| The goal question metric approach VRBG Caldiera, HD Rombach Encyclopedia of software engineering, 528-532, 1994 | 6650* | 1994 |
| A validation of object-oriented design metrics as quality indicators VR Basili, LC Briand, WL Melo IEEE Transactions on software engineering 22 (10), 751-761, 1996 | 2640 | 1996 |
| Iterative and incremental developments. a brief history C Larman, VR Basili Computer 36 (6), 47-56, 2003 | 2322 | 2003 |
| The TAME project: Towards improvement-oriented software environments VR Basili, HD Rombach IEEE Transactions on software engineering 14 (6), 758-773, 1988 | 2164 | 1988 |
| A methodology for collecting valid software engineering data VR Basili, DM Weiss IEEE Transactions on software engineering, 728-738, 1984 | 1774 | 1984 |
| Software defect reduction top 10 list B Boehm, VR Basili Software engineering: Barry W. Boehm's lifetime contributions to software …, 2007 | 1484 | 2007 |
| Building knowledge through families of experiments VR Basili, F Shull, F Lanubile IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 25 (4), 456-473, 1999 | 1152 | 1999 |
| Property-based software engineering measurement LC Briand, S Morasca, VR Basili IEEE transactions on software Engineering 22 (1), 68-86, 1996 | 1142 | 1996 |
| Experimentation in software engineering VR Basili, RW Selby, DH Hutchens IEEE Transactions on software engineering, 733-743, 1986 | 1035 | 1986 |
| Software errors and complexity: an empirical investigation0 VR Basili, BT Perricone Communications of the ACM 27 (1), 42-52, 1984 | 1020 | 1984 |
| Comparing the effectiveness of software testing strategies VR Basili, RW Selby IEEE transactions on software engineering, 1278-1296, 1987 | 813 | 1987 |
| The empirical investigation of perspective-based reading VR Basili, S Green, O Laitenberger, F Lanubile, F Shull, S Sørumgård, ... Empirical software engineering 1, 133-164, 1996 | 730 | 1996 |
| Comparing detection methods for software requirements inspections: A replicated experiment AA Porter, LG Votta, VR Basili IEEE Transactions on software Engineering 21 (6), 563-575, 1995 | 654 | 1995 |
| Iterative enhancement: A practical technique for software development VR Basil, AJ Turner IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 390-396, 1975 | 595 | 1975 |
| The influence of organizational structure on software quality: an empirical case study N Nagappan, B Murphy, V Basili Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Software engineering …, 2008 | 555 | 2008 |
| Software modeling and measurement: the goal/question VR Basili Metric paradigm, 1992 | 550 | 1992 |
| Identifying and qualifying reusable software components G Caldiera, VR Basili Computer 24 (2), 61-70, 1991 | 535 | 1991 |
| Goal question metric (gqm) approach R Van Solingen, V Basili, G Caldiera, HD Rombach Encyclopedia of software engineering, 2002 | 522 | 2002 |
| The role of experimentation in software engineering: past, current, and future VR Basili Proceedings of IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Engineering …, 1996 | 498 | 1996 |
| Empirical findings in agile methods M Lindvall, V Basili, B Boehm, P Costa, K Dangle, F Shull, R Tesoriero, ... Extreme Programming and Agile Methods—XP/Agile Universe 2002: Second XP …, 2002 | 491 | 2002 |