Paper Info
Title
Application Programming Interface (API) Research: A Review of the Past to Inform the Future
Abstract
AbstractThe purpose of this study is to perform a synthesis of API research. The study took stock of literature from academic journals on APIs with their associated themes, frameworks, methodologies, publication outlets and level of analysis. The authors draw on a total of 104 articles from academic journals and conferences published from 2010 to 2018. A systematic literature review was conducted on the selected articles. The findings suggest that API research is primarily atheoretical and largely focuses on the technological dimensions such as design and usage; thus, neglecting most of the social issues such as the business and managerial applications of APIs, which are equally important. Future research directions are provided concerning the gaps identified.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.4018/IJEIS.2019070105
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
Application Programming Interface, Conceptual Approaches, Future Research Directions, Methodological Approaches, Software, Systematic Literature Review, Technology, Themes
Systematic review,Systems engineering,Software engineering,Software,Application programming interface,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
3
1548-1115
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joshua Ofoeda100.34
Richard Boateng24923.29
John Effah31712.26