Published in Daniel S. Katz's blog
Author Daniel S. Katz
Measuring software impact is important, for a variety of reasons, and a variety of people, including software creators, their employers, their funders, potential users of the software, and academics studying software and science. This topic has been studied by many, including some nice work by Thain, Tannenbaum, and Livny about 10 years ago. What should we count?