2026 Timothy C. Lethbridge: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	36	11050	10738	439	420	188	7917

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Timothy C. Lethbridge is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research spans primarily the field of Computer Science, with additional work in Decision Sciences and Engineering. The subfields of Lethbridge's expertise include Software, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The main topics of their research encompass Software Engineering Research, Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy, Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies, Risk and Safety Analysis, Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques, Software Reliability and Analysis Research, and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices.

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

Alvine Boaye Belle
Oluwafemi Odu
Song Wang
Sègla Kpodjedo
Kimya Khakzad Shahandashti

Lethbridge has published in various venues, notably:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Science of Computer Programming
Information and Software Technology
Software & Systems Modeling
IEEE Access

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lethbridge and associates include:

Umple: Model-driven development for open source and education, 2021, Science of Computer Programming
Characterizing UX Evaluation in Software Modeling Tools: A Literature Review, 2022, IEEE Access
A PRISMA-driven systematic mapping study on system assurance weakeners, 2024, Information and Software Technology
Requirements for modelling tools for teaching, 2024, Software & Systems Modeling
The Evolution of Software Design Practices Over a Decade: A Long Term Study of Practitioners, 2021, The Journal of Object Technology

Lethbridge was awarded ACM Senior Member status in 2019.

Best Publications

Studying Software Engineers: Data Collection Techniques for Software Field Studies

Timothy C. Lethbridge;Susan Elliott Sim;Janice Singer

721
Citations
How software engineers use documentation: the state of the practice

T.C. Lethbridge;J. Singer;A. Forward

485
Citations
Experiments with clustering as a software remodularization method

N. Anquetil;T.C. Lethbridge

481
Citations
Object-oriented Software Engineering

Timothy Lethbridge;Robert Laganiere

444
Citations
An examination of software engineering work practices

Janice Singer;Timothy Lethbridge;Norman Vinson;Nicolas Anquetil

435
Citations
What knowledge is important to a software professional

T.C. Lethbridge

388
Citations
The relevance of software documentation, tools and technologies: a survey

Andrew Forward;Timothy C. Lethbridge

387
Citations
Improving software practice through education: Challenges and future trends

T.C. Lethbridge;J. Diaz-Herrera;R.J. LeBlanc;J.B. Thompson

217
Citations
Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Practical Software Development Using UML and Java

Timothy Lethbridge;Robert Laganiere

201
Citations
A survey of trace exploration tools and techniques

Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj;Timothy C. Lethbridge

199
Citations
Summarizing the Content of Large Traces to Facilitate the Understanding of the Behaviour of a Software System

A. Hamou-Lhadj;T. Lethbridge

189
Citations
Software Engineering Data Collection for Field Studies

Janice Singer;Susan Elliott Sim;Timothy C. Lethbridge

164
Citations
Recovering software architecture from the names of source files

Nicolas Anquetil;Timothy C. Lethbridge;Timothy C. Lethbridge

160
Citations
Extracting concepts from file names: a new file clustering criterion

Nicolas Anquetil;Timothy Lethbridge

158
Citations
Assessing the relevance of identifier names in a legacy software system

Nicolas Anquetil;Timothy Lethbridge

148
Citations
Problems and opportunities for model-centric versus code-centric software development: a survey of software professionals

Andrew Forward;Timothy C. Lethbridge

136
Citations
Evaluating individual contribution toward group software engineering projects

Jane Huffman Hayes;Timothy C. Lethbridge;Daniel Port

120
Citations
A survey of the relevance of computer science and software engineering education

T.C. Lethbridge

118
Citations
Recovering behavioral design models from execution traces

A. Hamou-Lhadj;E. Braun;D. Amyot;T. Lethbridge

114
Citations
Mining the maintenance history of a legacy software system

Jelber Sayyad Shirabad;T.C. Lethbridge;S. Matwin

114
Citations
Priorities for the education and training of software engineers

Timothy C. Lethbridge

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stan Matwin Dalhousie University

Daniel Amyot University of Ottawa

Colin Ware University of New Hampshire

Holger Giese Hasso Plattner Institute

Betty H. C. Cheng Michigan State University

Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria

Jane Huffman Hayes University of Kentucky

Pradip K. Srimani Clemson University

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