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60
Citations
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Bertrand Meyer publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bertrand Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 418 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Bertrand Meyer D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bertrand Meyer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to software engineering and programming languages.
  • 2006 - ACM Software System Award For designing and developing the Eiffel programming language, method and environment, embodying the Design by Contract approach to software development and other features that facilitate the construction of reliable, extendible and efficient software.

Overview

Bertrand Meyer is affiliated with the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology in Switzerland and is active in fields related to computer science, particularly software engineering and related disciplines. Their work spans several subfields of study, including software, information systems, artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, and computational theory and mathematics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of software engineering research, software testing and debugging techniques, logic, programming, and type systems, advanced software engineering methodologies, software reliability and analysis research, formal methods in verification, and service-oriented architecture and web services.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Formal Aspects of Computing
  • SN Computer Science
  • ACM Computing Surveys
  • Software Testing Verification and Reliability

Selected recent papers involving or authored by Bertrand Meyer are:

  • "The Concept of Class Invariant in Object-oriented Programming," 2024, Formal Aspects of Computing
  • "The Role of Formalism in System Requirements," 2021, ACM Computing Surveys

Other recent papers related to Meyer's frequent collaborators include:

  • "A failed proof can yield a useful test," 2023, Software Testing Verification and Reliability
  • "Seeding Contradiction: a Fast Method for Generating Full-Coverage Test Suites," 2024, SN Computer Science
  • "Special Issue on New Paradigms of Software Production and Deployment," 2022, SN Computer Science

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jean-Michel Bruel
  • Sophie Ebersold
  • Manuel Oriol
  • Li Huang
  • Alexandr Naumchev

Bertrand Meyer has also contributed to published books in collaboration with Springer Science+Business Media, including:

  • Software Engineering Aspects of Continuous Development and New Paradigms of Software Production and Deployment (2020)
  • Frontiers in Software Engineering Education (2023)

Recognition for their contributions includes the following awards:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2011)
  • ACM Fellow (2008), for contributions to software engineering and programming languages
  • ACM Software System Award (2006), for designing and developing the Eiffel programming language, method, and environment, incorporating the Design by Contract approach to software development

Best Publications

  • Object-Oriented Software Construction

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Applying 'design by contract'

    B. Meyer

  • Eiffel: The Language

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd Edition

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Reusability: the case for object-oriented design

    B. Meyer

  • Object-oriented software construction (2nd ed.)

    Bertrand Meyer

  • On Formalism in Specifications

    B. Meyer

  • Design by contract: the lessons of Ariane

    J.-M. Jazequel;B. Meyer

  • Automated fixing of programs with contracts

    Yi Wei;Yu Pei;Carlo A. Furia;Lucas S. Silva

  • Reusable software: the Base object-oriented component libraries

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Introduction to the theory of programming languages

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Systematic concurrent object-oriented programming

    Bertrand Meyer

  • The grand challenge of trusted components

    Bertrand Meyer

  • ARTOO: adaptive random testing for object-oriented software

    Ilinca Ciupa;Andreas Leitner;Manuel Oriol;Bertrand Meyer

  • Genericity versus inheritance

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Agile!

    Unknown

  • Lessons from the design of the Eiffel libraries

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Eiffel: a language and environment for software engineering

    Bertrand Meyer

  • Generating Fixes from Object Behavior Anomalies

    Valentin Dallmeier;Andreas Zeller;Bertrand Meyer

  • Automated Fixing of Programs with Contracts

    Yu Pei;Carlo A. Furia;Martin Nordio;Yi Wei

  • The unspoken revolution in software engineering

    B. Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Mazzara
Manuel Mazzara ETH Zurich
Alexander Pretschner
Alexander Pretschner Technical University of Munich
Elisabetta Di Nitto
Elisabetta Di Nitto Polytechnic University of Milan
Andreas Zeller
Andreas Zeller Saarland University
Cristiano Calcagno
Cristiano Calcagno Imperial College London
Peter Müller
Peter Müller ETH Zurich
Carlo Ghezzi
Carlo Ghezzi Polytechnic University of Milan
Yuri Gurevich
Yuri Gurevich University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Patrick Eugster
Patrick Eugster Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Mark Guzdial
Mark Guzdial University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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