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47
Citations
36697
World Ranking
4712
National Ranking
1345

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design science and software engineering
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alan R. Hevner is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Business, Management and Accounting, Computer Science, and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Management Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Computer Science Applications.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics like Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Open Source Software Innovations, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, and Persona Design and Applications.

Recent papers by Alan R. Hevner include:

  • Envisioning entrepreneurship and digital innovation through a design science research lens: A matrix approach, 2020, Information & Management
  • Research Challenges for the Design of Human-Artificial Intelligence Systems (HAIS), 2022, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems

Additional relevant papers in their network of frequent coauthors and similar research areas include:

  • Special Issue Editorial - Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space, 2020, Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  • Advancing a NeuroIS research agenda with four areas of societal contributions, 2020, European Journal of Information Systems
  • Design Science Research Modes in Human-Computer Interaction Projects, 2021, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction

Alan R. Hevner has collaborated often with researchers such as Jan vom Brocke, Alexander Maedche, Veda C. Storey, Andreas Drechsler, and Robert Winter.

Frequent venues for publication include:

  • Journal of the Association for Information Systems
  • European Journal of Information Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Journal of Information Technology
  • Information & Management

Their book publications include:

  • Design Science Research. Cases, published by Springer International Publishing in 2020
  • The Transdisciplinary Reach of Design Science Research, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022

Awards received by Alan R. Hevner are:

  • IEEE Fellow, 2020, for contributions to design science and software engineering
  • Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011

Best Publications

  • Design science in information systems research

    Alan R. Hevner;Salvatore T. March;Jinsoo Park;Sudha Ram

  • Positioning and presenting design science research for maximum impact

    Shirley Gregor;Alan R. Hevner

  • Design Science Research in Information Systems

    Alan Hevner;Samir Chatterjee

  • A Three Cycle View of Design Science Research

    Alan R. Hevner

  • Design Research in Information Systems

    Alan Hevner;Samir Chatterjee

  • Design Research in Information Systems: Theory and Practice

    Alan Hevner;Samir Chatterjee

  • Design Science Research Contributions: Finding a Balance between Artifact and Theory

    Richard L. Baskerville;Richard L. Baskerville;Abayomi Baiyere;Shirley Gregor;Alan R. Hevner

  • Integrated decision support systems: A data warehousing perspective

    Salvatore T. March;Alan R. Hevner

  • The category concept: an extension to the entity-relationship model

    R. Elmasri;J. Weeldreyer;A. Hevner

  • Optimization algorithms for distributed queries

    P M G Apers;A R Hevner;S B Yao

  • Query Processing in Distributed Database System

    A.R. Hevner;S.B. Yao

  • Design Science Research

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  • Special Issue Editorial – Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space

    Jan vom Brocke;Robert Winter;Alan R. Hevner;Alexander Maedche

  • Research Commentary: An Agenda for Information Technology Research in Heterogeneous and Distributed Environments

    Salvatore March;Alan Hevner;Sudha Ram

  • Control of Flexible Software Development Under Uncertainty

    Michael L. Harris;Rosann Webb Collins;Alan R. Hevner

  • Towards a NeuroIS Research Methodology: Intensifying the Discussion on Methods, Tools, and Measurement

    René Riedl;Fred D. Davis;Alan R. Hevner

  • A Fitness-Utility Model for Design Science Research

    T. Grandon Gill;Alan R. Hevner

  • Principles of Information Systems Analysis and Design

    Harlan D. Mills;Richard C. Linger;Alan R. Hevner

  • The information systems research cycle

    A.R. Hevner;S.T. March

  • The Sciences of Design: Observations on an Emerging Field

    Sandeep Purao;Carliss Y. Baldwin;Alan R. Hevner;Veda C. Storey

  • Using function abstraction to understand program behavior

    P.A. Hausler;M.G. Pleszkoch;R.C. Linger;A.R. Hevner

  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing

    A.R. Hevner;D. Zhang;J.L. Zhao

  • FORMANAGER: an office forms management system

    S. Bing Yao;Alan R. Hevner;Zhongzhi Shi;Dawei Luo

  • The Catch data warehouse: support for community health care decision-making

    Donald J. Berndt;Alan R. Hevner;James Studnicki

  • Reviewing software diagrams: a cognitive study

    B.C. Hungerford;A.R. Hevner;R.W. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Shirley Gregor
Shirley Gregor Australian National University
Jan vom Brocke
Jan vom Brocke University of Münster
Alexander Maedche
Alexander Maedche Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Pär J. Ågerfalk
Pär J. Ågerfalk Uppsala University
Richard L. Baskerville
Richard L. Baskerville Georgia State University
Robert Winter
Robert Winter University of St. Gallen
Jan Pries-Heje
Jan Pries-Heje Roskilde University
Ping Zhang
Ping Zhang Syracuse University
Eric K. Clemons
Eric K. Clemons University of Pennsylvania
Kalle Lyytinen
Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University

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