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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
EAFL: an effective combination of features for fault localization in evolving programs	34
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	27
Machine learning for mHealth apps quality evaluation	27
Improving story points estimation using ensemble machine learning	27
Just-in-time defect prediction for mobile applications: using shallow or deep learning?	25
LLM-BRC: A large language model-based bug report classification framework	25
Modeling smart rejuvenation on a series system with different failure modes	22
Identifying the severity of technical debt issues based on semantic and structural information	22
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	17
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	16
Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report	15
Software code defect prediction from requirements: a study based on COSMIC sizing data movements	13
KAD: a knowledge formalization-based anomaly detection approach for distributed systems	13
Enhancing human-machine pair inspection with risk number and code inspection diagram	12
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	11
Getting into the game: gamifying software development with the GSA framework	11
Feature mapping based on heterogeneous cross-company effort estimation	11
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality	11
Periodic and random incremental backup policies in reliability theory	11
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	11
MCOT-KB: Multi-source cross-project defect prediction with optimal transport domain adaptation and KMMBagging	11
Revisiting the cost-effectiveness of metamorphic relation composition	11
AutoFuzz: automatic fuzzer-sanitizer scheduling with multi-armed bandit	10
Towards improving agility in public administration	10

OSEL: boosting vulnerability detection with opcode slicing-enhanced feature learning	10
A family of experiments about how developers perceive delayed system response time	10
Integrated multi-view modeling for reliable machine learning-intensive software engineering	10
Exploring API behaviours through generated examples	10
Test case optimization using grey wolf algorithm	9
Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	9
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	9
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	9
A systems interpretation of the software evolution laws and their impact on technical debt management and software maintainability	9
Implications of semi-supervised learning for design pattern selection	8
An effective parallel convolutional anomaly multi-classification model for fault diagnosis in microservice system	8
Automated SC-MCC test case generation using coverage-guided fuzzing	8
FLAME-JIT: Fine-grained localization of application mobile defects at just-in-time	8
Quality attributes of test cases and test suites – importance & challenges from practitioners’ perspectives	7
Quality enhancement in OSS development process: a quantitative framework approach	7
Utilizing source code syntax patterns to detect bug inducing commits using machine learning models	6
VulDFF: a dual features fusion vulnerability detection model based on CFG	6
Implicit and explicit mixture of experts models for software defect prediction	6
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	6
UX debt in an agile development process: evidence and characterization	5
Enhancing software development education through gamification and experiential learning with genially	5
Comparative study of machine learning test case prioritization for continuous integration testing	5
Gamification of software development, verification and validation	5
Unraveling the code: an in-depth empirical study on the impact of development practices in auxiliary functions implementation	5
Assessing reusable web applications: The Django ecosystem case	5
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	5
A source model simplification method to assist model transformation debugging	4
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	4
Programming languages ranking based on energy measurements	4
ReAPR: Automatic program repair via retrieval-augmented large language models	4
From omelet to UML: assessing the role of process thinking on process model quality among novice analyst	4
Towards engineering higher quality intelligent environments: a multi case study approach	4
A replication study on the intuitiveness of programming language syntax	4
Comparative analysis of the syntactic and semantic consistency of terms in software testing glossaries	4
QNet: exploring deep learning for quantum code smell detection	4
Predicting Vulnerabilities in Computer Source Code Using Non-Investigated Software Metrics	4
On the correlation between architectural smells and static analysis warnings	4
Exploring extended Abstract Syntax Tree encoding for enhancing code vulnerability detection	3
Quality aspects of digital forest service management: a case study	3
Navigating social debt and its link with technical debt in large-scale agile software development projects	3
Exploring behaviours of RESTful APIs in an industrial setting	3
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	3
A dynamic random testing strategy in the context of cloud computing	3
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	3
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	3
Towards defect-type-aware adaptive program repair: A stage-wise approach with large language models	3
Automatic software code repair using deep learning techniques	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
TTAFPred: Prediction of time to aging failure for software systems based on a two-stream multi-scale features fusion network	3

Model-based test execution from high-level natural language instructions using GPT-4	3
From DevOps to DevSecOps is not enough. CyberDevOps: an extreme shifting-left architecture to bring cybersecurity within software security lifecycle pipeline	3
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	3
Dynamic and execution views to improve validation, testing, and optimization of autonomous driving software	2
CLOUD-QM: a quality model for benchmarking cloud-based enterprise information systems	2
Scrum for safety: an agile methodology for safety-critical software systems	2
Investigating adversarial attacks in software analytics via machine learning explainability	2
KeyTitle: towards better bug report title generation by keywords planning	2
Differential testing solidity compiler through deep contract manipulation and mutation	2
CoCo-GAN: CodeBERT-driven collaborative generative adversarial learning for software defect prediction	2
Two improving approaches for faulty interaction localization using logistic regression analysis	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
Assessment and redesign of Ga-Starfish: a gamified strategy for agile retrospectives	2
A comprehensive catalog of refactoring strategies to handle test smells in Java-based systems	2
Issue detection and prioritization based on mobile application reviews	2
Adversarial patch generation for automated program repair	2
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	2
Predictive framework of software reliability analysis under multiple change points and imperfect debugging	2
MUT Model: a metric for characterizing metamorphic relations diversity	2
Comparative analysis of text mining and clustering techniques for assessing functional dependency between manual test cases	2