Publications:

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• For journals, the Thomson Scientific ISI/SCI impact factors are indicated where available. The Australia Computing Research and Education (CORE) journal rankings (A, B, Unranked) are provided where available (these are mostly computer science journals. Also, the National Univ. of Singapore rankings (premium, leading, reputable, recognized/other) and the Red Jasper (Hong Kong Univ.) rankings are provided where available.

Ø To provide an approximate scale for understanding the given ISI/SCI impact factors, the impact factor in 2003 for IEEE Trans. on SW Eng. was 1.730, and for IEEE Software was 1.106.

Ø NOTE: occasionally, where appropriate, the journal rankings of the Australasian Assocation of Information Systems (AAIS) are provided (Tier1, Tier2, recognized/other).

Ø NOTE: some journals that are no longer published pre-date some of the ranking schemes, and therefore are unranked in some of those later schemes. Sometimes the journal has morphed to a new form and the new form is rated. Some newer journals are also possibly unrated due to their youth. Some regional journals are presumably not rated due to their regional nature. Some journals in niche research areas might end up being unrated due to the small number of researchers working in the field.

• Conference acceptance rates are indicated where they are available. The Australia Conf. ranking is provided where available(A+,A,B,C). Also, the National Univ. of Singapore ranking is provided where available.

Ø In some cases full papers had lower acceptance rates than full+short taken together. In these cases, the appropriate acceptance rate for each paper was indicated.

• “In final preparation” means there is a draft that has been gone over many times and is close to submission. Articles in earlier states are not listed.
• My current and former PhD Students’ (including those already graduated) names shown in Purple.
• My current and former MS Thesis students’ (including those already graduated) names shown in Red.
• My name (Etzkorn) shown in Bold.

Peer Reviewed Articles in International Journals

SUBMITTED OR IN FINAL PREPARATION

1. Carpenter, Sandra L., Delugach, Harry S., Etzkorn, Letha H., Farrington, Phillip A., Fortune, Julie L., Utley, Dawn R., Virani, Shamsnaz S., “The Effect of Shared Concepts on Student Team Performance: The Devil IS in the Details,” in final preparation.

2. Raley, Maureen, Hughes, William E., Etzkorn, Letha H., “Assessing Inventory Instability and Upgrade Progress in Widely Distributed Systems Maintenance Projects,” submitted to MIS Quarterly (submitted April 10, 2008).

3. Eichelkraut, C., and Etzkorn, L.,”A Fault Tolerant Solution to Geographically Distributed Control Systems using a Mobile Agent Approach,” submitted to Advances in Engineering Software (submitted January 7, 2008).

4. Stein, C., Etzkorn,L., Gholston, S., Farrington, P., Utley, D., Cox, G., and Fortune, J., “An Evaluation of Semantic Metrics for Object-Oriented Software,” submitted to Applied Artificial Intelligence (submitted April 20, 2005).

Peer Reviewed Articles in International Journals
PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED
	Publisher and/or Affiliation	Journal Impact and Ranking Information (where available)
1. Vinz, B.L, and Etzkorn,L.H.,“Improving Program Comprehension by Combining Code Understanding with Comment Understanding,” Knowledge-Based Systems, in press.	Elsevier	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Artificial Intelligence #59); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: reputable; ISI/SCI impact factor (2003) 0.825, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.576.
2. Cox, G., Hughes, William E., Etzkorn, Letha H., and Weisskopf, Mary E., “"Predicting Computer Science PhD Completion: A Case Study,” IEEE Transactions on Education, accepted.	IEEE Education Society	Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (IEEE journals #93), ISI/SCI impact factor (2005) 0.644, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.362
3. Olague, Hector M., Etzkorn, Letha H., Messimer, Sherri L., and Delugach, Harry, “An Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Class Complexity Metrics and Their Ability to Predict Error-Prone Classes in Highly Iterative, or Agile, Software,” Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution, Vol. 20, Issue 3, May/June 2008, pp. 171-197.	Wiley InterScience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: B, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Software Engineering #49); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.636
4. Yao, Haining, Etzkorn, L., and Virani, S., “Automated Classification and Retrieval of Reusable Software Components,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(4), February, 2008, pp.613-627.	Wiley Interscience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07):( Information Science #21), Singapore ranking: leading, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 1.555
5. Funkhouser, O., Etzkorn, L., and Hughes, W.E., “A Lightweight Approach to Software Validation By Comparing UML Use Cases with Internal Program Documentation Selected Via Call Graphs," Software Quality Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, March, 2008, pp. 131-156.	Springer	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: Unranked, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Software Engineering #56); Singapore ranking: reputable, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.4
6. Carter, Donna M, Aygun, Ramazan, Cox, Glenn, Weisskopf, Mary Ellen, Etzkorn, Letha, “The Effect of Uncontrolled Concurrency on Model Checking,” Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in press.	Wiley Interscience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.704
7. Gall, C. (Stein), Lukins, S., Etzkorn, L., Gholston, S., Farrington, P., Utley, D., Fortune, J., and Virani, S., “Semantic Software Metrics Computed from Natural Language Design Specifications,” IET Software (formerly IEE Proceedings Software), Vol. 2, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 17-26.	IET (Institute for Engineering and Technology), the professional institution for engineering and technology in the UK	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: Unranked, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Software Engineering #43), Singapore ranking: leading, ISI/SCI impact factor (2004) 0.466
8. Olague, H., Etzkorn, L., Gholston, S., and Quattlebaum, S., “Empirical Validation of Three Software Metrics Suites to Predict Fault-Proneness of Object-Oriented Classes Developed Using Highly Iterative or Agile Software Development Processes,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 6, June, 2007, pp. 402-419.	IEEE Computer Society	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A+, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Software Engineering #7, IEEE Journals #19, Engineering Electrical and Electronic #24); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: premium, ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 2.132
9. Dabney, Richard, Etzkorn, Letha, and Cox, Glenn, “A Fault-Tolerant Approach to Test Control Utilizing Dual Redundant Processors,” Advances in Engineering Software,Vol. 39, No. 5, May 2008, pp. 371-383.	Elsevier	Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #55, CS Interdisciplinary Applications #61); Singapore ranking: reputable; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.431.
10. Carpenter, Sandra L., Delugach, Harry S., Etzkorn, Letha H., Farrington, Phillip A., Fortune, Julie L., Utley, Dawn R., Virani, Shamsnaz S., “A Knowledge-Modeling Approach to Evaluating Student Essays in Engineering Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education,Vol. 96, No. 3, July, 2007, pp.227-238. · selected as one of two papers from the Journal of Engineering Education in year 2007 to be included in the Annals of Research in Engineering Education, 2008	American Society for Engineering Education	Listed as one of the core journals in the field of Advanced Learning Technologies by the TENCompetence Project; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.304
11. Cox, Glenn W., Gholston, Sampson E., Utley, Dawn, Etzkorn, Letha, Stein, Cara, Farrington, Philip, Fortune, Julie, “Empirical Validation of the RCDC and RCDE Semantic Complexity Metrics for Object-Oriented Software,” Journal of Computing and Information Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2007, pp. 1-10.	University Computing Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
12. Orme, Anthony M., and Etzkorn, Letha,” A Parallel Methodology for Reduction of Coupling in Distributed Business-to-Business E-Commerce Transactions,” Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Vol. 5, No 3, July-September, 2007, pp. 52-67.	Publication of the Information Resources Management Association, Idea Group Publishing
13. Orme, A., Yao, H., and Etzkorn, L., “Indicating Ontology Data Quality, Stability, and Completeness Throughout Ontology Evolution,” Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution, Vol. 19, Issue 1, January/February 2007, pp. 49-75.	Wiley InterScience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: B, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Software Engineering #49); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.636
14. Orme, Anthony Mark, Yao, Haining, Etzkorn, Letha, “Complexity Metrics for Ontology Based Information,” International Journal of Technology Management, accepted.	Inderscience Publishers	Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Engineering Multidisciplinary #53, Operations Research and Management Science #35, Management #59); Singapore ranking: recognized/other; ISI/SCI impact factor (2003) 0.266
15. Stein, Cara, Letha Etzkorn, Sampson Gholston, Phillip Farrington, Julie Fortune. "A Knowledge-Based Cohesion Metric for Object-Oriented Software," INFOCOMP Journal of Computer Science, vol. 5, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 44-53.	Department Of Computer Science, Federal University of Lavras, (UFLA) Brazil
16. Yao, Haining, and Etzkorn, Letha, “Automated Conversion Between Different Knowledge Representation Formats,” Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 19, Issue 6, Oct. 2006, pp. 404-412.	Elsevier	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A, Red Jasper Ranking (3/27/07): (Artificial Intelligence #59); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: reputable; ISI/SCI impact factor (2003) 0.825
17. Olague, Hector M., Etzkorn, Letha H, Li, Wei, and Cox, Glenn, “Assessing Design Instability in Iterative (Agile) Object-Oriented Projects," Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution, Vol. 18, Issue 4, July/August 2006, pp.237-266	Wiley InterScience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: B, Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #49); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.636.
18. Cox, Glenn, Etzkorn, Letha, and Hughes, William E., “Cohesion Metric for Object-Oriented Systems Based on Semantic Closeness from Disambiguity,” Applied Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 20, No. 5, May-June, 2006, pp. 419-436.	Taylor & Francis	Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Artificial Intelligence #55); Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2003) 0.789
19. Orme, Anthony M., Yao, Haining, and Etzkorn, Letha, “Coupling Metrics for Ontology-Based Systems,” IEEE Software, Vol. 23, No. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 102-108.	IEEE Computer Society	Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #19, IEEE Journals #36); ISI/SCI impact factor ( 2005) 1.333
20. Shatnawi, Raed, Etzkorn, Letha, and Hughes, W.E., “Comparing Object-Oriented Languages Using Design Patterns,” International Journal of Computers and Applications, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2005, pp. 228-236.	ACTA Press	This journal is a merge of 3 earlier journals: Int. Journal of Mini and Microcomputers (first published in 1979): Singapore ranking: recognized/other; Int. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems; and Journal of Microcomputer Applications: Singapore ranking: leading, ISI/SCI impact factor (1994) 0.123
21. Stein, C., Cox, G., Etzkorn,L., Gholston, S., Virani, S., Farrington, P., Utley, D., Fortune, J., “Exploring the Relationship Between Cohesion and Complexity,” Journal of Computer Science, 1(2), 2005, pp. 137-144.	Science Publications
22. Yao, Haining, Orme, Anthony M., Etzkorn, Letha, “Cohesion Metrics for Ontology Design and Application,” Journal of Computer Science, 1(1), 2005, pp. 107-113.	Science Publications
23. Etzkorn, Letha, Gholston, Sampson E., Fortune, Julie L., Stein, Cara E., Utley, Dawn, Farrington, P.A., and Cox, G.W., “A Comparison of Cohesion Metrics for Object-Oriented Systems,” Information and Software Technology, Vol. 46, Issue 10, August 2004, pp. 677-687.	Elsevier	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: B, Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #50, CS Information Systems #54); Singapore ranking: reputable; ISI/SCI impact factor (2003) 0.632
24. Naji, Hamid R., Wells, B. Earl, Etzkorn, Letha, “Creating An Adaptive Embedded System by Applying Multi Agent Techniques to Reconfigurable Hardware,” Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 20, Issue 6, August 2004, Pages 1055-1081.	Elsevier	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: A, Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (CS Theory and Methods #60); Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2005) 0.555
25. Naji, Hamid R., Etzkorn, Letha, Wells, B. Earl “Applying MultiAgent Techniques to Reconfigurable Systems,” Advances in Engineering Software, Volume 35, Issue 7, July 2004, Pages 401-413.	Elsevier	Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #55, CS Interdisciplinary Applications #61); Singapore ranking: reputable; ISI/SCI impact factor (2006) 0.431.
26. Etzkorn, L.H., Gholston, S., Weisskopf, M.E., “A Study of Student Performance in Combined Courses,” Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol 15 (2), July, 2004.	Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG) of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: Unranked, AAIS Ranking: recognized/other
27. Etzkorn, Letha, Gholston, Sampson, and Hughes,William E., Jr., "A Semantic Entropy Metric," Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution , Vol. 14, Issue 4, July/August, 2002, pp. 293-310.	Wiley InterScience	2007 Australia CORE Ranking: B, Red Jasper Ranking(3/27/07): (Software Engineering #49); AAIS ranking: 2^nd tier; Singapore ranking: leading; ISI/SCI impact factor (2002) 0.722.