A probability model for analysing complexity metrics data
Software Engineering Journal
An evaluation of some design metrics
Software Engineering Journal - Special issue: on software reliability and metrics
Shotgun correlations in software measures
Software Engineering Journal
Object-oriented metrics that predict maintainability
Journal of Systems and Software - Special issue on object-oriented software
A Validation of Object-Oriented Design Metrics as Quality Indicators
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Critique of Software Defect Prediction Models
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - SWEBOK
Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - SWEBOK
A Metrics Suite for Object Oriented Design
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Chidamber and Kemerer's Metrics Suite: A Measurement Theory Perspective
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
An Operational Process for Goal-Driven Definition of Measures
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Some Misconceptions About Lines of Code
METRICS '97 Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Software Metrics
Using Simulation to Evaluate Prediction Techniques
METRICS '01 Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Software Metrics
Product metrics for object-oriented systems
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Comments on "The Confounding Effect of Class Size on the Validity of Object-Oriented Metrics"
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
An analysis of research in computing disciplines
Communications of the ACM - Wireless sensor networks
Evidence-Based Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Engineering
Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners
IEEE Software
A Survey of Controlled Experiments in Software Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: a randomised experiment
Empirical Software Engineering
Review: A systematic review of software fault prediction studies
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Remote software-based attestation for wireless sensors
ESAS'05 Proceedings of the Second European conference on Security and Privacy in Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
Problems adopting metrics from other disciplines
Proceedings of the 2010 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics
Measuring and predicting software productivity: A systematic map and review
Information and Software Technology
A systematic mapping study of software product lines testing
Information and Software Technology
Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study
Information and Software Technology
Identifying thresholds for object-oriented software metrics
Journal of Systems and Software
Information and Software Technology
Information and Software Technology
Construct specific coupling measurement for C++ software
Computer Languages, Systems and Structures
Validating software metrics: A spectrum of philosophies
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A mapping study to investigate component-based software system metrics
Journal of Systems and Software
International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals
Performance Management in Software Engineering
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Software Engineering Productivity: Concepts, Issues and Challenges
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Data quality in empirical software engineering: a targeted review
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Evaluating usefulness of software metrics: an industrial experience report
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering
A roadmap for software maintainability measurement
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering
A decision support framework for metrics selection in goal-based measurement programs: GQM-DSFMS
Journal of Systems and Software
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Background: Many papers are published on the topic of software metrics but it is difficult to assess the current status of metrics research. Aim: This paper aims to identify trends in influential software metrics papers and assess the possibility of using secondary studies to integrate research results. Method: Search facilities in the SCOPUS tool were used to identify the most cited papers in the years 2000-2005 inclusive. Less cited papers were also selected from 2005. The selected papers were classified according factors such as to main topic, goal and type (empirical or theoretical or mixed). Papers classified as ''Evaluation studies'' were assessed to investigate the extent to which results could be synthesized. Results: Compared with less cited papers, the most cited papers were more frequently journal papers, and empirical validation or data analysis studies. However, there were problems with some empirical validation studies. For example, they sometimes attempted to evaluate theoretically invalid metrics and fail to appreciate the importance of the context in which data are collected. Conclusions: This paper, together with other similar papers, confirms that there is a large body of research related to software metrics. However, software metrics researchers may need to refine their empirical methodology before they can answer useful empirical questions.