Everything about Benchmarking

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: BenchmarkingA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: System Usability Scale Benchmarking for Digital Health Apps: Meta-analysisInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Lean Six Sigma For DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Benchmarking Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution ReactionCited 7,056 times
5. Go sideways: Marketing managementA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Sales effectivenessA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Benchmarking Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

  Charles C. L. McCrory, Suho Jung, Jonas C. Peters · 2013 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 7,056 citations

• Benchmarking Hydrogen Evolving Reaction and Oxygen Evolving Reaction Electrocatalysts for Solar Water Splitting Devices

  Charles C. L. McCrory, Suho Jung, Ivonne M. Ferrer · 2015 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 4,137 citations

• Benchmarking optimization software with performance profiles

  Elizabeth D. Dolan, Jorge J. Moré · 2002 · Mathematical Programming · 3,737 citations

• Directory of Useful Decoys, Enhanced (DUD-E): Better Ligands and Decoys for Better Benchmarking

  Michael M. Mysinger, Michael Carchia, John. J. Irwin · 2012 · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2,283 citations

• Benchmarking Single-Image Dehazing and Beyond

  Boyi Li, Wenqi Ren, Dengpan Fu · 2019 · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing · 2,280 citations

• Benchmarking atlas-level data integration in single-cell genomics

  Malte D. Luecken, M. Büttner, K. Chaichoompu · 2021 · Nature Methods · 1,587 citations

• Benchmarking the Firm's Critical Success Factors in New Product Development

  Robert G. Cooper, Elko J. Kleinschmidt · 1995 · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 1,586 citations

• Benchmarking transposable element annotation methods for creation of a streamlined, comprehensive pipeline

  Shujun Ou, Weija Su, Yi Liao · 2019 · Genome Biology · 1,542 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• System Usability Scale Benchmarking for Digital Health Apps: Meta-analysis

  Maciej Hyzy, Raymond Bond, Maurice Mulvenna · 2022 · JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 557 citations

• Benchmarking spatial and single-cell transcriptomics integration methods for transcript distribution prediction and cell type deconvolution

  Bin Li, Wen Zhang, Chuang Guo · 2022 · Nature Methods · 478 citations

• Counterfactual explanations and how to find them: literature review and benchmarking

  Riccardo Guidotti · 2022 · Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery · 446 citations

• Benchmarking Large Language Models in Retrieval-Augmented Generation

  Jiawei Chen, Hongyu Lin, Xianpei Han · 2024 · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 417 citations

• Latest Advances of Model Predictive Control in Electrical Drives—Part II: Applications and Benchmarking With Classical Control Methods

  Jose Rodriguez, Cristian Garcia, Andres Mora · 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics · 370 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Lean Six Sigma For DummiesMartin Brenig-Jones · 2009
• Benchmarking for best practiceMohamed Zairi · 1996
• Benchmarks in Hospitality and TourismSungsoo Pyo · 2002
• The benchmarking bookTim Stapenhurst · 2009
• eBoysRandall E. Stross · 2000
• Best Practices in Planning and Performance ManagementDavid A. J. Axson · 2007
• New Principles Of Best Practice In Clinical AuditRobin Burgess · 2011
• Performance Evaluation and BenchmarkingLizy Kurian John · 2005

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