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Empirical Software Engineering Template

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About the Empirical Software Engineering format

Empirical Software Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Software Engineering Research, Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, Software Reliability and Analysis Research.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleNumbered (Springer Basic)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C (2023) A representative article title. Empirical Software Engineering 12:45–58

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Publishes research inSoftware Engineering Research Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software System Performance and Reliability
ISSN1382-3256
Citation impact (2-yr)3.83
h-index124
i10-index1,221
Total citations76,814
Article processing charge$2,890
Top institutions publishing hereQueen's University
Journal websitelink.springer.com
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Papers published in Empirical Software Engineering per year

61
2014
66
2015
70
2016
92
2017
88
2018
105
2019
111
2020
172
2021
187
2022
165
2023
180
2024
183
2025

Citation impact of Empirical Software Engineering by publication year

3.4K
2014
4.5K
2015
3.3K
2016
5.7K
2017
3.5K
2018
3.8K
2019
3.8K
2020
3.8K
2021
3.7K
2022
2K
2023
1.2K
2024
453
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Empirical Software Engineering

Guidelines for conducting and reporting case study research in software engineering

Per Runeson, Martin Höst · 18 Dec 2008

Case study is a suitable research methodology for software engineering research since it studies contemporary phenomena in its natural context. However, the understanding of what constitutes a case study varies, and hence the quality of the resulting studies. This paper aims at providing an introduction to case study methodology and guidelines for researchers conducting case…

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What reference style does Empirical Software Engineering use?
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