OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Software and Systems Modeling is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Formalizing the four-layer metamodeling stack with MetaMorph: potential and benefits	139
GoRIM: a model-driven method for enhancing regulatory intelligence	133
Guest editorial for the special section on the 26th international conference on model-driven engineering languages and systems (MODELS 2023)	56
Automated testing of metamodels and code co-evolution	47
Modeling more software performance antipatterns in cyber-physical systems	41
The technological landscape of collaborative model-driven software engineering	36
An investigation of the relationship between joint visual attention and product quality in collaborative business process modeling: a dual eye-tracking study	31
An ontology-based approach to engineering ethicality requirements	31
The uncertainty interaction problem in self-adaptive systems	28
EMF-Syncer: scalable maintenance of view models over heterogeneous data-centric software systems at run time	27
Reasoning over time into models with DataTime	26
Correct-by-construction requirement decomposition	26
Model-based code generation works: But how far does it go?—on the role of the generator	26
Fabricatable axis: an approach for modelling customized fabrication machines	25
Reflection on the differences between modeling and programming	24
Measurement and classification of inter-actor dependencies in goal models	24
The complexities of the satisfiability checking problems of feature diagram sublanguages	23
Antonio Vallecillo	21
Models: the fourth dimension of computer science	21
Integrating the analysis of multiple non-functional properties in model-driven engineering	20
Incremental execution of temporal graph queries over runtime models with history and its applications	19
A reference architecture for the development of GLSP-based web modeling tools	18
Incremental model transformations with triple graph grammars for multi-version models and multi-version pattern matching	17
Bridging MDE and AI: a systematic review of domain-specific languages and model-driven practices in AI software systems engineering	17
Enhancing explainability in process variant analysis: a framework for detecting and interpreting control-flow changes	16

A model template for reachability-based containment checking of imprecise observations in timed automata	16
Theme section on model-driven requirements engineering	15
Deep specification and proof preservation for the CoqTL transformation language	15
Adopting the concept of a function as an underlying semantic paradigm for modeling languages	14
Correction: MBFair: a model-based verification methodology for detecting violations of individual fairness	14
On the assessment of generative AI in modeling tasks: an experience report with ChatGPT and UML	13
Multi-dimensional multi-level modeling	13
Low-code development and model-driven engineering: Two sides of the same coin?	13
What makes a good modeling research contribution?	13
An architecture for coupled digital twins with semantic lifting	13
Editorial to theme section on open environmental software systems modeling	12
MUREQ: a multilayer framework for analyzing and operationalizing visualization requirements	12
Repeat, reorder, rephrase: data augmentation for process information extraction	12
SOCAM: a service-oriented computing architecture modeling method	12
On enterprise coherence governance with GEA: a 15-year co-evolution of practice and theory	12
A graph-based framework for model-driven optimization facilitating impact analysis of mutation operator properties	11
SimIMA: a virtual Simulink intelligent modeling assistant	11
Modeling for sustainability: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations	11
Model checking of spacecraft operational designs: a scalability analysis	11
Special section of BPMDS’2023	11
FloBP: a model-driven approach for developing and executing IoT-enhanced business processes	11
Gamifying model-based engineering: the PapyGame experience	11
Fault localization in DSLTrans model transformations by combining symbolic execution and spectrum-based analysis	11
Guest editorial for EMMSAD’2023 special section	11
Can explainable artificial intelligence support software modelers in model comprehension?	11
Application and evaluation of interlinked approaches for modeling changing capabilities	10
Context-driven process discovery: enhancing process flow interpretability with contextualized activity hierarchies	10
A language-parametric test amplification framework for executable domain-specific languages	10
AI simulation by digital twins: systematic survey, reference framework, and mapping to a standardized architecture	10
Correction: Cost-sensitive precomputation of real-time-aware reconfiguration strategies based on stochastic priced timed games	10
Modeling should be an independent scientific discipline	10
Decision-making under uncertainty: be aware of your priorities	10
Guest editorial to the theme section on multi-level modeling	10
Flexmi: a generic and modular textual syntax for domain-specific modelling	10
From process mining to augmented process execution	10
Modeling data protection and privacy: application and experience with GDPR	10
Teaching conceptual modelling in the age of LLMs: shifting from model creation to model evaluation skills	9
Accelerating similarity-based model matching using dual hashing	9
Enhancing automated network function onboarding through language extension and code refactoring	9
Exchanging information in cooperative software validation	9
A manifesto for applicable formal methods	9
Automatic Model Transformation and Formal Verification for Function Block of IEC 61499	9
Completion of SysML state machines from Given–When–Then requirements	9
Exploring modeling methods for information systems analysis and design: a data-driven retrospective	9
Conceptual modelling of temporality and subjectivity as cross-cutting concerns	8
iDOCEM: defining a common terminology for object-centric event logging and data-centric process modelling	8
Using reactive links to propagate changes across engineering models	8
IAT/ML: a metamodel and modelling approach for discourse analysis	8
CaRE: a refinement calculus for requirements engineering based on argumentation theory	8
What makes life for process mining analysts difficult? A reflection of challenges	8

Reusing model validation methods for the continuous validation of digital twins of cyber-physical systems	8
Efficient regression testing of distributed real-time reactive systems in the context of model-driven development	8
Correction to: Evaluation of a machine learning classifier for metamodels	7
Automatic security-flaw detection - towards a fair evaluation and comparison	7
PARMOREL: a framework for customizable model repair	7
Multi-level modeling: cornerstones of a rationale	7
Are models better read on paper or on screen? A comparative study	7
MoDALAS: addressing assurance for learning-enabled autonomous systems in the face of uncertainty	7
Consistency management in industrial continuous model-based development settings: a reality check	7
Modeling competences in enterprise architecture: from knowledge, skills, and attitudes to organizational capabilities	7
A benchmark of incremental model transformation tools based on an industrial case study with AADL	6
Reference models: how can we leverage them?	6
Span(Graph): a canonical feedback algebra of open transition systems	6
MBIPV: a model-based approach for identifying privacy violations from software requirements	6
Simulation and analysis of MultEcore multilevel models based on rewriting logic	6
Correction: Cost-sensitive precomputation of real-time-aware reconfiguration strategies based on stochastic priced timed games	6
Guest editorial to the theme section on Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research	6
Automated construction of predicate abstractions for smart contract validation	6
Special Section of BPMDS 2022—reflections on interactions and responsibility in a digitized business processes ecosystem	6
Correction: Automaton-based comparison of Declare process models	6
Analyzing the impact of human errors on interactive service robotic scenarios via formal verification	6
Real-time collaborative multi-level modeling by conflict-free replicated data types	6
Counterexample classification	6
Ceaml: A novel modeling language for enabling cloud and edge continuum orchestration	6
Modeling in advanced systems engineering	6