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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Managing non‐functional requirements in agile software development	23
A new localization method based on improved particle swarm optimization for wireless sensor networks	22
Software defect prediction using K‐PCA and various kernel‐based extreme learning machine: an empirical study	21
The impact of feature selection techniques on effort‐aware defect prediction: An empirical study	17
An improved K‐means algorithm for big data	17
A compositional model for effort‐aware Just‐In‐Time defect prediction on android apps	17
An empirical study on the effectiveness of data resampling approaches for cross‐project software defect prediction	16
Empirical studies on the impact of filter‐based ranking feature selection on security vulnerability prediction	15
Systematic review of question answering over knowledge bases	15
Literature survey of deep learning-based vulnerability analysis on source code	14
Long short‐term memory on abstract syntax tree for SQL injection detection	14
Software defect prediction based on stacked sparse denoising autoencoders and enhanced extreme learning machine	13
Assessment of process capabilities in transition to a data‐driven organisation: A multidisciplinary approach	12
Retracted: Scientific programming using optimized machine learning techniques for software fault prediction to improve software quality	12
A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps	11
Benefits management in software development: A systematic review of empirical studies	11
Resource allocation mechanisms in cloud computing: a systematic literature review	11
Supporting the teaching of design thinking techniques for requirements elicitation through a recommendation tool	11
A deep learning‐based approach for software vulnerability detection using code metrics	10
Qualitative analysis of virtual reality adoption by tourism operators in low-density regions	10
Retracted: Software based sentiment analysis of clinical data for healthcare sector	9
Predicting co‐change probability in software applications using historical metadata	9
Searching relevant papers for software engineering secondary studies: Semantic Scholar coverage and identification role	9
A systematic mapping study of source code representation for deep learning in software engineering	9
Manifold embedded distribution adaptation for cross‐project defect prediction	9

Enhanced framework for ensemble effort estimation by using recursive‐based classification	9
A 20‐year mapping of Bayesian belief networks in software project management	9
Taxonomy of secure data dissemination techniques for IoT environment	9
Improving source code suggestion with code embedding and enhanced convolutional long short‐term memory	9
Towards a reference process for software architecture reconstruction	8
Prioritization of global software requirements' engineering barriers: An analytical hierarchy process	8
Applying virtual reality to teach the software development process to novice software engineers	8
Industry 4.0 and healthcare: Context, applications, benefits and challenges	7
Deep learning‐based prototyping of android GUI from hand‐drawn mockups	6
New non‐homogeneous Poisson process software reliability model based on a 3‐parameter S‐shaped function	6
A synergic quantum particle swarm optimisation for constrained combinatorial test generation	6
Data visualisation in continuous integration and delivery: Information needs, challenges, and recommendations	6
A cross‐project defect prediction method based on multi‐adaptation and nuclear norm	6
Factors influencing the requirements engineering process in offshore software development outsourcing environments	6
Correlation feature and instance weights transfer learning for cross project software defect prediction	6
Measuring teamwork quality in large‐scale agile organisations evaluation and integration of the aTWQ approach	6
A decision framework for cloud migration: A hybrid approach	6
What have we learnt from the challenges of (semi‐) automated requirements traceability? A discussion on blockchain applicability	6
Revisiting ‘revisiting supervised methods for effort‐aware cross‐project defect prediction’	6
Organisational climate assessments of Agile teams – a qualitative multiple case study	6
Characterising the digital transformation of IT consulting services–Results from a systematic mapping study	5
A new population initialisation method based on the Pareto 80/20 rule for meta‐heuristic optimisation algorithms	5
Retracted: Visualisation‐based binary classification of android malware using vgg16	4
An approach of method‐level bug localization	4
Social loafing prevention in agile software development teams using team expectations agreements	4
Automatic summarising of user stories in order to be reused in future similar projects	4
Retracted: Intelligent distribution system of university student dormitory based on data fusion optimisation algorithm	4
Value‐oriented quality metrics in software development: Practical relevance from a software engineering perspective	4
An empirical study of local‐decision‐making‐based software customization in distributed development	4
A hybrid model for prediction of software effort based on team size	4
Retracted: A software‐based framework for the development of smart healthcare systems using fog computing	4
A systematic review on search‐based test suite reduction: State‐of‐the‐art, taxonomy, and future directions	4
Requirements engineering for crossover services: Issues, challenges and research directions	4
Embedding and classifying test execution traces using neural networks	4
Retracted: The use of the intelligent Bayesian network method combined with blockchain technology in the optimisation of tunnel construction quality control	4
Revisit security in the era of DevOps: An evidence‐based inquiry into DevSecOps industry	4
Design of a gamification strategy to intervene in social and human factors associated with software process improvement change resistance	4
CIDFuzz: Fuzz testing for continuous integration	3
Concurrency coverage criteria for activity diagrams	3
Retracted: Blockchain‐based covert software information transmission for bitcoin	3
Formal verification of a telerehabilitation system through an abstraction and refinement approach using Uppaal	3
Retracted: Robotic Process Automation use cases in academia and early implementation experiences	3
Automated class diagram elicitation using intermediate use case template	3
Effect of requirements specification using native language on external software quality	3
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
Vulcont: A recommender system based on context history ontology	3
Customer reviews as the measure of software quality	3
A systematic mapping study on machine learning methodologies for requirements management	3
Selecting reliable blockchain peers via hybrid blockchain reliability prediction	2
WSEM _QT : a novel approach for quality‐based evaluation of web data sources for a data warehouse	2

Towards a privacy debt	2
Mining detailed information from the description for App functions comparison	2
A case study of environmental considerations and opportunities in cyber physical systems	2
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Investigating the information value of different sources of evidence of developers’ expertise for bug assignment in open‐source projects	2
Benefits management and Information Technology work distribution	2
Using multi‐pattern clustering methods to improve software maintenance quality	2
Software crowdsourcing task pricing based on topic model analysis	2
An unsupervised cross project model for crashing fault residence identification	2
Just‐in‐time defect prediction enhanced by the joint method of line label fusion and file filtering	2
Code review effectiveness: an empirical study on selected factors influence	2
Bayesian Network analysis of software logs for data‐driven software maintenance	2
Software ageing process as an evolving dynamic system	2
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Understanding requirements prioritisation: literature survey and critical evaluation	2
Retracted: Software solution for text summarisation using machine learning based Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers algorithm	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
Applying usability recommendations when developing mobile instant messaging applications	2
Mining Stack Overflow for API class recommendation using DOC2VEC and LDA	2
Metamorphic testing of named entity recognition systems: A case study	2
Hot question prediction in Stack Overflow	2
Practices connected to perceived client benefits of software projects	2
Mining relevant solutions for programming tasks from search engine results	2