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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Test data generation method based on multiple convergence direction adaptive PSO	42
Just-in-time defect prediction for mobile applications: using shallow or deep learning?	38
LLM-BRC: A large language model-based bug report classification framework	25
Machine learning for mHealth apps quality evaluation	20
A longitudinal exploratory study on code smells in server side web applications	18
Feature-oriented clone and pull operations for distributed development and evolution	16
Towards semantically enhanced detection of emerging quality-related concerns in source code	14
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
Towards effective gamification of existing systems: method and experience report	12
Identifying the severity of technical debt issues based on semantic and structural information	12
Modeling smart rejuvenation on a series system with different failure modes	10
Getting into the game: gamifying software development with the GSA framework	10
Whole test suite generation from graph transformation specifications using ant colony optimization	10
Periodic and random incremental backup policies in reliability theory	9
Feature mapping based on heterogeneous cross-company effort estimation	9
Prioritization and parallel execution of test cases for certification testing of embedded systems	8
AutoFuzz: automatic fuzzer-sanitizer scheduling with multi-armed bandit	8
QRev: migrating quantum code towards hybrid information systems	8
Exploring API behaviours through generated examples	8
XRCoding: introducing computational thinking and coding in a gamified eXtended reality	8
Evaluating testing strategies for resource related failures in mobile applications	7
Integrated multi-view modeling for reliable machine learning-intensive software engineering	7
Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation	7
A family of experiments about how developers perceive delayed system response time	7

Exploring human factors of the agile software tester	7
Towards improving agility in public administration	7
Do developer perceptions have borders? Comparing C code responses across continents	6
Implicit and explicit mixture of experts models for software defect prediction	6
A systems interpretation of the software evolution laws and their impact on technical debt management and software maintainability	6
Copula-based software metrics aggregation	6
Automated SC-MCC test case generation using coverage-guided fuzzing	6
An effective parallel convolutional anomaly multi-classification model for fault diagnosis in microservice system	6
Test case optimization using grey wolf algorithm	6
Comparison of open-source runtime testing tools for microservices	5
Implications of semi-supervised learning for design pattern selection	5
Utilizing source code syntax patterns to detect bug inducing commits using machine learning models	5
Quality attributes of test cases and test suites – importance & challenges from practitioners’ perspectives	5
Comparative study of machine learning test case prioritization for continuous integration testing	5
Quality enhancement in OSS development process: a quantitative framework approach	5
Evaluate and control service and transaction dependability of complex IoT systems	5
Unraveling the code: an in-depth empirical study on the impact of development practices in auxiliary functions implementation	4
Comparative analysis of the syntactic and semantic consistency of terms in software testing glossaries	4
Enhancing software development education through gamification and experiential learning with genially	4
Identifying and managing data quality requirements: a design science study in the field of automated driving	4
Corrective commit probability: a measure of the effort invested in bug fixing	4
UX debt in an agile development process: evidence and characterization	4
Collaborative process tailoring in evolutionary software development: a teamwork-quality perspective	4
Towards engineering higher quality intelligent environments: a multi case study approach	3
Construction of a quality model for machine learning systems	3
Programming languages ranking based on energy measurements	3
Preface to the special issue on improving software quality through program analysis	3
Transferability of machine learning models learned from public intrusion detection datasets: the CICIDS2017 case study	3
Quantum service-oriented computing: current landscape and challenges	3
A source model simplification method to assist model transformation debugging	3
From omelet to UML: assessing the role of process thinking on process model quality among novice analyst	3
Predicting Vulnerabilities in Computer Source Code Using Non-Investigated Software Metrics	3
Systematic analysis of automated threat modelling techniques: Comparison of open-source tools	2
Test input generation from cause–effect graphs	2
An empirical evaluation of defect prediction approaches in within-project and cross-project context	2
TTAFPred: Prediction of time to aging failure for software systems based on a two-stream multi-scale features fusion network	2
Model-based test execution from high-level natural language instructions using GPT-4	2
Does PageRank apply to service ranking in microservice regression testing?	2
Editorial	2
Navigating social debt and its link with technical debt in large-scale agile software development projects	2
Quality aspects of digital forest service management: a case study	2
A dynamic random testing strategy in the context of cloud computing	2
A replication study on the intuitiveness of programming language syntax	2
Automatically generating taxonomy for grouping app reviews — a study of three apps	2
KeyTitle: towards better bug report title generation by keywords planning	1
Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing	1
From DevOps to DevSecOps is not enough. CyberDevOps: an extreme shifting-left architecture to bring cybersecurity within software security lifecycle pipeline	1
Adversarial patch generation for automated program repair	1
Predictive framework of software reliability analysis under multiple change points and imperfect debugging	1
Differential testing solidity compiler through deep contract manipulation and mutation	1

A dataset of regressions in web applications detected by end-to-end tests	1
Dynamic and execution views to improve validation, testing, and optimization of autonomous driving software	1
Two improving approaches for faulty interaction localization using logistic regression analysis	1
On business adoption and use of reproducible builds for open and closed source software	1
Exploring behaviours of RESTful APIs in an industrial setting	1
CLOUD-QM: a quality model for benchmarking cloud-based enterprise information systems	1
Scrum for safety: an agile methodology for safety-critical software systems	1
Data sampling and kernel manifold discriminant alignment for mixed-project heterogeneous defect prediction	1
MUT Model: a metric for characterizing metamorphic relations diversity	1
A comprehensive catalog of refactoring strategies to handle test smells in Java-based systems	1
Issue detection and prioritization based on mobile application reviews	1
.NET/C# instrumentation for search-based software testing	1
Automatic software code repair using deep learning techniques	1
A microservice-based framework for multi-level testing of cyber-physical systems	1
How do developers collaborate? Investigating GitHub heterogeneous networks	1
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	1
How consistency is handled in model-driven software engineering and UML: an expert opinion survey	1
Code quality control by bug report classification	1