Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering
Systematic literature reviews represent an important methodology in Evidence-Based Software Engineering. To define the methodological route in these type of studies, in which a review of quantitative and qualitative aspects of primary studies is carried out to summarize the existing information rega...
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| author | Suescún-Monsalve, Elizabeth Sampaio-do-Prado-Leite, Julio-Cesar Pardo-Calvache, César-Jesús |
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| description | Systematic literature reviews represent an important methodology in Evidence-Based Software Engineering. To define the methodological route in these type of studies, in which a review of quantitative and qualitative aspects of primary studies is carried out to summarize the existing information regarding a particular topic, researchers use protocols that guide the construction of knowledge from research questions. This article presents a process that uses forward Snowballing, which identifies the articles cited in the paper under study and the number of citations as inclusion criteria to complement systematic literature reviews. A process that relies on software tools was designed to apply the Snowballing strategy and to identify the most cited works and those who cite them. To validate the process, a review identified in the literature was used. After comparing the results, new works that were not taken into account but made contributions to the subject of study emerged. The citation index represents the number of times a publication has been referenced in other documents and is used as a mechanism to analyze, measure, or quantitatively assess the impact of said publication on the scientific community. The present study showed how applying Snowballing along with other strategies enables the emergence of works that may be relevant for an investigation given the citations rate. That is, implementing this proposal will allow updating or expanding systematic literature studies through the new works evidenced. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-141892022-11-18T19:23:46Z Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering Proceso de mapeo semiautomático guiado por snowballing para apoyar búsquedas masivas de literatura en ingeniería de software Suescún-Monsalve, Elizabeth Sampaio-do-Prado-Leite, Julio-Cesar Pardo-Calvache, César-Jesús citation impact evidence-based software engineering massive literature searches snowballing software engineering systematic mapping búsquedas masivas de la literatura impacto de la citación ingeniería de software ingeniería de software basada en evidencia mapeo sistemático snowballing Systematic literature reviews represent an important methodology in Evidence-Based Software Engineering. To define the methodological route in these type of studies, in which a review of quantitative and qualitative aspects of primary studies is carried out to summarize the existing information regarding a particular topic, researchers use protocols that guide the construction of knowledge from research questions. This article presents a process that uses forward Snowballing, which identifies the articles cited in the paper under study and the number of citations as inclusion criteria to complement systematic literature reviews. A process that relies on software tools was designed to apply the Snowballing strategy and to identify the most cited works and those who cite them. To validate the process, a review identified in the literature was used. After comparing the results, new works that were not taken into account but made contributions to the subject of study emerged. The citation index represents the number of times a publication has been referenced in other documents and is used as a mechanism to analyze, measure, or quantitatively assess the impact of said publication on the scientific community. The present study showed how applying Snowballing along with other strategies enables the emergence of works that may be relevant for an investigation given the citations rate. That is, implementing this proposal will allow updating or expanding systematic literature studies through the new works evidenced. Los estudios sistemáticos de literatura representan una metodología importante en Ingeniería de Software Basada en Evidencias, para definir la ruta metodológica en este tipo de estudios, en los cuales se realiza una revisión de aspectos cuantitativos y cualitativos de estudios primarios, con el fin de resumir la información existente sobre un tema en particular los investigadores utilizan protocolos que guían la construcción del conocimiento a partir de las preguntas de investigación. Este artículo presenta un proceso que utiliza la propuesta conocida como Snowballing hacia adelante, que identifica los artículos citados por el artículo en estudio y el número de citas como criterios de inclusión para complementar los estudios sistemáticos de literatura. Se diseñó un proceso que se apoya en herramientas de software para aplicar la estrategia Snowballing e identificar los trabajos más citados y quienes los citan. Se validó el proceso por comparación y surgieron nuevos trabajos que hicieron aportes al tema de estudio, que no habían sido considerados inicialmente. El índice de citas representa el número de veces que una publicación ha sido referenciada en otros documentos y se utiliza como mecanismo para analizar, medir o evaluar cuantitativamente el impacto de dicha publicación en la comunidad científica. La presente propuesta mostró cómo la aplicación del Snowballing con otras estrategias permite evidenciar nuevos de trabajos que pueden ser relevantes para una investigación dada la tasa de citas. Es decir, el uso de la presente propuesta permitirá actualizar o ampliar los estudios bibliográficos sistemáticos por los nuevos trabajos evidenciados. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2022-05-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14189 10.19053/01211129.v31.n60.2022.14189 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 No. 60 (2022): April-June 2022 (Continuous Publication); e14189 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 Núm. 60 (2022): Abril-Junio 2022 (Publicación Continua); e14189 2357-5328 0121-1129 eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14189/11721 Copyright (c) 2022 Elizabeth Suescún-Monsalve, Julio-Cesar Sampaio-do-Prado-Leite, César-Jesús Pardo-Calvache http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | citation impact evidence-based software engineering massive literature searches snowballing software engineering systematic mapping búsquedas masivas de la literatura impacto de la citación ingeniería de software ingeniería de software basada en evidencia mapeo sistemático snowballing Suescún-Monsalve, Elizabeth Sampaio-do-Prado-Leite, Julio-Cesar Pardo-Calvache, César-Jesús Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title | Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title_alt | Proceso de mapeo semiautomático guiado por snowballing para apoyar búsquedas masivas de literatura en ingeniería de software |
| title_full | Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title_fullStr | Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title_short | Semi-Automatic Mapping Technique Using Snowballing to Support Massive Literature Searches in Software Engineering |
| title_sort | semi automatic mapping technique using snowballing to support massive literature searches in software engineering |
| topic | citation impact evidence-based software engineering massive literature searches snowballing software engineering systematic mapping búsquedas masivas de la literatura impacto de la citación ingeniería de software ingeniería de software basada en evidencia mapeo sistemático snowballing |
| topic_facet | citation impact evidence-based software engineering massive literature searches snowballing software engineering systematic mapping búsquedas masivas de la literatura impacto de la citación ingeniería de software ingeniería de software basada en evidencia mapeo sistemático snowballing |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14189 |
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