Tools to Support Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering: A Mapping Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Marshall ◽  
Pearl Brereton
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Literature Reviews

scholarly journals Global and Latin American female participation in evidence-based software engineering: a systematic mapping study

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Romero Felizardo ◽  
Amanda Möhring Ramos ◽  
Claudia de O. Melo ◽  
Érica Ferreira de Souza ◽  
Nandamudi L. Vijaykumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Issue ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
New Generation

Abstract Context While the digital economy requires a new generation of technology for scientists and practitioners, the software engineering (SE) field faces a gender crisis. SE research is a global enterprise that requires the participation of both genders for the advancement of science and evidence-based practice. However, women across the world tend to be significantly underrepresented in such research, receiving less funding and less participation, frequently, than men as authors in research publications. Data about this phenomenon is still sparse and incomplete; particularly in evidence-based software engineering (EBSE), there are no studies that analyze the participation of women in this research area. Objective The objective of this work is to present the results of a systematic mapping study (SM) conducted to collect and evaluate evidence on female researchers who have contributed to the area of EBSE. Method Our SM was performed by manually searching studies in the major conferences and journals of EBSE. We identified 981 studies and 183 were authored/co-authored by women and, therefore, included. Results Contributions from women in secondary studies have globally increased over the years, but it is still concentrated in European countries. Additionally, collaboration among research groups is still fragile, based on a few women as a bridge. Latin American researchers contribute a great deal to the field, despite they do not collaborate as much within their region. Conclusions The findings from this study are expected to be aggregated to the existing knowledge with respect to women’s contribution to the EBSE area. We expect that our results bring up a reflection on the gender issue and motivate actions and policies to attract female researchers to this area.

scholarly journals On Using Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

IEEE Access ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 36226-36243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Affan Yasin ◽  
Rubia Fatima ◽  
Lijie Wen ◽  
Wasif Afzal ◽  
Muhammad Azhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Literature Reviews

scholarly journals When to update systematic literature reviews in software engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 110607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Mendes ◽  
Claes Wohlin ◽  
Katia Felizardo ◽  
Marcos Kalinowski
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Literature Reviews
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