OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Software Quality Journal is 1. 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
Code smell detection using multi-label classification approach	30
Construction of a quality model for machine learning systems	23
A public unified bug dataset for java and its assessment regarding metrics and bug prediction	22
Quantum service-oriented computing: current landscape and challenges	20
Data-driven and tool-supported elicitation of quality requirements in agile companies	19
Transferability of machine learning models learned from public intrusion detection datasets: the CICIDS2017 case study	16
MHCPDP: multi-source heterogeneous cross-project defect prediction via multi-source transfer learning and autoencoder	16
A classification and systematic review of product line feature model defects	13
Model-based test case generation from UML sequence diagrams using extended finite state machines	12
Availability and reliability modeling of VM migration as rejuvenation on a system under varying workload	12
Challenges concerning test case specifications in automotive software testing: assessment of frequency and criticality	12
A preliminary analysis of self-adaptive systems according to different issues	11
Planning-based security testing of web applications with attack grammars	10
XACMET: XACML Testing & Modeling	10
A hierarchical model for quantifying software security based on static analysis alerts and software metrics	10
Test input generation from cause–effect graphs	9
An empirical study on predictability of software maintainability using imbalanced data	9
Does maintainability relate to the energy consumption of software? A case study	9
Classification of application reviews into software maintenance tasks using data mining techniques	9
A survey on runtime testing of dynamically adaptable and distributed systems	8
An empirical study on the effect of community smells on bug prediction	8
Predicting technical debt from commit contents: reproduction and extension with automated feature selection	8
Empirical analysis on productivity prediction and locality for use case points method	7
Test case generation based on mutations over user execution traces	7
Machine learning techniques for software testing effort prediction	7

Test-driven development with mutation testing – an experimental study	7
Exploratory study of the impact of project domain and size category on the detection of the God class design smell	7
Scrum for safety: an agile methodology for safety-critical software systems	6
Codes of conduct in Open Source Software—for warm and fuzzy feelings or equality in community?	6
Two experiments for evaluating the impact of Hamcrest and AssertJ on assertion development	6
Exploring human factors of the agile software tester	6
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	5
A longitudinal exploratory study on code smells in server side web applications	5
Application of machine learning techniques to the flexible assessment and improvement of requirements quality	5
MATTER: A tool for generating end-to-end IoT test scripts	5
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	5
A new method for detecting various variants of GoF design patterns using conceptual signatures	5
Toward prioritization of self-admitted technical debt: an approach to support decision to payment	5
An adaptive system for autonomous driving	5
Copula-based software metrics aggregation	5
Exposing bugs in JavaScript engines through test transplantation and differential testing	4
Corrective commit probability: a measure of the effort invested in bug fixing	4
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	4
An autonomous performance testing framework using self-adaptive fuzzy reinforcement learning	4
Continuous design control for machine learning in certified medical systems	4
How consistency is handled in model-driven software engineering and UML: an expert opinion survey	4
Learning and analysis of sensors behavior in IoT systems using statistical model checking	4
Critical scenario identification for realistic testing of autonomous driving systems	4
Increasing validity through replication: an illustrative TDD case	4
Data sampling and kernel manifold discriminant alignment for mixed-project heterogeneous defect prediction	3
Ontology-based metamorphic testing for chatbots	3
A decision analysis approach for selecting software defect prediction method in the early phases	3
Using knowledge discovery to propose a two-phase model checking for safety analysis of graph transformations	3
Building an open-source system test generation tool: lessons learned and empirical analyses with EvoMaster	3
Runtime verification of real-time event streams under non-synchronized arrival	3
Integration testing for robotic systems	3
Measuring data credibility and medical coding: a case study using a nationwide Portuguese inpatient database	3
Ergo, SMIRK is safe: a safety case for a machine learning component in a pedestrian automatic emergency brake system	3
Scrum metaprocess: a process line approach for customizing Scrum	3
TestDCat 3.0: catalog of test debt subtypes and management activities	3
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	2
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	2
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	2
Discussing the applicability of a process core ontology and aspects of its internal quality	2
An improved text classification modelling approach to identify security messages in heterogeneous projects	2
Reductions and abstractions for formal verification of distributed round-based algorithms	2
Using the IDEAL model for the construction of a deployment framework of IT Service Desks at the Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education	2
A dataset of regressions in web applications detected by end-to-end tests	2
SleepReplacer: a novel tool-based approach for replacing thread sleeps in selenium WebDriver test code	2
TeqReq: a new family of test-related requirements attributes	2
Machine learning application development: practitioners’ insights	2
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	2
Assessing data cybersecurity using ISO/IEC 25012	2
UI Test case prioritization on an industrial setting: A search for the best criteria	2
Verification supported refactoring of embedded sql	2

Software fault prediction using deep learning techniques	2
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	2
Reconciliation of scrum and the project management process of the ISO/IEC 29110 standard-Entry profile—an experimental evaluation through usability measures	2
Formal verification process of the compliance of a multicore AUTOSAR OS	1
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	1
Towards improving agility in public administration	1
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	1
Technological diversity of quantum computing providers: a comparative study and a proposal for API Gateway integration	1
QoS monitor as a service	1
Successful intrusion detection with a single deep autoencoder: theory and practice	1
Matching terms of quality models and meta-models: toward a unified meta-model of OSS quality	1
Evaluate and control service and transaction dependability of complex IoT systems	1
Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	1
ReSuMo: a regression strategy and tool for mutation testing of solidity smart contracts	1
Assessing the specification of modelling language semantics: a study on UML PSSM	1
What lies behind requirements? A quality assessment of statement grounds in requirements elicitation	1
A metric for quantifying the ripple effects among requirements	1
Model-based testing leveraged for automated web tests	1
Predicting Android malware combining permissions and API call sequences	1
The temporality of technical debt introduction on new code and confounding factors	1
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	1
Dynamic test prioritization of product lines: An application on configurable simulation models	1
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	1
HSACMA: a hierarchical scalable adaptive cloud monitoring architecture	1
RETORCH: an approach for resource-aware orchestration of end-to-end test cases	1
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	1
QRev: migrating quantum code towards hybrid information systems	1
Evaluating the complexity of deriving adaptive $$S'$$-homing and $$S'$$-synchronizing sequences for nondeterministic FSMs	1
Empirical validation of a quality framework for evaluating modelling languages in MDE environments	1
Automatic bug localization using a combination of deep learning and model transformation through node classification	1
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	1