Table 5 Research areas within software engineering in which the selected researchers perform their work
Software engineering research area | Acronym | Count | Indication |
|---|---|---|---|
Software testing | ST | 10 | 42 |
Aspect-oriented development | AOD | 9 | 58 |
Empirical software engineering | ESE | 7 | 35 |
Programming languages | PL | 5 | 43 |
Software quality | SQ | 5 | 22 |
Software product lines | SPL | 4 | 44 |
Software maintenance | SM | 4 | 27 |
Software design | SD | 4 | 26 |
Search-based software engineering | SBSE | 4 | 19 |
Source code analysis | SCA | 4 | 15 |
Agile development methodology | ADM | 3 | 15 |
Model-driven development | MDD | 3 | 14 |
Fault tolerance | FT | 2 | 25 |
Human-computer interfaces | HCI | 2 | 7 |
Software process | SP | 2 | 7 |
Software metrics | SME | 2 | 4 |