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Software Engineering Journal Papers from the 2000s

This webpage is an attempt to assemble a ranking of top-cited software engineering journal papers from the 2000s. The ranking has been created based on citations of papers published at top software engineering venues. More details are available here.

Top journal papers of the 2000s normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Per Runeson and Martin Höst:
    Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Case Study Research in Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    4237 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2588% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor:
    A Classification and Comparison Framework for Software Architecture Description Languages.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    2334 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Liangzhao Zeng, Boualem Benatallah, Anne H. H. Ngu, Marlon Dumas, Jayant Kalagnanam, and Henry Chang:
    QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    2964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1705% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Stefan Lessmann, Bart Baesens, Christophe Mues, and Swantje Pietsch:
    Benchmarking Classification Models for Software Defect Prediction: A Proposed Framework and Novel Findings.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    1212 cites at Semantic Scholar
    989% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael J. Wooldridge:
    Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    1427 cites at Semantic Scholar
    947% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Tim Menzies, Jeremy Greenwald, and Art Frank:
    Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1516 cites at Semantic Scholar
    936% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Audris Mockus, Roy T. Fielding, and James D. Herbsleb:
    Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and Mozilla.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    1945 cites at Semantic Scholar
    768% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Daniel L. Moody:
    The “Physics” of Notations: Toward a Scientific Basis for Constructing Visual Notations in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    1350 cites at Semantic Scholar
    756% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Gregg Rothermel, Roland H. Untch, Chengyun Chu, and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Prioritizing Test Cases For Regression Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1330 cites at OpenAlex
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Toshihiro Kamiya, Shinji Kusumoto, and Katsuro Inoue:
    CCFinder: A Multilinguistic Token-Based Code Clone Detection System for Large Scale Source Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1900 cites at Semantic Scholar
    748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Hyunsook Do, Sebastian G. Elbaum, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Supporting Controlled Experimentation with Testing Techniques: An Infrastructure and Its Potential Impact.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    1195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    740% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Tom Mens and Tom Tourwé:
    A Survey of Software Refactoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    1348 cites at Semantic Scholar
    721% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    James D. Herbsleb and Audris Mockus:
    An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    1073 cites at Semantic Scholar
    687% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Magne Jørgensen and Martin J. Shepperd:
    A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1074 cites at Semantic Scholar
    634% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Michael D. Ernst, Jake Cockrell, William G. Griswold, and David Notkin:
    Dynamically Discovering Likely Program Invariants to Support Program Evolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1048 cites at OpenAlex
    574% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Tibor Gyimóthy, Rudolf Ferenc, and István Siket:
    Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Metrics on Open Source Software for Fault Prediction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    957 cites at Semantic Scholar
    573% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lesley Pickard, Peter W. Jones, David C. Hoaglin, Khaled El Emam, and Jarrett Rosenberg:
    Preliminary Guidelines for Empirical Research in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    560% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Todd L. Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron, and Harvey P. Siy:
    Predicting Fault Incidence Using Software Change History.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    828 cites at Semantic Scholar
    556% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Danilo Ardagna and Barbara Pernici:
    Adaptive Service Composition in Flexible Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    942 cites at Semantic Scholar
    544% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Balasubramaniam Ramesh and Matthias Jarke:
    Toward Reference Models of Requirements Traceability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1001 cites at Semantic Scholar
    543% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Most frequent authors in the 2000s top 100 ⌄

  1. 1
    Gail C. Murphy
    5 papers in this ranking
  2. 2
    Gregg Rothermel
    4 papers in this ranking
  3. 3
    Audris Mockus
    3 papers in this ranking
  4. 4
    Barbara A. Kitchenham
    3 papers in this ranking
  5. 5
    Giuliano Antoniol
    3 papers in this ranking
  6. 6
    Rainer Koschke
    3 papers in this ranking
  7. 7
    Alan F. Karr
    2 papers in this ranking
  8. 8
    Alexander Chatzigeorgiou
    2 papers in this ranking
  9. 9
    Andrea De Lucia
    2 papers in this ranking
  10. 10
    Andreas Zeller
    2 papers in this ranking
  11. 11
    Andrian Marcus
    2 papers in this ranking
  12. 12
    David Notkin
    2 papers in this ranking
  13. 13
    Denys Poshyvanyk
    2 papers in this ranking
  14. 14
    Elaine J. Weyuker
    2 papers in this ranking
  15. 15
    Ettore Merlo
    2 papers in this ranking
  16. 16
    Hyunsook Do
    2 papers in this ranking
  17. 17
    J. S. Marron
    2 papers in this ranking
  18. 18
    James D. Herbsleb
    2 papers in this ranking
  19. 19
    Janice Singer
    2 papers in this ranking
  20. 20
    Khaled El Emam
    2 papers in this ranking

Top journal papers from 2009 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Per Runeson and Martin Höst:
    Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Case Study Research in Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    4237 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2588% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Daniel L. Moody:
    The “Physics” of Notations: Toward a Scientific Basis for Constructing Visual Notations in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    1350 cites at Semantic Scholar
    756% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Burak Turhan, Tim Menzies, Ayse Basar Bener, and Justin S. Di Stefano:
    On the Relative Value of Cross-Company and Within-Company Data for Defect Prediction.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    691 cites at Semantic Scholar
    338% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Sarah Spiekermann and Lorrie Faith Cranor:
    Engineering Privacy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    205% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Bas Cornelissen, Andy Zaidman, Arie van Deursen, Leon Moonen, and Rainer Koschke:
    A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension Through Dynamic Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    455 cites at Semantic Scholar
    189% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Nikolaos Tsantalis and Alexander Chatzigeorgiou:
    Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    371 cites at Semantic Scholar
    135% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Stéphane Ducasse and Damien Pollet:
    Software Architecture Reconstruction: A Process-Oriented Taxonomy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    361 cites at Semantic Scholar
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Chun Ouyang, Marlon Dumas, Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede, and Jan Mendling:
    From Business Process Models to Process-Oriented Software Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    285 cites at Semantic Scholar
    81% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Marcelo Cataldo, Audris Mockus, Jeffrey A. Roberts, and James D. Herbsleb:
    Software Dependencies, Work Dependencies, and Their Impact on Failures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    283 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Kai Pan, Sunghun Kim, and E. James Whitehead Jr.:
    Toward an Understanding of Bug Fix Patterns.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    259 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Marco Mamei and Franco Zambonelli:
    Programming Pervasive and Mobile Computing Applications: The TOTA Approach.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    241 cites at Semantic Scholar
    53% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Denys Poshyvanyk, Andrian Marcus, Rudolf Ferenc, and Tibor Gyimóthy:
    Using Information Retrieval Based Coupling Measures for Impact Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Greg Franks, Tariq Omari, C. Murray Woodside, Olivia Das, and Salem Derisavi:
    Enhanced Modeling and Solution of Layered Queueing Networks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    220 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Mika Mäntylä and Casper Lassenius:
    What Types of Defects Are Really Discovered in Code Reviews?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    214 cites at Semantic Scholar
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Ghassan Beydoun, Graham C. Low, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Haralambos Mouratidis, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, Juan Pavón, and Cesar Gonzalez-Perez:
    FAML: A Generic Metamodel for MAS Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Óscar Dieste Tubío, Anna Grimán, and Natalia Juristo Juzgado:
    Developing Search Strategies for Detecting Relevant Experiments.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Margaret Hamill and Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova:
    Common Trends in Software Fault and Failure Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Akif Günes Koru, Dongsong Zhang, Khaled El Emam, and Hongfang Liu:
    An Investigation into the Functional Form of the Size-Defect Relationship for Software Modules.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    162 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Chris F. Kemerer and Mark C. Paulk:
    The Impact of Design and Code Reviews on Software Quality: An Empirical Study Based on PSP Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Panagiotis Sfetsos, Ioannis Stamelos, Lefteris Angelis, and Ignatios S. Deligiannis:
    An Experimental Investigation of Personality Types Impact on Pair Effectiveness in Pair Programming.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Daniel L. Moody:
    The “Physics” of Notations: Toward a Scientific Basis for Constructing Visual Notations in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    1350 cites at Semantic Scholar
    756% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Sarah Spiekermann and Lorrie Faith Cranor:
    Engineering Privacy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    205% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Bas Cornelissen, Andy Zaidman, Arie van Deursen, Leon Moonen, and Rainer Koschke:
    A Systematic Survey of Program Comprehension Through Dynamic Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    455 cites at Semantic Scholar
    189% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Nikolaos Tsantalis and Alexander Chatzigeorgiou:
    Identification of Move Method Refactoring Opportunities.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    371 cites at Semantic Scholar
    135% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Stéphane Ducasse and Damien Pollet:
    Software Architecture Reconstruction: A Process-Oriented Taxonomy.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    361 cites at Semantic Scholar
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Marcelo Cataldo, Audris Mockus, Jeffrey A. Roberts, and James D. Herbsleb:
    Software Dependencies, Work Dependencies, and Their Impact on Failures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    283 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Greg Franks, Tariq Omari, C. Murray Woodside, Olivia Das, and Salem Derisavi:
    Enhanced Modeling and Solution of Layered Queueing Networks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    220 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Mika Mäntylä and Casper Lassenius:
    What Types of Defects Are Really Discovered in Code Reviews?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    214 cites at Semantic Scholar
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Ghassan Beydoun, Graham C. Low, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Haralambos Mouratidis, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, Juan Pavón, and Cesar Gonzalez-Perez:
    FAML: A Generic Metamodel for MAS Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    181 cites at Semantic Scholar
    15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Margaret Hamill and Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova:
    Common Trends in Software Fault and Failure Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Akif Günes Koru, Dongsong Zhang, Khaled El Emam, and Hongfang Liu:
    An Investigation into the Functional Form of the Size-Defect Relationship for Software Modules.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    162 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Chris F. Kemerer and Mark C. Paulk:
    The Impact of Design and Code Reviews on Software Quality: An Empirical Study Based on PSP Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Ning Nan and Donald E. Harter:
    Impact of Budget and Schedule Pressure on Software Development Cycle Time and Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    133 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -16% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Yuming Zhou, Hareton K. N. Leung, and Baowen Xu:
    Examining the Potentially Confounding Effect of Class Size on the Associations Between Object-Oriented Metrics and Change-Proneness.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    132 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -16% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Tingting Han, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and Berteun Damman:
    Counterexample Generation in Probabilistic Model Checking.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    130 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Sebastián Uchitel, Greg Brunet, and Marsha Chechik:
    Synthesis of Partial Behavior Models from Properties and Scenarios.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    129 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Colin Atkinson, Matthias Gutheil, and Bastian Kennel:
    A Flexible Infrastructure for Multilevel Language Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    125 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Hamid Abdul Basit and Stan Jarzabek:
    A Data Mining Approach for Detecting Higher-Level Clones in Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    119 cites at OpenAlex
    -25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Luca de Alfaro, Marco Faella, and Mariëlle Stoelinga:
    Linear and Branching System Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    112 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Susanna Donatelli, Serge Haddad, and Jeremy Sproston:
    Model Checking Timed and Stochastic Properties with CSL{TA}.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2009
    103 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Chun Ouyang, Marlon Dumas, Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede, and Jan Mendling:
    From Business Process Models to Process-Oriented Software Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    285 cites at Semantic Scholar
    81% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Marco Mamei and Franco Zambonelli:
    Programming Pervasive and Mobile Computing Applications: The TOTA Approach.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    241 cites at Semantic Scholar
    53% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Nirmit Desai, Amit K. Chopra, and Munindar P. Singh:
    Amoeba: A Methodology for Modeling and Evolving Cross-Organizational Business Processes.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    137 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -13% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Eli Tilevich and Yannis Smaragdakis:
    J-Orchestra: Enhancing Java Programs with Distribution Capabilities.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    109 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -31% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Tracy Hall, Nathan Baddoo, Sarah Beecham, Hugh Robinson, and Helen Sharp:
    A Systematic Review of Theory Use in Studies Investigating the Motivations of Software Engineers.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    79 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -50% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Phil McMinn, David W. Binkley, and Mark Harman:
    Empirical Evaluation of a Nesting Testability Transformation for Evolutionary Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    68 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -57% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Wes Masri and Andy Podgurski:
    Measuring the Strength of Information Flows in Programs.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    52 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -67% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Hee Beng Kuan Tan, Yuan Zhao, and Hongyu Zhang:
    Conceptual Data Model-Based Software Size Estimation for Information Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    43 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Lujo Bauer, Jay Ligatti, and David Walker:
    Composing Expressive Runtime Security Policies.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Robert M. Hierons:
    Verdict Functions in Testing with a Fault Domain or Test Hypotheses.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    24 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -85% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Dick Hamlet:
    Tools and Experiments Supporting a Testing-Based Theory of Component Composition.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    22 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -86% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Hridesh Rajan and Kevin J. Sullivan:
    Unifying Aspect- and Object-Oriented Design.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    22 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -86% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Ankit Goel, Abhik Roychoudhury, and P. S. Thiagarajan:
    Interacting Process Classes.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David Notkin:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2009
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

EMSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Per Runeson and Martin Höst:
    Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Case Study Research in Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    4237 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2588% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Burak Turhan, Tim Menzies, Ayse Basar Bener, and Justin S. Di Stefano:
    On the Relative Value of Cross-Company and Within-Company Data for Defect Prediction.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    691 cites at Semantic Scholar
    338% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Kai Pan, Sunghun Kim, and E. James Whitehead Jr.:
    Toward an Understanding of Bug Fix Patterns.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    259 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Denys Poshyvanyk, Andrian Marcus, Rudolf Ferenc, and Tibor Gyimóthy:
    Using Information Retrieval Based Coupling Measures for Impact Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Óscar Dieste Tubío, Anna Grimán, and Natalia Juristo Juzgado:
    Developing Search Strategies for Detecting Relevant Experiments.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Panagiotis Sfetsos, Ioannis Stamelos, Lefteris Angelis, and Ignatios S. Deligiannis:
    An Experimental Investigation of Personality Types Impact on Pair Effectiveness in Pair Programming.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    152 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Jesús M. González-Barahona, Gregorio Robles, Martin Michlmayr, Juan José Amor, and Daniel M. Germán:
    Macro-Level Software Evolution: A Case Study of a Large Software Compilation.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -32% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Brendan Cleary, Chris Exton, Jim Buckley, and Michael English:
    An Empirical Analysis of Information Retrieval Based Concept Location Techniques in Software Comprehension.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    96 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -39% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Yan-Fu Li, Min Xie, and T. N. Goh:
    A Study of the Non-Linear Adjustment for Analogy Based Software Cost Estimation.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Andrea De Lucia, Rocco Oliveto, and Genoveffa Tortora:
    Assessing IR-Based Traceability Recovery Tools Through Controlled Experiments.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    90 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    José A. Cruz-Lemus, Marcela Genero, M. Esperanza Manso, Sandro Morasca, and Mario Piattini:
    Assessing the Understandability of UML Statechart Diagrams with Composite States - A Family of Empirical Studies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    76 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -52% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Marcello Thiry, and Djone Kochanski:
    Empirical Evaluation of an Educational Game on Software Measurement.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    72 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Ben H. Smith and Laurie A. Williams:
    On Guiding the Augmentation of an Automated Test Suite via Mutation Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    70 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -56% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Robert Tairas and Jeffrey G. Gray:
    An Information Retrieval Process to Aid in the Analysis of Code Clones.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    62 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rattikorn Hewett and Phongphun Kijsanayothin:
    On Modeling Software Defect Repair Time.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    44 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -72% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Stefan Koch:
    Exploring the Effects of SourceForge.net Coordination and Communication Tools on the Efficiency of Open Source Projects Using Data Envelopment Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    40 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Andrea Herrmann and Barbara Paech:
    Practical Challenges of Requirements Prioritization Based on Risk Estimation.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    33 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jihyun Lee, Sungwon Kang, and Chang-Ki Kim:
    Software Architecture Evaluation Methods Based on Cost Benefit Analysis and Quantitative Decision Making.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    30 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -81% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Anita Gupta, Jingyue Li, Reidar Conradi, Harald Rønneberg, and Einar Landre:
    A Case Study Comparing Defect Profiles of a Reused Framework and of Applications Reusing It.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    26 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -84% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Lucian Voinea and Alexandru C. Telea:
    Visual Querying and Analysis of Large Software Repositories.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
    25 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -84% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2008 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Stefan Lessmann, Bart Baesens, Christophe Mues, and Swantje Pietsch:
    Benchmarking Classification Models for Software Defect Prediction: A Proposed Framework and Novel Findings.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    1212 cites at Semantic Scholar
    989% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Sunghun Kim, E. James Whitehead Jr., and Yi Zhang:
    Classifying Software Changes: Clean or Buggy?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    658 cites at Semantic Scholar
    491% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Charles B. Haley, Robin C. Laney, Jonathan D. Moffett, and Bashar Nuseibeh:
    Security Requirements Engineering: A Framework for Representation and Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    519 cites at Semantic Scholar
    367% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Travis D. Breaux and Annie I. Antón:
    Analyzing Regulatory Rules for Privacy and Security Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    400 cites at Semantic Scholar
    260% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Minna Pikkarainen, Jukka Haikara, Outi Salo, Pekka Abrahamsson, and Jari Still:
    The Impact of Agile Practices on Communication in Software Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    396 cites at Semantic Scholar
    256% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Cory Kapser and Michael W. Godfrey:
    "Cloning Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful: Patterns of Cloning in Software.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    363 cites at OpenAlex
    226% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Jonathan Sillito, Gail C. Murphy, and Kris De Volder:
    Asking and Answering Questions During a Programming Change Task.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    345 cites at Semantic Scholar
    210% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Myra B. Cohen, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Jiangfan Shi:
    Constructing Interaction Test Suites for Highly-Configurable Systems in the Presence of Constraints: A Greedy Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    333 cites at Semantic Scholar
    199% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Forrest Shull, Jeffrey C. Carver, Sira Vegas, and Natalia Juristo Juzgado:
    The Role of Replications in Empirical Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    326 cites at Semantic Scholar
    193% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Andrian Marcus, Denys Poshyvanyk, and Rudolf Ferenc:
    Using the Conceptual Cohesion of Classes for Fault Prediction in Object-Oriented Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    322 cites at Semantic Scholar
    189% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Stephen J. Fink, Eran Yahav, Nurit Dor, G. Ramalingam, and Emmanuel Geay:
    Effective Typestate Verification in the Presence of Aliasing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    295 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Yue Jiang, Bojan Cukic, and Yan Ma:
    Techniques for Evaluating Fault Prediction Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    277 cites at Semantic Scholar
    149% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Marc Eaddy, Thomas Zimmermann, Kaitin D. Sherwood, Vibhav Garg, Gail C. Murphy, Nachiappan Nagappan, and Alfred V. Aho:
    Do Crosscutting Concerns Cause Defects?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    145% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    William G. J. Halfond, Alessandro Orso, and Pete Manolios:
    WASP: Protecting Web Applications Using Positive Tainting and Syntax-Aware Evaluation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    235 cites at Semantic Scholar
    111% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Panagiotis Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis, and Vasileios Vlachos:
    Power Laws in Software.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    218 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Giuliano Antoniol:
    DeMIMA: A Multilayered Approach for Design Pattern Identification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, and Gunter Saake:
    Aspectual Feature Modules.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    190 cites at Semantic Scholar
    71% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Elaine J. Weyuker, Thomas J. Ostrand, and Robert M. Bell:
    Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? Using the Number of Developers to Enhance Defect Prediction Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    María José Escalona Cuaresma and Gustavo Aragón:
    NDT. A Model-Driven Approach for Web Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Wojciech J. Dzidek, Erik Arisholm, and Lionel C. Briand:
    A Realistic Empirical Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of UML in Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Stefan Lessmann, Bart Baesens, Christophe Mues, and Swantje Pietsch:
    Benchmarking Classification Models for Software Defect Prediction: A Proposed Framework and Novel Findings.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    1212 cites at Semantic Scholar
    989% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Sunghun Kim, E. James Whitehead Jr., and Yi Zhang:
    Classifying Software Changes: Clean or Buggy?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    658 cites at Semantic Scholar
    491% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Charles B. Haley, Robin C. Laney, Jonathan D. Moffett, and Bashar Nuseibeh:
    Security Requirements Engineering: A Framework for Representation and Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    519 cites at Semantic Scholar
    367% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Travis D. Breaux and Annie I. Antón:
    Analyzing Regulatory Rules for Privacy and Security Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    400 cites at Semantic Scholar
    260% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Jonathan Sillito, Gail C. Murphy, and Kris De Volder:
    Asking and Answering Questions During a Programming Change Task.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    345 cites at Semantic Scholar
    210% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Myra B. Cohen, Matthew B. Dwyer, and Jiangfan Shi:
    Constructing Interaction Test Suites for Highly-Configurable Systems in the Presence of Constraints: A Greedy Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    333 cites at Semantic Scholar
    199% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Andrian Marcus, Denys Poshyvanyk, and Rudolf Ferenc:
    Using the Conceptual Cohesion of Classes for Fault Prediction in Object-Oriented Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    322 cites at Semantic Scholar
    189% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Marc Eaddy, Thomas Zimmermann, Kaitin D. Sherwood, Vibhav Garg, Gail C. Murphy, Nachiappan Nagappan, and Alfred V. Aho:
    Do Crosscutting Concerns Cause Defects?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    145% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    William G. J. Halfond, Alessandro Orso, and Pete Manolios:
    WASP: Protecting Web Applications Using Positive Tainting and Syntax-Aware Evaluation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    235 cites at Semantic Scholar
    111% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc and Giuliano Antoniol:
    DeMIMA: A Multilayered Approach for Design Pattern Identification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Sven Apel, Thomas Leich, and Gunter Saake:
    Aspectual Feature Modules.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    190 cites at Semantic Scholar
    71% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    María José Escalona Cuaresma and Gustavo Aragón:
    NDT. A Model-Driven Approach for Web Requirements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    172 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Wojciech J. Dzidek, Erik Arisholm, and Lionel C. Briand:
    A Realistic Empirical Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of UML in Software Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    171 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Tao Zheng, C. Murray Woodside, and Marin Litoiu:
    Performance Model Estimation and Tracking Using Optimal Filters.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    151 cites at Semantic Scholar
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Scott McMaster and Atif M. Memon:
    Call-Stack Coverage for GUI Test Suite Reduction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    144 cites at Semantic Scholar
    29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Jacky Keung, Barbara A. Kitchenham, and D. Ross Jeffery:
    Analogy-X: Providing Statistical Inference to Analogy-Based Software Cost Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    137 cites at Semantic Scholar
    23% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Eugenio Capra, Chiara Francalanci, and Francesco Merlo:
    An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Software Design Quality, Development Effort and Governance in Open Source Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    112 cites at OpenAlex
    1% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jingyue Li, Reidar Conradi, Odd Petter N. Slyngstad, Marco Torchiano, Maurizio Morisio, and Christian Bunse:
    A State-of-the-Practice Survey of Risk Management in Development with Off-the-Shelf Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    107 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -4% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Emilia Mendes and Nile Mosley:
    Bayesian Network Models for Web Effort Prediction: A Comparative Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    106 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -5% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Santonu Sarkar, Avinash C. Kak, and Girish Maskeri Rama:
    Metrics for Measuring the Quality of Modularization of Large-Scale Object-Oriented Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2008
    102 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -8% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Stephen J. Fink, Eran Yahav, Nurit Dor, G. Ramalingam, and Emmanuel Geay:
    Effective Typestate Verification in the Presence of Aliasing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    295 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Panagiotis Louridas, Diomidis Spinellis, and Vasileios Vlachos:
    Power Laws in Software.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    218 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Ondrej Lhoták and Laurie J. Hendren:
    Evaluating the Benefits of Context-Sensitive Points-to Analysis Using a BDD-Based Implementation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Atif M. Memon:
    Automatically Repairing Event Sequence-Based GUI Test Suites for Regression Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    147 cites at Semantic Scholar
    32% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Çigdem Gencel and Onur Demirörs:
    Functional Size Measurement Revisited.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    13% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Qing Xie and Atif M. Memon:
    Using a Pilot Study to Derive a GUI Model for Automated Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    109 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -2% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Tsong Yueh Chen and Robert G. Merkel:
    An Upper Bound on Software Testing Effectiveness.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    100 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Jamieson M. Cobleigh, George S. Avrunin, and Lori A. Clarke:
    Breaking up Is Hard to Do: An Evaluation of Automated Assume-Guarantee Reasoning.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    95 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Marcel R. Karam, Trevor J. Smedley, and Sergiu M. Dascalu:
    Unit-Level Test Adequacy Criteria for Visual Dataflow Languages and a Testing Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    91 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Parastoo Mohagheghi and Reidar Conradi:
    An Empirical Investigation of Software Reuse Benefits in a Large Telecom Product.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    88 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Stephen F. Siegel, Anastasia Mironova, George S. Avrunin, and Lori A. Clarke:
    Combining Symbolic Execution with Model Checking to Verify Parallel Numerical Programs.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    82 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -26% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Travis D. Breaux, Annie I. Antón, and Jon Doyle:
    Semantic Parameterization: A Process for Modeling Domain Descriptions.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    82 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -26% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Christoph Csallner, Yannis Smaragdakis, and Tao Xie:
    DSD-Crasher: A Hybrid Analysis Tool for Bug Finding.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    57 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Johannes Henkel, Christoph Reichenbach, and Amer Diwan:
    Developing and Debugging Algebraic Specifications for Java Classes.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    22 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Shan Shan Huang, David Zook, and Yannis Smaragdakis:
    Domain-Specific Languages and Program Generation with Meta-AspectJ.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    18 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -84% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Amrit Tiwana:
    Impact of Classes of Development Coordination Tools on Software Development Performance: A Multinational Empirical Study.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    7 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -94% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    David Notkin:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    David Notkin:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    David Notkin and Mauro Pezzè:
    Introduction to the Special Section from the ACM International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2006).
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2008
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

EMSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Minna Pikkarainen, Jukka Haikara, Outi Salo, Pekka Abrahamsson, and Jari Still:
    The Impact of Agile Practices on Communication in Software Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    396 cites at Semantic Scholar
    256% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Cory Kapser and Michael W. Godfrey:
    "Cloning Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful: Patterns of Cloning in Software.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    363 cites at OpenAlex
    226% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Forrest Shull, Jeffrey C. Carver, Sira Vegas, and Natalia Juristo Juzgado:
    The Role of Replications in Empirical Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    326 cites at Semantic Scholar
    193% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Yue Jiang, Bojan Cukic, and Yan Ma:
    Techniques for Evaluating Fault Prediction Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    277 cites at Semantic Scholar
    149% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Elaine J. Weyuker, Thomas J. Ostrand, and Robert M. Bell:
    Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? Using the Number of Developers to Enhance Defect Prediction Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Nachiappan Nagappan, E. Michael Maximilien, Thirumalesh Bhat, and Laurie A. Williams:
    Realizing Quality Improvement Through Test Driven Development: Results and Experiences of Four Industrial Teams.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    164 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Norman E. Fenton, Martin Neil, William Marsh, Peter Stewart Hearty, Lukasz Radlinski, and Paul Krause:
    On the Effectiveness of Early Life Cycle Defect Prediction with Bayesian Nets.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    159 cites at Semantic Scholar
    43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Hiyam Al-Kilidar, Muhammad Ali Babar, Mike Berry, Karl Cox, Jacky Keung, Felicia Kurniawati, Mark Staples, He Zhang, and Liming Zhu:
    Evaluating Guidelines for Reporting Empirical Software Engineering Studies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    143 cites at Semantic Scholar
    29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Raimar Falke, Pierre Frenzel, and Rainer Koschke:
    Empirical Evaluation of Clone Detection Using Syntax Suffix Trees.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    98 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -12% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Barbara A. Kitchenham:
    The Role of Replications in Empirical Software Engineering - a Word of Warning.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    95 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Yvonne Dittrich, Kari Rönkkö, Jeanette Eriksson, Christina Hansson, and Olle Lindeberg:
    Cooperative Method Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    83 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Jingzhou Li and Günther Ruhe:
    Analysis of Attribute Weighting Heuristics for Analogy-Based Software Effort Estimation Method AQUA+.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    81 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -27% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Akif Günes Koru, Khaled El Emam, Dongsong Zhang, Hongfang Liu, and Divya Mathew:
    Theory of Relative Defect Proneness.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    79 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    David Budgen, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Stuart M. Charters, Mark Turner, Pearl Brereton, and Stephen G. Linkman:
    Presenting Software Engineering Results Using Structured Abstracts: A Randomised Experiment.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    69 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Silvia Teresita Acuña, Marta Gómez, and Natalia Juristo Juzgado:
    Towards Understanding the Relationship Between Team Climate and Software Quality - a Quasi-Experimental Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    67 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -40% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Emilia Mendes and Chris Lokan:
    Replicating Studies on Cross- vs Single-Company Effort Models Using the ISBSG Database.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    59 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Muhammad Ali Babar, Barbara A. Kitchenham, and D. Ross Jeffery:
    Comparing Distributed and Face-to-Face Meetings for Software Architecture Evaluation: A Controlled Experiment.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -65% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Marco Lormans, Arie van Deursen, and Hans-Gerhard Groß:
    An Industrial Case Study in Reconstructing Requirements Views.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    37 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -67% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Panagiotis Sentas, Lefteris Angelis, and Ioannis Stamelos:
    A Statistical Framework for Analyzing the Duration of Software Projects.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    24 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    James Miller:
    Triangulation as a Basis for Knowledge Discovery in Software Engineering.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2008
    23 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2007 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Tim Menzies, Jeremy Greenwald, and Art Frank:
    Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1516 cites at Semantic Scholar
    936% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Magne Jørgensen and Martin J. Shepperd:
    A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1074 cites at Semantic Scholar
    634% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Danilo Ardagna and Barbara Pernici:
    Adaptive Service Composition in Flexible Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    942 cites at Semantic Scholar
    544% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Stefan Bellon, Rainer Koschke, Giuliano Antoniol, Jens Krinke, and Ettore Merlo:
    Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    853 cites at Semantic Scholar
    483% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Zheng Li, Mark Harman, and Robert M. Hierons:
    Search Algorithms for Regression Test Case Prioritization.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    809 cites at Semantic Scholar
    453% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Beat Fluri, Michael Würsch, Martin Pinzger, and Harald C. Gall:
    Change Distilling: Tree Differencing for Fine-Grained Source Code Change Extraction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    659 cites at Semantic Scholar
    350% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Denys Poshyvanyk, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Andrian Marcus, Giuliano Antoniol, and Václav Rajlich:
    Feature Location Using Probabilistic Ranking of Methods Based on Execution Scenarios and Information Retrieval.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    484 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Emilia Mendes, and Guilherme Horta Travassos:
    Cross Versus Within-Company Cost Estimation Studies: A Systematic Review.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    184% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Andrea De Lucia, Fausto Fasano, Rocco Oliveto, and Genoveffa Tortora:
    Recovering Traceability Links in Software Artifact Management Systems Using Information Retrieval Methods.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    414 cites at Semantic Scholar
    183% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Hector M. Olague, Letha H. Etzkorn, Sampson Gholston, and Stephen Quattlebaum:
    Empirical Validation of Three Software Metrics Suites to Predict Fault-Proneness of Object-Oriented Classes Developed Using Highly Iterative or Agile Software Development Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    361 cites at Semantic Scholar
    147% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Onaiza Maqbool and Haroon Atique Babri:
    Hierarchical Clustering for Software Architecture Recovery.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Kung-Kiu Lau and Zheng Wang:
    Software Component Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    326 cites at OpenAlex
    123% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Erik Arisholm, Hans Gallis, Tore Dybå, and Dag I. K. Sjøberg:
    Evaluating Pair Programming with Respect to System Complexity and Programmer Expertise.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    296 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Hongyu Zhang and Xiuzhen Zhang:
    Comments on "Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors".
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    287 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Tim Menzies, Alex Dekhtyar, Justin S. Di Stefano, and Jeremy Greenwald:
    Problems with Precision: A Response to "Comments on 'Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors'".
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    276 cites at OpenAlex
    89% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Gary Wassermann, Carl Gould, Zhendong Su, and Premkumar T. Devanbu:
    Static Checking of Dynamically Generated Queries in Database Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    255 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Rahul Telang and Sunil Wattal:
    An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Software Vulnerability Announcements on Firm Stock Price.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    246 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Jo Erskine Hannay, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, and Tore Dybå:
    A Systematic Review of Theory Use in Software Engineering Experiments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    242 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Manish Agrawal and Kaushal Chari:
    Software Effort, Quality, and Cycle Time: A Study of CMM Level 5 Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    240 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Giulio Concas, Michele Marchesi, Sandro Pinna, and Nicola Serra:
    Power-Laws in a Large Object-Oriented Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    240 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Tim Menzies, Jeremy Greenwald, and Art Frank:
    Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1516 cites at Semantic Scholar
    936% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Magne Jørgensen and Martin J. Shepperd:
    A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    1074 cites at Semantic Scholar
    634% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Danilo Ardagna and Barbara Pernici:
    Adaptive Service Composition in Flexible Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    942 cites at Semantic Scholar
    544% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Stefan Bellon, Rainer Koschke, Giuliano Antoniol, Jens Krinke, and Ettore Merlo:
    Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    853 cites at Semantic Scholar
    483% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Zheng Li, Mark Harman, and Robert M. Hierons:
    Search Algorithms for Regression Test Case Prioritization.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    809 cites at Semantic Scholar
    453% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Beat Fluri, Michael Würsch, Martin Pinzger, and Harald C. Gall:
    Change Distilling: Tree Differencing for Fine-Grained Source Code Change Extraction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    659 cites at Semantic Scholar
    350% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Denys Poshyvanyk, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Andrian Marcus, Giuliano Antoniol, and Václav Rajlich:
    Feature Location Using Probabilistic Ranking of Methods Based on Execution Scenarios and Information Retrieval.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    484 cites at Semantic Scholar
    231% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Emilia Mendes, and Guilherme Horta Travassos:
    Cross Versus Within-Company Cost Estimation Studies: A Systematic Review.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    184% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Hector M. Olague, Letha H. Etzkorn, Sampson Gholston, and Stephen Quattlebaum:
    Empirical Validation of Three Software Metrics Suites to Predict Fault-Proneness of Object-Oriented Classes Developed Using Highly Iterative or Agile Software Development Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    361 cites at Semantic Scholar
    147% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Onaiza Maqbool and Haroon Atique Babri:
    Hierarchical Clustering for Software Architecture Recovery.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Kung-Kiu Lau and Zheng Wang:
    Software Component Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    326 cites at OpenAlex
    123% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Erik Arisholm, Hans Gallis, Tore Dybå, and Dag I. K. Sjøberg:
    Evaluating Pair Programming with Respect to System Complexity and Programmer Expertise.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    296 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Hongyu Zhang and Xiuzhen Zhang:
    Comments on "Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors".
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    287 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Tim Menzies, Alex Dekhtyar, Justin S. Di Stefano, and Jeremy Greenwald:
    Problems with Precision: A Response to "Comments on 'Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors'".
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    276 cites at OpenAlex
    89% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rahul Telang and Sunil Wattal:
    An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Software Vulnerability Announcements on Firm Stock Price.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    246 cites at Semantic Scholar
    68% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Jo Erskine Hannay, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, and Tore Dybå:
    A Systematic Review of Theory Use in Software Engineering Experiments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    242 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Manish Agrawal and Kaushal Chari:
    Software Effort, Quality, and Cycle Time: A Study of CMM Level 5 Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    240 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Giulio Concas, Michele Marchesi, Sandro Pinna, and Nicola Serra:
    Power-Laws in a Large Object-Oriented Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    240 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Ganesh J. Pai and Joanne Bechta Dugan:
    Empirical Analysis of Software Fault Content and Fault Proneness Using Bayesian Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    235 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Dennis Jeffrey and Neelam Gupta:
    Improving Fault Detection Capability by Selectively Retaining Test Cases During Test Suite Reduction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    186 cites at Semantic Scholar
    27% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Andrea De Lucia, Fausto Fasano, Rocco Oliveto, and Genoveffa Tortora:
    Recovering Traceability Links in Software Artifact Management Systems Using Information Retrieval Methods.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    414 cites at Semantic Scholar
    183% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Gary Wassermann, Carl Gould, Zhendong Su, and Premkumar T. Devanbu:
    Static Checking of Dynamically Generated Queries in Database Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    255 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Martin P. Robillard and Gail C. Murphy:
    Representing Concerns in Source Code.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    236 cites at Semantic Scholar
    61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Qing Xie and Atif M. Memon:
    Designing and Comparing Automated Test Oracles for GUI-Based Software Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    199 cites at Semantic Scholar
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Manfred Broy, Ingolf H. Krüger, and Michael Meisinger:
    A Formal Model of Services.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    168 cites at Semantic Scholar
    15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Richard F. Paige, Phillip J. Brooke, and Jonathan S. Ostroff:
    Metamodel-Based Model Conformance and Multiview Consistency Checking.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    132 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Martin P. Robillard:
    Topology Analysis of Software Dependencies.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Marius Marin, Arie van Deursen, and Leon Moonen:
    Identifying Crosscutting Concerns Using Fan-In Analysis.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    108 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -26% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    David W. Binkley, Nicolas Gold, and Mark Harman:
    An Empirical Study of Static Program Slice Size.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    105 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -28% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Timothy M. Meyers and David W. Binkley:
    An Empirical Study of Slice-Based Cohesion and Coupling Metrics.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    102 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -30% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Shriram Krishnamurthi and Kathi Fisler:
    Foundations of Incremental Aspect Model-Checking.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    57 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Luciano Baresi and Sandro Morasca:
    Three Empirical Studies on Estimating the Design Effort of Web Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -69% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Abdoulaye Gamatié, Thierry Gautier, Paul Le Guernic, and Jean-Pierre Talpin:
    Polychronous Design of Embedded Real-Time Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Wolfgang Emmerich, Mikio Aoyama, and Joe Sventek:
    The Impact of Research on the Development of Middleware Technology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Tanja M. Gruschke and Magne Jørgensen:
    The Role of Outcome Feedback in Improving the Uncertainty Assessment of Software Development Effort Estimates.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    38 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Kalpesh Kapoor and Jonathan P. Bowen:
    Test Conditions for Fault Classes in Boolean Specifications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Marcelo F. Frias, Carlos López Pombo, Juan P. Galeotti, and Nazareno Aguirre:
    Efficient Analysis of DynAlloy Specifications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    23 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -84% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Pankaj Jalote, Brendan Murphy, and Vibhu Saujanya Sharma:
    Post-Release Reliability Growth in Software Products.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    16 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -89% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Samik Basu and Scott A. Smolka:
    Model Checking the Java Metalocking Algorithm.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    8 cites at OpenAlex
    -95% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Carlo Ghezzi:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2007
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

EMSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Parastoo Mohagheghi and Reidar Conradi:
    Quality, Productivity and Economic Benefits of Software Reuse: A Review of Industrial Studies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    205 cites at Semantic Scholar
    40% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Jingzhou Li, Günther Ruhe, Ahmed Al-Emran, and Michael M. Richter:
    A Flexible Method for Software Effort Estimation by Analogy.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    165 cites at Semantic Scholar
    13% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Lena Karlsson, Thomas Thelin, Björn Regnell, Patrik Berander, and Claes Wohlin:
    Pair-Wise Comparisons Versus Planning Game Partitioning - Experiments on Requirements Prioritisation Techniques.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    113 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -23% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Rob Kommeren and Päivi Parviainen:
    Philips Experiences in Global Distributed Software Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    113 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -23% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Hayden Melton and Ewan D. Tempero:
    An Empirical Study of Cycles Among Classes in Java.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    102 cites at OpenAlex
    -30% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Marcela Genero, M. Esperanza Manso, Corrado Aaron Visaggio, Gerardo Canfora, and Mario Piattini:
    Building Measure-Based Prediction Models for UML Class Diagram Maintainability.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    91 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Xiangyu Zhang, Neelam Gupta, and Rajiv Gupta:
    A Study of Effectiveness of Dynamic Slicing in Locating Real Faults.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -51% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Dawn J. Lawrie, Henry Feild, and David W. Binkley:
    Quantifying Identifier Quality: An Analysis of Trends.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    69 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Man Xiao, Mohamed El-Attar, Marek Z. Reformat, and James Miller:
    Empirical Evaluation of Optimization Algorithms When Used in Goal-Oriented Automated Test Data Generation Techniques.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    69 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Carina Andersson:
    A Replicated Empirical Study of a Selection Method for Software Reliability Growth Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    57 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Matthias M. Müller and Andreas Höfer:
    The Effect of Experience on the Test-Driven Development Process.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    49 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -67% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Douglas Samuel Kirk, Marc Roper, and Murray Wood:
    Identifying and Addressing Problems in Object-Oriented Framework Reuse.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    44 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -70% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Ping Li, Toan Huynh, Marek Z. Reformat, and James Miller:
    A Practical Approach to Testing GUI Systems.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    41 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -72% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Hélène Waeselynck, Pascale Thévenod-Fosse, and Olfa Abdellatif-Kaddour:
    Simulated Annealing Applied to Test Generation: Landscape Characterization and Stopping Criteria.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    39 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Liguo Yu:
    Understanding Component Co-Evolution with a Study on Linux.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Paolo Tonella, Marco Torchiano, Bart Du Bois, and Tarja Systä:
    Empirical Studies in Reverse Engineering: State of the Art and Future Trends.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    33 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Allen E. Milewski:
    Global and Task Effects in Information-Seeking Among Software Engineers.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    26 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Victor R. Basili, Marvin V. Zelkowitz, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Philip Johnson, and Anthony J. Cowling:
    Protocols in the Use of Empirical Software Engineering Artifacts.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    24 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -84% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Satya Kanduri, and Anneliese Amschler Andrews:
    Trace Anomalies as Precursors of Field Failures: An Empirical Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    13 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -91% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Mikael Lindvall, Ioana Rus, Paolo Donzelli, Atif M. Memon, Marvin V. Zelkowitz, Aysu Betin-Can, Tevfik Bultan, Christopher Ackermann, Bettina Anders, Sima Asgari, Victor R. Basili, Lorin Hochstein, Jörg Fellmann, Forrest Shull, Roseanne Tesoriero Tvedt, Daniel Pech, and Daniel Hirschbach:
    Experimenting with Software Testbeds for Evaluating New Technologies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2007
    13 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -91% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2006 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Amy J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, Michael J. Coblenz, and Htet Htet Aung:
    An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information During Software Maintenance Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    686 cites at Semantic Scholar
    430% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Zhenmin Li, Shan Lu, Suvda Myagmar, and Yuanyuan Zhou:
    CP-Miner: Finding Copy-Paste and Related Bugs in Large-Scale Software Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    683 cites at Semantic Scholar
    428% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    David A. Basin, Jürgen Doser, and Torsten Lodderstedt:
    Model Driven Security: From UML Models to Access Control Infrastructures.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    564 cites at Semantic Scholar
    336% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Brian S. Mitchell and Spiros Mancoridis:
    On the Automatic Modularization of Software Systems Using the Bunch Tool.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    527 cites at Semantic Scholar
    307% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Jane Huffman Hayes, Alex Dekhtyar, and Senthil Karthikeyan Sundaram:
    Advancing Candidate Link Generation for Requirements Tracing: The Study of Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    522 cites at Semantic Scholar
    304% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Nikolaos Tsantalis, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, George Stephanides, and Spyros T. Halkidis:
    Design Pattern Detection Using Similarity Scoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    515 cites at Semantic Scholar
    298% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    James H. Andrews, Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, and Akbar Siami Namin:
    Using Mutation Analysis for Assessing and Comparing Testing Coverage Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    503 cites at Semantic Scholar
    289% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Yuming Zhou and Hareton Leung:
    Empirical Analysis of Object-Oriented Design Metrics for Predicting High and Low Severity Faults.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    388 cites at Semantic Scholar
    200% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Colin F. Snook and Michael J. Butler:
    UML-B: Formal Modeling and Design Aided by UML.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    357 cites at Semantic Scholar
    176% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Clémentine Nebut, Franck Fleurey, Yves Le Traon, and Jean-Marc Jézéquel:
    Automatic Test Generation: A Use Case Driven Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    343 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Chao Liu, Long Fei, Xifeng Yan, Jiawei Han, and Samuel P. Midkiff:
    Statistical Debugging: A Hypothesis Testing-Based Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    145% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Hyunsook Do and Gregg Rothermel:
    On the Use of Mutation Faults in Empirical Assessments of Test Case Prioritization Techniques.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    309 cites at Semantic Scholar
    139% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    João Durães and Henrique Madeira:
    Emulation of Software Faults: A Field Data Study and a Practical Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    301 cites at Semantic Scholar
    133% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Jiang Zheng, Laurie A. Williams, Nachiappan Nagappan, Will Snipes, John P. Hudepohl, and Mladen A. Vouk:
    On the Value of Static Analysis for Fault Detection in Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    130% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Amy L. Murphy, Gian Pietro Picco, and Gruia-Catalin Roman:
    LIME: A Coordination Model and Middleware Supporting Mobility of Hosts and Agents.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    294 cites at Semantic Scholar
    127% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Tim Menzies, Zhihao Chen, Jairus Hihn, and Karen T. Lum:
    Selecting Best Practices for Effort Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    280 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Cemal Yilmaz, Myra B. Cohen, and Adam A. Porter:
    Covering Arrays for Efficient Fault Characterization in Complex Configuration Spaces.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    268 cites at OpenAlex
    107% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, and Johanne Leduc:
    Toward the Reverse Engineering of UML Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Java Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Rik Eshuis:
    Symbolic Model Checking of UML Activity Diagrams.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    225 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Samuel Kounev:
    Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Distributed Component-Based Systems Using Queueing Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    209 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Amy J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, Michael J. Coblenz, and Htet Htet Aung:
    An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information During Software Maintenance Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    686 cites at Semantic Scholar
    430% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Zhenmin Li, Shan Lu, Suvda Myagmar, and Yuanyuan Zhou:
    CP-Miner: Finding Copy-Paste and Related Bugs in Large-Scale Software Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    683 cites at Semantic Scholar
    428% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Brian S. Mitchell and Spiros Mancoridis:
    On the Automatic Modularization of Software Systems Using the Bunch Tool.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    527 cites at Semantic Scholar
    307% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Jane Huffman Hayes, Alex Dekhtyar, and Senthil Karthikeyan Sundaram:
    Advancing Candidate Link Generation for Requirements Tracing: The Study of Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    522 cites at Semantic Scholar
    304% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Nikolaos Tsantalis, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, George Stephanides, and Spyros T. Halkidis:
    Design Pattern Detection Using Similarity Scoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    515 cites at Semantic Scholar
    298% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    James H. Andrews, Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, and Akbar Siami Namin:
    Using Mutation Analysis for Assessing and Comparing Testing Coverage Criteria.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    503 cites at Semantic Scholar
    289% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Yuming Zhou and Hareton Leung:
    Empirical Analysis of Object-Oriented Design Metrics for Predicting High and Low Severity Faults.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    388 cites at Semantic Scholar
    200% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Clémentine Nebut, Franck Fleurey, Yves Le Traon, and Jean-Marc Jézéquel:
    Automatic Test Generation: A Use Case Driven Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    343 cites at Semantic Scholar
    165% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Chao Liu, Long Fei, Xifeng Yan, Jiawei Han, and Samuel P. Midkiff:
    Statistical Debugging: A Hypothesis Testing-Based Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    317 cites at Semantic Scholar
    145% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Hyunsook Do and Gregg Rothermel:
    On the Use of Mutation Faults in Empirical Assessments of Test Case Prioritization Techniques.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    309 cites at Semantic Scholar
    139% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    João Durães and Henrique Madeira:
    Emulation of Software Faults: A Field Data Study and a Practical Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    301 cites at Semantic Scholar
    133% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Jiang Zheng, Laurie A. Williams, Nachiappan Nagappan, Will Snipes, John P. Hudepohl, and Mladen A. Vouk:
    On the Value of Static Analysis for Fault Detection in Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    130% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Tim Menzies, Zhihao Chen, Jairus Hihn, and Karen T. Lum:
    Selecting Best Practices for Effort Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    280 cites at Semantic Scholar
    116% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Cemal Yilmaz, Myra B. Cohen, and Adam A. Porter:
    Covering Arrays for Efficient Fault Characterization in Complex Configuration Spaces.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    268 cites at OpenAlex
    107% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche, and Johanne Leduc:
    Toward the Reverse Engineering of UML Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Java Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Samuel Kounev:
    Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Distributed Component-Based Systems Using Queueing Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    209 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Qinbao Song, Martin J. Shepperd, Michelle Cartwright, and Carolyn Mair:
    Software Defect Association Mining and Defect Correction Effort Prediction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    206 cites at OpenAlex
    59% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Daniela E. Damian and James Chisan:
    An Empirical Study of the Complex Relationships Between Requirements Engineering Processes and Other Processes That Lead to Payoffs in Productivity, Quality, and Risk Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Erik Arisholm, Lionel C. Briand, Siw Elisabeth Hove, and Yvan Labiche:
    The Impact of UML Documentation on Software Maintenance: An Experimental Evaluation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    193 cites at Semantic Scholar
    49% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Reid Holmes, Robert J. Walker, and Gail C. Murphy:
    Approximate Structural Context Matching: An Approach to Recommend Relevant Examples.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2006
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    David A. Basin, Jürgen Doser, and Torsten Lodderstedt:
    Model Driven Security: From UML Models to Access Control Infrastructures.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    564 cites at Semantic Scholar
    336% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Colin F. Snook and Michael J. Butler:
    UML-B: Formal Modeling and Design Aided by UML.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    357 cites at Semantic Scholar
    176% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Amy L. Murphy, Gian Pietro Picco, and Gruia-Catalin Roman:
    LIME: A Coordination Model and Middleware Supporting Mobility of Hosts and Agents.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    294 cites at Semantic Scholar
    127% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Rik Eshuis:
    Symbolic Model Checking of UML Activity Diagrams.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    225 cites at Semantic Scholar
    74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Marco Brambilla, Stefano Ceri, Piero Fraternali, and Ioana Manolescu:
    Process Modeling in Web Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Wei Zhao, Lu Zhang, Yin Liu, Jiasu Sun, and Fuqing Yang:
    SNIAFL: Towards a Static Noninteractive Approach to Feature Location.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    170 cites at Semantic Scholar
    31% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Gregor Snelting, Torsten Robschink, and Jens Krinke:
    Efficient Path Conditions in Dependence Graphs for Software Safety Analysis.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    147 cites at Semantic Scholar
    14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, and Jason Crampton:
    The Interpretation and Utility of Three Cohesion Metrics for Object-Oriented Design.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    125 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Marc Fisher II, Gregg Rothermel, Darren Brown, Mingming Cao, Curtis R. Cook, and Margaret M. Burnett:
    Integrating Automated Test Generation into the WYSIWYT Spreadsheet Testing Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    62 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -52% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Robert M. Hierons:
    Avoiding Coincidental Correctness in Boundary Value Analysis.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    53 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -59% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Philippe Thiran, Jean-Luc Hainaut, Geert-Jan Houben, and Djamal Benslimane:
    Wrapper-Based Evolution of Legacy Information Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    42 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -68% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Avik Sinha and Carol S. Smidts:
    HOTTest: A Model-Based Test Design Technique for Enhanced Testing of Domain-Specific Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2006
    19 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -85% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

EMSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Mika Mäntylä and Casper Lassenius:
    Subjective Evaluation of Software Evolvability Using Code Smells: An Empirical Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Daniel Karlström and Per Runeson:
    Integrating Agile Software Development into Stage-Gate Managed Product Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    160 cites at Semantic Scholar
    24% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Daniel M. Germán:
    An Empirical Study of Fine-Grained Software Modifications.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    121 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -6% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Mats Grindal, Birgitta Lindström, Jeff Offutt, and Sten F. Andler:
    An Evaluation of Combination Strategies for Test Case Selection.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    121 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -6% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Hyunsook Do, Gregg Rothermel, and Alex Kinneer:
    Prioritizing JUnit Test Cases: An Empirical Assessment and Cost-Benefits Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    115 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -11% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Bente Anda, Kai Hansen, Ingolf Gullesen, and Hanne Kristin Thorsen:
    Experiences from Introducing UML-Based Development in a Large Safety-Critical Project.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    84 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Jingyue Li, Finn Olav Bjørnson, Reidar Conradi, and Vigdis By Kampenes:
    An Empirical Study of Variations in COTS-Based Software Development Processes in the Norwegian IT Industry.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    73 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -44% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    José Carlos Maldonado, Jeffrey C. Carver, Forrest Shull, Sandra Camargo Pinto Ferraz Fabbri, Emerson Dória, Luciana Andréia Fondazzi Martimiano, Manoel G. Mendonça, and Victor R. Basili:
    Perspective-Based Reading: A Replicated Experiment Focused on Individual Reviewer Effectiveness.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    66 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Michael Ellims, James Bridges, and Darrel C. Ince:
    The Economics of Unit Testing.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    63 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -51% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Ahmed E. Hassan and Richard C. Holt:
    Replaying Development History to Assess the Effectiveness of Change Propagation Tools.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    53 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -59% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Panagiotis Sfetsos, Lefteris Angelis, and Ioannis Stamelos:
    Investigating the Extreme Programming System-An Empirical Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    50 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Sharifah Lailee Syed-Abdullah, Mike Holcombe, and Marian Gheorghe:
    The Impact of an Agile Methodology on the Well Being of Development Teams.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    50 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -61% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, Ajay Deep Singh, Sunil Mazimdar, and Fengbin Li:
    Empirical Characterization of Session-Based Workload and Reliability for Web Servers.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Johan Natt och Dag, Thomas Thelin, and Björn Regnell:
    An Experiment on Linguistic Tool Support for Consolidation of Requirements from Multiple Sources in Market-Driven Product Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    43 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -67% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Girish H. Subramanian, Parag C. Pendharkar, and Mary Wallace:
    An Empirical Study of the Effect of Complexity, Platform, and Program Type on Software Development Effort of Business Applications.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    35 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Jane Huffman Hayes and Jeff Offutt:
    Input Validation Analysis and Testing.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    33 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -74% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Per Jönsson and Claes Wohlin:
    Benchmarking K-Nearest Neighbour Imputation with Homogeneous Likert Data.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    31 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -76% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Avik Sinha and Carol S. Smidts:
    An Experimental Evaluation of a Higher-Ordered-Typed-Functional Specification-Based Test-Generation Technique.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    16 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -88% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Jeffrey C. Carver, Forrest Shull, and Victor R. Basili:
    Can Observational Techniques Help Novices Overcome the Software Inspection Learning Curve? An Empirical Investigation.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    12 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -91% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Christian Bunse:
    Using Patterns for the Refinement and Translationof UML Models: A Controlled Experiment.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2006
    9 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -93% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2005 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Hyunsook Do, Sebastian G. Elbaum, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Supporting Controlled Experimentation with Testing Techniques: An Infrastructure and Its Potential Impact.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    1195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    740% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Tibor Gyimóthy, Rudolf Ferenc, and István Siket:
    Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Metrics on Open Source Software for Fault Prediction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    957 cites at Semantic Scholar
    573% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    William B. Frakes and Kyo Kang:
    Software Reuse Research: Status and Future.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    774 cites at Semantic Scholar
    444% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Jo Erskine Hannay, Ove Hansen, Vigdis By Kampenes, Amela Karahasanovic, Nils-Kristian Liborg, and Anette C. Rekdal:
    A Survey of Controlled Experiments in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    756 cites at Semantic Scholar
    431% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Thomas J. Ostrand, Elaine J. Weyuker, and Robert M. Bell:
    Predicting the Location and Number of Faults in Large Software Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    750 cites at Semantic Scholar
    427% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Timothy C. Lethbridge, Susan Elliott Sim, and Janice Singer:
    Studying Software Engineers: Data Collection Techniques for Software Field Studies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    546 cites at Semantic Scholar
    284% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Ana L. Milanova, Atanas Rountev, and Barbara G. Ryder:
    Parameterized Object Sensitivity for Points-to Analysis for Java.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    493 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Thomas Zimmermann, Peter Weißgerber, Stephan Diehl, and Andreas Zeller:
    Mining Version Histories to Guide Software Changes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    439 cites at Semantic Scholar
    209% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Davor Cubranic, Gail C. Murphy, Janice Singer, and Kellogg S. Booth:
    Hipikat: A Project Memory for Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    366 cites at Semantic Scholar
    157% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Hakan Erdogmus, Maurizio Morisio, and Marco Torchiano:
    On the Effectiveness of the Test-First Approach to Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    339 cites at Semantic Scholar
    138% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Paul Klint, Ralf Lämmel, and Chris Verhoef:
    Toward an Engineering Discipline for Grammarware.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    323 cites at Semantic Scholar
    127% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Tore Dybå:
    An Empirical Investigation of the Key Factors for Success in Software Process Improvement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    314 cites at Semantic Scholar
    121% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Ingunn Myrtveit, Erik Stensrud, and Martin J. Shepperd:
    Reliability and Validity in Comparative Studies of Software Prediction Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    109% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Michael W. Godfrey and Lijie Zou:
    Using Origin Analysis to Detect Merging and Splitting of Source Code Entities.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    284 cites at Semantic Scholar
    100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Gregg Rothermel, Srikanth Karre, and Marc Fisher II:
    Leveraging User-Session Data to Support Web Application Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    254 cites at Semantic Scholar
    79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Periklis Andritsos and Vassilios Tzerpos:
    Information-Theoretic Software Clustering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    253 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Atif M. Memon and Qing Xie:
    Studying the Fault-Detection Effectiveness of GUI Test Cases for Rapidly Evolving Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Ranjith Purushothaman and Dewayne E. Perry:
    Toward Understanding the Rhetoric of Small Source Code Changes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    223 cites at Semantic Scholar
    57% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Parag C. Pendharkar, Girish H. Subramanian, and James A. Rodger:
    A Probabilistic Model for Predicting Software Development Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    221 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Chadd C. Williams and Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth:
    Automatic Mining of Source Code Repositories to Improve Bug Finding Techniques.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    219 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Tibor Gyimóthy, Rudolf Ferenc, and István Siket:
    Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Metrics on Open Source Software for Fault Prediction.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    957 cites at Semantic Scholar
    573% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    William B. Frakes and Kyo Kang:
    Software Reuse Research: Status and Future.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    774 cites at Semantic Scholar
    444% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Jo Erskine Hannay, Ove Hansen, Vigdis By Kampenes, Amela Karahasanovic, Nils-Kristian Liborg, and Anette C. Rekdal:
    A Survey of Controlled Experiments in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    756 cites at Semantic Scholar
    431% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Thomas J. Ostrand, Elaine J. Weyuker, and Robert M. Bell:
    Predicting the Location and Number of Faults in Large Software Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    750 cites at Semantic Scholar
    427% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Thomas Zimmermann, Peter Weißgerber, Stephan Diehl, and Andreas Zeller:
    Mining Version Histories to Guide Software Changes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    439 cites at Semantic Scholar
    209% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Davor Cubranic, Gail C. Murphy, Janice Singer, and Kellogg S. Booth:
    Hipikat: A Project Memory for Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    366 cites at Semantic Scholar
    157% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Hakan Erdogmus, Maurizio Morisio, and Marco Torchiano:
    On the Effectiveness of the Test-First Approach to Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    339 cites at Semantic Scholar
    138% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Tore Dybå:
    An Empirical Investigation of the Key Factors for Success in Software Process Improvement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    314 cites at Semantic Scholar
    121% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Ingunn Myrtveit, Erik Stensrud, and Martin J. Shepperd:
    Reliability and Validity in Comparative Studies of Software Prediction Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    109% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Michael W. Godfrey and Lijie Zou:
    Using Origin Analysis to Detect Merging and Splitting of Source Code Entities.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    284 cites at Semantic Scholar
    100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Gregg Rothermel, Srikanth Karre, and Marc Fisher II:
    Leveraging User-Session Data to Support Web Application Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    254 cites at Semantic Scholar
    79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Periklis Andritsos and Vassilios Tzerpos:
    Information-Theoretic Software Clustering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    253 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Atif M. Memon and Qing Xie:
    Studying the Fault-Detection Effectiveness of GUI Test Cases for Rapidly Evolving Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    230 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Ranjith Purushothaman and Dewayne E. Perry:
    Toward Understanding the Rhetoric of Small Source Code Changes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    223 cites at Semantic Scholar
    57% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Parag C. Pendharkar, Girish H. Subramanian, and James A. Rodger:
    A Probabilistic Model for Predicting Software Development Effort.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    221 cites at Semantic Scholar
    55% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Chadd C. Williams and Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth:
    Automatic Mining of Source Code Repositories to Improve Bug Finding Techniques.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    219 cites at Semantic Scholar
    54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Richard W. Selby:
    Enabling Reuse-Based Software Development of Large-Scale Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    197 cites at Semantic Scholar
    38% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Magiel Bruntink, Arie van Deursen, Remco van Engelen, and Tom Tourwé:
    On the Use of Clone Detection for Identifying Crosscutting Concern Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    187 cites at Semantic Scholar
    31% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Trung T. Dinh-Trong and James M. Bieman:
    The FreeBSD Project: A Replication Case Study of Open Source Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    180 cites at Semantic Scholar
    27% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Katsuro Inoue, Reishi Yokomori, Tetsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Matsushita, and Shinji Kusumoto:
    Ranking Significance of Software Components Based on Use Relations.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2005
    176 cites at Semantic Scholar
    24% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Ana L. Milanova, Atanas Rountev, and Barbara G. Ryder:
    Parameterized Object Sensitivity for Points-to Analysis for Java.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    493 cites at Semantic Scholar
    247% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Paul Klint, Ralf Lämmel, and Chris Verhoef:
    Toward an Engineering Discipline for Grammarware.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    323 cites at Semantic Scholar
    127% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Vincenzo Gervasi and Didar Zowghi:
    Reasoning About Inconsistencies in Natural Language Requirements.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    216 cites at Semantic Scholar
    52% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Eric M. Dashofy, André van der Hoek, and Richard N. Taylor:
    A Comprehensive Approach for the Development of Modular Software Architecture Description Languages.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    208 cites at Semantic Scholar
    46% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Ian Sommerville and Jane Ransom:
    An Empirical Study of Industrial Requirements Engineering Process Assessment and Improvement.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    41% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Jacky Estublier, David B. Leblang, André van der Hoek, Reidar Conradi, Geoffrey Clemm, Walter F. Tichy, and Darcy Wiborg Weber:
    Impact of Software Engineering Research on the Practice of Software Configuration Management.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    30% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Man Fai Lau and Yuen-Tak Yu:
    An Extended Fault Class Hierarchy for Specification-Based Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    124 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -13% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Barbara G. Ryder, Mary Lou Soffa, and Margaret M. Burnett:
    The Impact of Software Engineering Research on Modern Programming Languages.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    61 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -57% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Luciano Baresi and Mauro Pezzè:
    Formal Interpreters for Diagram Notations.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    28 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Marcelo F. Frias, Carlos López Pombo, Gabriel A. Baum, Nazareno Aguirre, and T. S. E. Maibaum:
    Reasoning About Static and Dynamic Properties in Alloy: A Purely Relational Approach.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    22 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -85% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jean Berstel, Stefano Crespi-Reghizzi, Gilles Roussel, and Pierluigi San Pietro:
    A Scalable Formal Method for Design and Automatic Checking of User Interfaces.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    6 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Martin Erwig and Zhe Fu:
    Software Reuse for Scientific Computing Through Program Generation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    6 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Carlo Ghezzi:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Leon J. Osterweil, Carlo Ghezzi, Jeff Kramer, and Alexander L. Wolf:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2005
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

EMSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Hyunsook Do, Sebastian G. Elbaum, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Supporting Controlled Experimentation with Testing Techniques: An Infrastructure and Its Potential Impact.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    1195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    740% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Timothy C. Lethbridge, Susan Elliott Sim, and Janice Singer:
    Studying Software Engineers: Data Collection Techniques for Software Field Studies.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    546 cites at Semantic Scholar
    284% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Judith Segal:
    When Software Engineers Met Research Scientists: A Case Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    143 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Mira Kajko-Mattsson:
    A Survey of Documentation Practice Within Corrective Maintenance.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    117 cites at OpenAlex
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Sira Vegas and Victor R. Basili:
    A Characterisation Schema for Software Testing Techniques.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    93 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -35% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Giancarlo Succi, Witold Pedrycz, Snezana Djokic, Paolo Zuliani, and Barbara Russo:
    An Empirical Exploration of the Distributions of the Chidamber and Kemerer Object-Oriented Metrics Suite.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    77 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -46% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Daniela E. Damian, James Chisan, Lakshminarayanan Vaidyanathasamy, and Yogendra Pal:
    Requirements Engineering and Downstream Software Development: Findings from a Case Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    71 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -50% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Iris Reinhartz-Berger and Dov Dori:
    OPM vs. UML - Experimenting with Comprehension and Construction of Web Application Models.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    53 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Jan Verelst:
    The Influence of the Level of Abstraction on the Evolvability of Conceptual Models of Information Systems.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    48 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -66% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Kjetil Moløkken and Magne Jørgensen:
    Expert Estimation of Web-Development Projects: Are Software Professionals in Technical Roles More Optimistic Than Those in Non-Technical Roles?
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    47 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -67% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Qinbao Song, Martin J. Shepperd, and Michelle Cartwright:
    A Short Note on Safest Default Missingness Mechanism Assumptions.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -68% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Yasunari Takagi, Osamu Mizuno, and Tohru Kikuno:
    An Empirical Approach to Characterizing Risky Software Projects Based on Logistic Regression Analysis.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    45 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -68% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Amela Karahasanovic, Bente Anda, Erik Arisholm, Siw Elisabeth Hove, Magne Jørgensen, Dag I. K. Sjøberg, and Ray Welland:
    Collecting Feedback During Software Engineering Experiments.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    38 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -73% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Bente Anda and Dag I. K. Sjøberg:
    Investigating the Role of Use Cases in the Construction of Class Diagrams.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    35 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Mikael Svahnberg and Claes Wohlin:
    An Investigation of a Method for Identifying a Software Architecture Candidate with Respect to Quality Attributes.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    35 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Naeem Seliya, and Kehan Gao:
    Assessment of a New Three-Group Software Quality Classification Technique: An Empirical Case Study.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    34 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -76% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Helen Sharp, Mark Woodman, and Fiona Hovenden:
    Using Metaphor to Analyse Qualitative Data: Vulcans and Humans in Software Development.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    13 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -91% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    James McDonald:
    The Impact of Project Planning Team Experience on Software Project Cost Estimates.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    9 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -94% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Jörg Zettel:
    Methodology Support in CASE Tools and Its Impact on Individual Acceptance and Use: A Controlled Experiment.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    9 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -94% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Lionel C. Briand and Victor R. Basili:
    In This Issue.
    Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2005
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2004 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Liangzhao Zeng, Boualem Benatallah, Anne H. H. Ngu, Marlon Dumas, Jayant Kalagnanam, and Henry Chang:
    QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    2964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1705% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Tom Mens and Tom Tourwé:
    A Survey of Software Refactoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    1348 cites at Semantic Scholar
    721% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Simonetta Balsamo, Antinisca Di Marco, Paola Inverardi, and Marta Simeoni:
    Model-Based Performance Prediction in Software Development: A Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    857 cites at Semantic Scholar
    422% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Don S. Batory, Jacob Neal Sarvela, and Axel Rauschmayer:
    Scaling Step-Wise Refinement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    850 cites at Semantic Scholar
    418% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    D. Richard Kuhn, Dolores R. Wallace, and Albert M. Gallo:
    Software Fault Interactions and Implications for Software Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    840 cites at Semantic Scholar
    412% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Annie T. T. Ying, Gail C. Murphy, Raymond T. Ng, and Mark Chu-Carroll:
    Predicting Source Code Changes by Mining Change History.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    575 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Erik Arisholm, Lionel C. Briand, and Audun Føyen:
    Dynamic Coupling Measurement for Object-Oriented Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    404 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Giulio Mori, Fabio Paternò, and Carmen Santoro:
    Design and Development of Multidevice User Interfaces Through Multiple Logical Descriptions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    363 cites at Semantic Scholar
    121% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    James W. Paulson, Giancarlo Succi, and Armin Eberlein:
    An Empirical Study of Open-Source and Closed-Source Software Products.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    359 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Benjamin B. Bederson, Jesse Grosjean, and Jon Meyer:
    Toolkit Design for Interactive Structured Graphics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    358 cites at Semantic Scholar
    118% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Nelly Delgado, Ann Q. Gates, and Steve Roach:
    A Taxonomy and Catalog of Runtime Software-Fault Monitoring Tools.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    336 cites at OpenAlex
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Robert B. France, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Sudipto Ghosh, and Eunjee Song:
    A UML-Based Pattern Specification Technique.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    331 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Luiz Marcio Cysneiros and Julio César Sampaio do Prado Leite:
    Nonfunctional Requirements: From Elicitation to Conceptual Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    294 cites at Semantic Scholar
    79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Martin P. Robillard, Wesley Coelho, and Gail C. Murphy:
    How Effective Developers Investigate Source Code: An Exploratory Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    290 cites at Semantic Scholar
    77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Mark Harman, Lin Hu, Robert M. Hierons, Joachim Wegener, Harmen Sthamer, André Baresel, and Marc Roper:
    Testability Transformation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    271 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Sebastián Uchitel, Jeff Kramer, and Jeff Magee:
    Incremental Elaboration of Scenario-Based Specifications and Behavior Models Using Implied Scenarios.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    206 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Alexandre Petrenko, Sergiy Boroday, and Roland Groz:
    Confirming Configurations in EFSM Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    177 cites at Semantic Scholar
    8% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Rik Eshuis and Roel J. Wieringa:
    Tool Support for Verifying UML Activity Diagrams.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    154 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -6% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Erik Arisholm and Dag I. K. Sjøberg:
    Evaluating the Effect of a Delegated Versus Centralized Control Style on the Maintainability of Object-Oriented Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    150 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -9% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Lionel C. Briand, Massimiliano Di Penta, and Yvan Labiche:
    Assessing and Improving State-Based Class Testing: A Series of Experiments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    141 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Liangzhao Zeng, Boualem Benatallah, Anne H. H. Ngu, Marlon Dumas, Jayant Kalagnanam, and Henry Chang:
    QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    2964 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1705% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Tom Mens and Tom Tourwé:
    A Survey of Software Refactoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    1348 cites at Semantic Scholar
    721% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Simonetta Balsamo, Antinisca Di Marco, Paola Inverardi, and Marta Simeoni:
    Model-Based Performance Prediction in Software Development: A Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    857 cites at Semantic Scholar
    422% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Don S. Batory, Jacob Neal Sarvela, and Axel Rauschmayer:
    Scaling Step-Wise Refinement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    850 cites at Semantic Scholar
    418% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    D. Richard Kuhn, Dolores R. Wallace, and Albert M. Gallo:
    Software Fault Interactions and Implications for Software Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    840 cites at Semantic Scholar
    412% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Annie T. T. Ying, Gail C. Murphy, Raymond T. Ng, and Mark Chu-Carroll:
    Predicting Source Code Changes by Mining Change History.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    575 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Erik Arisholm, Lionel C. Briand, and Audun Føyen:
    Dynamic Coupling Measurement for Object-Oriented Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    404 cites at Semantic Scholar
    146% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Giulio Mori, Fabio Paternò, and Carmen Santoro:
    Design and Development of Multidevice User Interfaces Through Multiple Logical Descriptions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    363 cites at Semantic Scholar
    121% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    James W. Paulson, Giancarlo Succi, and Armin Eberlein:
    An Empirical Study of Open-Source and Closed-Source Software Products.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    359 cites at Semantic Scholar
    119% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Benjamin B. Bederson, Jesse Grosjean, and Jon Meyer:
    Toolkit Design for Interactive Structured Graphics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    358 cites at Semantic Scholar
    118% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Nelly Delgado, Ann Q. Gates, and Steve Roach:
    A Taxonomy and Catalog of Runtime Software-Fault Monitoring Tools.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    336 cites at OpenAlex
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Robert B. France, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Sudipto Ghosh, and Eunjee Song:
    A UML-Based Pattern Specification Technique.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    331 cites at Semantic Scholar
    102% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Luiz Marcio Cysneiros and Julio César Sampaio do Prado Leite:
    Nonfunctional Requirements: From Elicitation to Conceptual Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    294 cites at Semantic Scholar
    79% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Martin P. Robillard, Wesley Coelho, and Gail C. Murphy:
    How Effective Developers Investigate Source Code: An Exploratory Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    290 cites at Semantic Scholar
    77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Mark Harman, Lin Hu, Robert M. Hierons, Joachim Wegener, Harmen Sthamer, André Baresel, and Marc Roper:
    Testability Transformation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    271 cites at Semantic Scholar
    65% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Alexandre Petrenko, Sergiy Boroday, and Roland Groz:
    Confirming Configurations in EFSM Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    177 cites at Semantic Scholar
    8% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Rik Eshuis and Roel J. Wieringa:
    Tool Support for Verifying UML Activity Diagrams.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    154 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -6% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Erik Arisholm and Dag I. K. Sjøberg:
    Evaluating the Effect of a Delegated Versus Centralized Control Style on the Maintainability of Object-Oriented Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    150 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -9% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Lionel C. Briand, Massimiliano Di Penta, and Yvan Labiche:
    Assessing and Improving State-Based Class Testing: A Series of Experiments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    141 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Ludovic Apvrille, Jean-Pierre Courtiat, Christophe Lohr, and Pierre de Saqui-Sannes:
    TURTLE: A Real-Time UML Profile Supported by a Formal Validation Toolkit.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    135 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Sebastián Uchitel, Jeff Kramer, and Jeff Magee:
    Incremental Elaboration of Scenario-Based Specifications and Behavior Models Using Implied Scenarios.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    206 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Gregg Rothermel, Sebastian G. Elbaum, Alexey G. Malishevsky, Praveen Kallakuri, and Xuemei Qiu:
    On Test Suite Composition and Cost-Effective Regression Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    128 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -22% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Matthew B. Dwyer, Lori A. Clarke, Jamieson M. Cobleigh, and Gleb Naumovich:
    Flow Analysis for Verifying Properties of Concurrent Software Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    103 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -37% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Roshanak Roshandel, André van der Hoek, Marija Mikic-Rakic, and Nenad Medvidovic:
    Mae - a System Model and Environment for Managing Architectural Evolution.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    99 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -40% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Gennaro Costagliola, Vincenzo Deufemia, and Giuseppe Polese:
    A Framework for Modeling and Implementing Visual Notations with Applications to Software Engineering.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    78 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -53% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Stefan Kramer and Hermann Kaindl:
    Coupling and Cohesion Metrics for Knowledge-Based Systems Using Frames and Rules.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    60 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Carolyn L. Talcott, and Gul Agha:
    A Formal Model for Reasoning About Adaptive QoS-Enabled Middleware.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    49 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -70% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Alessandro Orso, Saurabh Sinha, and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Classifying Data Dependences in the Presence of Pointers for Program Comprehension, Testing, and Debugging.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    37 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Tankut Akgul and Vincent John Mooney III:
    Assembly Instruction Level Reverse Execution for Debugging.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    30 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Pamela Zave:
    Address Translation in Telecommunication Features.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2004
    16 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -90% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2003 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael J. Wooldridge:
    Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    1427 cites at Semantic Scholar
    947% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    James D. Herbsleb and Audris Mockus:
    An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    1073 cites at Semantic Scholar
    687% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Christel Baier, Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Holger Hermanns, and Joost-Pieter Katoen:
    Model-Checking Algorithms for Continuous-Time Markov Chains.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    839 cites at Semantic Scholar
    516% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Alan T. Sherman and David A. McGrew:
    Key Establishment in Large Dynamic Groups Using One-Way Function Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    835 cites at Semantic Scholar
    513% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Ramanath Subramanyam and Mayuram S. Krishnan:
    Empirical Analysis of CK Metrics for Object-Oriented Design Complexity: Implications for Software Defects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    724 cites at Semantic Scholar
    431% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Thomas Eisenbarth, Rainer Koschke, and Daniel Simon:
    Locating Features in Source Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    595 cites at Semantic Scholar
    337% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Tron Foss, Erik Stensrud, Barbara A. Kitchenham, and Ingunn Myrtveit:
    A Simulation Study of the Model Evaluation Criterion MMRE.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    498 cites at Semantic Scholar
    265% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Licia Capra, Wolfgang Emmerich, and Cecilia Mascolo:
    CARISMA: Context-Aware Reflective mIddleware System for Mobile Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    483 cites at OpenAlex
    254% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Michele Lanza and Stéphane Ducasse:
    Polymetric Views - A Lightweight Visual Approach to Reverse Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    443 cites at Semantic Scholar
    225% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    James A. Jones and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Test-Suite Reduction and Prioritization for Modified Condition/Decision Coverage.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    373 cites at OpenAlex
    174% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jane Cleland-Huang, Carl K. Chang, and Mark J. Christensen:
    Event-Based Traceability for Managing Evolutionary Change.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    337 cites at Semantic Scholar
    147% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Sebastián Uchitel, Jeff Kramer, and Jeff Magee:
    Synthesis of Behavioral Models from Scenarios.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    279 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Chin-Yu Huang, Michael R. Lyu, and Sy-Yen Kuo:
    A Unified Scheme of Some Nonhomogenous Poisson Process Models for Software Reliability Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    71% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Alvin T. S. Chan and Siu Nam Chuang:
    MobiPADS: A Reflective Middleware for Context-Aware Mobile Computing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rajeev Alur, Kousha Etessami, and Mihalis Yannakakis:
    Inference of Message Sequence Charts.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    216 cites at OpenAlex
    58% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Rajendra K. Bandi, Vijay K. Vaishnavi, and Daniel E. Turk:
    Predicting Maintenance Performance Using Object-Oriented Design Complexity Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Marsha Chechik, Benet Devereux, Steve M. Easterbrook, and Arie Gurfinkel:
    Multi-Valued Symbolic Model-Checking.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Alexander Egyed:
    A Scenario-Driven Approach to Trace Dependency Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Mauro Caporuscio, Antonio Carzaniga, and Alexander L. Wolf:
    Design and Evaluation of a Support Service for Mobile, Wireless Publish/Subscribe Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    193 cites at Semantic Scholar
    42% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, and Cesare Stefanelli:
    Context-Aware Middleware for Resource Management in the Wireless Internet.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    186 cites at OpenAlex
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    James D. Herbsleb and Audris Mockus:
    An Empirical Study of Speed and Communication in Globally Distributed Software Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    1073 cites at Semantic Scholar
    687% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Christel Baier, Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Holger Hermanns, and Joost-Pieter Katoen:
    Model-Checking Algorithms for Continuous-Time Markov Chains.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    839 cites at Semantic Scholar
    516% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Alan T. Sherman and David A. McGrew:
    Key Establishment in Large Dynamic Groups Using One-Way Function Trees.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    835 cites at Semantic Scholar
    513% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Ramanath Subramanyam and Mayuram S. Krishnan:
    Empirical Analysis of CK Metrics for Object-Oriented Design Complexity: Implications for Software Defects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    724 cites at Semantic Scholar
    431% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Thomas Eisenbarth, Rainer Koschke, and Daniel Simon:
    Locating Features in Source Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    595 cites at Semantic Scholar
    337% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Tron Foss, Erik Stensrud, Barbara A. Kitchenham, and Ingunn Myrtveit:
    A Simulation Study of the Model Evaluation Criterion MMRE.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    498 cites at Semantic Scholar
    265% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Licia Capra, Wolfgang Emmerich, and Cecilia Mascolo:
    CARISMA: Context-Aware Reflective mIddleware System for Mobile Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    483 cites at OpenAlex
    254% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Michele Lanza and Stéphane Ducasse:
    Polymetric Views - A Lightweight Visual Approach to Reverse Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    443 cites at Semantic Scholar
    225% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    James A. Jones and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Test-Suite Reduction and Prioritization for Modified Condition/Decision Coverage.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    373 cites at OpenAlex
    174% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Jane Cleland-Huang, Carl K. Chang, and Mark J. Christensen:
    Event-Based Traceability for Managing Evolutionary Change.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    337 cites at Semantic Scholar
    147% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Sebastián Uchitel, Jeff Kramer, and Jeff Magee:
    Synthesis of Behavioral Models from Scenarios.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    279 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Chin-Yu Huang, Michael R. Lyu, and Sy-Yen Kuo:
    A Unified Scheme of Some Nonhomogenous Poisson Process Models for Software Reliability Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    233 cites at Semantic Scholar
    71% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Alvin T. S. Chan and Siu Nam Chuang:
    MobiPADS: A Reflective Middleware for Context-Aware Mobile Computing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    222 cites at Semantic Scholar
    63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Rajeev Alur, Kousha Etessami, and Mihalis Yannakakis:
    Inference of Message Sequence Charts.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    216 cites at OpenAlex
    58% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Rajendra K. Bandi, Vijay K. Vaishnavi, and Daniel E. Turk:
    Predicting Maintenance Performance Using Object-Oriented Design Complexity Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    200 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Alexander Egyed:
    A Scenario-Driven Approach to Trace Dependency Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    195 cites at Semantic Scholar
    43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Mauro Caporuscio, Antonio Carzaniga, and Alexander L. Wolf:
    Design and Evaluation of a Support Service for Mobile, Wireless Publish/Subscribe Applications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    193 cites at Semantic Scholar
    42% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, and Cesare Stefanelli:
    Context-Aware Middleware for Resource Management in the Wireless Internet.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    186 cites at OpenAlex
    36% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Paolo Tonella:
    Using a Concept Lattice of Decomposition Slices for Program Understanding and Impact Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    183 cites at Semantic Scholar
    34% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, Ahmed E. Hassan, Ajith Guedem, Walid Abdelmoez, Diaa Eldin M. Nassar, Hany H. Ammar, and Ali Mili:
    Architectural-Level Risk Analysis Using UML.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2003
    182 cites at Semantic Scholar
    34% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael J. Wooldridge:
    Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    1427 cites at Semantic Scholar
    947% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Marsha Chechik, Benet Devereux, Steve M. Easterbrook, and Arie Gurfinkel:
    Multi-Valued Symbolic Model-Checking.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    198 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Martin P. Robillard and Gail C. Murphy:
    Static Analysis to Support the Evolution of Exception Structure in Object-Oriented Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    23% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Christian Nentwich, Wolfgang Emmerich, Anthony Finkelstein, and Ernst Ellmer:
    Flexible Consistency Checking.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    161 cites at Semantic Scholar
    18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Mark van den Brand, Paul Klint, and Jurgen J. Vinju:
    Term Rewriting with Traversal Functions.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    112 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Amy P. Felty and Kedar S. Namjoshi:
    Feature Specification and Automated Conflict Detection.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    95 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -30% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Gian-Luigi Ferrari, Stefania Gnesi, Ugo Montanari, and Marco Pistore:
    A Model-Checking Verification Environment for Mobile Processes.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    81 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -41% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Luca Durante, Riccardo Sisto, and Adriano Valenzano:
    Automatic Testing Equivalence Verification of Spi Calculus Specifications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    63 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -54% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Antónia Lopes, Michel Wermelinger, and José Luiz Fiadeiro:
    High-Order Architectural Connectors.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    51 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Tim Miller and Paul A. Strooper:
    A Framework and Tool Support for the Systematic Testing of Model-Based Specifications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    32 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -77% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Yossi Cohen and Yishai A. Feldman:
    Automatic High-Quality Reengineering of Database Programs by Abstraction, Transformation and Reimplementation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    24 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Alberto Coen-Porisini, Matteo Pradella, Matteo Rossi, and Dino Mandrioli:
    A Formal Approach for Designing CORBA-Based Applications.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    9 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -93% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Carlo Ghezzi, Jeff Magee, H. Dieter Rombach, and Mary Lou Soffa:
    Editorial.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    0 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -100% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2002 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Audris Mockus, Roy T. Fielding, and James D. Herbsleb:
    Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and Mozilla.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    1945 cites at Semantic Scholar
    768% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Toshihiro Kamiya, Shinji Kusumoto, and Katsuro Inoue:
    CCFinder: A Multilinguistic Token-Based Code Clone Detection System for Large Scale Source Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1900 cites at Semantic Scholar
    748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lesley Pickard, Peter W. Jones, David C. Hoaglin, Khaled El Emam, and Jarrett Rosenberg:
    Preliminary Guidelines for Empirical Research in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    560% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Daniel Jackson:
    Alloy: A Lightweight Object Modelling Notation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    1415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    531% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Andreas Zeller and Ralf Hildebrandt:
    Simplifying and Isolating Failure-Inducing Input.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1207 cites at Semantic Scholar
    439% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Jagdish Bansiya and Carl G. Davis:
    A Hierarchical Model for Object-Oriented Design Quality Assessment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1101 cites at Semantic Scholar
    391% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Giuliano Antoniol, Gerardo Canfora, Gerardo Casazza, Andrea De Lucia, and Ettore Merlo:
    Recovering Traceability Links Between Code and Documentation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1080 cites at Semantic Scholar
    382% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Alexey G. Malishevsky, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Test Case Prioritization: A Family of Empirical Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1064 cites at Semantic Scholar
    375% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Christian S. Collberg and Clark D. Thomborson:
    Watermarking, Tamper-Proofing, and Obfuscation-Tools for Software Protection.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    882 cites at Semantic Scholar
    294% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Tom Mens:
    A State-of-the-Art Survey on Software Merging.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    623 cites at Semantic Scholar
    178% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Liliana Dobrica and Eila Niemelä:
    A Survey on Software Architecture Analysis Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    585 cites at Semantic Scholar
    161% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Giulio Mori, Fabio Paternò, and Carmen Santoro:
    CTTE: Support for Developing and Analyzing Task Models for Interactive System Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    494 cites at Semantic Scholar
    120% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Frantisek Plásil and Stanislav Visnovsky:
    Behavior Protocols for Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    447 cites at Semantic Scholar
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Nenad Medvidovic, David S. Rosenblum, David F. Redmiles, and Jason E. Robbins:
    Modeling Software Architectures in the Unified Modeling Language.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    445 cites at Semantic Scholar
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Kuo-Chung Tai and Yu Lei:
    A Test Generation Strategy for Pairwise Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    399 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Lionel C. Briand, Walcélio L. Melo, and Jürgen Wüst:
    Assessing the Applicability of Fault-Proneness Models Across Object-Oriented Software Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    371 cites at Semantic Scholar
    66% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Yannis Smaragdakis and Don S. Batory:
    Mixin Layers: An Object-Oriented Implementation Technique for Refinements and Collaboration-Based Designs.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    362 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Cynthia K. Riemenschneider, Bill C. Hardgrave, and Fred D. Davis:
    Explaining Software Developer Acceptance of Methodologies: A Comparison of Five Theoretical Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    312 cites at Semantic Scholar
    39% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Daniel D. Deavours, Graham Clark, Tod Courtney, David Daly, Salem Derisavi, Jay M. Doyle, William H. Sanders, and Patrick G. Webster:
    The Möbius Framework and Its Implementation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    287 cites at Semantic Scholar
    28% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Maurizio Morisio, Michel Ezran, and Colin Tully:
    Success and Failure Factors in Software Reuse.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    280 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Toshihiro Kamiya, Shinji Kusumoto, and Katsuro Inoue:
    CCFinder: A Multilinguistic Token-Based Code Clone Detection System for Large Scale Source Code.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1900 cites at Semantic Scholar
    748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lesley Pickard, Peter W. Jones, David C. Hoaglin, Khaled El Emam, and Jarrett Rosenberg:
    Preliminary Guidelines for Empirical Research in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1480 cites at Semantic Scholar
    560% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Andreas Zeller and Ralf Hildebrandt:
    Simplifying and Isolating Failure-Inducing Input.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1207 cites at Semantic Scholar
    439% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Jagdish Bansiya and Carl G. Davis:
    A Hierarchical Model for Object-Oriented Design Quality Assessment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1101 cites at Semantic Scholar
    391% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Giuliano Antoniol, Gerardo Canfora, Gerardo Casazza, Andrea De Lucia, and Ettore Merlo:
    Recovering Traceability Links Between Code and Documentation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1080 cites at Semantic Scholar
    382% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Alexey G. Malishevsky, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Test Case Prioritization: A Family of Empirical Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    1064 cites at Semantic Scholar
    375% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Christian S. Collberg and Clark D. Thomborson:
    Watermarking, Tamper-Proofing, and Obfuscation-Tools for Software Protection.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    882 cites at Semantic Scholar
    294% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Tom Mens:
    A State-of-the-Art Survey on Software Merging.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    623 cites at Semantic Scholar
    178% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Liliana Dobrica and Eila Niemelä:
    A Survey on Software Architecture Analysis Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    585 cites at Semantic Scholar
    161% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Giulio Mori, Fabio Paternò, and Carmen Santoro:
    CTTE: Support for Developing and Analyzing Task Models for Interactive System Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    494 cites at Semantic Scholar
    120% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Frantisek Plásil and Stanislav Visnovsky:
    Behavior Protocols for Software Components.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    447 cites at Semantic Scholar
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Kuo-Chung Tai and Yu Lei:
    A Test Generation Strategy for Pairwise Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    399 cites at Semantic Scholar
    78% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Lionel C. Briand, Walcélio L. Melo, and Jürgen Wüst:
    Assessing the Applicability of Fault-Proneness Models Across Object-Oriented Software Projects.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    371 cites at Semantic Scholar
    66% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Cynthia K. Riemenschneider, Bill C. Hardgrave, and Fred D. Davis:
    Explaining Software Developer Acceptance of Methodologies: A Comparison of Five Theoretical Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    312 cites at Semantic Scholar
    39% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Daniel D. Deavours, Graham Clark, Tod Courtney, David Daly, Salem Derisavi, Jay M. Doyle, William H. Sanders, and Patrick G. Webster:
    The Möbius Framework and Its Implementation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    287 cites at Semantic Scholar
    28% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Maurizio Morisio, Michel Ezran, and Colin Tully:
    Success and Failure Factors in Software Reuse.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    280 cites at Semantic Scholar
    25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Michael D. Ernst, Greg J. Badros, and David Notkin:
    An Empirical Analysis of C Preprocessor Use.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    243 cites at Semantic Scholar
    8% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Lutz Prechelt, Barbara Unger, Michael Philippsen, and Walter F. Tichy:
    Two Controlled Experiments Assessing the Usefulness of Design Pattern Documentation in Program Maintenance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    202 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -10% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Janice Singer and Norman G. Vinson:
    Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    192 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -14% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Lionel C. Briand, Sandro Morasca, and Victor R. Basili:
    An Operational Process for Goal-Driven Definition of Measures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    167 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -25% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Audris Mockus, Roy T. Fielding, and James D. Herbsleb:
    Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and Mozilla.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    1945 cites at Semantic Scholar
    768% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Daniel Jackson:
    Alloy: A Lightweight Object Modelling Notation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    1415 cites at Semantic Scholar
    531% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Nenad Medvidovic, David S. Rosenblum, David F. Redmiles, and Jason E. Robbins:
    Modeling Software Architectures in the Unified Modeling Language.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    445 cites at Semantic Scholar
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Yannis Smaragdakis and Don S. Batory:
    Mixin Layers: An Object-Oriented Implementation Technique for Refinements and Collaboration-Based Designs.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    362 cites at Semantic Scholar
    62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Don S. Batory, Clay Johnson, Bob MacDonald, and Dale von Heeder:
    Achieving Extensibility Through Product-Lines and Domain-Specific Languages: A Case Study.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    191 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Michael Schrefl and Markus Stumptner:
    Behavior-Consistent Specialization of Object Life Cycles.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    127 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -43% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Marco Bernardo, Paolo Ciancarini, and Lorenzo Donatiello:
    Architecting Families of Software Systems with Process Algebras.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    124 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -45% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya and Tohru Kikuno:
    On Fault Classes and Error Detection Capability of Specification-Based Testing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    115 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -49% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Alexander Egyed:
    Automated Abstraction of Class Diagrams.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    86 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -62% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Robert M. Hierons:
    Comparing Test Sets and Criteria in the Presence of Test Hypotheses and Fault Domains.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    41 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -82% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Miguel Felder and Mauro Pezzè:
    A Formal Design Notation for Real-Time Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    15 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -93% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Donglin Liang and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Equivalence Analysis and Its Application in Improving the Efficiency of Program Slicing.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    14 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -94% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Alexander Perez-Pons:
    Temporal Abstract Classes and Virtual Temporal Specifications for Real-Time Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    4 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -98% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Idit Keidar, Roger Khazan, Nancy A. Lynch, and Alexander A. Shvartsman:
    An Inheritance-Based Technique for Building Simulation Proofs Incrementally.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    3 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2001 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Gregg Rothermel, Roland H. Untch, Chengyun Chu, and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Prioritizing Test Cases For Regression Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1330 cites at OpenAlex
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Michael D. Ernst, Jake Cockrell, William G. Griswold, and David Notkin:
    Dynamically Discovering Likely Program Invariants to Support Program Evolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1048 cites at OpenAlex
    574% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Balasubramaniam Ramesh and Matthias Jarke:
    Toward Reference Models of Requirements Traceability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1001 cites at Semantic Scholar
    543% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Gianpaolo Cugola, Elisabetta Di Nitto, and Alfonso Fuggetta:
    The JEDI Event-Based Infrastructure and Its Application to the Development of the OPSS WFMS.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    763 cites at Semantic Scholar
    390% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Stephen G. Eick, Todd L. Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron, and Audris Mockus:
    Does Code Decay? Assessing the Evidence from Change Management Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    720 cites at Semantic Scholar
    363% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Christoph C. Michael, Gary McGraw, and Michael Schatz:
    Generating Software Test Data by Evolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    545 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Khaled El Emam, Saïda Benlarbi, Nishith Goel, and Shesh N. Rai:
    The Confounding Effect of Class Size on the Validity of Object-Oriented Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    458 cites at Semantic Scholar
    194% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Gail C. Murphy, David Notkin, and Kevin J. Sullivan:
    Software Reflexion Models: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Implementation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    446 cites at Semantic Scholar
    187% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Todd L. Graves, Mary Jean Harrold, Jung-Min Kim, Adam A. Porter, and Gregg Rothermel:
    An Empirical Study of Regression Test Selection Techiques.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    356 cites at OpenAlex
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Atif M. Memon, Martha E. Pollack, and Mary Lou Soffa:
    Hierarchical GUI Test Case Generation Using Automated Planning.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    319 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Martin J. Shepperd and Gada F. Kadoda:
    Comparing Software Prediction Techniques Using Simulation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    305 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Angela Bonifati, Fabiano Cattaneo, Stefano Ceri, Alfonso Fuggetta, and Stefano Paraboschi:
    Designing Data Marts for Data Warehouses.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    289 cites at Semantic Scholar
    86% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Kevin Strike, Khaled El Emam, and Nazim H. Madhavji:
    Software Cost Estimation with Incomplete Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Ingunn Myrtveit, Erik Stensrud, and Ulf H. Olsson:
    Analyzing Data Sets with Missing Data: An Empirical Evaluation of Imputation Methods and Likelihood-Based Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    264 cites at Semantic Scholar
    70% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Márcio Eduardo Delamaro, José Carlos Maldonado, and Aditya P. Mathur:
    Interface Mutation: An Approach for Integration Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    255 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Klaus Havelund, Michael R. Lowry, and John Penix:
    Formal Analysis of a Space-Craft Controller Using SPIN.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    231 cites at Semantic Scholar
    48% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Lionel C. Briand, Christian Bunse, and John W. Daly:
    A Controlled Experiment for Evaluating Quality Guidelines on the Maintainability of Object-Oriented Designs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    226 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Lutz Prechelt, Barbara Unger, Walter F. Tichy, Peter Brössler, and Lawrence G. Votta:
    A Controlled Experiment in Maintenance Comparing Design Patterns to Simpler Solutions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    201 cites at OpenAlex
    29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Chaitanya Kallepalli and Jeff Tian:
    Measuring and Modeling Usage and Reliability for Statistical Web Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    189 cites at Semantic Scholar
    21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Gregg Rothermel, Margaret M. Burnett, Lixin Li, Christopher DuPuis, and Andrei Sheretov:
    A Methodology for Testing Spreadsheets.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Gregg Rothermel, Roland H. Untch, Chengyun Chu, and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Prioritizing Test Cases For Regression Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1330 cites at OpenAlex
    755% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Michael D. Ernst, Jake Cockrell, William G. Griswold, and David Notkin:
    Dynamically Discovering Likely Program Invariants to Support Program Evolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1048 cites at OpenAlex
    574% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Balasubramaniam Ramesh and Matthias Jarke:
    Toward Reference Models of Requirements Traceability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    1001 cites at Semantic Scholar
    543% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Gianpaolo Cugola, Elisabetta Di Nitto, and Alfonso Fuggetta:
    The JEDI Event-Based Infrastructure and Its Application to the Development of the OPSS WFMS.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    763 cites at Semantic Scholar
    390% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Stephen G. Eick, Todd L. Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron, and Audris Mockus:
    Does Code Decay? Assessing the Evidence from Change Management Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    720 cites at Semantic Scholar
    363% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Christoph C. Michael, Gary McGraw, and Michael Schatz:
    Generating Software Test Data by Evolution.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    545 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Khaled El Emam, Saïda Benlarbi, Nishith Goel, and Shesh N. Rai:
    The Confounding Effect of Class Size on the Validity of Object-Oriented Metrics.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    458 cites at Semantic Scholar
    194% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Gail C. Murphy, David Notkin, and Kevin J. Sullivan:
    Software Reflexion Models: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Implementation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    446 cites at Semantic Scholar
    187% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Atif M. Memon, Martha E. Pollack, and Mary Lou Soffa:
    Hierarchical GUI Test Case Generation Using Automated Planning.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    319 cites at Semantic Scholar
    105% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Martin J. Shepperd and Gada F. Kadoda:
    Comparing Software Prediction Techniques Using Simulation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    305 cites at Semantic Scholar
    96% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Kevin Strike, Khaled El Emam, and Nazim H. Madhavji:
    Software Cost Estimation with Incomplete Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    273 cites at Semantic Scholar
    75% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Ingunn Myrtveit, Erik Stensrud, and Ulf H. Olsson:
    Analyzing Data Sets with Missing Data: An Empirical Evaluation of Imputation Methods and Likelihood-Based Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    264 cites at Semantic Scholar
    70% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    Márcio Eduardo Delamaro, José Carlos Maldonado, and Aditya P. Mathur:
    Interface Mutation: An Approach for Integration Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    255 cites at Semantic Scholar
    64% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Klaus Havelund, Michael R. Lowry, and John Penix:
    Formal Analysis of a Space-Craft Controller Using SPIN.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    231 cites at Semantic Scholar
    48% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Lionel C. Briand, Christian Bunse, and John W. Daly:
    A Controlled Experiment for Evaluating Quality Guidelines on the Maintainability of Object-Oriented Designs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    226 cites at Semantic Scholar
    45% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Lutz Prechelt, Barbara Unger, Walter F. Tichy, Peter Brössler, and Lawrence G. Votta:
    A Controlled Experiment in Maintenance Comparing Design Patterns to Simpler Solutions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    201 cites at OpenAlex
    29% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Chaitanya Kallepalli and Jeff Tian:
    Measuring and Modeling Usage and Reliability for Statistical Web Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    189 cites at Semantic Scholar
    21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Barbara A. Kitchenham, Robert T. Hughes, and Stephen G. Linkman:
    Modeling Software Measurement Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    0% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Paolo Tonella:
    Concept Analysis for Module Restructuring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    156 cites at Semantic Scholar
    0% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Fabrizio Fioravanti and Paolo Nesi:
    Estimation and Prediction Metrics for Adaptive Maintenance Effort of Object-Oriented Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    131 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -16% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TOSEM ⌄

  1. 1
    Todd L. Graves, Mary Jean Harrold, Jung-Min Kim, Adam A. Porter, and Gregg Rothermel:
    An Empirical Study of Regression Test Selection Techiques.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    356 cites at OpenAlex
    129% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Angela Bonifati, Fabiano Cattaneo, Stefano Ceri, Alfonso Fuggetta, and Stefano Paraboschi:
    Designing Data Marts for Data Warehouses.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    289 cites at Semantic Scholar
    86% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Gregg Rothermel, Margaret M. Burnett, Lixin Li, Christopher DuPuis, and Andrei Sheretov:
    A Methodology for Testing Spreadsheets.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    15% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Huo Yan Chen, T. H. Tse, and Tsong Yueh Chen:
    TACCLE: A Methodology for Object-Oriented Software Testing at the Class and Cluster Levels.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    160 cites at Semantic Scholar
    3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    John Bible, Gregg Rothermel, and David S. Rosenblum:
    A Comparative Study of Coarse- and Fine-Grained Safe Regression Test-Selection Techniques.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    126 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -19% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Saurabh Sinha, Mary Jean Harrold, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Interprocedural Control Dependence.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    97 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -38% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Frank Tip and T. B. Dinesh:
    A Slicing-Based Approach for Locating Type Errors.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    74 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -52% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Angelo Gargantini and Angelo Morzenti:
    Automated Deductive Requirements Analysis of Critical Systems.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    58 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -63% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Gian Pietro Picco, Gruia-Catalin Roman, and Peter J. McCann:
    Reasoning About Code Mobility with Mobile UNITY.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    31 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -80% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Dewayne E. Perry, Harvey P. Siy, and Lawrence G. Votta:
    Parallel Changes in Large-Scale Software Development: An Observational Case Study.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    20 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -87% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Jean-René Beauvais, Éric Rutten, Thierry Gautier, Roland Houdebine, Paul Le Guernic, and Y.-M. Tang:
    Modeling Statecharts and Activitycharts as Signal Equations.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2001
    15 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -90% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

Top journal papers from 2000 normalized by age ⌄

  1. 1
    Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor:
    A Classification and Comparison Framework for Software Architecture Description Languages.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    2334 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Todd L. Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron, and Harvey P. Siy:
    Predicting Fault Incidence Using Software Change History.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    828 cites at Semantic Scholar
    556% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Norman E. Fenton and Niclas Ohlsson:
    Quantitative Analysis of Faults and Failures in a Complex Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    757 cites at Semantic Scholar
    499% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Axel van Lamsweerde and Emmanuel Letier:
    Handling Obstacles in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    714 cites at Semantic Scholar
    465% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Janne Ropponen and Kalle Lyytinen:
    Components of Software Development Risk: How to Address Them? A Project Manager Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    442 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Claus Hagen and Gustavo Alonso:
    Exception Handling in Workflow Management Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Michelle Cartwright and Martin J. Shepperd:
    An Empirical Investigation of an Object-Oriented Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    136% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Elaine J. Weyuker and Filippos I. Vokolos:
    Experience with Performance Testing of Software Systems: Issues, an Approach, and Case Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    292 cites at Semantic Scholar
    131% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Chris Sauer, D. Ross Jeffery, Lesley Pek Wee Land, and Philip Yetton:
    The Effectiveness of Software Development Technical Reviews: A Behaviorally Motivated Program of Research.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    268 cites at Semantic Scholar
    112% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Nancy G. Leveson:
    Intent Specifications: An Approach to Building Human-Centered Specifications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    251 cites at OpenAlex
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Lionel C. Briand, Khaled El Emam, Bernd G. Freimut, and Oliver Laitenberger:
    A Comprehensive Evaluation of Capture-Recapture Models for Estimating Software Defect Content.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Saurabh Sinha and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Analysis and Testing of Programs with Exception Handling Constructs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    José Javier Dolado:
    A Validation of the Component-Based Method for Software Size Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    42% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Miyoung Shin and Amrit L. Goel:
    Empirical Data Modeling in Software Engineering Using Radical Basis Functions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    153 cites at Semantic Scholar
    21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Brendan P. Mahony and Jin Song Dong:
    Timed Communicating Object Z.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    149 cites at Semantic Scholar
    18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Khaled El Emam and Andreas Birk:
    Validating the ISO/IEC 15504 Measure of Software Requirements Analysis Process Capability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    146 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Phil Koopman and John DeVale:
    The Exception Handling Effectiveness of POSIX Operating Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    133 cites at Semantic Scholar
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Mor Peleg and Dov Dori:
    The Model Multiplicity Problem: Experimenting with Real-Time Specification Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    129 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Sergio Antoy and Richard G. Hamlet:
    Automatically Checking an Implementation Against Its Formal Specification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Anne E. Haxthausen and Jan Peleska:
    Formal Development and Verification of a Distributed Railway Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    115 cites at OpenAlex
    -9% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

TSE ⌄

  1. 1
    Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor:
    A Classification and Comparison Framework for Software Architecture Description Languages.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    2334 cites at Semantic Scholar
    1748% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  2. 2
    Todd L. Graves, Alan F. Karr, J. S. Marron, and Harvey P. Siy:
    Predicting Fault Incidence Using Software Change History.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    828 cites at Semantic Scholar
    556% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  3. 3
    Norman E. Fenton and Niclas Ohlsson:
    Quantitative Analysis of Faults and Failures in a Complex Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    757 cites at Semantic Scholar
    499% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  4. 4
    Axel van Lamsweerde and Emmanuel Letier:
    Handling Obstacles in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    714 cites at Semantic Scholar
    465% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  5. 5
    Janne Ropponen and Kalle Lyytinen:
    Components of Software Development Risk: How to Address Them? A Project Manager Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    442 cites at Semantic Scholar
    250% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  6. 6
    Claus Hagen and Gustavo Alonso:
    Exception Handling in Workflow Management Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    360 cites at Semantic Scholar
    185% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  7. 7
    Michelle Cartwright and Martin J. Shepperd:
    An Empirical Investigation of an Object-Oriented Software System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    298 cites at Semantic Scholar
    136% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  8. 8
    Elaine J. Weyuker and Filippos I. Vokolos:
    Experience with Performance Testing of Software Systems: Issues, an Approach, and Case Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    292 cites at Semantic Scholar
    131% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  9. 9
    Chris Sauer, D. Ross Jeffery, Lesley Pek Wee Land, and Philip Yetton:
    The Effectiveness of Software Development Technical Reviews: A Behaviorally Motivated Program of Research.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    268 cites at Semantic Scholar
    112% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  10. 10
    Nancy G. Leveson:
    Intent Specifications: An Approach to Building Human-Centered Specifications.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    251 cites at OpenAlex
    99% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  11. 11
    Lionel C. Briand, Khaled El Emam, Bernd G. Freimut, and Oliver Laitenberger:
    A Comprehensive Evaluation of Capture-Recapture Models for Estimating Software Defect Content.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  12. 12
    Saurabh Sinha and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Analysis and Testing of Programs with Exception Handling Constructs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    185 cites at Semantic Scholar
    47% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  13. 13
    José Javier Dolado:
    A Validation of the Component-Based Method for Software Size Estimation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    179 cites at Semantic Scholar
    42% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  14. 14
    Miyoung Shin and Amrit L. Goel:
    Empirical Data Modeling in Software Engineering Using Radical Basis Functions.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    153 cites at Semantic Scholar
    21% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  15. 15
    Brendan P. Mahony and Jin Song Dong:
    Timed Communicating Object Z.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    149 cites at Semantic Scholar
    18% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  16. 16
    Khaled El Emam and Andreas Birk:
    Validating the ISO/IEC 15504 Measure of Software Requirements Analysis Process Capability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    146 cites at Semantic Scholar
    16% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  17. 17
    Phil Koopman and John DeVale:
    The Exception Handling Effectiveness of POSIX Operating Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    133 cites at Semantic Scholar
    5% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  18. 18
    Mor Peleg and Dov Dori:
    The Model Multiplicity Problem: Experimenting with Real-Time Specification Methods.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    129 cites at Semantic Scholar
    2% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  19. 19
    Sergio Antoy and Richard G. Hamlet:
    Automatically Checking an Implementation Against Its Formal Specification.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    123 cites at Semantic Scholar
    -3% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI
  20. 20
    Anne E. Haxthausen and Jan Peleska:
    Formal Development and Verification of a Distributed Railway Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2000
    115 cites at OpenAlex
    -9% above average of year
    Visited: Jun-2026
    Paper: DOI

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