Journal of Systems and Software

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Systems and Software is 40. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board300
Portfolio Evolution Analysis for SPL Scoping: Unveiling the dynamics with dedicated time-series dashboards218
Different approaches for testing body sensor network applications211
Novel framework for automated testing of ill-defined human–robot interaction environments176
Feature models to boost the vulnerability management process152
Understanding participation and corporatization in service of diversity in free/libre and open source software development projects128
Integrating pair programming as a work practice105
Investigating end-users’ values in agriculture mobile applications development: An empirical study on Bangladeshi female farmers95
Domain-specific conflict resolution and model merge91
VULOC: Vulnerability location framework based on assembly code slicing87
Uncovering gender gap in academia: A comprehensive analysis within the software engineering community79
The uphill journey of FaaS in the open-source community78
On measuring coupling between microservices77
Data preparation for Deep Learning based Code Smell Detection: A systematic literature review77
Modeling and safety analysis for collaborative safety-critical systems using hierarchical colored Petri nets76
Managing the changing understanding of benefits in software initiatives74
A MILP model on coordinated coverage path planning system for UAV-ship hybrid team scheduling software72
Translating meaning representations to behavioural interface specifications66
A systematic literature review on Android-specific smells65
The effect of advice network connectedness on problem-solving competence among software developers63
Deep learning framework testing via hierarchical and heuristic model generation63
Dear Researchers: Think about the future, for sure, but please don't forget about the present – the Odense Manifesto for academia–industry collaboration at ICSA 202562
EFACT: An External Function Auto-Completion Tool to strengthen static binary lifting52
Evolution patterns of software-architecture smells: An empirical study of intra- and inter-version smells51
Experimental investigation of memory-related software aging in LLM systems51
A fuzzy logic-based quality model for identifying microservices with low maintainability50
A survey on machine learning techniques applied to source code50
Managing security issues in software containers: From practitioners’ perspective48
Multi-granularity coverage criteria for deep reinforcement learning systems48
Maximizing integrative learning in software development teams: A systematic review of key drivers and future research agenda47
Leveraging belief uncertainty for informed decision making in software product line evolution46
A modular metamodel and refactoring rules to achieve software product line interoperability46
Explaining software fault predictions to spreadsheet users45
Challenges and opportunities: Implementing diversity and inclusion in software engineering university level education in Finland44
Advancing modern code review effectiveness through human error mechanisms43
Flexible control flow graph alignment for delivering data-driven feedback to novice programming learners43
VIBE: Looking for Variability In amBiguous rEquirements41
When traceability goes awry: An industrial experience report41
BEACon-TD: Classifying Technical Debt and its types across diverse software projects issues using transformers41
A data-driven active learning approach to reusing ML solutions in scientific applications40
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