Systematic reviews in software engineering: An empirical investigation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1341-1354

  Zhang, He ^a   Ali Babar, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evidence based software engineering; Methodology adoption; Mixed methods research; Research methodology; Systematic (literature) reviews; Tertiary study

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY ADOPTION; MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SYSTEMATIC (LITERATURE) REVIEW; TERTIARY STUDY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84877920035     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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