Performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering

By David Budgen, Pearl Brereton. International Conference on Software Engineering, 2006

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Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Systematic Review (2019, methodology): “In conducting and reporting this review, we adopted the guidelines for systematic literature review [18] and the process for systematic mapping study [19], as well as the guidelines described in the PRISMA statement [20].”
COVID‐19 crisis and SMEs responses: The role of digital transformation (2021, positive): “…materials were returned through a systematic review, which is a type of secondary research that focuses on reviewing the literature through rigorous, explicit and reproducible procedures, oriented to answer a relevant research question (Green, Johnson, & Adams, 2006; Kitchenham & Charters, 2007).”
A Systematic Mapping Study in Microservice Architecture (2016, methodology): “Systematic mapping studies are considered comprehensive and rigorous reviews of speciﬁc research questions in an area or a topic, which aim to identify the gaps in the literature and identify where new or better primary studies are needed to be put in place [18].”
Recommended Steps for Thematic Synthesis in Software Engineering (2011, methodology): “After the initial reading of the papers, reviewers can also update the systematic review protocol, which among other things contains the data extraction strategy and synthesis strategy [33][34].”
Using Scrum in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review (2009, methodology): “This research has been carried out by following Kitchenham and Charters [9] guidelines for conducting Systematic Literature Review (SLR) or Systematic Review (SR), which involves several activities such as the development of review protocol, the identification and selection of primary studies, the…”
The Role of AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data in Digital Twinning: A Systematic Literature Review, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, methodology): “The systematic literature review (SLR) carried out in this study is based on the guidelines recommended by [11], [12], with the aim of summarizing the current literature and establishing the basis for qualitative synthesis and information extraction.”
A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency (2014, methodology): “Among reviews from the software engineering sector that reported using a framework, frameworks by Kitchenham and Charters (2007) (40.0%; 14/35) and Petersen et al. (2008) (51.4%; 18/35) were most commonly employed.”
Deep learning-based breast cancer classification through medical imaging modalities: state of the art and research challenges (2019, methodology): “This review incorporates the systematic literature review guidelines suggested by Kitchenham and Charter (Keele 2007).”
Cloud Migration Research: A Systematic Review (2013, methodology): “More specifically, we aim to answers the following questions by conducting a methodological review of existing research: We followed guidelines in [8] [10].”
A systematic literature review of blockchain cyber security (2020, positive): “To achieve the objective of answering the research questions, we conducted the SLR under the guidance published by Kitchenham and Charters [27].”
A Survey on Scalable LoRaWAN for Massive IoT: Recent Advances, Potentials, and Challenges (2022, methodology): “We followed the systematic literature review approach [54] for research paper inclusion in this survey.”
Software Engineering for AI-Based Systems: A Survey (2021, neutral): “Additionally, the guidelines for systematic literature reviews provided by Kitchenham and Charters [104] have also been used when complementary.”
Predictive maintenance using digital twins: A systematic literature review (2022, methodology): “While developing the quality assessment criteria, the summary quality checklist for quantitative and qualitative studies has been adopted, as proposed by [7] and [36].”
Social Barriers Faced by Newcomers Placing Their First Contribution in Open Source Software Projects (2015, methodology): “This study has been undertaken as a systematic literature review (SLR) based upon guidelines established by Kitchenham et al. [43, 44].”
A review of multi-criteria decision-making applications to solve energy management problems: Two decades from 1995 to 2015 (2017, background): “This is especially valuable in wide research areas, where many publications exist, each focusing on a narrow aspect of the field [34].”
Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review (2013, background): “Reviewing the literature requires the ability to juggle multiple tasks, from finding and evaluating relevant material to synthesising information from various sources, from critical thinking to paraphrasing, evaluating, and citation skills [7].”
Digital competence in higher education research: A systematic literature review (2021, methodology): “This review was based on the guidelines for systematic literature reviews provided by Kitchenham and Charters (2007) and García-Pe ˜ nalvo (2017), and followed the other systematic review ’ s format recently conducted on topics of educational technology (Crompton & Burke, 2018).”