OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Systems and Software is 41. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	332
Portfolio Evolution Analysis for SPL Scoping: Unveiling the dynamics with dedicated time-series dashboards	231
Different approaches for testing body sensor network applications	225
Novel framework for automated testing of ill-defined human–robot interaction environments	189
Feature models to boost the vulnerability management process	158
Understanding participation and corporatization in service of diversity in free/libre and open source software development projects	157
Domain-specific conflict resolution and model merge	110
VULOC: Vulnerability location framework based on assembly code slicing	107
Uncovering gender gap in academia: A comprehensive analysis within the software engineering community	106
The uphill journey of FaaS in the open-source community	86
Deep learning framework testing via hierarchical and heuristic model generation	85
The effect of advice network connectedness on problem-solving competence among software developers	85
Managing the changing understanding of benefits in software initiatives	84
Dear Researchers: Think about the future, for sure, but please don't forget about the present – the Odense Manifesto for academia–industry collaboration at ICSA 2025	80
EFACT: An External Function Auto-Completion Tool to strengthen static binary lifting	80
Experimental investigation of memory-related software aging in LLM systems	78
Integrating pair programming as a work practice	77
A MILP model on coordinated coverage path planning system for UAV-ship hybrid team scheduling software	77
Investigating end-users’ values in agriculture mobile applications development: An empirical study on Bangladeshi female farmers	69
Data preparation for Deep Learning based Code Smell Detection: A systematic literature review	66
Translating meaning representations to behavioural interface specifications	57
Modeling and safety analysis for collaborative safety-critical systems using hierarchical colored Petri nets	55
A survey on machine learning techniques applied to source code	55
Evolution patterns of software-architecture smells: An empirical study of intra- and inter-version smells	54
A systematic literature review on Android-specific smells	53

On measuring coupling between microservices	53
Managing security issues in software containers: From practitioners’ perspective	50
A modular metamodel and refactoring rules to achieve software product line interoperability	49
Multi-granularity coverage criteria for deep reinforcement learning systems	49
Explaining software fault predictions to spreadsheet users	48
Advancing modern code review effectiveness through human error mechanisms	47
Flexible control flow graph alignment for delivering data-driven feedback to novice programming learners	47
VIBE: Looking for Variability In amBiguous rEquirements	47
When traceability goes awry: An industrial experience report	46
A data-driven active learning approach to reusing ML solutions in scientific applications	46
Conformance assessment of Architectural Design Decisions on API endpoint designs derived from domain models	45
Improve cross-project just-in-time defect prediction with dynamic transfer learning	44
VeriFix: Verifying your fix towards an atomicity violation	43
Classification of security challenges and mitigation approaches in the quantum software engineering	43
Development of an automatic class diagram generator using an AI-based GRU classification model and 5W1H heuristic rules	42
Optimizing smart contract vulnerability detection via multi-modality code and entropy embedding	42
A comprehensive empirical investigation on failure clustering in parallel debugging	41