OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Software Quality Journal is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	45
Machine learning for mHealth apps quality evaluation	28
Just-in-time defect prediction for mobile applications: using shallow or deep learning?	21
LLM-BRC: A large language model-based bug report classification framework	21
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	18
Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report	18
Identifying the severity of technical debt issues based on semantic and structural information	17
Enhancing human-machine pair inspection with risk number and code inspection diagram	16
KAD: a knowledge formalization-based anomaly detection approach for distributed systems	15
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	13
HPDA: An enhanced GNN-based software vulnerability detection approach by hybrid-scale perception and data augmentation	11
Modeling smart rejuvenation on a series system with different failure modes	11
Whole test suite generation from graph transformation specifications using ant colony optimization	10
Periodic and random incremental backup policies in reliability theory	10
Getting into the game: gamifying software development with the GSA framework	10
QRev: migrating quantum code towards hybrid information systems	9
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	9
A family of experiments about how developers perceive delayed system response time	9
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality	9
Integrated multi-view modeling for reliable machine learning-intensive software engineering	9
Feature mapping based on heterogeneous cross-company effort estimation	9
Exploring API behaviours through generated examples	9
Towards improving agility in public administration	9
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	8
AutoFuzz: automatic fuzzer-sanitizer scheduling with multi-armed bandit	8

Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	8
Test case optimization using grey wolf algorithm	7
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	7
Automated SC-MCC test case generation using coverage-guided fuzzing	7
A systems interpretation of the software evolution laws and their impact on technical debt management and software maintainability	7
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	7
An effective parallel convolutional anomaly multi-classification model for fault diagnosis in microservice system	7
Implications of semi-supervised learning for design pattern selection	6
Implicit and explicit mixture of experts models for software defect prediction	6
Quality enhancement in OSS development process: a quantitative framework approach	6
Comparative study of machine learning test case prioritization for continuous integration testing	6
Quality attributes of test cases and test suites – importance & challenges from practitioners’ perspectives	6
Utilizing source code syntax patterns to detect bug inducing commits using machine learning models	6
From omelet to UML: assessing the role of process thinking on process model quality among novice analyst	5
Enhancing software development education through gamification and experiential learning with genially	5
UX debt in an agile development process: evidence and characterization	5
A source model simplification method to assist model transformation debugging	5
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	5
QNet: exploring deep learning for quantum code smell detection	5
Comparative analysis of the syntactic and semantic consistency of terms in software testing glossaries	5
Unraveling the code: an in-depth empirical study on the impact of development practices in auxiliary functions implementation	5
Transferability of machine learning models learned from public intrusion detection datasets: the CICIDS2017 case study	4
ReAPR: Automatic program repair via retrieval-augmented large language models	4
Quantum service-oriented computing: current landscape and challenges	4
Towards engineering higher quality intelligent environments: a multi case study approach	4
Programming languages ranking based on energy measurements	4
Predicting Vulnerabilities in Computer Source Code Using Non-Investigated Software Metrics	4
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	4
A replication study on the intuitiveness of programming language syntax	4
A study on reported under-documented non-functional requirements as an indicator of technical debt	3
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	3
A dynamic random testing strategy in the context of cloud computing	3
Editorial	3
Automatically generating taxonomy for grouping app reviews — a study of three apps	3
Does PageRank apply to service ranking in microservice regression testing?	3
Quality aspects of digital forest service management: a case study	3
Navigating social debt and its link with technical debt in large-scale agile software development projects	3
Data sampling and kernel manifold discriminant alignment for mixed-project heterogeneous defect prediction	2
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	2
AI-Enhanced threat analysis and risk assessment for connected and autonomous vehicles	2
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	2
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	2
Issue detection and prioritization based on mobile application reviews	2
CLOUD-QM: a quality model for benchmarking cloud-based enterprise information systems	2
CPD$$_{\textrm{LTLf}}$$ : a linear temporal logic over finite traces guided model checking tool	2
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	2
A microservice-based framework for multi-level testing of cyber-physical systems	2
TTAFPred: Prediction of time to aging failure for software systems based on a two-stream multi-scale features fusion network	2
Predictive framework of software reliability analysis under multiple change points and imperfect debugging	2
Two improving approaches for faulty interaction localization using logistic regression analysis	2

Scrum for safety: an agile methodology for safety-critical software systems	2
Dynamic and execution views to improve validation, testing, and optimization of autonomous driving software	2
Automatic software code repair using deep learning techniques	2
Exploring behaviours of RESTful APIs in an industrial setting	2
Model-based test execution from high-level natural language instructions using GPT-4	2
From DevOps to DevSecOps is not enough. CyberDevOps: an extreme shifting-left architecture to bring cybersecurity within software security lifecycle pipeline	2
KeyTitle: towards better bug report title generation by keywords planning	2
Adversarial patch generation for automated program repair	2
Investigating adversarial attacks in software analytics via machine learning explainability	2