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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
180Beyer, Betsy; Jones; Chris, et al.2016Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
271Goodhart, Charles A. E.1984Goodhart's Law: The UK Experience
362Vaughan, Diane1996The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
458Strathern, Marilyn1997‘Improving ratings’: audit in the British University system
551Norman, Donald A.2013The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
648Mac Lane, Saunders1998Categories for the Working Mathematician
745Saltzer; Schroeder1975The Protection of Information in Computer Systems
843Federal Emergency Management Agency2017National Incident Management System
939Ries, Eric2011The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
1038Hastie, Trevor; Tibshirani, Robert; Friedman, Jerome2009The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
1137Fischhoff, Baruch1975Hindsight Is Not Equal to Foresight: The Effect of Outcome Knowledge on Judgment under Uncertainty
1236Pearl, Judea2009Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference
1335Munkres, James R.2000Topology
1434Åström, Karl Johan; Murray, Richard M.2008Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers
1534Janis, Irving L.1972Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
1633Ohno, Taiichi; Bodek, Norman1988Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
1732Shannon, Claude E.1948A Mathematical Theory of Communication
1832Kleppmann, Martin2017Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
1932Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L., et al.2009Introduction to Algorithms
2031Ostrom, Elinor1990Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
2129Dummit, D. S.; Foote, R. M.2004Abstract Algebra
2229Sendelbach, Sue; Funk, Marjorie2013Alarm Fatigue: A Patient Safety Concern
2329Sterman, John D.2000Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
2428Gamma, E.; Helm; Johnson, et al.1994Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
2528Reviews, Mathematical; zbMATH2020Mathematics Subject Classification 2020 (MSC2020)
2628J., Heuer, R.1999Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
2727Mathematics, Encyclopedia of(untitled)
2827(untitled)
2927VYGOTSKY, L. S.1978Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
3027Sutton, Richard S.; Barto, Andrew G.2018Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
3127Simpson, Edward H.1951The Interpretation of Interaction in Contingency Tables
3226Simon, H. A.1962The architecture of complexity
3326Popper, Karl R.1959The Logic of Scientific Discovery
3425Gawande, Atul2009The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
3524Lang, Serge2002Algebra
3624Ashby, W. Ross1956An Introduction to Cybernetics
3724Shadish, William R.; Cook, Thomas D.; Campbell, Donald T.2002Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference
3824Parnas, David L.1972On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules
3924Markowitz, Harry1952Portfolio Selection
4024Ross, R.; Pillitteri; Dempsey, et al.2020Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations
4124Senge, Peter1990The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
4224Christensen, Clayton M.1997The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
4324Chesterton, G. K.1929The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic
4423Little, John D. C.1961A proof for the queueing formula: L = λW
4523Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel1974Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
4623Cvach, Maria2012Monitor Alarm Fatigue: An Integrative Review
4723Jech, Thomas2003Set Theory: The Third Millennium Edition, Revised and Expanded
4823Brooks Jr, Frederick P.1975The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
4922Gama, João; Žliobaitė, Indrė; Bifet, Albert, et al.2014A Survey on Concept Drift Adaptation
5022Humble, Jez; Farley; David2010Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
5122Boyd, Stephen; Vandenberghe, Lieven2004Convex Optimization
5222Cover, Thomas M.; Thomas, Joy A.2006Elements of Information Theory
5322Staw, Barry M.1976Knee-Deep in the Big Muddy: A Study of Escalating Commitment to a Chosen Course of Action
5422Halmos, Paul R.1960Naive Set Theory
5522Stigler, George J.1971The Theory of Economic Regulation
5621Project Management Institute2017A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Sixth Edition
5721Rogers, E. M.2003Diffusion of Innovations
5821Lee, Hau L.; Padmanabhan, V.; Whang, Seungjin1997Information Distortion in a Supply Chain: The Bullwhip Effect
5921Thaler, Richard H.; Sunstein, Cass R.2008Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
6021Klein, Gary2007Performing a Project Premortem
6121Rudin, Walter1976Principles of Mathematical Analysis
6221Kahneman, Daniel; Tversky, Amos1979Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
6321Preston-Werner, Tom2013Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
6421Kuhn, Thomas S.1962The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
6521Cunningham, Ward1992The WyCash Portfolio Management System
6620Arnstein, Sherry1969A Ladder of Citizen Participation
6720Headquarters, Department of the Army1993A Leader's Guide to After-Action Reviews
6820Enderton, Herbert B.2000A Mathematical Introduction to Logic
6920Feller, William1968An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1
7020Basiri, Ali; Behnam, Niosha; de Rooij, Ruud, et al.2016Chaos Engineering
7120Arthur, W. Brian1989Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events
7220Spence, Michael1973Job Market Signaling
7320Lincoln, Yvonna S.; Guba, Egon G.1985Naturalistic Inquiry
7420Deming, W. Edwards1986Out of the Crisis
7520Marshall, A.1890Principles of Economics, Volume I
7620Croskerry, Pat2003The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them
7719Hartshorne, Robin1977Algebraic Geometry
7819Scheffer, Marten; Carpenter, Steve; Foley, Jonathan A., et al.2001Catastrophic Shifts in Ecosystems
7919Reason, James1990Human Error
8019Fisher, R. A.1935The Design of Experiments
8119Gibson, J. J.1979The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
8218Campbell, Donald T.1979Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change
8318Shewhart, Walter A.1931Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product
8418Forrester, Jay W.1961Industrial Dynamics
8518Hatcher, Allen2002Algebraic Topology
8618Kleinrock, Leonard1975Queueing Systems, Volume 1: Theory
8718Taleb, Nassim Nicholas2007The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
8818Pigou, Arthur C.1920The Economics of Welfare
8918Kahneman, Daniel2011Thinking, Fast and Slow
9018Tyler, Tom R.1990Why People Obey the Law
9117Codd, E. F.1970A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks
9217Hutchins, Edwin1995Cognition in the Wild
9317F., de Saussure,1916Cours de linguistique générale
9417Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Clark, Kim B.2000Design Rules, Volume 1: The Power of Modularity
9517Brunton, Laurence L.; Hilal-Dandan; Randa, et al.2018Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
9617Dixit, Avinash; Pindyck, Robert1994Investment under Uncertainty
9717Kaufman, Shachar; Rosset, Saharon; Perlich, Claudia, et al.2012Leakage in Data Mining: Formulation, Detection, and Avoidance
9817Lakoff, George; Johnson, Mark1980Metaphors We Live By
9917Strogatz, Steven H.2015Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
10017Edmondson, Amy1999Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams
10117Nygard, Michael T.2007Release It! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
10217Korzybski, Alfred1933Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
10317McCambridge, Jim; Witton, John; Elbourne, Diana R.2014Systematic Review of the Hawthorne Effect: New Concepts Are Needed to Study Research Participation Effects
10417Olson, Mancur1965The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
10517Schön, Donald1983The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
10616Encyclopedia of Abstractions
10716Swanson, Marianne; Bowen, Pauline; Phillips, Amy Wohl, et al.2010Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
10816Bellman, Richard1957Dynamic Programming
10916DeCandia, Giuseppe; Hastorun, Deniz; Jampani, Madan, et al.2007Dynamo: Amazon's Highly Available Key-Value Store
11016Robinson, W. S.1950Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals
11116Lucas, Robert E. Jr1976Econometric Policy Evaluation: A Critique
11216Collaboration, Open Science2015Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science
11316Reason, James1997Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents
11416Mitchell, Margaret; Wu, Simone; Zaldivar, Andrew, et al.2019Model Cards for Model Reporting
11516Arrow, Kenneth J.1951Social Choice and Individual Values
11616Klein, Gary1998Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
11716Hardy, Norm1988The Confused Deputy (or Why Capabilities Might Have Been Invented): (or why capabilities might have been invented)
11816Norman, Donald A.1988The Psychology of Everyday Things
11916von Neumann, John; Morgenstern, Oskar1944Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
12016Granovetter, Mark1978Threshold Models of Collective Behavior
12116Pierce, Benjamin C.2002Types and Programming Languages
12216World Wide Web Consortium2018Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
12315Conway, John B.1990A Course in Functional Analysis
12415Rawls, John1971A Theory of Justice
12515Archived copy
12615Gilbert, Seth; Lynch, Nancy2002Brewer's Conjecture and the Feasibility of Consistent, Available, Partition-Tolerant Web Services
12715David, P. A.1985Clio and the Economics of QWERTY
12815Aho, Alfred V.2006Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
12915Montgomery, Douglas C.2017Design and Analysis of Experiments, 9th Edition
13015Hohpe; Woolf2003Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
13115March, James G.1991Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning
13215Golub, Gene2013Matrix Computations, Fourth Edition
13315Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B.2018Operating System Concepts
13415Billingsley, Patrick1995Probability and Measure
13515Fowler, Martin2018Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
13615Holling, C S.1973Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
13715Green, David M.; Swets, John A.1966Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics
13815Lave, Jean; Wenger, Etienne1991Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
13915Hart, H. L. A.1961The Concept of Law
14015Merton, Robert K.1968The Matthew Effect in Science
14115Openshaw, Stan1984The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem
14215Ulrich, Karl1995The role of product architecture in the manufacturing firm
14315Wood, David; Bruner, Jerome S.; Ross, Gail1976The role of tutoring in problem solving
14415Granovetter, Mark1973The Strength of Weak Ties
14515Jensen, Michael C.; Meckling, William H.1976Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
146142026Probabilistic Graphical Model
14714Haynes, Alex B.; Weiser, Thomas G.; Berry, William R., et al.2009A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
14814Fellegi, Ivan P.; Sunter, Alan B.1969A Theory for Record Linkage
14914Quiñonero-Candela, Joaquin; Sugiyama; Masashi, et al.2009Dataset Shift in Machine Learning
15014Scheffer, Marten; Bascompte, Jordi; Brock, William A., et al.2009Early-warning signals for critical transitions
15114Weber, Max1922Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology
15214Tufte, E. R.1990Envisioning Information
15314Federal Emergency Management Agency2020Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
15414Anderson, Roy M.; May, Robert M.1991Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
15514Axler, Sheldon2015Linear Algebra Done Right
15614Weick, K. E.; Sutcliffe, K. M.2001Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity
15714Perrow, Charles1984Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
15814Mas-Colell, Andreu; Whinston, Michael D.; Green, Jerry R.1995Microeconomic Theory
15914Wong, W.1972Principles of Two-Dimensional Design
16014Kuran, Timur1995Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
16114European Parliament & Council of the European Union2016Regulation (EU) 2016/679 … (General Data Protection Regulation): Data Protection Impact Assessment
16214Camerer, Colin; Loewenstein, George; Weber, Martin1989The Curse of Knowledge in Economic Settings: An Experimental Analysis
16314Ross, Lee1977The Intuitive Psychologist and His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process
16414Ericsson, K. Anders; Krampe, Ralf T.; Tesch-Römer, Clemens1993The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance
16514Callen, Herbert B.1985Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics
16614Brier, Glenn W.1950Verification of Forecasts Expressed in Terms of Probability
16713Kalman, Rudolf E.1960A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems
16813Smith, Adam1776An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
16913Diamond, Douglas W.; Dybvig, Philip H.1983Bank Runs, Deposit Insurance, and Liquidity
17013Rowland, Malcolm; Tozer, Thomas N.2011Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications
17113Hennessy, John L.; Patterson, David A.2017Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
17213Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; Wetherall, David J.2011Computer Networks
17313Cichonski, Paul; Millar, Tom; Grance, Tim, et al.2012Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
17413Lauer, D. A.; Pentak, S.2011Design Basics
17513Krug, Steve2014Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
17613Willard, Stephen2004General Topology
17713Kolmogorov, Andrey N.1933Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
17813Noether, Emmy1918Invariante Variationsprobleme
17913Serre, Jean-Pierre1977Linear Representations of Finite Groups
18013Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; Bos, Herbert2014Modern Operating Systems
18113Strogatz, Steven H.1994Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
18213American Law Institute1981Restatement of the Law Second, Contracts
18313Box, George E. P.1976Science and Statistics
18413Burt, Ronald1992Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition
18513GENTNER, Dedre1983Structure-Mapping: A Theoretical Framework for Analogy: A Theoretical Framework for Analogy
18613Roediger, Henry L. III; Karpicke, Jeffrey D.2006Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention
18713Axelrod, Robert1984The Evolution of Cooperation
18813Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel1981The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
18913Goldratt, Eliyahu M.; Cox; Jeff1984The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
19013Hardin, Garrett1968The Tragedy of the Commons
19113Kohavi, Ron; Tang, Diane; Xu, Ya2020Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing
19213Amdahl, Gene M.1967Validity of the Single Processor Approach to Achieving Large Scale Computing Capabilities
19313Feathers, Michael C.2004Working Effectively with Legacy Code
19412Date, Christopher J.2003An Introduction to Database Systems
19512Arnheim, R.1974Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
19612Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel1973Availability: A Heuristic for Judging Frequency and Probability
19712Darley, John M.; Latane, Bibb1968Bystander Intervention in Emergencies: Diffusion of Responsibility
19812Goldstein, Herbert; Poole, Charles P.; Safko, John L.2002Classical Mechanics
19912Eisenbud, David1995Commutative algebra. With a view toward algebraic geometry: with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry
20012Garey, Michael R.; Johnson, David S.1979Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
20112Benjamini, Yoav; Hochberg, Yosef1995Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing
20212Evans, Eric2003Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
20312Rudin, Walter1991Functional Analysis
20412Saltelli, Andrea; Ratto, Marco; Andres, Terry, et al.2008Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer
20512Austin, J. L.1962How to Do Things with Words: The William James Lectures Delivered at Harvard University in 1955
20612Atiyah, Michael F.; Macdonald, Ian G.1969Introduction to Commutative Algebra
20712Davey, B. A.; Priestley, H. A.2002Introduction to Lattices and Order
20812Lee, John M.2013Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
20912International Organization for Standardization2019ISO 9241-210:2019 — Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 210: Human-centred design for interactive systems
21012Ogata, Katsuhiko2010Modern Control Engineering
21112Blyth, Colin R.1972On Simpson's Paradox and the Sure-Thing Principle
21212Rochet, Jean-Charles; Tirole, Jean2003Platform Competition in Two-Sided Markets
21312Folland, Gerald B.1999Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications
21412Miles, A.; Bechhofer, S.2009SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference
21512Fisher, R. A.1925Statistical Methods for Research Workers
21612Coffman, Edward G.; Elphick, M.; Shoshani, A.1971System Deadlocks
21712Williamson, Oliver E.1985The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting
21812Akerlof, George A.1970The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism
21912Hayek, Friedrich1945The Use of Knowledge in Society
22012Surowiecki, James2004The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, and Nations
22112Meadows, Donella H.2008Thinking in Systems: A Primer
22212Engelking, Ryszard1989General Topology
22312Gray, Jim; Reuter, Andreas1992Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques
22412Gödel, Kurt1931Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I
22511Thorndike, Edward L.1920A Constant Error in Psychological Ratings
22611Avelino, Guilherme; Passos, Leonardo; Hora, Andre, et al.2016A Novel Approach for Estimating Truck Factors
22711Bikhchandani, Sushil; Hirshleifer, David; Welch, Ivo1992A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades
22811Altman, Douglas G.; Bland, J Martin1995Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
22911American Educational Research Association2014American Psychological Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education, Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
23011Hardy, G. H.; Wright, E. M.2008An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
23111Avizienis; Laprie; Randell, et al.2004Basic concepts and taxonomy of dependable and secure computing
23211Collins, Allan; Brown, John Seely; Newman, Susan E.1989Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching the Crafts of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
23311Shannon, Claude E.1949Communication in the Presence of Noise
23411Ranchordás, Sofia2014Constitutional Sunsets and Experimental Legislation: A Comparative Perspective
23511Kelley, James E.; Walker, Morgan R.1959Critical-Path Planning and Scheduling
23611Hart, Sandra G.; Staveland, Lowell E.1988Development of NASA-TLX (Task Load Index): Results of empirical and theoretical research
23711Simmons, Joseph P.; Nelson, Leif D.; Simonsohn, Uri2011False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
23811Lederman, Susan J.; Klatzky, Roberta L.1987Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition
23911Reason, James2000Human Error: Models and Management
24011Wright, Hyrum2026Hyrum's Law: An Observation on Software Engineering: An Observation on Software Engineering
24111Gollwitzer, Peter M.1999Implementation Intentions: Strong Effects of Simple Plans
24211RUBIN, DONALD B.1976Inference and Missing Data
24311Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology2012JCGM 200:2012 — International Vocabulary of Metrology: Basic and General Concepts and Associated Terms (VIM), 3rd edition: Basic and General Concepts and Associated Terms (VIM), 3rd edition
24411Meadows, Donella H.1999Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System: Places to Intervene in a System
24511Hall, Brian C.2015Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations: An Elementary Introduction
24611McIlroy, M. D.1968Mass produced software components
24711Lewandowsky, Stephan; Ecker, Ullrich K. H.; Seifert, Colleen M., et al.2012Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing
24811Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian, et al.2014Molecular biology of the cell
24911National Aeronautics and Space Administration2016NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
25011Katz, Michael L.; Shapiro, Carl1985Network Externalities, Competition, and Compatibility