OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Software Quality Journal 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
EAFL: an effective combination of features for fault localization in evolving programs	50
Machine learning for mHealth apps quality evaluation	28
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	28
Improving story points estimation using ensemble machine learning	23
LLM-BRC: A large language model-based bug report classification framework	22
Just-in-time defect prediction for mobile applications: using shallow or deep learning?	21
Identifying the severity of technical debt issues based on semantic and structural information	20
Modeling smart rejuvenation on a series system with different failure modes	20
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	19
Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report	16
Enhancing human-machine pair inspection with risk number and code inspection diagram	14
HPDA: An enhanced GNN-based software vulnerability detection approach by hybrid-scale perception and data augmentation	12
Whole test suite generation from graph transformation specifications using ant colony optimization	12
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	12
KAD: a knowledge formalization-based anomaly detection approach for distributed systems	12
Getting into the game: gamifying software development with the GSA framework	11
Periodic and random incremental backup policies in reliability theory	10
Exploring API behaviours through generated examples	10
Feature mapping based on heterogeneous cross-company effort estimation	10
A family of experiments about how developers perceive delayed system response time	10
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	10
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality	10
Towards improving agility in public administration	9
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	9
Integrated multi-view modeling for reliable machine learning-intensive software engineering	9

OSEL: boosting vulnerability detection with opcode slicing-enhanced feature learning	9
AutoFuzz: automatic fuzzer-sanitizer scheduling with multi-armed bandit	9
Automated SC-MCC test case generation using coverage-guided fuzzing	8
An effective parallel convolutional anomaly multi-classification model for fault diagnosis in microservice system	8
Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	8
Test case optimization using grey wolf algorithm	8
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	8
A systems interpretation of the software evolution laws and their impact on technical debt management and software maintainability	8
Quality attributes of test cases and test suites – importance & challenges from practitioners’ perspectives	7
FLAME-JIT: Fine-grained localization of application mobile defects at just-in-time	7
Quality enhancement in OSS development process: a quantitative framework approach	7
Implicit and explicit mixture of experts models for software defect prediction	7
Implications of semi-supervised learning for design pattern selection	7
Comparative study of machine learning test case prioritization for continuous integration testing	6
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	6
Unraveling the code: an in-depth empirical study on the impact of development practices in auxiliary functions implementation	6
Utilizing source code syntax patterns to detect bug inducing commits using machine learning models	6
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	6
UX debt in an agile development process: evidence and characterization	6
Enhancing software development education through gamification and experiential learning with genially	6
From omelet to UML: assessing the role of process thinking on process model quality among novice analyst	5
A source model simplification method to assist model transformation debugging	5
QNet: exploring deep learning for quantum code smell detection	5
Comparative analysis of the syntactic and semantic consistency of terms in software testing glossaries	5
Towards engineering higher quality intelligent environments: a multi case study approach	4
Predicting Vulnerabilities in Computer Source Code Using Non-Investigated Software Metrics	4
On the correlation between architectural smells and static analysis warnings	4
ReAPR: Automatic program repair via retrieval-augmented large language models	4
Transferability of machine learning models learned from public intrusion detection datasets: the CICIDS2017 case study	4
Quantum service-oriented computing: current landscape and challenges	4
Programming languages ranking based on energy measurements	4
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	4
A replication study on the intuitiveness of programming language syntax	4
Does PageRank apply to service ranking in microservice regression testing?	4
Editorial	3
TTAFPred: Prediction of time to aging failure for software systems based on a two-stream multi-scale features fusion network	3
AI-Enhanced threat analysis and risk assessment for connected and autonomous vehicles	3
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	3
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	3
A dynamic random testing strategy in the context of cloud computing	3
Model-based test execution from high-level natural language instructions using GPT-4	3
A study on reported under-documented non-functional requirements as an indicator of technical debt	3
Navigating social debt and its link with technical debt in large-scale agile software development projects	3
Quality aspects of digital forest service management: a case study	3
From DevOps to DevSecOps is not enough. CyberDevOps: an extreme shifting-left architecture to bring cybersecurity within software security lifecycle pipeline	3
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	2
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	2
Issue detection and prioritization based on mobile application reviews	2
Predictive framework of software reliability analysis under multiple change points and imperfect debugging	2
Data sampling and kernel manifold discriminant alignment for mixed-project heterogeneous defect prediction	2

Automatic software code repair using deep learning techniques	2
Comparative analysis of text mining and clustering techniques for assessing functional dependency between manual test cases	2
Exploring behaviours of RESTful APIs in an industrial setting	2
Investigating adversarial attacks in software analytics via machine learning explainability	2
KeyTitle: towards better bug report title generation by keywords planning	2
Two improving approaches for faulty interaction localization using logistic regression analysis	2
Dynamic and execution views to improve validation, testing, and optimization of autonomous driving software	2
Experience report on the application of genetic algorithms to reduce costs of the software validation process in the automotive sector during an engine control unit project	2
A microservice-based framework for multi-level testing of cyber-physical systems	2
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	2
Adversarial patch generation for automated program repair	2
CPD$$_{\textrm{LTLf}}$$ : a linear temporal logic over finite traces guided model checking tool	2
Scrum for safety: an agile methodology for safety-critical software systems	2
CLOUD-QM: a quality model for benchmarking cloud-based enterprise information systems	2
MUT Model: a metric for characterizing metamorphic relations diversity	2