Journal of Software-Evolution and Process

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Software-Evolution and Process is 3. 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.)
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A Novel Vulnerability‐Detection Method Based on the Semantic Features of Source Code and the LLVM Intermediate Representation37
Internet‐of‐things architectures for secure cyber–physical spaces: The VISOR experience report34
Mobile crowdsourced test report prioritization based on text and image understanding33
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SGDL: Smart contract vulnerability generation via deep learning20
APP constraint analysis approach to select mobile devices for compatibility crowdtesting20
On the sustainability of deep learning projects: Maintainers' perspective19
PassSum: Leveraging paths of abstract syntax trees and self‐supervision for code summarization19
A Grounded Theory Study to Guide AI‐Driven Code Comment Improvement18
Revisiting deep neural network test coverage from the test effectiveness perspective16
Software development effort estimation using boosting algorithms and automatic tuning of hyperparameters with Optuna14
A novel combinatorial testing approach with fuzzing strategy14
BET‐BiLSTM Model: A Robust Solution for Automated Requirements Classification13
An architecture refactoring approach to reducing software hierarchy complexity13
Automated construction of reference model for software remodularization through software evolution13
Editorial for the special issue on software refactoring: Application breadth and technical depth13
Product and service quality risks: A survey about evolution and application in different business domains to facilitate quality engineering12
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Software integration model: An assessment tool for global software development vendors12
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Empowering Software Engineers to Design More Secure Web Applications: Guidelines and Potential of Using LLMs as a Recommender Tool11
Code smell prioritization in object‐oriented software systems: A systematic literature review10
Generating Quality Assurance Constraints From Natural Language With LLMs10
Requirement specification extraction and analysis based on propositional projection temporal logic10
Evolutionary measures and their correlations with the performance of cross‐version defect prediction for object‐oriented projects10
A Systematic Review of Time Pressure and Cybersecurity Decision‐Making in Software Development10
Crowdsourced bug report severity prediction based on text and image understanding via heterogeneous graph convolutional networks10
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Exceptions Can Be Nested: An Exploratory Study on Nested Exceptions in Java Crashes9
A Serious Game Approach to Introduce the Code Review Practice8
Understanding the quality and evolution of Android app build systems8
A Simple Yet Practical Backdoor Prompt Attack Against Black‐Box Code Summarization Engines8
Strategic Intelligence Management (ISO 56006)—Using AI by the Innovation Agent Task Force in the Automotive Skills Alliance (ASA)8
Adaptive solving strategy synthesis for symbolic execution8
Specifying features in terms of domain models: MuDForM method definition and case study8
Security Assessment of Private Package Repositories: An Experience on Acc‐Py at CERN8
MFLion‐DMN: Mayfly Lion‐optimized deep maxout network for prediction of software development effort7
Functional Size Measurement With Conceptual Models: A Systematic Literature Review7
Cheating your apps: Black‐box adversarial attacks on deep learning apps7
Predicting Issue Resolution Time of OSS Using Multiple Features7
Advanced security testing using a cyber‐attack forecasting model: A case study of financial institutions7
Trustworthy and collaborative traceability management: Experts’ feedback on a blockchain‐enabled framework6
Challenges and solutions in the development of blockchain applications: Extraction from SLR and empirical study6
Hybrid mutation driven testing for natural language inference6
Exploring the Effectiveness of Open‐Source Donation Platform: An Empirical Study on Opencollective6
Verification and validation of software process simulation models: A systematic mapping study6
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Engineering MLOps Pipelines With Data Quality: A Case Study on Tabular Datasets in Kaggle6
Enhanced evolutionary automated program repair by finer‐granularity ingredients and better search algorithms6
When rationality meets intuition: A research agenda for software design decision‐making6
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DP‐GCN: Integrating GraphCodeBERT and GCN With Contrastive Learning for Software Defect Prediction6
Exploratory study of existing research on software requirements prioritization: A systematic literature review5
From legacy to microservices: A type‐based approach for microservices identification using machine learning and semantic analysis5
Enhancing Feature Quality in JIT‐SDP: An Empirical Study of Branch Dependency Mining5
The Impact of COVID‐19 on Open Source Development Activities: A Multi‐Method Study5
Combining object‐oriented metrics and centrality measures to predict faults in object‐oriented software: An empirical validation5
Impact of Code Smells on Software Quality: A Systematic Literature Review5
Model‐checking‐driven explorative testing of CRDT designs and implementations5
Integrating Security Controls in DevSecOps: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Research Directions5
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Neural Networks‐Based Software Development Effort Estimation: A Systematic Literature Review5
Leveraging Levy Flight and Greylag Goose Optimization for Enhanced Cross‐Project Defect Prediction in Software Evolution5
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Manipulating a CI/CD Pipeline in an IoT Embedded Project: A Quasi‐Experiment5
Stress, motivation, and performance in global software engineering5
CARLDA: An Approach for Stack Overflow API Mention Recognition Driven by Context and LLM‐Based Data Augmentation5
The Pandora's box of social, process, and people debts in software engineering5
Understanding Remote Work Experience: Insights Into Well‐Being5
Examining the training and education potential of the metaverse: Results from an empirical study of next generation SAFe training5
A Multi‐Perspective Review on Embedded Systems Quality: State of the Field, Challenges, and Research Directions4
Assessing BizDevOps maturity using international standards: Case studies and lessons learned4
An ecology‐oriented convergence evolution analysis method of crossover service ecosystems4
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The LAGSSE Framework: Integrating Lean, Agile, and Green Principles for Sustainable Software Engineering4
CyberESP: An Integrated Cybersecurity Framework for SMEs4
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CrossFix: Resolution of GitHub issues via similar bugs recommendation4
Predictive Modeling of Software Defect Density Using BAHA‐WOA–Based Feature Selection4
ECP: Coprocessor Architecture to Protect Program Logic Consistency4
Minimizing Inter‐Dependencies in Functional Requirements for Timely Delivery of Software Projects: A Prioritization Approach Using AHP and Spanning Trees4
Sustainable software engineering—A contribution puzzle of different teams in large IT organizations4
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Empirical Analysis of Challenges in Implementing Agile Methodologies in Global Software Development4
Adaptive Multi‐Metric Test Case Selection for Deep Neural Networks Based on Genetic Algorithm4
Promoting social and human factors through a gamified automotive software development environment4
A novel defect prediction method based on semantic feature enhancement4
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Contributions of enterprise architecture to software engineering: A systematic literature review4
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Code quality improvement using Aquila Optimizer4
Explainable AI Framework for Software Defect Prediction4
A Study of Factors That Influence the Software Project Success4
The dynamic versus the stable team: The unspoken question in large‐scale agile development4
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Context factors perceived important when looking for similar experiences in decision‐making for software components: An interview study4
Investigating the impact of structural holes on the value creation in mobile application service ecosystems: Evidence from computational experiments4
A longitudinal case study on Nexus transformation: Impact on productivity, quality, and motivation4
Measuring software engineer's contribution in practice: An industrial experience report3
Towards a catalog of composite refactorings3
Exploring the context of use for voice user interfaces: Toward context‐dependent user experience quality testing3
RobustNPR: Evaluating the robustness of neural program repair models3
Self‐Admitted Technical Debt Detection Approaches: A Decade Systematic Review3
The Indispensable Role of Software Ecosystem Services3
Mitigating Communication‐Related Process Loss in Agile Teams: A Case Study on Common Ground and Role‐Based Interaction3
The impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic and the globalization on how automotive assessments will be performed in the future3
CoBRA without experts: New paradigm for software development effort estimation using COCOMO metrics3
Constructing exception handling chains for testing Java virtual machine implementations3
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Prioritization Method for Crowdsourced Test Report by Integrating Text and Image Information3
On the perception of graph layouts3
Quantifying Class Cohesion in Object‐Oriented Software Systems Using Hesitant Fuzzy Entropy for Improved Software Maintenance3
E2E test execution optimization for web application based on state reuse3
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Software bug localization based on optimized and ensembled deep learning models3
UFR‐OSFA: Unified Feature Representation and Oppositional Structure Feature Alignment for Mixed‐Project Heterogeneous Defect Prediction3
Towards AIOps enabled services in continuously evolving software‐intensive embedded systems3
A State‐Aware Fuzzing Method for Trusted Execution Environment Kernels3
A Process Model for AI‐Enabled Software Development: A Synthesis From Validation Studies in White Literature3
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GUI testing of Android applications: Investigating the impact of the number of testers on different exploratory testing strategies3
Richen: Automated enrichment of Git documentation with usage examples and scenarios3
Mutation‐based data augmentation for software defect prediction3
How Software Design Affects Energy Performance: A Systematic Literature Review3
Contributions to Systems Software and Service Process Improvement and Innovation Based on Recent Advances3
Towards Explainable Code Readability Classification With Graph Neural Networks3
The Agile Coach Role Decoded: What Agile Coaches Deliver Versus What Team Members Experience3
Object Constraint Language based test case optimization with modified Average Percentage of Fault Detection metric3
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