The Hall of Fame
The Journal of Systems and Software publishes papers covering all aspects of software engineering. Here we share some of our best papers and awards from recent years. Enjoy!
Best of 2023
Best Paper 2023
GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer: Asset or Liability?
Copilot can become an asset for experts, but a liability for novice developers.
Most Influential Paper 2023
Agile requirements prioritization in large-scale outsourced system projects
This exploratory study sets out to uncover the concepts that practitioners in a large software organization use in the prioritization process and the practices that they deem good.
Best Reviewers 2023
Top 8 Reviewers
Reviewers contribute substantially to the ultimate quality of papers that are published. These are the best of the best.
Best of 2022
Editor
Heiko Koziolek
Reviewers
Mohammad Masudur Rahman
Dario Di Nucci
Fiorella Zampetti
Eman AlOmar
Raula Kula
Simone Scalabrino
Apostolos Ampatzoglou
Jacopo Soldani
Yulei Sui
Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul
Timofey Bryksin
Alessio Ferrari
Gemma Catolino
Papers
Changes in perceived productivity of software engineers during COVID-19 pandemic: The voice of evidence
On misbehaviour and fault tolerance in machine learning systems
Taxonomy of security weaknesses in Java and Kotlin Android apps
Most Influential Paper
“Leagile” software development: An experience report analysis of the application of lean approaches in agile software development
Best of 2021
Editor
Burak Turhan
Reviewers
Fabio Palomba
Félix Cuadrado
Kevin Moran
Lingxiao Jiang
Jacopo Soldani
Hasan Sozer
Dario Di Nucci
Raula Kula
Javier Andion
Ayse Tosun
Zainab Masood
Ilias Gerostathopoulos
Papers
Requirements engineering challenges and practices in large-scale agile system development
Do scaling agile frameworks address global software development risks? An empirical study
Building and evaluating a theory of architectural technical debt in software-intensive systems
The role of the project manager in agile software development projects
Adapting Behavior Driven Development (BDD) for large-scale software systems
Does code quality affect pull request acceptance? An empirical study
Best of 2020
Editor
Alexander Chatzigeorgiou
Reviewers
Dario Di Nucci
Fabio Palomba
Lin Guan
Félix Cuadrado
Luca Abeni
Lingxiao Jiang
Christian Macho
Lingfeng Bao
Jacopo Soldani
Best Papers
Are unit and integration test definitions still valid for modern Java projects? An empirical study on open-source projects
CrossRec: Supporting software developers by recommending third-party libraries
Exploring onboarding success, organizational fit, and turnover intention of software professionals
Understanding coordination in global software engineering: A mixed-methods study on the use of meetings and Slack
The long and winding road: MBSE adoption for functional avionics of spacecraft
Most Influential Paper
Adaptive Random Testing: The ART of Test Case Diversity
Best of 2019
Editor
Earl Barr
Reviewers
Guan, Lin
Abeni, Luca
Colafranceschi, Stefano
Palomba, Fabio
Di Nucci, Dario
Xia, Xin
Cuadrado, Félix
Linares-Vásquez, Mario
Chen, Lichao
Serebrenik, Alexander
Bruntnik, Magiel
Liu, Xiao
Gay, Gregory
Paper
Adopting DevOps in the real world: A theory, a model, and a case study
Most Influential Paper
A comparison of issues and advantages in agile and incremental development between state of the art and an industrial case — A retrospective
A practical evaluation of spectrum-based fault localisation — A retrospective
The Palladio Component Model for Model-driven Performance Prediction
Identifying some important success factors in adopting agile software development practices
Best of 2018
Best Paper
What happens when software developers are (un)happy?