OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology is 45. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Finding Information Leaks with Information Flow Fuzzing—RCR Report	814
KAPE: k NN-based Performance Testing for Deep Code Search	197
Antidote or Placebo? Unraveling the Efficacy of Neuron Coverage Criteria on Testing Transformer-based Language Models	185
Horus : Accelerating Kernel Fuzzing through Efficient Host-VM Memory Access Procedures	183
Deceiving Humans and Machines Alike: Search-based Test Input Generation for DNNs Using Variational Autoencoders	177
Towards Reliable Generation of Executable Workflows by Foundation Models	140
Reusing d-DNNFs for Efficient Feature-Model Counting	133
FoC: Figure Out the Cryptographic Functions in Stripped Binaries with LLMs	132
SPENCER: Self-Adaptive Model Distillation for Efficient Code Retrieval	131
FairGenerate: Enhancing Fairness through Synthetic Data Generation and Two-Fold Biased Labels Removal	131
Enhancing Android Malware Detection: The Influence of ChatGPT on Decision-centric Task	125
Neuron Semantic-Guided Test Generation for Deep Neural Networks Fuzzing	120
Causality-Driven Test Case Minimisation for Cyber-Physical Systems	117
VFDelta: A Framework for Detecting Silent Vulnerability Fixes by Enhancing Code Change Learning	111
Assessing the Robustness of Test Selection Methods for Deep Neural Networks	111
Bounded Verification of Atomicity Violations for Interrupt-Driven Programs via Lazy Sequentialization	102
Preference-wise Testing of Android Apps via Test Amplification	89
M2CVD: Enhancing Vulnerability Understanding through Multi-Model Collaboration for Code Vulnerability Detection	88
Understanding the OSS Communities of Deep Learning Frameworks: A Comparative Case Study of P y T orch and T ensor	87
Unraveling the Key of Machine Learning-based Android Malware Detection	86
A Survey on Failure Analysis and Fault Injection in AI Systems	84
Securing the Ethereum from Smart Ponzi Schemes: Identification Using Static Features	83
Better Supporting Human Aspects in Mobile eHealth Apps: Development and Validation of Enhanced Guidelines	80
TestLoop: A Process Model Describing Human-in-the-Loop Software Test Suite Generation	73
An empirical study on vulnerability disclosure management of open source software systems	72

Automatic Identification of Game Stuttering via Gameplay Videos Analysis	72
Test Generation Strategies for Building Failure Models and Explaining Spurious Failures	69
An Empirical Analysis of Machine Learning Model and Dataset Documentation, Supply Chain, and Licensing Challenges on Hugging Face	67
I Depended on You and You Broke Me: An Empirical Study of Manifesting Breaking Changes in Client Packages	67
A Systematic Literature Review on Large Language Models for Automated Program Repair	65
Communicating Study Design Trade-offs in Software Engineering	60
An Empirical Study of the Non-Determinism of ChatGPT in Code Generation	59
History-Driven Fuzzing for Deep Learning Libraries	57
Toward Interpretable Graph Tensor Convolution Neural Network for Code Semantics Embedding	52
Actionable Framework for Understanding and Improving Social and Human Factors that Influence the Requirements Management in Software Ecosystems	52
A Comprehensive View on TD Prevention Practices and Reasons for Not Preventing It	51
Stakeholder Value Criteria for Technical Debt Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Analysis	51
Do Current Language Models Support Code Intelligence for R Programming Language?	51
Adopting Two Supervisors for Efficient Use of Large-Scale Remote Deep Neural Networks - RCR Report	51
Towards an Oracle for Binary Decomposition Under Compilation Variance	49
JavaScript SBST Heuristics to Enable Effective Fuzzing of NodeJS Web APIs	49
FormatFuzzer : Effective Fuzzing of Binary File Formats	48
Help Them Understand: Testing and Improving Voice User Interfaces	47
Towards Automating Domain-Specific Data Generation for Text-to-SQL: A Comprehensive Approach	46
JIT-DCK: A KAN Multi-Task Model for Just-In-Time Code Defect Prediction and Localization	45
FAVDisco : Modeling and Discovering File Access Vulnerabilities	45
Storage State Analysis and Extraction of Ethereum Blockchain Smart Contracts	45