Alan Hevner: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Alan Hevner's h-index is 56 (131 i10-index, 55,118+ total citations across 352+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of September 2026. Alan Hevner is affiliated with Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida.
Alan Hevner is a researcher affiliated with Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida, specializing in design science research, software engineering. Their work has been cited 55,118 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in Germany.
Alan Hevner's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 352 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 56
- i10-Index
- 131
- Total Citations
- 55,118
- Citing Countries
- 77
As of September 2026.
Alan Hevner has an h-index of 56 and 55,118 total citations across 352 publications, with research cited by institutions in 77 countries.
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Design Science in Information Systems Research1
200426,272
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The researcher established the foundational framework for Design Science in Information Systems, subsequently expanding its scope to include neuroscientific perspectives and societal contributions.
The researcher established foundational methods for query processing in distributed database systems, a seminal contribution that has been widely adopted by the independent academic community.
The researcher extended the entity-relationship model by introducing the category concept, a foundational contribution to database theory that has been widely adopted by independent scholars.
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About Alan Hevner's research
Alan Hevner is a researcher in design science research and software engineering at Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida. Their work has been cited 55,118 times across 352 publications (h-index 56), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Design Science in Information Systems Research1” (2004), has accumulated 26,272 citations. Other influential works include “Positioning and Presenting Design Science Research for Maximum Impact1” (2013) with 5,866 citations and “Design science research in information systems” (2010) with 4,884 citations.
Citations of Alan Hevner's research come primarily from Germany, United States and Australia, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
