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The 250 most-cited works in the encyclopedia — the sources this project leans on hardest, and as close as it has to a reading list.

#CitedAuthorYearWork
148Lane, Saunders Mac1998Categories for the Working Mathematician
247Beyer, Betsy; Jones; Chris, et al.2016Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
342Norman, Donald A.2013The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
428Shannon, Claude E.1948A Mathematical Theory of Communication
528Strogatz, Steven H.1994Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
627Hastie, Trevor; Tibshirani, Robert; Friedman, Jerome2009The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
726Gamma, E.; Helm; Johnson, et al.1994Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
826Simon, H. A.1962The architecture of complexity
926Schelling, Thomas C.1960The Strategy of Conflict
1025Pearl, Judea2009Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference
1125Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L., et al.2009Introduction to Algorithms
1224Lang, Serge2002Algebra
1324Vaughan, Diane1996The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
1422Sterman, John D.2000Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
1521Dummit, D. S.; Foote, R. M.2004Abstract Algebra
1621Parnas, David L.1972On the Criteria to Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules
1721J., Heuer, R.1999Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
1821Saltzer, Jerome H.; Schroeder, Michael D.1975The Protection of Information in Computer Systems
1920Cover, Thomas M.; Thomas, Joy A.2006Elements of Information Theory
2020Markowitz, Harry1952Portfolio Selection.: Efficient Diversification of Investments
2120Sutton, Richard S.; Barto, Andrew G.2018Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
2220Senge, Peter M.1990The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
2320Christensen, Clayton M.1997The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
2420Munkres, James R.2000Topology
2519Ostrom, Elinor1990Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
2619Kuhn, Thomas S.1962The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
2718Ashby, W. Ross1956An Introduction to Cybernetics
2818Kahneman, Daniel; Tversky, Amos1979Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
2917Archived copy
3017Conway, Melvin E.1968How Do Committees Invent?
3117Forrester, Jay W.1961Industrial Dynamics
3217Gibson, J. J.1979The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
3316Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam; Sethi, Ravi; Jeffrey D. Ullman, Compilers: Principles, et al.2006Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
3416Rogers, Everett M.1962Diffusion of Innovations
3516VYGOTSKY, L. S.1978Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
3616Halmos, Paul R.1974Naive Set Theory
3716Thaler, Richard H.; Sunstein, Cass R.2008Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
3816Arrow, Kenneth J.1951Social Choice and Individual Values
3916Taleb, Nassim Nicholas2007The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
4016Gawande, Atul2009The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
4116Fisher, Ronald A.1935The Design of Experiments
4216Granovetter, Mark1978Threshold Models of Collective Behavior
4316Ohno, Taiichi; Bodek, Norman1988Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
4415Conway, John B.1990A Course in Functional Analysis
4515Codd, E. F.1970A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks
4615Hutchins, Edwin1995Cognition in the Wild
4715Arthur, W. Brian1989Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events
4815March, James G.1991Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning
4915Marshall, Alfred1890Principles of Economics
5015Goodhart, Charles A. E.1984Problems of Monetary Management: The UK Experience
5115Holling, C S.1973Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
5215Knuth, D. E.1997The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
5315Hart, H. L. A.1961The Concept of Law
5415Kahneman, Daniel2011Thinking, Fast and Slow
5514Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; Wetherall, David J.2011Computer Networks
5614Saussure, Ferdinand de1916Cours de linguistique générale
5714Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Clark, Kim B.2000Design Rules: The Power of Modularity
5814Spence, Michael1973Job Market Signaling
5914Weick, K. E.; Sutcliffe, K. M.2001Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity
6014Lakoff, George; Johnson, Mark1980Metaphors We Live By
6114Wong, W.1972Principles of Two-Dimensional Design
6214Fowler, Martin2018Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
6314Klein, Gary1998Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
6414Olson, Mancur1965The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
6514Ulrich, Karl1995The role of product architecture in the manufacturing firm
6614von Neumann, J.; Morgenstern, O.1944Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
6713Arnstein, Sherry R.1969A Ladder of Citizen Participation
6813Enderton, Herbert B.2001A Mathematical Introduction to Logic
6913Arnheim, R.1974Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
7013Boyd, Stephen; Vandenberghe, Lieven2004Convex Optimization
7113Lauer, D. A.; Pentak, S.2011Design Basics
7213Krug, Steve2014Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
7313Tufte, E. R.1990Envisioning Information
7413Collaboration, Open Science; GM, Sandstrom,2015Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science
7513Åström, Karl Johan; Murray, Richard M.2008Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers
7613Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel1974Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
7713Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; Bos, Herbert2014Modern Operating Systems
7813Billingsley, Patrick1995Probability and Measure
7913Kleinrock, Leonard1975Queueing Systems, Volume 1: Theory
8013Jech, Thomas2003Set Theory: The Third Millennium Edition, Revised and Expanded
8113Simpson, Edward H.1951The Interpretation of Interaction in Contingency Tables
8213Schön, D. A.1983The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
8313Pierce, Benjamin C.2002Types and Programming Languages
8412Hatcher, Allen2002Algebraic Topology
8512Smith, Adam1776An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
8612Feller, William1968An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1
8712Diamond, Douglas W.; Dybvig, Philip H.1983Bank Runs, Deposit Insurance, and Liquidity
8812Humble, Jez; Farley, David2010Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
8912Scheffer, Marten; Bascompte, Jordi; Brock, William A., et al.2009Early-warning signals for critical transitions
9012Fisher, Roger; Ury, William1981Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
9112Reason, James1990Human Error
9212Anderson, Roy M.; May, Robert M.1991Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
9312Noether, Emmy1918Invariante Variationsprobleme
9412Golub, Gene H.; Loan, Charles F. Van2013Matrix Computations
9512Mitchell, Margaret; Wu, Simone; Zaldivar, Andrew, et al.2019Model Cards for Model Reporting
9612Silberschatz, Abraham; Galvin, Peter B.; Gagne, Greg2018Operating System Concepts
9712Fisher, R. A.1925Statistical Methods for Research Workers
9812Popper, Karl R.1959The Logic of Scientific Discovery
9912Akerlof, George A.1970The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism
10012Brooks, Frederick P.; Jr1975The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
10112Hayek, F. A. 19451945The Use of Knowledge in Society
10211Hardy, G. H.; E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers; J. H. Silverman, Oxford University Press2008An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
10311Pheasant, S.; Haslegrave, C. M.2006Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics, and the Design of Work
10411Basiri, Ali; Behnam, Niosha; de Rooij, Ruud, et al.2016Chaos Engineering
10511Hennessy, John L.; Patterson, David A.2017Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
10611Kleppmann, Martin2017Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
10711Hart, Sandra G.; Staveland, Lowell E.1988Development of NASA-TLX (Task Load Index): Results of empirical and theoretical research
10811Brunton, Laurence L.; Hilal-Dandan; Randa, et al.2018Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
10911Lederman, Susan J.; Klatzky, Roberta L.1987Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition
11011Lee, John M.2013Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
11111International Organization for Standardization2019ISO 9241-210:2019 — Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 210: Human-centred design for interactive systems
11211Brian C. Hall, Lie Groups; Algebras, Lie2015Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations: An Elementary Introduction
11311McIlroy, M. D.1968Mass produced software components
11411Vladimir I. Bogachev, Measure Theory2007Measure Theory, Volume I
11511Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian, et al.2014Molecular Biology of the Cell
11611Katz, Michael L.; Shapiro, Carl1985Network Externalities, Competition, and Compatibility
11711Kalman, Rudolf E.1960On the General Theory of Control Systems
11811Newton, Isaac1687Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
11911Rudin, Walter1976Principles of Mathematical Analysis
12011Wilson, Kenneth G.1971Renormalization Group and Critical Phenomena. I. Renormalization Group and the Kadanoff Scaling Picture
12111Ross, R.; Pillitteri; Dempsey, et al.2020Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations
12211Tushman, Michael L.; O'Reilly, Charles A.2004The Ambidextrous Organization.: Managing evolutionary and revolutionary change
12311Hardy, Norm1988The Confused Deputy: (or why capabilities might have been invented)
12411Norman, D. A.1988The Design of Everyday Things
12511Guy, Richard K.2004Unsolved Problems in Number Theory
12611Gödel, Kurt1931Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I
12710Fulton, William; Harris, Joe199110.1007/978-1-4612-0979-9: A First Course
12810Rivest, Ronald L.; Shamir, A.; Adleman, Leonard1978A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems
12910Rawls, John1971A Theory of Justice
13010Hartshorne, Robin1977Algebraic Geometry
13110Date, Christopher J.2003An Introduction to Database Systems
13210Campbell, Donald T.1979Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change
13310Theofanos, Mary Frances; Redish, Janice (Ginny)2003Bridging the gap: Between accessibility and usability
13410David, Paul A.1985Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
13510Vicente, K. J.1999Cognitive Work Analysis: Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work
13610Eisenbud, David1995Commutative algebra. With a view toward algebraic geometry: with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry
13710Leonard-Barton, Dorothy1992Core capabilities and core rigidities: A paradox in managing new product development
13810Wiener, Norbert1948Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
13910Galbraith, J. R.1973Designing Complex Organizations
14010Shewhart, Walter A.1930Economic Quality Control of Manufactured Product
14110Hohpe, Gregor; Woolf, Bobby2003Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
14210Shadish, William R.; Cook, Thomas D.; Campbell, Donald T.2002Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference
14310MacCormack, Alan; Baldwin, Carliss; Rusnak, John2012Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis
14410Fischhoff, Baruch1975Hindsight Is Not Equal to Foresight: The Effect of Outcome Knowledge on Judgment under Uncertainty
14510Atiyah, Michael F.; Ian G. Macdonald, Introduction to Commutative Algebra1969Introduction to Commutative Algebra
14610Davey, B. A.; Priestley, H. A.2002Introduction to Lattices and Order
14710Montgomery, D. C.2019Introduction to Statistical Quality Control
14810Dixit, Avinash K.; Pindyck, Robert S.1994Investment under Uncertainty
14910Lewis, C. H.1993Knowing when to quit: When to abandon a task and continue with another
15010Serre, Jean-Pierre1977Linear Representations of Finite Groups
15110Miller, D.2005Materiality
15210Mas-Colell, Andreu; Whinston, Michael D.; Green, Jerry R.1995Microeconomic Theory
15310Sanchez, Ron; Mahoney, Joseph T.1996Modularity, flexibility, and knowledge management in product and organization design
15410Aristotle1999Nicomachean Ethics
15510Perrow, Charles1984Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
15610Turing, Alan M.1936On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
15710Klein, Gary2007Performing a Project Premortem
15810Kuran, Timur1995Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
15910Rogers, Y.1983Prototyping and the design process
16010Sommerville, I.2010Software Engineering
16110Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay; Sussman, Julie1996Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
16210Pacioli, L.1494Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita
16310Brooke, J.1996SUS: A 'quick and dirty' usability scale
16410van Leeuwen, T.2011The Language of Colour: An Introduction
16510Ries, Eric2011The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
16610Coase, Ronald H.1960The Problem of Social Cost
16710Granovetter, Mark S.1973The Strength of Weak Ties
16810Stigler, George J.1971The Theory of Economic Regulation
16910Surowiecki, James2004The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, and Nations
17010Cunningham, Ward1992The WyCash Portfolio Management System
17110Jensen, Michael C.; Meckling, William H.1976Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
17210Callen, Herbert B.1985Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics
17310Meadows, D. H.2008Thinking in Systems: A Primer
17410Brewer, Eric A.2000Towards Robust Distributed Systems
17510Gray, Jim; Reuter, Andreas1992Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques
17610Ioannidis, John P. A.2005Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
1779Simon, Herbert A.1955A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice
1789Merkle, Ralph C.1988A Digital Signature Based on a Conventional Encryption Function
1799Gama, João; Žliobaitė, Indrė; Bifet, Albert, et al.2014A Survey on Concept Drift Adaptation
1809Meyer, Bertrand2014Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly
1819Charles A. Weibel, An Introduction to Homological Algebra; Press, Cambridge University1994An Introduction to Homological Algebra
1829Taleb, Nassim Nicholas2012Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
1839Scheffer, Marten; Carpenter, Steve; Foley, Jonathan A., et al.2001Catastrophic Shifts in Ecosystems
1849Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate2021Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (AR6 Working Group I)
1859Rowland, Malcolm; Tozer, Thomas N.2011Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications
1869Heller, E.; Vienne, V.2012Color in Art, Design, and Nature
1879Porter, Michael E.1980Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
1889Garey, Michael R.; Johnson, David S.1979Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
1899Lorenz, Edward N.1963Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow
1909Robinson, W. S.1950Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals
1919Weber, M.1978Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology
1929Fama, Eugene F.1970Efficient Capital Markets: A Review of Theory and Empirical Work
1939Hamming, R. W.1950Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes
1949RUBIN, DONALD B.1976Inference and Missing Data
1959Stanley, H. Eugene1971Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
1969Axler, Sheldon2015Linear Algebra Done Right
1979Cvach, Maria2012Monitor Alarm Fatigue: An Integrative Review
1989Anderson, P. W.1972More is different: Broken symmetry and the nature of the hierarchical structure of science
1999Federal Emergency Management Agency2017National Incident Management System, Third Edition
2009Ricardo, David1817On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
2019Wack, P.1985Scenarios: Uncharted Waters Ahead
2029Casella, George; Berger, Roger L.2002Statistical Inference
2039Cohen, Jacob1988Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
2049Burt, Ronald S.1992Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition
2059Williamson, Oliver E.1985The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting
2069Pigou, Arthur C.1920The Economics of Welfare
2079Axelrod, Robert1984The Evolution of Cooperation
2089Edmondson, A. C.; Harvey, J. F.2018The fearless organization: Creating psychological safety in the workplace for learning, innovation, and growth
2099Miller, George A.1956The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
2109Merton, Robert K.1968The Matthew Effect in Science
2119Mintzberg, Henry1979The Structuring of Organizations: A Synthesis of the Research
2129Cannon, Walter B.1932The Wisdom of the Body
2139Kenneth Kunen, Set2011Theory, College Publications, 2011, chapters on ZF axioms, ordinals, and models, ISBN 978-1-84890-050-9
2149Lamport, Leslie1978Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System
2159James R. Munkres, Topology; Hall, Prentice2000Topology
2169Amdahl, Gene M.1967Validity of the Single Processor Approach to Achieving Large Scale Computing Capabilities
2179Lakoff, George1987Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
2189Strathern, Marilyn1997‘Improving ratings’: audit in the British University system
2198Lam, Tsit-Yuen2001A First Course in Noncommutative Rings
2208Kalman, Rudolf E.1960A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems
2218Little, John D. C.1961A proof for the queueing formula: L = λW
2228Fellegi, Ivan P.; Sunter, Alan B.1969A Theory for Record Linkage
2238Bikhchandani, Sushil; Hirshleifer, David; Welch, Ivo1992A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades
2248Hoare, C. A. R.1969An Axiomatic Basis for Computer Programming
2258Bayes, Thomas1763An Essay towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
2268Chomsky, Noam1965Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
2278Avizienis, Algirdas; Laprie, Jean-Claude; Randell, Brian, et al.2004Basic Concepts and Taxonomy of Dependable and Secure Computing
2288Newman, Sam2015Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
2298Sen, A. K.1970Collective Choice and Social Welfare
2308Lars V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis1979Complex Analysis: an introduction to the theory of analytic functions of one complex variable
2318Amodei, Dario; Olah, Chris; Steinhardt, Jacob, et al.2016Concrete Problems in AI Safety
2328Goodfellow, Ian; Bengio; Yoshua, et al.2016Deep Learning
2338Bellman, Richard1957Dynamic Programming
2348Stanley, Richard P.2011Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1
2358Rubin, Donald B.1974Estimating Causal Effects of Treatments in Randomized and Nonrandomized Studies
2368Benner, Mary J.; Tushman, Michael L.2003Exploitation, exploration, and process management: The productivity dilemma revisited
2378He, Zi-Lin; Wong, Poh-Kam2004Exploration vs. exploitation: An empirical test of the ambidexterity hypothesis
2388Willard, S.1970General Topology
2398Diestel, Reinhard2017Graph Theory
2408Kolmogorov, A. N.1933Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
2418Lurie, Jacob2009Higher Topos Theory
2428Pólya, G.1945How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
2438Lee, Hau L.; Padmanabhan, V.; Whang, Seungjin1997Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect
2448Staw, Barry M.1976Knee-Deep in the Big Muddy: A Study of Escalating Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action
2458Kaufman, Shachar; Rosset, Saharon; Perlich, Claudia, et al.2012Leakage in Data Mining: Formulation, Detection, and Avoidance
2468Meadows, Donella H.1999Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System: Places to Intervene in a System
2478Reason, James1997Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents
2488Ogata, Katsuhiko2010Modern Control Engineering
2498Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian, et al.2002Molecular Biology of the Cell
2508Raisch, Sebastian; Birkinshaw, Julian2008Organizational ambidexterity: Antecedents, outcomes, and moderators