2026 Tony Gorschek: 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	49	5941	5773	40	40	191	8575

Overview

Tony Gorschek is affiliated with the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, with a primary research focus in Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Information Systems, Software, Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research covers several main topics:

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Software Engineering Research
Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Information and Cyber Security
Big Data and Business Intelligence
Open Source Software Innovations
Software System Performance and Reliability

Tony Gorschek has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Systems and Software
Information and Software Technology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Requirements Engineering

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by them cover a range of topics in software development and engineering. Examples include:

Software Startups -- A Research Agenda (2023), published in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
The state-of-practice in requirements specification: an extended interview study at 12 companies (2023), published in Requirements Engineering
Towards cost-benefit evaluation for continuous software engineering activities (2022), published in Empirical Software Engineering
The perspective of Brazilian software developers on data privacy (2022), published in Journal of Systems and Software
The role of knowledge-based resources in Agile Software Development contexts (2022), published in Journal of Systems and Software

The scientist has also contributed to book publications such as Requirements Engineering for Safety-Critical Systems (2022), released by River Publishers eBooks.

Among their frequent co-authors are:

Daniel Méndez
Niklas Lavesson
Eriks Klotins
Krzysztof Wnuk
Emil Alégroth

Best Publications

Software development in startup companies: A systematic mapping study

Nicolò Paternoster;Carmine Giardino;Michael Unterkalmsteiner;Tony Gorschek

551
Citations
Empirical evidence in global software engineering: a systematic review

Darja Šmite;Claes Wohlin;Tony Gorschek;Robert Feldt

472
Citations
A Model for Technology Transfer in Practice

T. Gorschek;C. Wohlin;P. Carre;S. Larsson

465
Citations
Evaluation and Measurement of Software Process Improvement—A Systematic Literature Review

M. Unterkalmsteiner;T. Gorschek;A. K. M. M. Islam;Chow Kian Cheng

401
Citations
A method for evaluating rigor and industrial relevance of technology evaluations

Martin Ivarsson;Tony Gorschek

384
Citations
Requirements Abstraction Model

Tony Gorschek;Claes Wohlin

310
Citations
Software Development in Startup Companies: The Greenfield Startup Model

Carmine Giardino;Nicolo Paternoster;Michael Unterkalmsteiner;Tony Gorschek

254
Citations
A systematic review on strategic release planning models

Mikael Svahnberg;Tony Gorschek;Robert Feldt;Richard Torkar

242
Citations
What Do We Know about Software Development in Startups

Carmine Giardino;Michael Unterkalmsteiner;Nicolo Paternoster;Tony Gorschek

207
Citations
The impact of agile principles on market‐driven software product development

Nina Dzamashvili Fogelström;Tony Gorschek;Mikael Svahnberg;Peo Olsson

189
Citations
A practitioner's guide to light weight software process assessment and improvement planning

F. Pettersson;M. Ivarsson;T. Gorschek;P. Öhman

175
Citations
The Success Factors Powering Industry-Academia Collaboration

Claes Wohlin;A. Aurum;L. Angelis;L. Phillips

174
Citations
Software Startups - A Research Agenda

Michael Unterkalmsteiner;Pekka Kalevi Abrahamsson;Xiaofeng Wang;Anh Nguyen-Duc

153
Citations
Challenges and practices in aligning requirements with verification and validation: a case study of six companies

Elizabeth Bjarnason;Per Runeson;Markus Borg;Michael Unterkalmsteiner

146
Citations
The software value map — an exhaustive collection of value aspects for the development of software intensive products

Mahvish Khurum;Tony Gorschek;Magnus Wilson

139
Citations
Software quality attributes and trade-offs

Patrik Berander;Lars-Ola Damm;Jeanette Eriksson;Tony Gorschek

139
Citations
A study of value in agile software development organizations

Hiva Alahyari;Richard Berntsson Svensson;Tony Gorschek

133
Citations
Prioritization of quality requirements: State of practice in eleven companies

Richard Berntsson Svensson;Tony Gorschek;Bjorn Regnell;Richard Torkar

128
Citations
Requirements engineering: In search of the dependent variables

Tony Gorschek;Alan M. Davis

126
Citations
Quality Requirements in Industrial Practice—An Extended Interview Study at Eleven Companies

Richard Berntsson Svensson;T. Gorschek;B. Regnell;R. Torkar

121
Citations
Technology transfer decision support in requirements engineering research: a systematic review of REj

Martin Ivarsson;Tony Gorschek

118
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Feldt Chalmers University of Technology

Claes Wohlin Blekinge Institute of Technology

Richard Torkar University of Gothenburg

Björn Regnell Lund University

Kai Petersen Blekinge Institute of Technology

Pekka Abrahamsson Tampere University

Lefteris Angelis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Aybüke Aurum University of New South Wales

Per Runeson Lund University

Markku Oivo University of Oulu

External Links

Personal website of Tony Gorschek Google Scholar page

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