OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Information and Software Technology is 31. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A systematic review of unsupervised learning techniques for software defect prediction	116
Automation of systematic literature reviews: A systematic literature review	93
BGNN4VD: Constructing Bidirectional Graph Neural-Network for Vulnerability Detection	90
Improving high-impact bug report prediction with combination of interactive machine learning and active learning	72
Predictive maintenance using digital twins: A systematic literature review	70
On the performance of hybrid search strategies for systematic literature reviews in software engineering	68
Large-scale machine learning systems in real-world industrial settings: A review of challenges and solutions	66
A systematic literature review of machine learning techniques for software maintainability prediction	61
A risk prediction model for software project management based on similarity analysis of context histories	60
Successful combination of database search and snowballing for identification of primary studies in systematic literature studies	54
COSTE: Complexity-based OverSampling TEchnique to alleviate the class imbalance problem in software defect prediction	53
Investigation on the stability of SMOTE-based oversampling techniques in software defect prediction	49
Multiple fault localization of software programs: A systematic literature review	48
Test Case Prioritization in Continuous Integration environments: A systematic mapping study	47
From monolithic systems to Microservices: An assessment framework	45
NLP-assisted software testing: A systematic mapping of the literature	42
Understanding and addressing quality attributes of microservices architecture: A Systematic literature review	42
Towards a unified criteria model for usability evaluation in the context of open source software based on a fuzzy Delphi method	42
Detection of malicious software by analyzing the behavioral artifacts using machine learning algorithms	41
Guidelines for the search strategy to update systematic literature reviews in software engineering	40
A systematic literature review on automated log abstraction techniques	39
A study of run-time behavioral evolution of benign versus malicious apps in android	37
Drivers, barriers and impacts of digitalisation in rural areas from the viewpoint of experts	36
Time pressure in software engineering: A systematic review	35
Is this GitHub project maintained? Measuring the level of maintenance activity of open-source projects	34

A survey on the practical use of UML for different software architecture viewpoints	33
Challenges and solutions when adopting DevSecOps: A systematic review	32
Management of quality requirements in agile and rapid software development: A systematic mapping study	32
VUDENC: Vulnerability Detection with Deep Learning on a Natural Codebase for Python	32
On the generalizability of Neural Program Models with respect to semantic-preserving program transformations	32
Quantum computing challenges in the software industry. A fuzzy AHP-based approach	31
Quality Assessment in Systematic Literature Reviews: A Software Engineering Perspective	31