Systematic literature review is a fundamental scientific activity where all procedures of the review are documented.

Guidelines:

• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: An illustrated, step-by-step guide
• Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering v2.3 (2007)
• Supplementary Guidelines, Assessment Scheme and evidence-based evaluations of the use of Evidence Based Software Engineering
• How to Write a Systematic Review

SampleProtocols e.g. Protocol 1, Protocol_IEEE_TSE

Sample SLR’s in TSE:

• Overcoming the Equivalent Mutant Problem: A Systematic Literature Review and a Comparative Experiment of Second Order Mutation, Lech Madeyski, Wojciech Orzeszyna, Richard Torkar, Mariusz Józala. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (accepted 2013).
• Cross versus Within-Company Cost Estimation Studies: A Systematic Review, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Emilia Mendes, Guilherme H. Travassos. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. New York: May 2007. Vol. 33, Iss. 5; p. 316
• A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies, Magne Jorgensen, Martin Shepperd. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. New York: Jan 2007. Vol. 33, Iss. 1; p. 33

Sample SLR’s in IST:

• Systematic literature reviews in software engineering – A systematic literature review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 1, January, 2009, pp. 7-15, Kitchenham, Barbara; Pearl Brereton, O.; Budgen, David; Turner, Mark; Bailey, John; Linkman, Stephen
• Characterizing software architecture changes: A systematic review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 1, January, 2010, pp. 31-51, Williams, Byron J.; Carver, Jeffrey C.
• Knowledge management in software engineering: A systematic review of studied concepts, findings and research methods used, Information and Software Technology Volume: 50, Issue: 11, October, 2008, pp. 1055-1068, Bjørnson, Finn Olav; Dingsøyr, Torgeir
• A systematic literature review to identify and classify software  requirement errors, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 7, July, 2009, pp. 1087-1109, Walia, Gursimran Singh; Carver, Jeffrey C.
• Motivation in Software Engineering: A systematic literature review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 50, Issue: 9-10, August, 2008, pp. 860-878, Beecham, Sarah; Baddoo, Nathan; Hall, Tracy; Robinson, Hugh; Sharp, Helen
• A systematic review on strategic release planning models, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 3, March, 2010, pp. 237-248, Svahnberg, Mikael; Gorschek, Tony; Feldt, Robert; Torkar, Richard; Saleem, Saad Bin; Shafique, Muhammad Usman
• Systematic review of organizational motivations for adopting CMM-based SPI, Information and Software Technology Volume: 50, Issue: 7-8, June, 2008, pp. 605-620, Staples, Mark; Niazi, Mahmood
• A systematic review on regression test selection techniques, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 1, January, 2010, pp. 14-30, Engström, Emelie; Runeson, Per; Skoglund, Mats
• Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 50, Issue: 9-10, August, 2008, pp. 833-859, Dybå, Tore; Dingsøyr, Torgeir
• A systematic review of domain analysis tools, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 1, January, 2010, pp. 1-13, Lisboa, Liana Barachisio; Garcia, Vinicius Cardoso; Lucrédio, Daniel; de Almeida, Eduardo Santana; et. al.
• Requirements for product derivation support: Results from a systematic literature review and an expert survey, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 3, March, 2010, pp. 324-346, Rabiser, Rick; Grünbacher, Paul; Dhungana, Deepak
• A systematic review of effect size in software  engineering experiments, Information and Software Technology Volume: 49, Issue: 11-12, November, 2007, pp. 1073-1086, Kampenes, Vigdis By; Dybå, Tore; Hannay, Jo E.; Sjøberg, Dag I.K.
• A systematic review of search-based testing for non-functional system properties, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 6, June, 2009, pp. 957-976, Afzal, Wasif; Torkar, Richard; Feldt, Robert
• On the generation of requirements specifications from software  engineering models: A systematic literature review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 9, September, 2009, pp. 1291-1307, Nicolás, Joaquín; Toval, Ambrosio
• Definitions and approaches to model quality in model-based software development – A review of literature, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 12, December, 2009, pp. 1646-1669, Mohagheghi, Parastoo; Dehlen, Vegard; Neple, Tor
• A systematic review of quasi-experiments in software  engineering, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 1, January, 2009, pp. 71-82, Kampenes, Vigdis By; Dybå, Tore; Hannay, Jo E.; K. Sjøberg, Dag I.
• A systematic review of statistical power in software  engineering experiments, Information and Software Technology Volume: 48, Issue: 8, August, 2006, pp. 745-755, Dybå, Tore; Kampenes, Vigdis By; Sjøberg, Dag I.K.
• A systematic review of UML model consistency management, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 12, December, 2009, pp. 1631-1645, Lucas, Francisco J.; Molina, Fernando; Toval, Ambrosio
• Does the technology acceptance model predict actual use? A systematic literature review, Information and Software Technology Volume: 52, Issue: 5, May, 2010, pp. 463-479, Turner, Mark; Kitchenham, Barbara; Brereton, Pearl; Charters, Stuart; Budgen, David

Sample SLR’s in JSS:

• Experiences using systematic review guidelines, The Journal of Systems & Software Volume: 80, Issue: 9, September, 2007, pp. 1425-1437, Staples, Mark; Niazi, Mahmood
• Lessons from applying the systematic literature review process within the software engineering domain, The Journal of Systems & Software Volume: 80, Issue: 4, April, 2007, pp. 571-583, Brereton, Pearl; Kitchenham, Barbara A.; Budgen, David; Turner, Mark; Khalil, Mohamed
• A systematic review of domain analysis solutions for product lines, The Journal of Systems & Software Volume: 82, Issue: 12, December, 2009, pp. 1982-2003, Khurum, Mahvish; Gorschek, Tony

Sample SLR’s in ESE:

• Empirical evidence in global software engineering: a systematic review, Empirical Software Engineering Volume: 15, Issue: 1, February 2010, pp. 91 – 118, Šmite, Darja; Wohlin, Claes; Gorschek, Tony; Feldt, Robert

Meta-analysis:

• The effectiveness of pair programming: A meta-analysis, Information and Software Technology Volume: 51, Issue: 7, July, 2009, pp. 1110-1122, Hannay, Jo E.; Dybå, Tore; Arisholm, Erik; Sjøberg, Dag I.K.

On the optimality of search strategies for use in systematic reviews:

• Developing search strategies for detecting relevant experiments, Empirical Software Engineering Volume: 14, Issue: 5, October 2009, pp. 513 – 539, Dieste, Oscar; Grimán, Anna; Juristo, Natalia

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