Information and Software Technology

Article	Citations
Beyond the lab: An in-depth analysis of real-world practices in government-to-citizen software user documentation	304
Metamorphic Testing of Multimodal Human Trajectory Prediction	264
Early prediction for merged vs abandoned code changes in modern code reviews	216
Recruiting credible participants for field studies in software engineering research	176
Automatically inferring user behavior models in large-scale web applications	122
What do developers consider magic literals? A smalltalk perspective	113
Finding the best learning to rank algorithms for effort-aware defect prediction	111
A systematic review of shared personal informatics	92
CriticalFuzz: A critical neuron coverage-guided fuzz testing framework for deep neural networks	77
A vulnerability detection framework by focusing on critical execution paths	74
Gamified or Glorified? A systematic review of serious games for security & privacy in the SDLC	74
Feature-based insight for forks in social coding platforms	73
CADV: A software visualization approach for code annotations distribution	61
Software defect prediction with semantic and structural information of codes based on Graph Neural Networks	60
Burnout in software engineering: A systematic mapping study	57
A Delphi study to recognize and assess systems of systems vulnerabilities	51
Research artifacts in secondary studies: A systematic mapping in software engineering	50
An end-to-end deep learning system for requirements classification using recurrent neural networks	50
GNPSum: A code summarization enhancement framework based on Graph Node Position	49
Editorial Board	48
An exploratory study of bug prediction at the method level	47
Improved measurement of software development effort estimation bias	46
Leveraging execution traces to enhance traceability links recovery in BPMN models	44
A model-driven approach to reengineering processes in cloud computing	43
Exploring continual learning in code intelligence with domain-wise distilled prompts	42

A survey of coverage-guided greybox fuzzing with deep neural models	42
Warnings: Violation symptoms indicating architecture erosion	42
Energize sustainability: EnSAF for sustainability aware, software intensive energy management systems	40
Vulnerability detection with Graph Attention Network and Metric Learning	39
UXH-GEDAPP: A set of user experience heuristics for evaluating generative design applications	38
A systematic literature review of agile software development projects	38
Boosting input data sequences generation for testing EFSM-specified systems using deep reinforcement learning	38
ENZZ: Effective N-gram coverage assisted fuzzing with nearest neighboring branch estimation	36
Context2Vector: Accelerating security event triage via context representation learning	36
Threats to validity in software engineering research: A critical reflection	36
Exploring the use of LLMs for the selection phase in systematic literature studies	35
SFIDMT-ART: A metamorphic group generation method based on Adaptive Random Testing applied to source and follow-up input domains	35
A hybrid model for efficient decision-making in self-adaptive systems	35
Ambiguity in user stories: A systematic literature review	34
Introduction to software architecture for quantum computing systems special issue	33
Requirements engineering for older adult digital health software: A systematic literature review	32
Accelerating similarity-based model matching with subtree equivalence	32
Representation-based fairness evaluation and bias correction robustness assessment in neural networks	31
AntiPhishX: An AI-driven service-oriented ensemble framework for detecting phishing and ai-powered phishing attacks	31
Prioritisation of code clones using a genetic algorithm	31
Editorial Board	30
Editorial Board	30
To group or not to group? Group sizes for requirements elicitation	30
An empirical study of emoji use in software development communication	30
Editorial Board	30
A multi-objective agile project planning model and a comparative meta-heuristic approach	29
A survey of selected characteristics and contexts of the analysis and planning phase of software development projects and their connections to project success	29
An alternative to code comment generation? Generating comment from bytecode	29
Detecting privacy requirements from User Stories with NLP transfer learning models	28
Test Code Flakiness in Mobile Apps: The Developer’s Perspective	28
Comparison of multi-criteria decision-making methods for online controlled experiments in a launch decision-making framework	28
Graph-based code semantics learning for efficient semantic code clone detection	27
Extraction and empirical evaluation of GUI-level invariants as GUI Oracles in mobile app testing	27
Towards automating self-admitted technical debt repayment	27
Coverage-enhanced fault diagnosis for Deep Learning programs: A learning-based approach with hybrid metrics	26
Developers’ viewpoints to avoid bug-introducing changes	25
A brief note, with thanks, on the contributions of Guenther Ruhe	25
Personalizing label prediction for GitHub issues	25
Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering	25
UX Research practices related to Long-Term UX: A Systematic Literature Review	25
Graph-based explainable vulnerability prediction	24
Can an old fashioned feature extraction and a light-weight model improve vulnerability type identification performance?	24
Investigating replication challenges through multiple replications of an experiment	24
Can serious gaming tactics bolster spear-phishing and phishing resilience? : Securing the human hacking in Information Security	24
Fairness on a budget, across the board: A cost-effective evaluation of fairness-aware practices across contexts, tasks, and sensitive attributes	23
An exploratory study of software artifacts on GitHub from the lens of documentation	23
Usefulness and usability of heuristic walkthroughs for evaluating domain-specific developer tools in industry: Evidence from four field simulations	23
Introduction to special issue on Agile UX: challenges, successes and barriers to improvement	22
Prioritization of model smell refactoring using a covariance matrix-based adaptive evolution algorithm	22
Improving effort-aware defect prediction by directly learning to rank software modules	22

Community smells—The sources of social debt: A systematic literature review	22
Towards a taxonomy of code review smells	22
Causal reasoning in Software Quality Assurance: A systematic review	22
Dev2vec: Representing domain expertise of developers in an embedding space	22
Automatically repairing tensor shape faults in deep learning programs	22
Objectivity by design: The impact of AI-driven approach on employees' soft skills evaluation	22
A model-driven approach for engineering Mobility Digital Twins: The Bologna case study	21
A systematic mapping study on graph machine learning for static source code analysis	21
DFL: A DOM sample generation oriented fuzzing framework for browser rendering engines	21
Cross-Modal Retrieval-enhanced code Summarization based on joint learning for retrieval and generation	21
A low-code assessment platform for urban digital twins	21
Overlapping community detection in software ecosystem based on pheromone guided personalized PageRank algorithm	20
MT-Nod: Metamorphic testing for detecting non-optimal decisions of autonomous driving systems in interactive scenarios	20
A multi-criteria accessibility index for quantifying digital fairness in e-commerce	20
FCTree: Visualization of function calls in execution	20
Genetic model-based success probability prediction of quantum software development projects	20
Introduction to the Special Issue on: Grey Literature and Multivocal Literature Reviews (MLRs) in software engineering	19
Introduction to the special issue on managing software processes using soft computing techniques	19
Microservice-based projects in agile world: A structured interview	19
FRL-MFPG: Propagation-aware fault root cause location for microservice intelligent operation and maintenance	19
An expressive and modular layer activation mechanism for Context-Oriented Programming	19
A mixed method study of DevOps challenges	19
Perceived impact of agile principles: Insights from a survey-based study on agile software development project success	19
Impact of software development processes on the outcomes of student computing projects: A tale of two universities	19
Skills development for software engineers: Systematic literature review	19
Editorial Board	19
Application of knowledge graph in software engineering field: A systematic literature review	18
A taxonomy of microservice integration techniques	18
Leveraging a combination of machine learning and formal concept analysis to locate the implementation of features in software variants	18
Dynamic robustness evaluation for automated model selection in operation	18
The impact of knowledge inertia on process tailoring in the dynamic development of software projects in Chinese industries	18
Editorial Board	18
Data preprocessing for machine learning based code smell detection: A systematic literature review	18
An information theoretic notion of software testability	18
Editorial Board	18
Investigating the relationship between coordination strategy and coordination effectiveness in agile software development projects	17
Constrained detecting arrays: Mathematical structures for fault identification in combinatorial interaction testing	17
A survey on Cryptoagility and Agile Practices in the light of quantum resistance	17
Technical risk model of machine learning based software project development - A multinational empirical study using modified Delphi-AHP method	17
DLRegion: Coverage-guided fuzz testing of deep neural networks with region-based neuron selection strategies	17
Layered microservices architecture: A multitree-based domain-driven approach	17
A joint optimization approach for bug triage leveraging individual ability and collective responsibility of developers	17
A random forest model for early-stage software effort estimation for the SEERA dataset	17
Editorial Board	16
A software vulnerability detection method based on multi-modality with unified processing	16
On the use of contextual information for machine learning based test case prioritization in continuous integration development	16
An exploratory study of sustaining organisational agility	16
SolBERT: Advancing solidity smart contract similarity analysis via self-supervised pre-training and contrastive fine-tuning	16
Does it smell? A homogeneous stacking approach for code smell prediction	16
JIT-CF: Integrating contrastive learning with feature fusion for enhanced just-in-time defect prediction	16
Detection of code smells in react with TypeScript applications	16
MLOps best practices, challenges and maturity models: A systematic literature review	16
Editorial Board	15
Exploring the means to measure explainability: Metrics, heuristics and questionnaires	15
Multi-source cross-domain vulnerability detection based on code pre-trained model	15
POSVIA: Inconsistency analyzer for open-source Proof-of-Concept reports	15
Integrating DSGEO into test case generation for path coverage of MPI programs	15
PAREI: A progressive approach for Web API recommendation by combining explicit and implicit information	15
Human error management in requirements engineering: Should we fix the people, the processes, or the environment?	15
When should we (not) use the mean magnitude of relative error (MMRE) as an error measure in software development effort estimation?	15
Crex: Predicting patch correctness in automated repair of C programs through transfer learning of execution semantics	15
Editorial Board	15
Psychological safety in software workplaces: A systematic literature review	15
Equitable cybersecurity: Towards generating requirements through the lens of security literacy	15
Antecedents of psychological safety in agile software development teams	14
Towards antifragility of cloud systems: An adaptive chaos driven framework	14
Are your apps accessible? A GCN-based accessibility checker for low vision users	14
Does it matter who pays back Technical Debt? An empirical study of self-fixed TD	14
A systematic literature review of capstone courses in software engineering	14
The journey to technical excellence in agile software development	14
Studying the challenges of developing hardware description language programs	14
Information and software technology: Special section on techdebt 2021	14
SE3M: A model f	14
Preventing technical debt with the TAP framework for Technical Debt Aware Management	14
Directed fuzzing based on path constraints and deviation path correction	14
HYDRA: Feedback-driven black-box exploitation of injection vulnerabilities	14
A software product line approach for developing hybrid software systems	13
A novel detection model for abnormal network traffic based on bidirectional temporal convolutional network	13
Alternatives for testing of context-aware software systems in non-academic settings: results from a Rapid Review	13
A multiple case study on reuse in Game Software Engineering	13

Context-based statement-level vulnerability localization	13
Service Design Handover to user experience design – a systematic literature review	13
Editorial Board	13
The need for more informative defect prediction: A systematic literature review	13
Case study identification: A trivial indicator outperforms human classifiers	13
Synthesizing research on programmers’ mental models of programs, tasks and concepts — A systematic literature review	13
Making vulnerability prediction more practical: Prediction, categorization, and localization	13
Speeding up constraint-based program repair using a search-based technique	13
The yea-paradox: Cognitive bias in technology acceptance surveys	13
Vulnerability detection with feature fusion and learnable edge-type embedding graph neural network	13
Reinforcement learning for test case prioritization based on LLEed K-means clustering and dynamic priority factor	13
Memorization and generalization in neural code intelligence models	12
Assessing and improving syntactic adversarial robustness of pre-trained models for code translation	12
Editorial Board	12
Diversity-aware fairness testing of machine learning classifiers through hashing-based sampling	12
Data migration for column family database evolution	12
Studying logging practice in machine learning-based applications	12
Transparency and explainability of AI systems: From ethical guidelines to requirements	12
Test case recommendation based on balanced distance of test targets	12
How do software practitioners perceive human-centric defects?	12
How far are we from reproducible research on code smell detection? A systematic literature review	12
CLeBPI: Contrastive Learning for Bug Priority Inference	12
Negative effects of gamification in education software: Systematic mapping and practitioner perceptions	12
Native cross-platform app development using the SequalsK transpiler	12
Like, dislike, or just do it? How developers approach software development tasks	12
A systematic mapping study of bug reproduction and localization	12
Uncertainty propagation from sensor data to deep learning models in autonomous driving	12
Successful combination of database search and snowballing for identification of primary studies in systematic literature studies	12
Introduction to the special issue on dependable systems and applications	11
Case study identification with GPT-4 and implications for mapping studies	11
An empirical study on capability of Large Language Models in understanding code semantics	11
Understanding the product knowledge acquisition process in multiprovider software evolution scenarios: An exploratory study	11
An empirical study on self-admitted technical debt in modern code review	11
A search-based framework for automatic generation of testing environments for cyber–physical systems	11
Machine translation-based fine-grained comments generation for solidity smart contracts	11
Don’t settle for the first! How many GitHub Copilot solutions should you check?	11
Double-counting in software engineering tertiary studies — An overlooked threat to validity	11
Introduction to the Special Section on the Best Papers from REFSQ 2022	11
SHSE: A subspace hybrid sampling ensemble method for software defect number prediction	11
An empirical study on ML DevOps adoption trends, efforts, and benefits analysis	11
Predicting the precise number of software defects: Are we there yet?	10
DeKeDVer: A deep learning-based multi-type software vulnerability classification framework using vulnerability description and source code	10
Reporting case studies in systematic literature studies—An evidential problem	10
Editorial Board	10
The impact of stressors on the relationship between personality traits, knowledge collection behaviour and programmer creativity intention in software engineering	10
Aligned metric representation based balanced multiset ensemble learning for heterogeneous defect prediction	10
Dealing with imbalanced data for interpretable defect prediction	10
Information needs and presentation in agile software development	10
Why and how do organizations create user-led open source consortia? A systematic literature review	10
Issues-Driven features for software fault prediction	10
Code review guidelines for GUI-based testing artifacts	10
SENEM: A software engineering-enabled educational metaverse	10
Editorial Board	10
SedSVD: Statement-level software vulnerability detection based on Relational Graph Convolutional Network with subgraph embedding	10
Fine-tuning and prompt engineering for large language models-based code review automation	10
Relating team atmosphere and group dynamics to student software development teams’ performance	10
A deep learning-based automated framework for functional User Interface testing	10
Editorial Board	10