OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineerin 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
Graph-Based Root Cause Localization in Microservice Systems with Protection Mechanisms	31
An Efficient Sorting Algorithm for Non-Volatile Memory	30
Using Peer Assessment Leveraging Large Language Models in Software Engineering Education	13
Software Quality Assessment Model: A New Approach for Software Testing Tools	12
OdegVul: An Approach for Statement-Level Defect Prediction	12
Model-Driven Approach for Making Citizen Science Data FAIR	10
An Optimal WSN Coverage Based on Adapted Transit Search Algorithm	10
Automated Test Case Generation for Path Coverage by Using Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with Reinforcement Learning and Relationship Matrix Strategies	10
Neighbor-aware Embedding Interaction for Link Prediction	9
Forecasting Stock Index Using a Volume-Aware Positional Attention-Based Recurrent Neural Network	8
A Fully Parallel Approach of Model Checking Via Probe Machine	8
Credit Card Fraud Detection Algorithm Based on a Stacked Ensemble Model	7
Flaky Test Detection Based on Adaptive Latest Position Execution for Concurrent Android Applications	7
Multi-Energy Complementary Scheduling Based on Interval Many-Objective Optimization of Power Grid for Sustainable Cloud Computing Center	7
Selecting Third-Party Libraries: The Web Developers’ Perspective	6
A Model-Based Evaluation Metric for Question Answering Systems	6
Navigating the AI Landscape: The Interplay of Digital Leadership, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Agility	6
MOID: Many-to-One Patent Graph Embedding Base Infringement Detection Model	6
A Combined Usage of NLP Libraries Towards Analyzing Software Documents	6
Deep Tasks Summarization for Comprehending Mixed Tasks in a Commit	6
A Novel Method for Identifying Microservices by Considering Quality Expectations and Deployment Constraints	5
A Hierarchical Feature Ensemble Deep Learning Approach for Software Defect Prediction	5
Toward Pointer-Analysis-Based Vulnerability Discovery in Human–Machine Pair Programming	5
MalRGBDet: Windows Malware Detection Method Based on RGB Image Representation and Heterogeneous Neural Network	5
Specifying Requirements for Modern Software Development: A Test-Oriented Methodology	5

CodeQG: Automated Multiple Question Generation for Source Code Comprehension	4
Understanding the Working Habits of GH-SO Users on GitHub Commit Activity and Stack Overflow Post Activity	4
Spectral Test Generation for Boolean Expressions	4
An Empirical Study on Code Smell Introduction and Removal in Deep Learning Software Projects	4
Inconsistency-Tolerant Hierarchical Probabilistic CTL Model Checking: Logical Foundations and Illustrative Examples	4
An Empirical Study on the Impact of Python Dynamic Typing on the Project Maintenance	4
ATLDesigner: ATL Model Checking Using An Attribute Grammar	4
Use of Journey Maps and Personas in Software Requirements Elicitation	4
Influential Spreaders Identification by Fusing Network Topology	4
Quantum Software Encompasses Classical Software: Density Matrix from the Laplacian	4
Enhancing Cheque Fraud Detection through Transformer Models and Optimization Techniques on Structured Textual Data	4
Modeling Structural Features with Structure Position-aware Attention for Code Summarization	4
A Constructive Heuristic for Automated Parallel Tests Assembly	4
Identifying Notable Tuples in Multi-Concept Web Tables	4
A Semantic Web-Enabled Approach for Dependency Management	3
Quantum Software Engineering: Practical Challenges	3
Mapping Modern JVM Language Code to Analysis-Friendly Graphs: A Study with Kotlin	3
Python API Misuse Mining and Classification Based on Hybrid Analysis and Attention Mechanism	3
CodeGen-Search: A Code Generation Model Incorporating Similar Sample Information	3
Guest Editor’s Introduction — Special Issue on Social Computing and Engineering	3
On the Succinctness of Modal μ-Calculus Based on Covariant–Contravariant Refinement	3
Verification of Safety for Synchronous-Reactive System Using Bounded Model Checking	3
Consistency Checking for Refactoring from Coarse-Grained Locks to Fine-Grained Locks	3
EVaDe: Efficient and Lightweight Mirai Variants Detection via Approximate Largest Submatrix Search	3
Improving Software Project Cost Estimation and Planning Accuracy Using Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic	3
TC4MT: A Specification-Driven Testing Framework for Model Transformations	3
Making Technical Debt Visible Using Hybrid Sankey Diagrams: An Industrial Case Study	3
Evaluating a Method to Select Software Developers from Source Code Analysis	3
An Empirical Study on Higher-Order Mutation-Based Fault Localization	3
Video Multimodal Entity Linking via Multi-Perspective Enhanced Subgraph Contrastive Network	3
Hybrid Model with Multi-Level Code Representation for Multi-Label Code Smell Detection (077)	2
A Case Study of Software Project Replacement: A Time Series Analysis	2
Imperfect Debugging Software Reliability Model with Exponential and Linear Characteristics	2
Enhancing Code Summarization with Graph Embedding and Pre-Trained Model	2
CodeLabeller: A Web-Based Code Annotation Tool for Java Design Patterns and Summaries	2
Detecting Interaction Related Bugs in a Multi-Tenant Setting Using Kubernetes	2
An Adaptive Semantic Annotation Tool for Teachers Based on Context-Aware and Internet of Things	2
Automatically Generating Release Notes with Content Classification Models	2
PEAPOD: A Heterogeneous Defect Prediction Approach Based on Deep Density Sampling and Deep Domain Adaptation	2
Person Event Detection Method in Computer Discipline Domain Based on BiGRU and CNN in Series	2
Deriving Thresholds of Object-Oriented Metrics to Predict Defect-Proneness of Classes: A Large-Scale Meta-Analysis	2
An Iterative Group-Based MOPSO with Isomap-Guided Leaders and DQN-Adaptive Parameters for Automated Path Coverage Test Case Generation	2
STMultiple: Sparse Transformer Based on RFID for Multi-Object Activity Recognition	2
BAQoS: A Burst I/O Aware Quality of Service Optimization for Cloud Storage Service	2
A Novel Entity and Relation Joint Interaction Learning Approach for Entity Alignment	2
A Quantitative Framework for Evaluating Architectural Patterns in ML Systems	2
Multiclass Classification of UML Diagrams from Images Using Deep Learning	2
Understanding the Role of Stack Overflow in Supporting Software Development Tasks: A Research Perspective	2
Predicting Ride Hailing Service Demand Using Autoencoder and Convolutional Neural Network	2
A Change-Level Defect Prediction Approach based on Teacher–Student Network	2

A Robot Control Knowledge Recommendation Model PKGAT Based on Multimodal Knowledge Graph	2
The Effect of Environmental Metrics on Software Fault Prediction	2
SPERT: Reinforcement Learning-Enhanced Transformer Model for Agile Story Point Estimation	2
EFSP: An Enhanced Full Scrum Process Model	2
TRAFMEL: Multimodal Entity Linking Based on Transformer Reranking and Multimodal Co-Attention Fusion	2
BPMN Data Model for Multi-Perspective Process Mining on Blockchain	2
Advanced IOT-Driven Human Activity Recognition and Real-Time Localization Using Deep Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Approach for Intelligent and Context-Aware Systems	2
Bug Localization with Features Crossing and Structured Semantic Information Matching	2
A Static Analysis Framework for Investigating Tainted Data Sources in Software Systems	2
How Did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering — Systematic Review	2
Remaining Activity Sequence Prediction for Ongoing Process Instances	2
A Cross-Project Defect Prediction Approach Based on Code Semantics and Cross-Version Structural Information	2
Author Index Volume 33 (2023)	2
Paraphrase-Augmented Evaluation for Dialogue Models: A Unified Framework with AMR and GPT-Based Rewriting	2
Embodying the Number of an Entity’s Relations for Knowledge Representation Learning	2
Identifying Temporal Corpus for Enhanced User Comments Analysis	2
LevDetectCode: Zero-Shot Detection of AI-Generated Code using Levenshtein Distance	2