Top-100 Software Engineering Journal Papers

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

Top 100 journal papers from 1975 to 2026 ⌄

1. 1

   Barry W. Boehm:
   Software Engineering Economics.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
   

   7070 cites at Semantic Scholar

   3588% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
2. 2

   Thomas J. McCabe:
   A Complexity Measure.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
   

   5916 cites at OpenAlex

   1923% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
3. 3

   Gerard J. Holzmann:
   The Model Checker SPIN.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
   

   4490 cites at Semantic Scholar

   2658% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
4. 4

   Per Runeson and Martin Höst:
   Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Case Study Research in Software Engineering.
   Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), 2009
   

   4330 cites at Semantic Scholar

   2614% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
5. 5

   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
   

   2968 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1823% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
6. 6

   Shyam R. Chidamber and Chris F. Kemerer:
   A Metrics Suite for Object Oriented Design.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1994
   

   2704 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1998% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
7. 7

   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

   1756% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
8. 8

   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
   

   1964 cites at Semantic Scholar

   769% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-2026

   Paper: DOI
9. 9

   Victor R. Basili, Lionel C. Briand, and Walcélio L. Melo:
   A Validation of Object-Oriented Design Metrics as Quality Indicators.
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
   

   1949 cites at Semantic Scholar

   1056% above average of year

   Visited: Sep-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
    

    1919 cites at Semantic Scholar

    749% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
11. 11

    Carolyn B. Seaman:
    Qualitative Methods in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    1745 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1159% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
12. 12

    Yue Jia and Mark Harman:
    An Analysis and Survey of the Development of Mutation Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2011
    

    1736 cites at OpenAlex

    1246% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
13. 13

    Allan J. Albrecht and John E. Gaffney Jr.:
    Software Function, Source Lines of Code, and Development Effort Prediction: A Software Science Validation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1983
    

    1722 cites at Semantic Scholar

    2191% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
14. 14

    Victor R. Basili and H. Dieter Rombach:
    The TAME Project: Towards Improvement-Oriented Software Environments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    

    1577 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1707% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
15. 15

    Tsun S. Chow:
    Testing Software Design Modeled by Finite-State Machines.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    

    1568 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1805% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
16. 16

    Tim Menzies, Jeremy Greenwald, and Art Frank:
    Data Mining Static Code Attributes to Learn Defect Predictors.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    

    1543 cites at Semantic Scholar

    945% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
17. 17

    Robert Allen and David Garlan:
    A Formal Basis for Architectural Connection.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
    

    1533 cites at Semantic Scholar

    842% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
18. 18

    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
    

    1515 cites at Semantic Scholar

    570% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
19. 19

    Daniel Jackson:
    Alloy: A Lightweight Object Modelling Notation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2002
    

    1429 cites at Semantic Scholar

    532% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
20. 20

    Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael J. Wooldridge:
    Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2003
    

    1429 cites at Semantic Scholar

    959% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
21. 21

    Tom Mens and Tom Tourwé:
    A Survey of Software Refactoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2004
    

    1363 cites at Semantic Scholar

    783% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
22. 22

    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
    

    1363 cites at Semantic Scholar

    754% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
23. 23

    Gregg Rothermel, Roland H. Untch, Chengyun Chu, and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Prioritizing Test Cases For Regression Testing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    

    1348 cites at OpenAlex

    763% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
24. 24

    Victor R. Basili and David M. Weiss:
    A Methodology for Collecting Valid Software Engineering Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    

    1309 cites at Semantic Scholar

    583% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
25. 25

    Xinyi Hou, Yanjie Zhao, Yue Liu, Zhou Yang, Kailong Wang, Li Li, Xiapu Luo, David Lo, John Grundy, and Haoyu Wang:
    Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2024
    

    1308 cites at Semantic Scholar

    5634% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
26. 26

    Alfonso Fuggetta, Gian Pietro Picco, and Giovanni Vigna:
    Understanding Code Mobility.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1998
    

    1301 cites at Semantic Scholar

    758% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
27. 27

    Leslie Lamport:
    Proving the Correctness of Multiprocess Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    

    1297 cites at Semantic Scholar

    773% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
28. 28

    David Harel and Amnon Naamad:
    The STATEMATE Semantics of Statecharts.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1996
    

    1258 cites at Semantic Scholar

    646% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
29. 29

    Claire Le Goues, ThanhVu Nguyen, Stephanie Forrest, and Westley Weimer:
    GenProg: A Generic Method for Automatic Software Repair.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2012
    

    1256 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1480% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
30. 30

    Andreas Zeller and Ralf Hildebrandt:
    Simplifying and Isolating Failure-Inducing Input.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    

    1244 cites at Semantic Scholar

    450% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
31. 31

    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
    

    1238 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1004% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
32. 32

    Thomas L. Casavant and Jon G. Kuhl:
    A Taxonomy of Scheduling in General-Purpose Distributed Computing Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    

    1229 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1309% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
33. 33

    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
    

    1206 cites at Semantic Scholar

    744% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
34. 34

    Mark D. Weiser:
    Program Slicing.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    

    1204 cites at Semantic Scholar

    528% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
35. 35

    Norman E. Fenton and Martin Neil:
    A Critique of Software Defect Prediction Models.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    1200 cites at Semantic Scholar

    766% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
36. 36

    John Mylopoulos, Lawrence Chung, and Brian A. Nixon:
    Representing and Using Nonfunctional Requirements: A Process-Oriented Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    1181 cites at Semantic Scholar

    763% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
37. 37

    Earl T. Barr, Mark Harman, Phil McMinn, Muzammil Shahbaz, and Shin Yoo:
    The Oracle Problem in Software Testing: A Survey.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2015
    

    1179 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1830% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
38. 38

    Bernard Berthomieu and Michel Diaz:
    Modeling and Verification of Time Dependent Systems Using Time Petri Nets.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    1177 cites at Semantic Scholar

    851% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
39. 39

    Algirdas Avizienis:
    The N-Version Approach to Fault-Tolerant Software.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    

    1161 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1122% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
40. 40

    Sandra Rapps and Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Selecting Software Test Data Using Data Flow Information.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    

    1156 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1117% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
41. 41

    Juyong Jiang, Fan Wang, Jiasi Shen, Sungju Kim, and Sung Hun Kim:
    A Survey on Large Language Models for Code Generation.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2026
    

    1146 cites at Semantic Scholar

    16336% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
42. 42

    W. Eric Wong, Ruizhi Gao, Yihao Li, Rui Abreu, and Franz Wotawa:
    A Survey on Software Fault Localization.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2016
    

    1137 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1780% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
43. 43

    K. Mani Chandy and Jayadev Misra:
    Distributed Simulation: A Case Study in Design and Verification of Distributed Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1979
    

    1123 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1067% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
44. 44

    Tracy Hall, Sarah Beecham, David Bowes, David Gray, and Steve Counsell:
    A Systematic Literature Review on Fault Prediction Performance in Software Engineering.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2012
    

    1112 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1299% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
45. 45

    Jagdish Bansiya and Carl G. Davis:
    A Hierarchical Model for Object-Oriented Design Quality Assessment.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    

    1109 cites at Semantic Scholar

    391% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
46. 46

    Derek L. Eager, Edward D. Lazowska, and John Zahorjan:
    Adaptive Load Sharing in Homogeneous Distributed Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    

    1102 cites at Semantic Scholar

    830% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
47. 47

    David M. Cohen, Siddhartha R. Dalal, Michael L. Fredman, and Gardner C. Patton:
    The AETG System: An Approach to Testing Based on Combinatiorial Design.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    1100 cites at Semantic Scholar

    576% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
48. 48

    Brian Randell:
    System Structure for Software Fault Tolerance.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    

    1093 cites at OpenAlex

    752% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
49. 49

    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
    

    1093 cites at Semantic Scholar

    383% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
50. 50

    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
    

    1091 cites at Semantic Scholar

    709% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
51. 51

    Magne Jørgensen and Martin J. Shepperd:
    A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    

    1087 cites at Semantic Scholar

    636% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
52. 52

    Bogdan Korel:
    Automated Software Test Data Generation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1990
    

    1086 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1102% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
53. 53

    Grady Booch:
    Object-Oriented Development.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    

    1082 cites at Semantic Scholar

    813% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
54. 54

    Sebastian G. Elbaum, Alexey G. Malishevsky, and Gregg Rothermel:
    Test Case Prioritization: A Family of Empirical Studies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    

    1074 cites at Semantic Scholar

    375% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
55. 55

    Martin J. Shepperd and Chris Schofield:
    Estimating Software Project Effort Using Analogies.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1997
    

    1057 cites at Semantic Scholar

    549% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
56. 56

    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
    

    1053 cites at OpenAlex

    574% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
57. 57

    Mary Shaw, Robert DeLine, Daniel V. Klein, Theodore L. Ross, David M. Young, and Gregory Zelesnik:
    Abstractions for Software Architecture and Tools to Support Them.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    1023 cites at Semantic Scholar

    559% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
58. 58

    Balasubramaniam Ramesh and Matthias Jarke:
    Toward Reference Models of Requirements Traceability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2001
    

    1010 cites at Semantic Scholar

    546% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
59. 59

    Jonathan E. Cook and Alexander L. Wolf:
    Discovering Models of Software Processes from Event-Based Data.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1998
    

    1007 cites at Semantic Scholar

    564% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
60. 60

    Douglas T. Ross:
    Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    

    998 cites at Semantic Scholar

    572% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
61. 61

    Lionel C. Briand, John W. Daly, and Jürgen Wüst:
    A Unified Framework for Coupling Measurement in Object-Oriented Systems.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    989 cites at Semantic Scholar

    613% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
62. 62

    David Lorge Parnas:
    On the Design and Development of Program Families.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    

    985 cites at Semantic Scholar

    237% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
63. 63

    Norman C. Hutchinson and Larry L. Peterson:
    The X-Kernel: An Architecture for Implementing Network Protocols.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    978 cites at Semantic Scholar

    690% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
64. 64

    Amrit L. Goel:
    Software Reliability Models: Assumptions, Limitations, and Applicability.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1985
    

    964 cites at Semantic Scholar

    915% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
65. 65

    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
    

    962 cites at Semantic Scholar

    573% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
66. 66

    Elaine J. Weyuker:
    Evaluating Software Complexity Measures.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    

    959 cites at Semantic Scholar

    999% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
67. 67

    Lawrence H. Putnam:
    A General Empirical Solution to the Macro Software Sizing and Estimating Problem.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1978
    

    958 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1064% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
68. 68

    Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich:
    Empirical Studies of Programming Knowledge.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1984
    

    952 cites at Semantic Scholar

    397% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
69. 69

    Danilo Ardagna and Barbara Pernici:
    Adaptive Service Composition in Flexible Processes.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    

    946 cites at Semantic Scholar

    541% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
70. 70

    Douglas T. Ross and Kenneth E. Schoman Jr.:
    Structured Analysis for Requirements Definition.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
    

    931 cites at Semantic Scholar

    527% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
71. 71

    David C. Luckham, John J. Kenney, Larry M. Augustin, James Vera, Doug Bryan, and Walter Mann:
    Specification and Analysis of System Architecture Using Rapide.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    920 cites at Semantic Scholar

    493% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
72. 72

    David C. Luckham, John J. Kenney, Larry M. Augustin, James Vera, Doug Bryan, and Walter Mann:
    Correction to "Specification and Analysis of System Architecture Using Rapide".
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    920 cites at Semantic Scholar

    493% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: Link
73. 73

    Jeff Kramer and Jeff Magee:
    The Evolving Philosophers Problem: Dynamic Change Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1990
    

    918 cites at Semantic Scholar

    916% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
74. 74

    Sallie M. Henry and Dennis G. Kafura:
    Software Structure Metrics Based on Information Flow.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1981
    

    912 cites at Semantic Scholar

    1224% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
75. 75

    Jie M. Zhang, Mark Harman, Lei Ma, and Yang Liu:
    Machine Learning Testing: Survey, Landscapes and Horizons.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2022
    

    904 cites at Semantic Scholar

    2483% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
76. 76

    Richard A. DeMillo and A. Jefferson Offutt:
    Constraint-Based Automatic Test Data Generation.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1991
    

    903 cites at Semantic Scholar

    630% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
77. 77

    John C. Knight and Nancy G. Leveson:
    An Experimental Evaluation of the Assumption of Independence in Multiversion Programming.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1986
    

    896 cites at Semantic Scholar

    656% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
78. 78

    Ram Chillarege, Inderpal S. Bhandari, Jarir K. Chaar, Michael J. Halliday, Diane S. Moebus, Bonnie K. Ray, and Man-Yuen Wong:
    Orthogonal Defect Classification - A Concept for In-Process Measurements.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1992
    

    891 cites at Semantic Scholar

    551% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
79. 79

    Victor R. Basili, Forrest Shull, and Filippo Lanubile:
    Building Knowledge Through Families of Experiments.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1999
    

    887 cites at Semantic Scholar

    540% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
80. 80

    Christian S. Collberg and Clark D. Thomborson:
    Watermarking, Tamper-Proofing, and Obfuscation-Tools for Software Protection.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2002
    

    887 cites at Semantic Scholar

    292% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
81. 81

    Koral Ilgun, Richard A. Kemmerer, and Phillip A. Porras:
    State Transition Analysis: A Rule-Based Intrusion Detection Approach.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1995
    

    879 cites at Semantic Scholar

    466% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
82. 82

    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
    

    864 cites at Semantic Scholar

    485% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
83. 83

    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
    

    861 cites at Semantic Scholar

    458% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
84. 84

    Pamela Zave and Michael Jackson:
    Four Dark Corners of Requirements Engineering.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
    

    861 cites at Semantic Scholar

    429% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
85. 85

    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
    

    859 cites at Semantic Scholar

    456% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
86. 86

    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

    451% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
87. 87

    Lori A. Clarke:
    A System to Generate Test Data and Symbolically Execute Programs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1976
    

    847 cites at Semantic Scholar

    190% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
88. 88

    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
    

    843 cites at Semantic Scholar

    525% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
89. 89

    Lionel C. Briand, Sandro Morasca, and Victor R. Basili:
    Property-Based Software Engineering Measurement.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    836 cites at Semantic Scholar

    396% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
90. 90

    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
    

    834 cites at Semantic Scholar

    518% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
91. 91

    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
    

    833 cites at Semantic Scholar

    562% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
92. 92

    Gregg Rothermel and Mary Jean Harrold:
    A Safe, Efficient Regression Test Selection Technique.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 1997
    

    833 cites at Semantic Scholar

    412% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
93. 93

    Saikat Chakraborty, Rahul Krishna, Yangruibo Ding, and Baishakhi Ray:
    Deep Learning Based Vulnerability Detection: Are We There Yet?
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2022
    

    832 cites at Semantic Scholar

    2277% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
94. 94

    Gregg Rothermel and Mary Jean Harrold:
    Analyzing Regression Test Selection Techniques.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1996
    

    829 cites at Semantic Scholar

    392% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
95. 95

    Naouel Moha, Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, Laurence Duchien, and Anne-Françoise Le Meur:
    DECOR: A Method for the Specification and Detection of Code and Design Smells.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2010
    

    826 cites at Semantic Scholar

    804% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
96. 96

    Zheng Li, Mark Harman, and Robert M. Hierons:
    Search Algorithms for Regression Test Case Prioritization.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2007
    

    817 cites at Semantic Scholar

    453% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
97. 97

    Emden R. Gansner, Eleftherios Koutsofios, Stephen C. North, and Kiem-Phong Vo:
    A Technique for Drawing Directed Graphs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1993
    

    810 cites at Semantic Scholar

    763% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
98. 98

    Marc J. Rochkind:
    The Source Code Control System.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1975
    

    807 cites at Semantic Scholar

    529% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
99. 99

    Barry W. Boehm and Philip N. Papaccio:
    Understanding and Controlling Software Costs.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1988
    

    790 cites at Semantic Scholar

    805% above average of year

    Visited: Sep-2026

    Paper: DOI
100. 100

     Harold S. Stone:
     Multiprocessor Scheduling with the Aid of Network Flow Algorithms.
     IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 1977
     

     785 cites at Semantic Scholar

     428% above average of year

     Visited: Sep-2026

     Paper: DOI

Back to SE papers
Last updated: 2026-09-09 21:17:12 +08