Information and Software Technology

Article	Citations
Beyond the lab: An in-depth analysis of real-world practices in government-to-citizen software user documentation	324
Metamorphic Testing of Multimodal Human Trajectory Prediction	277
Automatically inferring user behavior models in large-scale web applications	228
What do developers consider magic literals? A smalltalk perspective	191
A systematic review of shared personal informatics	124
Gamified or Glorified? A systematic review of serious games for security & privacy in the SDLC	117
A vulnerability detection framework by focusing on critical execution paths	116
LocVul: Line-level vulnerability localization based on a Sequence-to-Sequence approach	97
CADV: A software visualization approach for code annotations distribution	81
A Delphi study to recognize and assess systems of systems vulnerabilities	79
Software defect prediction with semantic and structural information of codes based on Graph Neural Networks	78
Recruiting credible participants for field studies in software engineering research	76
Finding the best learning to rank algorithms for effort-aware defect prediction	65
Burnout in software engineering: A systematic mapping study	64
Early prediction for merged vs abandoned code changes in modern code reviews	64
Context2Vector: Accelerating security event triage via context representation learning	54
Ambiguity in user stories: A systematic literature review	54
An end-to-end deep learning system for requirements classification using recurrent neural networks	54
CriticalFuzz: A critical neuron coverage-guided fuzz testing framework for deep neural networks	54
A hybrid model for efficient decision-making in self-adaptive systems	54
Exploring the use of LLMs for the selection phase in systematic literature studies	51
Leveraging execution traces to enhance traceability links recovery in BPMN models	50
Research artifacts in secondary studies: A systematic mapping in software engineering	48
GNPSum: A code summarization enhancement framework based on Graph Node Position	46
Exploring continual learning in code intelligence with domain-wise distilled prompts	43

UXH-GEDAPP: A set of user experience heuristics for evaluating generative design applications	43
Vulnerability detection with Graph Attention Network and Metric Learning	43
Improved measurement of software development effort estimation bias	41
A survey of coverage-guided greybox fuzzing with deep neural models	41
A model-driven approach to reengineering processes in cloud computing	40
Warnings: Violation symptoms indicating architecture erosion	39
An exploratory study of bug prediction at the method level	39
Energize sustainability: EnSAF for sustainability aware, software intensive energy management systems	38
Editorial Board	38
SFIDMT-ART: A metamorphic group generation method based on Adaptive Random Testing applied to source and follow-up input domains	37
Boosting input data sequences generation for testing EFSM-specified systems using deep reinforcement learning	37
Threats to validity in software engineering research: A critical reflection	36
Introduction to software architecture for quantum computing systems special issue	35
A systematic literature review of agile software development projects	35
ENZZ: Effective N-gram coverage assisted fuzzing with nearest neighboring branch estimation	35
Representation-based fairness evaluation and bias correction robustness assessment in neural networks	34
AntiPhishX: An AI-driven service-oriented ensemble framework for detecting phishing and ai-powered phishing attacks	34
Accelerating similarity-based model matching with subtree equivalence	33
A survey of selected characteristics and contexts of the analysis and planning phase of software development projects and their connections to project success	33
Extraction and empirical evaluation of GUI-level invariants as GUI Oracles in mobile app testing	32
Prioritisation of code clones using a genetic algorithm	32
Editorial Board	32
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An empirical study of emoji use in software development communication	30
To group or not to group? Group sizes for requirements elicitation	29
An alternative to code comment generation? Generating comment from bytecode	28
Detecting privacy requirements from User Stories with NLP transfer learning models	28
A method for real-world privacy-preserving Android malware detection through Federated Machine Learning	28
A multi-objective agile project planning model and a comparative meta-heuristic approach	27
Towards automating self-admitted technical debt repayment	27
Test Code Flakiness in Mobile Apps: The Developer’s Perspective	27
Graph-based code semantics learning for efficient semantic code clone detection	27
Gated transformer network for multivariate security patch identification with mixture-of-experts	26
Comparison of multi-criteria decision-making methods for online controlled experiments in a launch decision-making framework	26
Requirements engineering for older adult digital health software: A systematic literature review	26
A brief note, with thanks, on the contributions of Guenther Ruhe	25
Coverage-enhanced fault diagnosis for Deep Learning programs: A learning-based approach with hybrid metrics	25
Can serious gaming tactics bolster spear-phishing and phishing resilience? : Securing the human hacking in Information Security	25
Developers’ viewpoints to avoid bug-introducing changes	24
An exploratory study of software artifacts on GitHub from the lens of documentation	24
Introduction to special issue on Agile UX: challenges, successes and barriers to improvement	24
Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering	24
Graph-based explainable vulnerability prediction	24
Personalizing label prediction for GitHub issues	24
Can an old fashioned feature extraction and a light-weight model improve vulnerability type identification performance?	24
Usefulness and usability of heuristic walkthroughs for evaluating domain-specific developer tools in industry: Evidence from four field simulations	23
Fairness on a budget, across the board: A cost-effective evaluation of fairness-aware practices across contexts, tasks, and sensitive attributes	23
Causal reasoning in Software Quality Assurance: A systematic review	22
Objectivity by design: The impact of AI-driven approach on employees' soft skills evaluation	22

Prioritization of model smell refactoring using a covariance matrix-based adaptive evolution algorithm	22
Investigating replication challenges through multiple replications of an experiment	22
Towards a taxonomy of code review smells	22
Improving effort-aware defect prediction by directly learning to rank software modules	22
Community smells—The sources of social debt: A systematic literature review	22
Automatically repairing tensor shape faults in deep learning programs	22
Dev2vec: Representing domain expertise of developers in an embedding space	21
DFL: A DOM sample generation oriented fuzzing framework for browser rendering engines	21
A model-driven approach for engineering Mobility Digital Twins: The Bologna case study	21
FCTree: Visualization of function calls in execution	21
UX Research practices related to Long-Term UX: A Systematic Literature Review	21
Edge AI assurance: A systematic mapping study	21
Overlapping community detection in software ecosystem based on pheromone guided personalized PageRank algorithm	20
Genetic model-based success probability prediction of quantum software development projects	20
A multi-criteria accessibility index for quantifying digital fairness in e-commerce	20
MT-Nod: Metamorphic testing for detecting non-optimal decisions of autonomous driving systems in interactive scenarios	20
An expressive and modular layer activation mechanism for Context-Oriented Programming	20
FRL-MFPG: Propagation-aware fault root cause location for microservice intelligent operation and maintenance	20
An information theoretic notion of software testability	19
A mixed method study of DevOps challenges	19
Cross-Modal Retrieval-enhanced code Summarization based on joint learning for retrieval and generation	19
A systematic mapping study on graph machine learning for static source code analysis	19
Editorial Board	19
The impact of knowledge inertia on process tailoring in the dynamic development of software projects in Chinese industries	19
Introduction to the Special Issue on: Grey Literature and Multivocal Literature Reviews (MLRs) in software engineering	19
Microservice-based projects in agile world: A structured interview	19
A low-code assessment platform for urban digital twins	19
Editorial Board	19
Introduction to the special issue on managing software processes using soft computing techniques	19
Impact of software development processes on the outcomes of student computing projects: A tale of two universities	19
Skills development for software engineers: Systematic literature review	19
Investigating the relationship between coordination strategy and coordination effectiveness in agile software development projects	18
Dynamic robustness evaluation for automated model selection in operation	18
A survey on Cryptoagility and Agile Practices in the light of quantum resistance	18
Editorial Board	18
A joint optimization approach for bug triage leveraging individual ability and collective responsibility of developers	18
Leveraging a combination of machine learning and formal concept analysis to locate the implementation of features in software variants	18
Constrained detecting arrays: Mathematical structures for fault identification in combinatorial interaction testing	17
Data preprocessing for machine learning based code smell detection: A systematic literature review	17
Technical risk model of machine learning based software project development - A multinational empirical study using modified Delphi-AHP method	17
MLOps best practices, challenges and maturity models: A systematic literature review	16
Perceived impact of agile principles: Insights from a survey-based study on agile software development project success	16
SolBERT: Advancing solidity smart contract similarity analysis via self-supervised pre-training and contrastive fine-tuning	16
A random forest model for early-stage software effort estimation for the SEERA dataset	16
Application of knowledge graph in software engineering field: A systematic literature review	16
Layered microservices architecture: A multitree-based domain-driven approach	16
Does it smell? A homogeneous stacking approach for code smell prediction	16
Detection of code smells in react with TypeScript applications	16
FairST: A novel approach for machine learning bias repair through latent sensitive attribute translation	16
A taxonomy of microservice integration techniques	16
DLRegion: Coverage-guided fuzz testing of deep neural networks with region-based neuron selection strategies	16
MT4Image: An efficient metamorphic testing approach for image processing applications	16
Studying the challenges of developing hardware description language programs	16
Editorial Board	16
PAREI: A progressive approach for Web API recommendation by combining explicit and implicit information	15
Editorial Board	15
POSVIA: Inconsistency analyzer for open-source Proof-of-Concept reports	15
A software vulnerability detection method based on multi-modality with unified processing	15
Editorial Board	15
Multi-source cross-domain vulnerability detection based on code pre-trained model	15
Crex: Predicting patch correctness in automated repair of C programs through transfer learning of execution semantics	15
On the use of contextual information for machine learning based test case prioritization in continuous integration development	15
Exploring the means to measure explainability: Metrics, heuristics and questionnaires	15
When should we (not) use the mean magnitude of relative error (MMRE) as an error measure in software development effort estimation?	15
Psychological safety in software workplaces: A systematic literature review	15
JIT-CF: Integrating contrastive learning with feature fusion for enhanced just-in-time defect prediction	14
Integrating DSGEO into test case generation for path coverage of MPI programs	14
VulSEG: Enhanced graph-based vulnerability detection system with advanced text embedding	14
Information and software technology: Special section on techdebt 2021	14
The journey to technical excellence in agile software development	14
Equitable cybersecurity: Towards generating requirements through the lens of security literacy	14
Does it matter who pays back Technical Debt? An empirical study of self-fixed TD	14
Antecedents of psychological safety in agile software development teams	14
SE3M: A model f	14
Human error management in requirements engineering: Should we fix the people, the processes, or the environment?	14
An exploratory study of sustaining organisational agility	14
Case study identification: A trivial indicator outperforms human classifiers	13
MT-Boost: A metamorphic-testing based training method for enhancing the robustness of deep neural network classifiers	13
The need for more informative defect prediction: A systematic literature review	13
A software product line approach for developing hybrid software systems	13

A multiple case study on reuse in Game Software Engineering	13
Alternatives for testing of context-aware software systems in non-academic settings: results from a Rapid Review	13
Towards antifragility of cloud systems: An adaptive chaos driven framework	13
Directed fuzzing based on path constraints and deviation path correction	13
Service Design Handover to user experience design – a systematic literature review	13
Synthesizing research on programmers’ mental models of programs, tasks and concepts — A systematic literature review	13
Are your apps accessible? A GCN-based accessibility checker for low vision users	13
Preventing technical debt with the TAP framework for Technical Debt Aware Management	13
Vulnerability detection with feature fusion and learnable edge-type embedding graph neural network	13
Context-based statement-level vulnerability localization	13
The yea-paradox: Cognitive bias in technology acceptance surveys	13
Reinforcement learning for test case prioritization based on LLEed K-means clustering and dynamic priority factor	12
Negative effects of gamification in education software: Systematic mapping and practitioner perceptions	12
A systematic literature review of capstone courses in software engineering	12
Transparency and explainability of AI systems: From ethical guidelines to requirements	12
Studying logging practice in machine learning-based applications	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
A novel detection model for abnormal network traffic based on bidirectional temporal convolutional network	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
Editorial Board	12
Making vulnerability prediction more practical: Prediction, categorization, and localization	12
Uncertainty propagation from sensor data to deep learning models in autonomous driving	12
An extensible, feature-based framework for fine-grained code quality assessment	12
How far are we from reproducible research on code smell detection? A systematic literature review	12
Memorization and generalization in neural code intelligence models	12
Like, dislike, or just do it? How developers approach software development tasks	12
Data migration for column family database evolution	11
Introduction to the special issue on dependable systems and applications	11
A search-based framework for automatic generation of testing environments for cyber–physical systems	11
How do software practitioners perceive human-centric defects?	11
Case study identification with GPT-4 and implications for mapping studies	11
Introduction to the Special Section on the Best Papers from REFSQ 2022	11
Native cross-platform app development using the SequalsK transpiler	11
A systematic mapping study of bug reproduction and localization	11
Double-counting in software engineering tertiary studies — An overlooked threat to validity	11
An empirical study on ML DevOps adoption trends, efforts, and benefits analysis	11
Editorial Board	11
Nez: A design-driven skeleton model for building continuum AI-based and analytic systems	10
An empirical study on self-admitted technical debt in modern code review	10
Understanding the product knowledge acquisition process in multiprovider software evolution scenarios: An exploratory study	10
Information needs and presentation in agile software development	10
Editorial Board	10
Issues-Driven features for software fault prediction	10
DeKeDVer: A deep learning-based multi-type software vulnerability classification framework using vulnerability description and source code	10
Predicting the precise number of software defects: Are we there yet?	10
Dealing with imbalanced data for interpretable defect prediction	10
Don’t settle for the first! How many GitHub Copilot solutions should you check?	10
An empirical study on capability of Large Language Models in understanding code semantics	10
Why and how do organizations create user-led open source consortia? A systematic literature review	10
A deep learning-based automated framework for functional User Interface testing	10
Machine translation-based fine-grained comments generation for solidity smart contracts	10
CLeBPI: Contrastive Learning for Bug Priority Inference	10
SHSE: A subspace hybrid sampling ensemble method for software defect number prediction	10
Fine-tuning and prompt engineering for large language models-based code review automation	10
SedSVD: Statement-level software vulnerability detection based on Relational Graph Convolutional Network with subgraph embedding	10
Editorial Board	10
The impact of stressors on the relationship between personality traits, knowledge collection behaviour and programmer creativity intention in software engineering	10
Relating team atmosphere and group dynamics to student software development teams’ performance	9
Unveiling security weaknesses in autonomous driving systems: An in-depth empirical study	9
Beyond hard vs. soft: A mixed-methods approach to developing a competency model for E-commerce software engineers	9
Guidelines for the development of a critical software under emergency	9
Progress on class integration test order generation approaches: A systematic literature review	9
Code review guidelines for GUI-based testing artifacts	9
The discovery effort worthiness index: How much product discovery should you do and how can this be integrated into delivery?	9
Job satisfaction in agile information systems development: A stakeholder perspective	9
Trust, transparency, and adoption in generative AI for software engineering: Insights from Twitter discourse	9
Enabling efficient and low-effort decentralized federated learning with the EdgeFL framework	9
RoseMatcher: Identifying the impact of user reviews on app updates	9
Gamification applied to knowledge sharing in software development: A rapid review	9
Inferring data model from service interactions for response generation in service virtualization	9
Visualizations for the evolution of Variant-Rich Systems: A systematic mapping study	9
Aligned metric representation based balanced multiset ensemble learning for heterogeneous defect prediction	9
An empirical study on secure usage of mobile health apps: The attack simulation approach	9
How do practitioners gain confidence in assurance cases?	9
SENEM: A software engineering-enabled educational metaverse	9
FAIR-CARE: A comparative evaluation of unfairness mitigation approaches	9
Many-objective optimization of non-functional attributes based on refactoring of software models	9
Squeeziness for non-deterministic systems	9
Probabilistic program performance analysis with confidence intervals	9
Editorial Board	9
Understanding how early-stage researchers leverage socio-technical affordances for distributed research support	9
Copiloting the future: How generative AI transforms Software Engineering	9
BERT- and TF-IDF-based feature extraction for long-lived bug prediction in FLOSS: A comparative study	8
Locality-based security bug report identification via active learning	8
An onboarding model for integrating newcomers into agile project teams	8
Predicting vulnerability inducing function versions using node embeddings and graph neural networks	8
Social capital in large-scale agile software product management: A multi-case study	8
Binary and multi-class classification of Self-Admitted Technical Debt: How far can we go?	8
Special issue on causal modeling and inference in SE	8
Service engineering for quantum computing: Ensuring high-quality quantum services	8
The lifecycle of Technical Debt that manifests in both source code and issue trackers	8
Process mining software engineering practices: A case study for deployment pipelines	8