Information and Software Technology

Article	Citations
Beyond the lab: An in-depth analysis of real-world practices in government-to-citizen software user documentation	226
Feature-based insight for forks in social coding platforms	207
Automatically inferring user behavior models in large-scale web applications	193
CriticalFuzz: A critical neuron coverage-guided fuzz testing framework for deep neural networks	160
Stakeholder engagement in enterprise architecture practice: What inhibitors are there?	118
Software defect prediction with semantic and structural information of codes based on Graph Neural Networks	101
Early prediction for merged vs abandoned code changes in modern code reviews	91
What do developers consider magic literals? A smalltalk perspective	88
Insights on the relationship between decision-making style and personality in software engineering	84
A vulnerability detection framework by focusing on critical execution paths	83
A Delphi study to recognize and assess systems of systems vulnerabilities	83
Burnout in software engineering: A systematic mapping study	73
CADV: A software visualization approach for code annotations distribution	67
Finding the best learning to rank algorithms for effort-aware defect prediction	57
Game industry problems: An extensive analysis of the gray literature	54
A systematic review of shared personal informatics	54
Recruiting credible participants for field studies in software engineering research	50
UXH-GEDAPP: A set of user experience heuristics for evaluating generative design applications	46
SFIDMT-ART: A metamorphic group generation method based on Adaptive Random Testing applied to source and follow-up input domains	46
Context2Vector: Accelerating security event triage via context representation learning	46
From a Scrum Reference Ontology to the Integration of Applications for Data-Driven Software Development	44
ENZZ: Effective N-gram coverage assisted fuzzing with nearest neighboring branch estimation	44
An exploratory study of bug prediction at the method level	41
On the generalizability of Neural Program Models with respect to semantic-preserving program transformations	40
Boosting input data sequences generation for testing EFSM-specified systems using deep reinforcement learning	40

Editorial Board	40
A systematic literature review of agile software development projects	40
Improved measurement of software development effort estimation bias	40
Energize sustainability: EnSAF for sustainability aware, software intensive energy management systems	39
A hybrid model for efficient decision-making in self-adaptive systems	38
Warnings: Violation symptoms indicating architecture erosion	37
Leveraging execution traces to enhance traceability links recovery in BPMN models	37
Ambiguity in user stories: A systematic literature review	36
Threats to validity in software engineering research: A critical reflection	36
A model-driven approach to reengineering processes in cloud computing	36
An end-to-end deep learning system for requirements classification using recurrent neural networks	34
Processes, challenges and recommendations of Gray Literature Review: An experience report	33
Introduction to software architecture for quantum computing systems special issue	31
Comparison of multi-criteria decision-making methods for online controlled experiments in a launch decision-making framework	30
To group or not to group? Group sizes for requirements elicitation	30
Editorial Board	30
Prioritisation of code clones using a genetic algorithm	30
Editorial Board	29
Editorial Board	29
Extraction and empirical evaluation of GUI-level invariants as GUI Oracles in mobile app testing	29
A survey of selected characteristics and contexts of the analysis and planning phase of software development projects and their connections to project success	28
Towards automating self-admitted technical debt repayment	28
An alternative to code comment generation? Generating comment from bytecode	28
Test Code Flakiness in Mobile Apps: The Developer’s Perspective	28
An empirical study of emoji use in software development communication	28
Augmenting commit classification by using fine-grained source code changes and a pre-trained deep neural language model	27
Graph-based code semantics learning for efficient semantic code clone detection	27
A multi-objective agile project planning model and a comparative meta-heuristic approach	27
Detecting privacy requirements from User Stories with NLP transfer learning models	27
Investigating replication challenges through multiple replications of an experiment	26
Generating feasible protocol test sequences from EFSM models using Monte Carlo tree search	26
Usefulness and usability of heuristic walkthroughs for evaluating domain-specific developer tools in industry: Evidence from four field simulations	26
Can serious gaming tactics bolster spear-phishing and phishing resilience? : Securing the human hacking in Information Security	25
An exploratory study of software artifacts on GitHub from the lens of documentation	25
Can an old fashioned feature extraction and a light-weight model improve vulnerability type identification performance?	25
Causal reasoning in Software Quality Assurance: A systematic review	25
Coverage-enhanced fault diagnosis for Deep Learning programs: A learning-based approach with hybrid metrics	25
Automatically repairing tensor shape faults in deep learning programs	24
Prioritization of model smell refactoring using a covariance matrix-based adaptive evolution algorithm	24
Dev2vec: Representing domain expertise of developers in an embedding space	24
Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering	23
UX Research practices related to Long-Term UX: A Systematic Literature Review	23
A brief note, with thanks, on the contributions of Guenther Ruhe	23
Improving effort-aware defect prediction by directly learning to rank software modules	23
Graph-based explainable vulnerability prediction	22
Objectivity by design: The impact of AI-driven approach on employees' soft skills evaluation	22
Developers’ viewpoints to avoid bug-introducing changes	22
Towards a taxonomy of code review smells	21
Personalizing label prediction for GitHub issues	21
DFL: A DOM sample generation oriented fuzzing framework for browser rendering engines	21

Introduction to special issue on Agile UX: challenges, successes and barriers to improvement	21
Cross-Modal Retrieval-enhanced code Summarization based on joint learning for retrieval and generation	21
Community smells—The sources of social debt: A systematic literature review	21
A mixed method study of DevOps challenges	21
Overlapping community detection in software ecosystem based on pheromone guided personalized PageRank algorithm	21
Introduction to the special issue on managing software processes using soft computing techniques	20
Introduction to the Special Issue on: Grey Literature and Multivocal Literature Reviews (MLRs) in software engineering	20
MT-Nod: Metamorphic testing for detecting non-optimal decisions of autonomous driving systems in interactive scenarios	20
Impact of software development processes on the outcomes of student computing projects: A tale of two universities	19
Microservice-based projects in agile world: A structured interview	19
Analyzing the sensitivity of multi-objective software architecture refactoring to configuration characteristics	19
An expressive and modular layer activation mechanism for Context-Oriented Programming	19
Genetic model-based success probability prediction of quantum software development projects	19
Skills development for software engineers: Systematic literature review	19
FRL-MFPG: Propagation-aware fault root cause location for microservice intelligent operation and maintenance	19
FCTree: Visualization of function calls in execution	19
An information theoretic notion of software testability	18
Constrained detecting arrays: Mathematical structures for fault identification in combinatorial interaction testing	18
Editorial Board	18
DLRegion: Coverage-guided fuzz testing of deep neural networks with region-based neuron selection strategies	18
Editorial Board	18
Automating user-feedback driven requirements prioritization	17
A methodology to automatically translate user requirements into visualizations: Experimental validation	17
Investigating the relationship between coordination strategy and coordination effectiveness in agile software development projects	17
Dynamic robustness evaluation for automated model selection in operation	17
Editorial Board	16
Perceived impact of agile principles: Insights from a survey-based study on agile software development project success	16
Technical risk model of machine learning based software project development - A multinational empirical study using modified Delphi-AHP method	16
Exploring the means to measure explainability: Metrics, heuristics and questionnaires	16
Leveraging a combination of machine learning and formal concept analysis to locate the implementation of features in software variants	16
A random forest model for early-stage software effort estimation for the SEERA dataset	16
A survey on Cryptoagility and Agile Practices in the light of quantum resistance	16
Convergence rate of Artificial Neural Networks for estimation in software development projects	16
The impact of knowledge inertia on process tailoring in the dynamic development of software projects in Chinese industries	16
Application of knowledge graph in software engineering field: A systematic literature review	16
Integrating DSGEO into test case generation for path coverage of MPI programs	15
Editorial Board	15
On the use of contextual information for machine learning based test case prioritization in continuous integration development	15
Studying the challenges of developing hardware description language programs	15
Information and software technology: Special section on techdebt 2021	15
A software vulnerability detection method based on multi-modality with unified processing	15
Human error management in requirements engineering: Should we fix the people, the processes, or the environment?	15
When should we (not) use the mean magnitude of relative error (MMRE) as an error measure in software development effort estimation?	15
SE3M: A model f	15
The journey to technical excellence in agile software development	15
Crex: Predicting patch correctness in automated repair of C programs through transfer learning of execution semantics	15
JIT-CF: Integrating contrastive learning with feature fusion for enhanced just-in-time defect prediction	15
Editorial Board	15
PAREI: A progressive approach for Web API recommendation by combining explicit and implicit information	15
Challenges and recommendations to publishing and using credible evidence in software engineering	15
Antecedents of psychological safety in agile software development teams	15
Preventing technical debt with the TAP framework for Technical Debt Aware Management	14
Vulnerability detection with feature fusion and learnable edge-type embedding graph neural network	14
BGNN4VD: Constructing Bidirectional Graph Neural-Network for Vulnerability Detection	14
Synthesizing research on programmers’ mental models of programs, tasks and concepts — A systematic literature review	14
Does it matter who pays back Technical Debt? An empirical study of self-fixed TD	14
A field experiment on trialsourcing and the effect of contract types on outsourced software development	14
Towards antifragility of cloud systems: An adaptive chaos driven framework	14
Are your apps accessible? A GCN-based accessibility checker for low vision users	14
A software product line approach for developing hybrid software systems	14
Making vulnerability prediction more practical: Prediction, categorization, and localization	14
Reinforcement learning for test case prioritization based on LLEed K-means clustering and dynamic priority factor	14
HYDRA: Feedback-driven black-box exploitation of injection vulnerabilities	14
A novel detection model for abnormal network traffic based on bidirectional temporal convolutional network	14
Alternatives for testing of context-aware software systems in non-academic settings: results from a Rapid Review	13
Context-based statement-level vulnerability localization	13
How far are we from reproducible research on code smell detection? A systematic literature review	13
The need for more informative defect prediction: A systematic literature review	13
Service Design Handover to user experience design – a systematic literature review	13
Automation of systematic literature reviews: A systematic literature review	13
Case study identification: A trivial indicator outperforms human classifiers	13
The yea-paradox: Cognitive bias in technology acceptance surveys	13
A systematic literature review of capstone courses in software engineering	13
Code smell detection using feature selection and stacking ensemble: An empirical investigation	12
Transparency and explainability of AI systems: From ethical guidelines to requirements	12
Machine translation-based fine-grained comments generation for solidity smart contracts	12
Native cross-platform app development using the SequalsK transpiler	12
Like, dislike, or just do it? How developers approach software development tasks	12
Speeding up constraint-based program repair using a search-based technique	12
Diversity-aware fairness testing of machine learning classifiers through hashing-based sampling	12

Successful combination of database search and snowballing for identification of primary studies in systematic literature studies	12
Introduction to the special issue on dependable systems and applications	12
DeKeDVer: A deep learning-based multi-type software vulnerability classification framework using vulnerability description and source code	12
“Won’t We Fix this Issue?” Qualitative characterization and automated identification of wontfix issues on GitHub	12
Memorization and generalization in neural code intelligence models	12
Test case recommendation based on balanced distance of test targets	12
Assessing and improving syntactic adversarial robustness of pre-trained models for code translation	12
Negative effects of gamification in education software: Systematic mapping and practitioner perceptions	12
Introduction to the Special Section on the Best Papers from REFSQ 2022	12
Editorial Board	12
Studying logging practice in machine learning-based applications	12
Requirements engineering: Foundation for software quality (REFSQ2020)	12
Exploring the communication functions of comments during bug fixing in Open Source Software projects	12
Multi-objective software performance optimisation at the architecture level using randomised search rules	11
Double-counting in software engineering tertiary studies — An overlooked threat to validity	11
Information needs and presentation in agile software development	11
SedSVD: Statement-level software vulnerability detection based on Relational Graph Convolutional Network with subgraph embedding	11
Fine-tuning and prompt engineering for large language models-based code review automation	11
A search-based framework for automatic generation of testing environments for cyber–physical systems	11
Case study identification with GPT-4 and implications for mapping studies	11
An empirical study on ML DevOps adoption trends, efforts, and benefits analysis	11
SHSE: A subspace hybrid sampling ensemble method for software defect number prediction	11
An empirical study on self-admitted technical debt in modern code review	11
How do software practitioners perceive human-centric defects?	11
Dealing with imbalanced data for interpretable defect prediction	11
CLeBPI: Contrastive Learning for Bug Priority Inference	11
A systematic mapping study of bug reproduction and localization	11
Predicting the precise number of software defects: Are we there yet?	11
Relating team atmosphere and group dynamics to student software development teams’ performance	10
Many-objective optimization of non-functional attributes based on refactoring of software models	10
On preserving the behavior in software refactoring: A systematic mapping study	10
Metamorphic testing of OpenStreetMap	10
RoseMatcher: Identifying the impact of user reviews on app updates	10
The discovery effort worthiness index: How much product discovery should you do and how can this be integrated into delivery?	10
The impact of stressors on the relationship between personality traits, knowledge collection behaviour and programmer creativity intention in software engineering	10
Job satisfaction in agile information systems development: A stakeholder perspective	10
Issues-Driven features for software fault prediction	10
A deep learning-based automated framework for functional User Interface testing	10
Guidelines for the development of a critical software under emergency	10
Inferring data model from service interactions for response generation in service virtualization	10
Probabilistic program performance analysis with confidence intervals	10
An empirical study on secure usage of mobile health apps: The attack simulation approach	10
Progress on class integration test order generation approaches: A systematic literature review	10
Unveiling security weaknesses in autonomous driving systems: An in-depth empirical study	10
Squeeziness for non-deterministic systems	10
Aligned metric representation based balanced multiset ensemble learning for heterogeneous defect prediction	10
Visualizations for the evolution of Variant-Rich Systems: A systematic mapping study	10
Enabling efficient and low-effort decentralized federated learning with the EdgeFL framework	10
Editorial Board	10
Why and how do organizations create user-led open source consortia? A systematic literature review	10
Measuring the cognitive load of software developers: An extended Systematic Mapping Study	9
Programming language implementations for context-oriented self-adaptive systems	9
Predicting vulnerability inducing function versions using node embeddings and graph neural networks	9
The lifecycle of Technical Debt that manifests in both source code and issue trackers	9
A socio-technical perspective on software vulnerabilities: A causal analysis	9
Using clarification questions to improve software developers’ Web search	9
Code review guidelines for GUI-based testing artifacts	9
SENEM: A software engineering-enabled educational metaverse	9
The impact of using biased performance metrics on software defect prediction research	9
A Systematic Literature Review on prioritizing software test cases using Markov chains	9
Impact of minimum viable product on software ecosystem failure	9
A longitudinal study on the temporal validity of software samples	9
A unifying framework for the systematic analysis of Git workflows	9
Search-based approaches to optimizing software product line architectures: A systematic literature review	9
An investigation of causes and effects of trust in Boundary Artefacts	9
Reporting case studies in systematic literature studies—An evidential problem	9
Motivations, benefits, and issues for adopting Micro-Frontends: A Multivocal Literature Review	9
Improving domain-specific neural code generation with few-shot meta-learning	9
Review4Repair: Code review aided automatic program repairing	9
Application of Project-Based Learning to a Software Engineering course in a hybrid class environment	9
Process mining software engineering practices: A case study for deployment pipelines	9
On the value of encouraging gender tolerance and inclusiveness in software engineering communities	9
Understanding how early-stage researchers leverage socio-technical affordances for distributed research support	9
Automated description generation for software patches	8
An onboarding model for integrating newcomers into agile project teams	8
Classifying issue reports according to feature descriptions in a user manual based on a deep learning model	8
Crowdsourced test report prioritization considering bug severity	8
Open source oriented cross-platform survey	8
Summarizing source code with hierarchical code representation	8
Improving bug triage with the bug personalized tossing relationship	8
BERT- and TF-IDF-based feature extraction for long-lived bug prediction in FLOSS: A comparative study	8
Editorial Board	8
Editorial Board	8
Ensemble effort estimation for novice agile teams	8
Fairness-aware practices from developers’ perspective: A survey	8
A modeling assistant to manage technical debt in coupled evolution	8
Knowledge and research mapping of the data and database forensics domains: A bibliometric analysis	8
Prioritizing user concerns in app reviews – A study of requests for new features, enhancements and bug fixes	8
Parallel evolutionary test case generation for web applications	8
Editorial Board	8
E-code: Mastering efficient code generation through pretrained models and expert encoder group	8
Towards a taxonomy of privacy requirements based on the LGPD and ISO/IEC 29100	8
An Abstract Syntax Tree based static fuzzing mutation for vulnerability evolution analysis	8
Towards privacy compliance: A design science study in a small organization	8
MDSSED: A safety and security enhanced model-driven development approach for smart home apps	8