OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IET Software 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Analytic Hierarchy Process Based Prioritisation and Taxonomy of Success Factors for Scaling Agile Methods in Global Software Development	29
Software defect prediction via LSTM	27
Within‐project and cross‐project just‐in‐time defect prediction based on denoising autoencoder and convolutional neural network	27
Toward successful agile requirements change management process in global software development: a client–vendor analysis	19
Software development effort estimation: a systematic mapping study	18
Managing non‐functional requirements in agile software development	17
Software defect prediction using K‐PCA and various kernel‐based extreme learning machine: an empirical study	17
A new localization method based on improved particle swarm optimization for wireless sensor networks	17
Ontology for knowledge condensation to support expertise location in the code phase during software development process	16
Predicting the bug fixing time using word embedding and deep long short term memories	16
Requirements knowledge acquisition from online user forums	15
Empirical studies on the impact of filter‐based ranking feature selection on security vulnerability prediction	13
Usability and user experience evaluation of natural user interfaces: a systematic mapping study	13
A compositional model for effort‐aware Just‐In‐Time defect prediction on android apps	13
Long short‐term memory on abstract syntax tree for SQL injection detection	13
An improved K‐means algorithm for big data	12
Efficient improved ant colony optimisation algorithm for dynamic software rejuvenation in web services	12
The impact of feature selection techniques on effort‐aware defect prediction: An empirical study	12
Systematic review of question answering over knowledge bases	11
Image recognition in UAV videos using convolutional neural networks	11
Resource allocation mechanisms in cloud computing: a systematic literature review	11
Literature survey of deep learning-based vulnerability analysis on source code	10
Modified fuzzy sentiment analysis approach based on user ranking suitable for online social networks	10
Supporting the teaching of design thinking techniques for requirements elicitation through a recommendation tool	10
Taxonomy of secure data dissemination techniques for IoT environment	10

Academic approach to transform organisations: one engineer at a time	10
Benefits management in software development: A systematic review of empirical studies	9
An empirical study on the effectiveness of data resampling approaches for cross‐project software defect prediction	9
A 20‐year mapping of Bayesian belief networks in software project management	8
Predicting co‐change probability in software applications using historical metadata	8
Improving source code suggestion with code embedding and enhanced convolutional long short‐term memory	8
Implementing ISO/IEC 29110 to reinforce four very small entities of Mexico under an agile approach	8
Retracted: Scientific programming using optimized machine learning techniques for software fault prediction to improve software quality	8
Software defect prediction based on stacked sparse denoising autoencoders and enhanced extreme learning machine	8
Qualitative analysis of virtual reality adoption by tourism operators in low-density regions	8
Process metrics for software defect prediction in object‐oriented programs	8
Dynamic software updating: a systematic mapping study	8
Assessment of process capabilities in transition to a data‐driven organisation: A multidisciplinary approach	8
Stochastic gradient boosting for predicting the maintenance effort of software‐intensive systems	7
Enhanced framework for ensemble effort estimation by using recursive‐based classification	7
A deep learning‐based approach for software vulnerability detection using code metrics	7
Software ageing prediction using neural network with ridge	6
A systematic mapping study of source code representation for deep learning in software engineering	6
Classifying design‐level requirements using machine learning for a recommender of interaction design patterns	6
Towards the implementation of requirements management specific practices (SP 1.1 and SP 1.2) for small‐ and medium‐sized software development organisations	6
Towards a reference process for software architecture reconstruction	6
Empirical investigation: performance and power‐consumption based dual‐level model for exascale computing systems	5
Prioritization of global software requirements' engineering barriers: An analytical hierarchy process	5
Searching relevant papers for software engineering secondary studies: Semantic Scholar coverage and identification role	5
Manifold embedded distribution adaptation for cross‐project defect prediction	5
Vulcont: A recommender system based on context history ontology	5
Organisational climate assessments of Agile teams – a qualitative multiple case study	5
Factors influencing the requirements engineering process in offshore software development outsourcing environments	5
A synergic quantum particle swarm optimisation for constrained combinatorial test generation	5
ITSM model for very small organisation: an empirical validation	5
Revisiting ‘revisiting supervised methods for effort‐aware cross‐project defect prediction’	4
Improving the quality and quantity of functional and non‐functional requirements obtained during requirements elicitation stage for the development of e‐commerce mobile applications: an alternative re	4
New non‐homogeneous Poisson process software reliability model based on a 3‐parameter S‐shaped function	4
A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps	4
Adaptive random testing based on flexible partitioning	4
Correlation feature and instance weights transfer learning for cross project software defect prediction	4
An approach of method‐level bug localization	4
Embedding and classifying test execution traces using neural networks	4
Social loafing prevention in agile software development teams using team expectations agreements	4
What have we learnt from the challenges of (semi‐) automated requirements traceability? A discussion on blockchain applicability	4
Measuring teamwork quality in large‐scale agile organisations evaluation and integration of the aTWQ approach	4
An empirical study of local‐decision‐making‐based software customization in distributed development	4
A cross‐project defect prediction method based on multi‐adaptation and nuclear norm	4
Characterising the digital transformation of IT consulting services–Results from a systematic mapping study	4
Beyond factors that motivate the adoption of the ISO/IEC 29110 in Mexico: An exploratory study of the implementation pace of this standard and the benefits observed	3
Using health data repositories for developing clinical system software: a multi‐objective fuzzy genetic approach	3
A new population initialisation method based on the Pareto 80/20 rule for meta‐heuristic optimisation algorithms	3
Industry 4.0 and healthcare: Context, applications, benefits and challenges	3
Data visualisation in continuous integration and delivery: Information needs, challenges, and recommendations	3
Design of a gamification strategy to intervene in social and human factors associated with software process improvement change resistance	3

SW‐Context: a model to improve developers’ situational awareness	3
Deep learning‐based prototyping of android GUI from hand‐drawn mockups	3
Comprehensive complexity metric for data warehouse multidimensional model understandability	3
Categorisation‐based approach for predicting the fault‐proneness of object‐oriented classes in software post‐releases	3
New internal metric for software clustering algorithms validity	3
Customer reviews as the measure of software quality	3
Zeus – a tool for generating rule‐based serious games with gamification techniques	3
Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers	3
Retracted: Software based sentiment analysis of clinical data for healthcare sector	3
Requirements engineering for crossover services: Issues, challenges and research directions	3
A hybrid model for prediction of software effort based on team size	3
Automatic summarising of user stories in order to be reused in future similar projects	3
Concurrency coverage criteria for activity diagrams	3
SmartVisual: a visualisation tool for SmartThings IoT Apps using static analysis	3
Retracted: Intelligent distribution system of university student dormitory based on data fusion optimisation algorithm	3
A systematic review on search‐based test suite reduction: State‐of‐the‐art, taxonomy, and future directions	3
Retracted: Visualisation‐based binary classification of android malware using vgg16	3
A decision framework for cloud migration: A hybrid approach	3
Towards a privacy debt	2
Retracted: The use of the intelligent Bayesian network method combined with blockchain technology in the optimisation of tunnel construction quality control	2
Metamorphic testing of named entity recognition systems: A case study	2
Framework to support the Data Science of smart city models for decision‐making oriented to the efficient dispatch of service petitions	2
Mining relevant solutions for programming tasks from search engine results	2
Benefits management and Information Technology work distribution	2
Effect of requirements specification using native language on external software quality	2
Systematic literature review on intent‐driven systems	2
Value‐oriented quality metrics in software development: Practical relevance from a software engineering perspective	2
Mining detailed information from the description for App functions comparison	2
Impacts of process audit review and control efforts on software project outcomes	2
Hot question prediction in Stack Overflow	2
Automated class diagram elicitation using intermediate use case template	2
Practices connected to perceived client benefits of software projects	2
Determining the best‐fit programmers using Bayes’ theorem and artificial neural network	2
Software crowdsourcing task pricing based on topic model analysis	2
Composite pattern to handle variation points in software architectural design of evolving application systems	2
Code review effectiveness: an empirical study on selected factors influence	2
QCPW: a quality centric process workflow improvement approach for a legacy healthcare information system	2
Software ageing process as an evolving dynamic system	2
Understanding requirements prioritisation: literature survey and critical evaluation	2
Retracted: Blockchain‐based covert software information transmission for bitcoin	2
Retracted: Prediction of stock market movement via technical analysis of stock data stored on blockchain using novel History Bits based machine learning algorithm	2
WSEM _QT : a novel approach for quality‐based evaluation of web data sources for a data warehouse	2
Formal verification of a telerehabilitation system through an abstraction and refinement approach using Uppaal	2