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Brian Fitzgerald

Brian Fitzgerald

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Computer Science
Ireland
2026
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Ireland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
17793
World Ranking
2869
National Ranking
6

Brian Fitzgerald 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 Brian Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 352 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian Fitzgerald 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 Brian Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Overview

Brian Fitzgerald is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland and has a research profile focused on computer science, with a significant emphasis on information systems. Their work spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, general health professions, communication, and information systems and management.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas prominently featuring software engineering techniques and practices, COVID-19 digital contact tracing, mobile health and mHealth applications, privacy, security, and data protection, software engineering research, open source software innovations, and knowledge management and sharing.

Recent publications by Brian Fitzgerald include:

  • "A national survey of attitudes to COVID-19 digital contact tracing in the Republic of Ireland" (2020, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -))
  • "Best Practice Guidance for Digital Contact Tracing Apps: A Cross-disciplinary Review of the Literature" (2021, JMIR mhealth and uhealth)
  • "Sentiment analysis of user feedback on the HSE's Covid-19 contact tracing app" (2021, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -))
  • "Managing Episodic Volunteers in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Communities" (2020, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering)
  • "Taxonomy of centralization in public blockchain systems: A systematic literature review" (2021, Information Processing & Management)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian Fitzgerald include:

  • Jim Buckley
  • Tapajit Dey
  • Kevin Johnson
  • John G. Laffey
  • Bairbre McNicholas

Brian Fitzgerald's work has appeared in several publication venues multiple times, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Software

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Brian Fitzgerald was awarded the title of Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The transformation of open source software

    Brian Fitzgerald

  • Understanding open source software development

    Joseph Feller;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Continuous software engineering: A roadmap and agenda

    Brian Fitzgerald;Klaas-Jan Stol

  • Outsourcing to an unknown workforce: exploring opensourcing as a global sourcing strategy

    Pär J. Ågerfalk;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Customising agile methods to software practices at Intel Shannon

    Brian Fitzgerald;Gerard Hartnett;Kieran Conboy

  • Grounded theory in software engineering research: a critical review and guidelines

    Klaas-Jan Stol;Paul Ralph;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software

    Joseph Feller;Brian Fitzgerald;Scott A. Hissam;Karim R. Lakhani

  • A framework analysis of the open source software development paradigm

    Joseph Feller;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Toward a conceptual framework of agile methods: a study of agility in different disciplines

    Kieran Conboy;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Global Software Development Challenges: A Case Study on Temporal, Geographical and Socio-Cultural Distance

    H. Holmstrom;E.O. Conchuir;P.J. Agerfalk;B. Fitzgerald

  • An empirical investigation into the adoption of systems development methodologies

    Brian Fitzgerald

  • Agile practices reduce distance in global software development

    Helena Holmström;Brian Fitzgerald;Pär J. Ågerfalk;Eoin Ó. Conchúir

  • The use of systems development methodologies in practice: a field study

    Brian Fitzgerald

  • Continuous software engineering and beyond: trends and challenges

    Brian Fitzgerald;Klaas-Jan Stol

  • A framework for considering opportunities and threats in distributed software development

    Par J. Agerfalk;Brian Fitzgerald;Helena Holmstrom Olsson;Brian Lings

  • Formalized systems development methodologies: a critical perspective

    Brian Fitzgerald

  • Software development method tailoring at Motorola

    Brian Fitzgerald;Nancy L. Russo;Tom O'Kane

  • The ABC of Software Engineering Research

    Klaas-Jan Stol;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Global software development: where are the benefits?

    Eoin Ó Conchúir;Pär J. Ågerfalk;Helena H. Olsson;Brian Fitzgerald

  • Understanding Free/Open Source Software Development Processes

    Walt Scacchi;Joseph Feller;Brian Fitzgerald;Scott A. Hissam

  • Two's company, three's a crowd: a case study of crowdsourcing software development

    Klaas-Jan Stol;Brian Fitzgerald

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaas-Jan Stol
Klaas-Jan Stol University College Cork
Pär J. Ågerfalk
Pär J. Ågerfalk Uppsala University
Walt Scacchi
Walt Scacchi University of California, Irvine
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani Harvard University
Kieran Conboy
Kieran Conboy University of Galway
Helena Holmström Olsson
Helena Holmström Olsson Malmö University
Ita Richardson
Ita Richardson University of Limerick
Jan Bosch
Jan Bosch Chalmers University of Technology
John G. Laffey
John G. Laffey University of Galway
Colin Boyd
Colin Boyd Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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