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Open source software development, particularly within institutions such as universities and research laboratories, is often decentralized and difficult to track. Although academic teams produce many impactful scientific tools, their…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Juanita Gomez , Emily Lovell , Stephanie Lieggi , Alvaro A. Cardenas , James Davis

Knowledge about software used in scientific investigations is important for several reasons, for instance, to enable an understanding of provenance and methods involved in data handling. However, software is usually not formally cited, but…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2021-08-23 David Schindler , Felix Bensmann , Stefan Dietze , Frank Krüger

User satisfaction has always been important in the success of software, regardless of whether it is closed and proprietary or open source software (OSS). OSS users are geographically distributed and include technical as well as novice…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Developing software with the source code open to the public is prevalent; however, similar to its closed counter part, open-source has quality problems, which cause functional failures, such as program breakdowns, and non-functional, such…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Jincheng He , Zhongheng He

Context: Pre-publication peer review of scientific articles is considered a key element of the research process in software engineering, yet it is often perceived as not to work fully well. Objective: We aim at understanding the perceptions…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Lutz Prechelt , Daniel Graziotin , Daniel Méndez Fernández

Existing innovation metrics inadequately capture software innovation, creating blind spots for researchers and policymakers seeking to understand and foster technological innovation in an increasingly software-defined economy. This paper…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Eva Maxfield Brown , Cailean Osborne , Peter Cihon , Moritz Böhmecke-Schwafert , Kevin Xu , Mirko Boehm , Knut Blind

The open-source software (OSS) community has historically been dominated by English as the primary language for code, documentation, and developer interactions. However, with growing global participation and better support for non-Latin…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Masudul Hasan Masud Bhuiyan , Manish Kumar Bala Kumar , Cristian-Alexandru Staicu

Improved software discovery is a prerequisite for greater software reuse: after all, if someone cannot find software for a particular task, they cannot reuse it. Understanding people's approaches and preferences when they look for software…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-05-30 Michael Hucka , Matthew J. Graham

This document explores the advantages of integrating open source software and practices in managing a scientific lab, emphasizing reproducibility and the avoidance of pitfalls. It details practical applications from website management using…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Julien Cohen-Adad

Context: Innovation thrives on scientific software, with useful code review feedback enhancing its correctness and impact. However, unlike general-purpose commercial and open-source software, the usefulness of code review feedback (CR…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Sharif Ahmed , Nasir U. Eisty

With the recognized crisis of credibility in scientific research, there is a growth of reproducibility studies in computer science, and although existing surveys have reviewed reproducibility from various perspectives, especially very…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-19 José Armando Hernández , Miguel Colom

Scientific software projects evolve rapidly in their initial development phase, yet at the end of a funding period, the completion of a research project, thesis, or publication, further engagement in the project may slow down or cease…

General Literature · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Jörg Fehr , Christian Himpe , Stephan Rave , Jens Saak

Open-source software (OSS) is foundational to modern digital infrastructure, yet this context for group work continues to struggle to ensure sufficient contributions in many critical cases. This literature review explores how artificial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-10 S M Rakib UI Karim , Wenyi Lu , Sean Goggins

The usability of open-source software (OSS) is important but frequently overlooked in favor of technical and functional complexity. Argumentation can be a pivotal device for diverse stakeholders in OSS usability discussions to express…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Arghavan Sanei , Chaima Amiri , Atefeh Shokrizadeh , Jinghui Cheng

Software engineering and information systems practices seek ultimately to create the flawless product. One of the tools used to improve the quality of software development is the use of metrics. In this paper, metrics retrieved from open…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-11-11 Mamdouh Alenezi , Ibrahim Abunadi

The goal of this document is to openly contribute with our comments to the EOSCArchitecture report: Scholarly Infrastructures for Research Software (SIRS), and thus, to participate in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) architecture…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Teresa Gomez-Diaz , Tomas Recio

Research data and software are widely accepted as an outcome of scientific work. However, in comparison to text-based publications, there is not yet an established process to assess and evaluate quality of research data and research…

The use of free and open source software is gaining momentum due to the ever increasing availability and use of the Internet. Organizations are also now adopting open source software, despite some reservations in particular regarding the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-12-02 Faheem Ahmed , Piers Campbell , Ahmad Jaffar , Luiz Fernando Capretz

The proliferation of Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and collaboration has surged within industry, resulting in its ubiquitous presence in commercial offerings and shared digital infrastructure. However, in the public sector, both…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Johan Linåker , Gregorio Robles , Deborah Bryant , Sachiko Muto