ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Article	Citations
Horus : Accelerating Kernel Fuzzing through Efficient Host-VM Memory Access Procedures	144
Neuron Semantic-Guided Test Generation for Deep Neural Networks Fuzzing	121
Automatic Identification of Game Stuttering via Gameplay Videos Analysis	113
KAPE: k NN-based Performance Testing for Deep Code Search	92
Test Generation Strategies for Building Failure Models and Explaining Spurious Failures	76
History-Driven Fuzzing for Deep Learning Libraries	74
Preference-wise Testing of Android Apps via Test Amplification	73
Mutant Reduction Evaluation: What is There and What is Missing?	57
Understanding the OSS Communities of Deep Learning Frameworks: A Comparative Case Study of P y T orch and T ensor	55
Bounded Verification of Atomicity Violations for Interrupt-Driven Programs via Lazy Sequentialization	52
Enhancing Android Malware Detection: The Influence of ChatGPT on Decision-centric Task	52
Better Supporting Human Aspects in Mobile eHealth Apps: Development and Validation of Enhanced Guidelines	51
An empirical study on vulnerability disclosure management of open source software systems	50
Assessing the Robustness of Test Selection Methods for Deep Neural Networks	48
Finding Information Leaks with Information Flow Fuzzing - RCR Report	45
Reusing d-DNNFs for Efficient Feature-Model Counting	45
FoC: Figure out the Cryptographic Functions in Stripped Binaries with LLMs	44
Deceiving Humans and Machines Alike: Search-based Test Input Generation for DNNs Using Variational Autoencoders	43
FairGenerate: Enhancing Fairness Through Synthetic Data Generation and Two-Fold Biased Labels Removal	42
An Empirical Study of the Non-Determinism of ChatGPT in Code Generation	42
I Depended on You and You Broke Me: An Empirical Study of Manifesting Breaking Changes in Client Packages	40
Securing the Ethereum from Smart Ponzi Schemes: Identification Using Static Features	39
Communicating Study Design Trade-offs in Software Engineering	36
Supporting Emotional Intelligence, Productivity and Team Goals while Handling Software Requirements Changes	35
Toward Interpretable Graph Tensor Convolution Neural Network for Code Semantics Embedding	35

Fine-Tuning Large Language Models to Improve Accuracy and Comprehensibility of Automated Code Review	35
Storage State Analysis and Extraction of Ethereum Blockchain Smart Contracts	34
An Accurate Identifier Renaming Prediction and Suggestion Approach	34
I Know What You Are Searching for: Code Snippet Recommendation from Stack Overflow Posts	33
Model Transformation Development Using Automated Requirements Analysis, Metamodel Matching, and Transformation by Example	32
Introducing Interactions in Multi-Objective Optimization of Software Architectures	31
Assessing and Analyzing the Correctness of GitHub Copilot’s Code Suggestions	31
HeMiRCA: Fine-Grained Root Cause Analysis for Microservices with Heterogeneous Data Sources	31
JavaScript SBST Heuristics to Enable Effective Fuzzing of NodeJS Web APIs	31
FormatFuzzer : Effective Fuzzing of Binary File Formats	31
An Empirical Study on Governance in Bitcoin’s Consensus Evolution	31
Estimating Uncertainty in Labeled Changes by SZZ Tools on Just-In-Time Defect Prediction	30
Characterizing Deep Learning Package Supply Chains in PyPI: Domains, Clusters, and Disengagement	30
Help Them Understand: Testing and Improving Voice User Interfaces	30
A Comprehensive View on TD Prevention Practices and Reasons for Not Preventing It	30
Adopting Two Supervisors for Efficient Use of Large-Scale Remote Deep Neural Networks - RCR Report	29
Why Do Developers Reject Refactorings in Open-Source Projects?	29
Deep API Sequence Generation via Golden Solution Samples and API Seeds	28
Single and Multi-objective Test Cases Prioritization for Self-driving Cars in Virtual Environments	28
Try with Simpler - An Evaluation of Improved Principal Component Analysis in Log-based Anomaly Detection	28
Enhancing Search-based Testing with Testability Transformations for Existing APIs	28
A Survey of Learning-based Automated Program Repair	27
Assessing the Early Bird Heuristic (for Predicting Project Quality)	26
PatchCensor: Patch Robustness Certification for Transformers via Exhaustive Testing	26
An Empirical Study on GitHub Pull Requests’ Reactions	26
Revisiting the Identification of the Co-evolution of Production and Test Code	26
Evaluation of Software Architectures under Uncertainty	25
Vulnerability Repair via Concolic Execution and Code Mutations	25
Contemporary Software Modernization: Strategies, Driving Forces, and Research Opportunities	24
GIST : Generated Inputs Sets Transferability in Deep Learning	23
Reinforcement Learning Informed Evolutionary Search for Autonomous Systems Testing	23
Editorial: Toward the Future with Eight Issues Per Year	23
A Systematic Literature Review of Multi-Label Learning in Software Engineering	23
SimClone: Detecting Tabular Data Clones Using Value Similarity	23
Towards On-The-Fly Code Performance Profiling	22
Assessing and Improving an Evaluation Dataset for Detecting Semantic Code Clones via Deep Learning	22
Editorial: ICSE and the Incredible Contradictions of Software Engineering	22
AutoRIC: Automated Neural Network Repairing Based on Constrained Optimization	22
An Empirical Study of Retrieval-Augmented Code Generation: Challenges and Opportunities	21
Graphuzz: Data-driven Seed Scheduling for Coverage-guided Greybox Fuzzing	20
APIRO: A Framework for Automated Security Tools API Recommendation	20
You Don’t Have to Say Where to Edit! jLED – Joint Learning to Localize and Edit Source Code	20
SCOPE : Performance Testing for Serverless Computing	20
A Characterization Study of Merge Conflicts in Java Projects	20
Industry–Academia Research Collaboration and Knowledge Co-creation: Patterns and Anti-patterns	20
MR-Scout: Automated Synthesis of Metamorphic Relations from Existing Test Cases	19
Cleaning Up Confounding: Accounting for Endogeneity Using Instrumental Variables and Two-Stage Models	19
Learning from Very Little Data: On the Value of Landscape Analysis for Predicting Software Project Health	19
Actor-Driven Decomposition of Microservices through Multi-level Scalability Assessment	19
Demo2Test: Transfer Testing of Agent in Competitive Environment with Failure Demonstrations	19

Characterizing Installation- and Run-Time Compatibility Issues in Android Benign Apps and Malware	19
SourcererJBF: A Java Build Framework For Large-Scale Compilation	19
Towards Learning Generalizable Code Embeddings Using Task-agnostic Graph Convolutional Networks	19
Simulator-based Explanation and Debugging of Hazard-triggering Events in DNN-based Safety-critical Systems	18
Adaptive Hypermutation for Search-Based System Test Generation: A Study on REST APIs with EvoMaster	18
Exploring the Capabilities of LLMs for Code Change Related Tasks	18
Beyond Fidelity: Explaining Vulnerability Localization of Learning-Based Detectors	18
Eagle	17
Test Input Prioritization for 3D Point Clouds	17
A Comprehensive Empirical Study of Bias Mitigation Methods for Machine Learning Classifiers	17
Feature Matching-based Approaches to Improve the Robustness of Android Visual GUI Testing	17
MeDeT: Medical Device Digital Twins Creation with Few-shot Meta-learning	17
Efficient Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection through Transfer Learning for Large-Scale Software Systems	17
Demystifying Hidden Sensitive Operations in Android Apps	17
Generation-based Differential Fuzzing for Deep Learning Libraries	16
Coverage-directed Differential Testing of X.509 Certificate Validation in SSL/TLS Implementations	16
Fairness Concerns in App Reviews: A Study on AI-Based Mobile Apps	16
Testing Causality in Scientific Modelling Software	16
Evolution-Aware Constraint Derivation Approach for Software Remodularization	16
Is It Hard to Generate Holistic Commit Message?	16
Automating TODO-missed Methods Detection and Patching	16
Fold2Vec: Towards a Statement-Based Representation of Code for Code Comprehension	15
Improving Deep Assertion Generation via Fine-Tuning Retrieval-Augmented Pre-trained Language Models	15
Battling against Protocol Fuzzing: Protecting Networked Embedded Devices from Dynamic Fuzzers	15
Variable Renaming-Based Adversarial Test Generation for Code Model: Benchmark and Enhancement	15
Adopting Two Supervisors for Efficient Use of Large-Scale Remote Deep Neural Networks	15
Adaptive Modelling Languages: Abstract Syntax and Model Migration	14
Efficient Management of Containers for Software Defined Vehicles	14
Certified Cost Bounds for Abstract Programs	14
An In-depth Study of Java Deserialization Remote-Code Execution Exploits and Vulnerabilities	14
Measuring and Clustering Heterogeneous Chatbot Designs	14
Duplicate Bug Report Detection: How Far Are We?	13
A Roadmap for Integrating Sustainability into Software Engineering Education	13
Refactoring in Computational Notebooks	13
All in One: Design, Verification, and Implementation of SNOW-optimal Read Atomic Transactions	13
Time-travel Investigation: Toward Building a Scalable Attack Detection Framework on Ethereum	13
OSS Effort Estimation Using Software Features Similarity and Developer Activity-Based Metrics	13
Autonomous Driving System Testing via Diversity-Oriented Driving Scenario Exploration	13
An Interleaving Guided Metamorphic Testing Approach for Concurrent Programs	12
Can GitHub Issues Help in App Review Classifications?	12
DiPri : Distance-Based Seed Prioritization for Greybox Fuzzing	12
Input Distribution Coverage: Measuring Feature Interaction Adequacy in Neural Network Testing	12
On the Impact of Lower Recall and Precision in Defect Prediction for Guiding Search-based Software Testing	12
Survey of Code Search Based on Deep Learning	12
Automatic Core-Developer Identification on GitHub: A Validation Study	12
A Comparative Study on Method Comment and Inline Comment	12
Reputation Gaming in Crowd Technical Knowledge Sharing	12
Understanding Software-2.0	12
Studying the Impact of TensorFlow and PyTorch Bindings on Machine Learning Software Quality	12
On the Significance of Category Prediction for Code-Comment Synchronization	11
Differentiable Quantum Programming with Unbounded Loops	11
A Hypothesis Testing-based Framework for Software Cross-modal Retrieval in Heterogeneous Semantic Spaces	11
LogUpdater: Automated Detection and Repair of Specific Defects in Logging Statements	11
The Influence of Human Aspects on Requirements Engineering-related Activities: Software Practitioners’ Perspective	11
AI for DevSecOps: A Landscape and Future Opportunities	11
Identifying and Explaining Safety-critical Scenarios for Autonomous Vehicles via Key Features	11
Obfuscated Clone Search in JavaScript based on Reinforcement Subsequence Learning	10
Towards Practical Binary Code Similarity Detection: Vulnerability Verification via Patch Semantic Analysis	10
Towards Robustness of Deep Program Processing Models—Detection, Estimation, and Enhancement	10
The IDEA of Us: An Identity-Aware Architecture for Autonomous Systems	10
Data Complexity: A New Perspective for Analyzing the Difficulty of Defect Prediction Tasks	10
Mitigating Regression Faults Induced by Feature Evolution in Deep Learning Systems	10
NSFuzz: Towards Efficient and State-Aware Network Service Fuzzing	10
Testing RESTful APIs: A Survey	10
A Systematic Literature Review on the Use of Deep Learning in Software Engineering Research	10
How Do Successful and Failed Projects Differ? A Socio-Technical Analysis	10
Software Engineering by and for Humans in an AI Era	10
Rise of Distributed Deep Learning Training in the Big Model Era: From a Software Engineering Perspective	10
Can Coverage Criteria Guide Failure Discovery for Image Classifiers? An Empirical Study	10
Understanding Real-Time Collaborative Programming: A Study of Visual Studio Live Share	10
Revealing the Unseen: AI Chain on LLMs for Predicting Implicit Dataflows to Generate Dataflow Graphs in Dynamically Typed Code	9
Fairness Testing of Machine Translation Systems	9
An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Defects and Source Code’s Unnaturalness	9
What You See is What it Means! Semantic Representation Learning of Code based on Visualization and Transfer Learning	9
Decision Support Model for Selecting the Optimal Blockchain Oracle Platform: An Evaluation of Key Factors	9
Identifying Performance Issues in Cloud Service Systems Based on Relational-Temporal Features	9
Less Is More: Unlocking Semi-Supervised Deep Learning for Vulnerability Detection	9
Open Problems in Fuzzing RESTful APIs: A Comparison of Tools	9
Guided Feature Identification and Removal for Resource-constrained Firmware	9
Representation Learning for Stack Overflow Posts: How Far Are We?	9

Let’s Discover More API Relations: A Large Language Model-Based AI Chain for Unsupervised API Relation Inference	9
Divide-and-Conquer: Automating Code Revisions via Localization-and-Revision	9
Simulating Software Evolution to Evaluate the Reliability of Early Decision-making among Design Alternatives toward Maintainability	9
Mobile Application Online Cross-Project Just-in-Time Software Defect Prediction Framework	9
Test Oracle Generation for REST APIs	9
The Agile Success Model	9
Revisiting Sentiment Analysis for Software Engineering in the Era of Large Language Models	9
The Case for Adaptive Security Interventions	9
BiRD: Race Detection in Software Binaries under Relaxed Memory Models	8
SemMT: A Semantic-Based Testing Approach for Machine Translation Systems	8
Prompt-based Code Completion via Multi-Retrieval Augmented Generation	8
Verification Witnesses	8
What Constitutes the Deployment and Runtime Configuration System? An Empirical Study on OpenStack Projects	8
Some Seeds Are Strong: Seeding Strategies for Search-based Test Case Selection	8
Large Language Model-Aware In-Context Learning for Code Generation	8
Large Language Model for Vulnerability Detection and Repair: Literature Review and the Road Ahead	8
Toward Better Comprehension of Breaking Changes in the NPM Ecosystem	8
V ex IR2V ec : An Architecture-Neutral Embedding Framework for Binary Similarity	8
Grammar Mutation for Testing Input Parsers	8
How the Quality of Maintenance Tasks is Affected by Criteria for Selecting Engineers for Collaboration	7
Making Software Development More Diverse and Inclusive: Key Themes, Challenges, and Future Directions	7
Blindspots in Python and Java APIs Result in Vulnerable Code	7
From Triumph to Uncertainty: The Journey of Software Engineering in the AI Era	7
DRIVE: Dockerfile Rule Mining and Violation Detection	7
Rise of the Planet of Serverless Computing: A Systematic Review	7
Software Security Analysis in 2030 and Beyond: A Research Roadmap	7
My Fuzzers Won’t Build: An Empirical Study of Fuzzing Build Failures	7
Snippet Comment Generation Based on Code Context Expansion	7
Finding Information Leaks with Information Flow Fuzzing	7
AceCoder : An Effective Prompting Technique Specialized in Code Generation	7
Microservice Security Metrics for Secure Communication, Identity Management, and Observability	7
Understanding Vulnerability Inducing Commits of the Linux Kernel	7
Identifying Affected Third-Party Java Libraries from Textual Descriptions of Vulnerabilities and Libraries	7
Automated Identification of Toxic Code Reviews Using ToxiCR	7
Learning-based Relaxation of Completeness Requirements for Data Entry Forms	7
A road-map to Readily Available Early Validation & Verification of System Behaviour in Model-Based Systems Engineering using Software Engineering Best Practices	7
Enumerating Valid Non-Alpha-Equivalent Programs for Interpreter Testing	7
Digital Twin-based Anomaly Detection with Curriculum Learning in Cyber-physical Systems	7
Recommending Variable Names for Extract Local Variable Refactorings	7
Poracle: Testing Patches under Preservation Conditions to Combat the Overfitting Problem of Program Repair	7
Editorial: The End of the Journey	7
Benchmarking and Categorizing the Performance of Neural Program Repair Systems for Java	7
Influential Global and Local Contexts Guided Trace Representation for Fault Localization	7
Finding Near-optimal Configurations in Colossal Spaces with Statistical Guarantees	7
The Good, the Bad, and the Missing: Neural Code Generation for Machine Learning Tasks	7
Challenges of Working from Home in Software Development During Covid-19 Lockdowns	7
Poison Attack and Poison Detection on Deep Source Code Processing Models	6
Asteria-Pro: Enhancing Deep Learning-based Binary Code Similarity Detection by Incorporating Domain Knowledge	6
A Machine Learning Approach for Automated Filling of Categorical Fields in Data Entry Forms	6
Temporal-Incremental Learning for Android Malware Detection	6
A Comprehensive Study of Governance Issues in Decentralized Finance Applications	6
Making Sense of the Unknown: How Managers Make Cyber Security Decisions	6
Non-Linear Software Documentation with Interactive Code Examples	6
Understanding Test Convention Consistency as a Dimension of Test Quality	6
Novelty Not Found: Exploring Input Shadowing in Fuzzing through Adaptive Fuzzer Restarts—RCR Report	6
On Estimating the Feasible Solution Space of Multi-objective Testing Resource Allocation	6
deGraphCS : Embedding Variable-based Flow Graph for Neural Code Search	6
A Closer Look at the Security Risks in the Rust Ecosystem	6
Using Personality Detection Tools for Software Engineering Research: How Far Can We Go?	6
Accountability in Code Review: The Role of Intrinsic Drivers and the Impact of LLMs	6
ReCDroid+: Automated End-to-End Crash Reproduction from Bug Reports for Android Apps	6
Automatic Repair of Quantum Programs via Unitary Operation	6
Consent Verification Monitoring	6
A Systematic Mapping Study Exploring Quantification Approaches to Code, Design, and Architecture Technical Debt	6
Validity-Preserving Delta Debugging via Generator Trace Reduction	6
IntDroid	6
On the Faults Found in REST APIs by Automated Test Generation	6
ConE: A Concurrent Edit Detection Tool for Large-scale Software Development	6
Improving Automated Program Repair with Domain Adaptation	6
FQN Inference in Partial Code by Prompt-tuned Language Model of Code	6
Exploring Automated Assertion Generation via Large Language Models	6
µOpTime: Statically Reducing the Execution Time of Microbenchmark Suites Using Stability Metrics	6
Privacy in Chatbot Conversation-Driven Development: A Comprehensive Review and Requirements Proposal	6
Bias Testing and Mitigation in LLM-based Code Generation	6
An Empirical Study of the Impact of Hyperparameter Tuning and Model Optimization on the Performance Properties of Deep Neural Networks	6
GraphPrior: Mutation-based Test Input Prioritization for Graph Neural Networks	5
Fine-grained Coverage-based Fuzzing	5
Hierarchical and Hybrid Organizational Structures in Open-source Software Projects: A Longitudinal Study	5
Towards Causal Analysis of Empirical Software Engineering Data: The Impact of Programming Languages on Coding Competitions	5
Context-based Transfer Learning for Structuring Fault Localization and Program Repair Automation	5
Leveraging Data Characteristics for Bug Localization in Deep Learning Programs	5
Automated Testing Linguistic Capabilities of NLP Models	5
Technical Debt Monitoring Decision Making with Skin in the Game	5
DistMeasure : A Framework for Runtime Characterization and Quality Assessment of Distributed Software via Interprocess Communications	5
Classifying Mobile Applications Using Word Embeddings	5
Route : Roads Not Taken in UI Testing	5
Stateful Serverless Computing with Crucial	5
Improving Fault Localization with External Oracle by Using Counterfactual Execution	5
A Smart Status Based Monitoring Algorithm for the Dynamic Analysis of Memory Safety	5
What’s (Not) Working in Programmer User Studies?	5
Why Personalizing Deep Learning-Based Code Completion Tools Matters	5
How Far Have We Progressed in Identifying Self-admitted Technical Debts? A Comprehensive Empirical Study	5
Incorporating Signal Awareness in Source Code Modeling: An Application to Vulnerability Detection	5
Fairness Testing: A Comprehensive Survey and Analysis of Trends	5
A Large-Scale Study of IoT Security Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities in the Wild	5