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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Just-in-time defect prediction for mobile applications: using shallow or deep learning?	46
LLM-BRC: A large language model-based bug report classification framework	28
EAFL: an effective combination of features for fault localization in evolving programs	25
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	22
Identifying the severity of technical debt issues based on semantic and structural information	18
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	18
Machine learning for mHealth apps quality evaluation	18
Modeling smart rejuvenation on a series system with different failure modes	17
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	16
KAD: a knowledge formalization-based anomaly detection approach for distributed systems	13
HPDA: An enhanced GNN-based software vulnerability detection approach by hybrid-scale perception and data augmentation	12
Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report	12
Enhancing human-machine pair inspection with risk number and code inspection diagram	11
Getting into the game: gamifying software development with the GSA framework	11
Whole test suite generation from graph transformation specifications using ant colony optimization	11
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	10
Feature mapping based on heterogeneous cross-company effort estimation	10
Periodic and random incremental backup policies in reliability theory	10
A family of experiments about how developers perceive delayed system response time	9
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality	9
AutoFuzz: automatic fuzzer-sanitizer scheduling with multi-armed bandit	9
Exploring API behaviours through generated examples	9
Towards improving agility in public administration	9
An effective parallel convolutional anomaly multi-classification model for fault diagnosis in microservice system	8
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	8

Integrated multi-view modeling for reliable machine learning-intensive software engineering	8
Automated SC-MCC test case generation using coverage-guided fuzzing	8
Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	8
Test case optimization using grey wolf algorithm	8
A systems interpretation of the software evolution laws and their impact on technical debt management and software maintainability	8
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	8
Quality enhancement in OSS development process: a quantitative framework approach	7
Implications of semi-supervised learning for design pattern selection	7
Quality attributes of test cases and test suites – importance & challenges from practitioners’ perspectives	7
Implicit and explicit mixture of experts models for software defect prediction	6
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	6
Utilizing source code syntax patterns to detect bug inducing commits using machine learning models	6
Comparative study of machine learning test case prioritization for continuous integration testing	6
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	6
UX debt in an agile development process: evidence and characterization	6
Unraveling the code: an in-depth empirical study on the impact of development practices in auxiliary functions implementation	6
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	5
Comparative analysis of the syntactic and semantic consistency of terms in software testing glossaries	5
From omelet to UML: assessing the role of process thinking on process model quality among novice analyst	5
Enhancing software development education through gamification and experiential learning with genially	5
A source model simplification method to assist model transformation debugging	5
Towards engineering higher quality intelligent environments: a multi case study approach	4
A replication study on the intuitiveness of programming language syntax	4
Programming languages ranking based on energy measurements	4
Transferability of machine learning models learned from public intrusion detection datasets: the CICIDS2017 case study	4
QNet: exploring deep learning for quantum code smell detection	4
Quantum service-oriented computing: current landscape and challenges	4
ReAPR: Automatic program repair via retrieval-augmented large language models	4
Predicting Vulnerabilities in Computer Source Code Using Non-Investigated Software Metrics	4
On the correlation between architectural smells and static analysis warnings	4
A dynamic random testing strategy in the context of cloud computing	3
Quality aspects of digital forest service management: a case study	3
Model-based test execution from high-level natural language instructions using GPT-4	3
TTAFPred: Prediction of time to aging failure for software systems based on a two-stream multi-scale features fusion network	3
Does PageRank apply to service ranking in microservice regression testing?	3
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	3
Editorial	3
AI-Enhanced threat analysis and risk assessment for connected and autonomous vehicles	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
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	3
From DevOps to DevSecOps is not enough. CyberDevOps: an extreme shifting-left architecture to bring cybersecurity within software security lifecycle pipeline	3
Issue detection and prioritization based on mobile application reviews	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
Adversarial patch generation for automated program repair	2
Investigating adversarial attacks in software analytics via machine learning explainability	2
Exploring behaviours of RESTful APIs in an industrial setting	2
A microservice-based framework for multi-level testing of cyber-physical systems	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
MUT Model: a metric for characterizing metamorphic relations diversity	2
KeyTitle: towards better bug report title generation by keywords planning	2
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	2
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	2
CLOUD-QM: a quality model for benchmarking cloud-based enterprise information systems	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
Differential testing solidity compiler through deep contract manipulation and mutation	2
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	2
Two improving approaches for faulty interaction localization using logistic regression analysis	2
Automatic software code repair using deep learning techniques	2