets and End-User Computing is a research topic within Software. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of end-user software engineering, meta-design, and trigger-action programming, with an emphasis on understanding and addressing spreadsheet errors, debugging techniques, gender considerations in programming, and the development of smart home and IoT applications. It also explores the socio-technical aspects of software development and the impact of end-user computing on various domains.
- End-User Software Engineering
- Meta-design
- Trigger-Action Programming
- Spreadsheet Errors
- Debugging
- Smart Home
- Gender in Programming
- Socio-Technical Systems
- IoT Development
- Spreadsheets
- Research works
- 4.4k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 440 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +15% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (269 and 53 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
269 works
- 2
United Kingdom
53 works
- 3
India
48 works
- 4
Germany
37 works
- 5
China
34 works
- 6
Italy
34 works
- 7
Brazil
23 works
- 8
Indonesia
22 works
- 9
Canada
20 works
- 10
Australia
15 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research?
By volume in 2022-now, American Society of Genealogists publishes the most Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research, followed by University of Cambridge and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
American Society of GenealogistsUnited States
51 works
- 2
University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
12 works
- 3
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustUnited Kingdom
6 works
- 4
Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States
6 works
- 5
National Research CouncilItaly
5 works
- 6
Sam Houston State UniversityUnited States
5 works
- 7
Cairo University
Egypt
5 works
- 8
University of BresciaItaly
4 works
- 9
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France
4 works
- 10
Association of British OrchestrasUnited Kingdom
4 works
Who are the leading researchers in Spreadsheets and End-User Computing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Spreadsheets and End-User Computing include Thomas L. Saaty, Eric R. Ziegel and Qiang Yang.
- 1
Thomas L. Saaty
United States
122k citations
- 2
Eric R. Ziegel
Germany
111k citations
- 3
Qiang Yang
China
106k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research done?
The largest centres of Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research in 2022-now are Sharon (United States), London (United Kingdom), Ipswich (United Kingdom) and Pittsburgh (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sharon.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
SharonUnited States
51 works
- 2
LondonUnited Kingdom
18 works
- 3
IpswichUnited Kingdom
11 works
- 4
PittsburghUnited States
8 works
- 5
BeijingChina
8 works
- 6
New YorkUnited States
7 works
- 7
BostonUnited States
7 works
- 8
Los AngelesUnited States
7 works
- 9
PisaItaly
6 works
- 10
Singapore
Singapore
6 works
Where it is the local speciality
- SharonUS · 50.7 works617×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spreadsheets and End-User Computing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Spreadsheets and End-User Computing?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom |
10.0 | 3.8% | 14.1× | 12 | +142.8% |
Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Spreadsheets and End-User Computing, country by countryIs Spreadsheets and End-User Computing research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Spreadsheets and End-User Computing.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Spreadsheets and End-User Computing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.
Fractional works of Spreadsheets and End-User Computing over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
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.
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