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Introduction to the Special Issue on: Grey Literature and Multivocal Literature Reviews (MLRs) in software engineering
Information and Software Technology ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 , DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106697
Vahid Garousi 1 , Austen Rainer 1 , Michael Felderer 2, 3 , Mika V. Mäntylä 4
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In parallel to academic (peer-reviewed) literature (e.g., journal and conference papers), an enormous extent of grey literature (GL) has accumulated since the inception of software engineering (SE). GL is often defined as “literature that is not formally published in sources such as books or journal articles”, e.g., in the form of trade magazines, online blog-posts, technical reports, and online videos such as tutorial and presentation videos. GL is typically produced by SE practitioners. We have observed that researchers are increasingly using and benefitting from the knowledge available within GL. Related to the notion of GL is the notion of Multivocal Literature Reviews (MLRs) in SE, i.e., a MLR is a form of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) which includes knowledge and/or evidence from the GL in addition to the peer-reviewed literature. MLRs are useful for both researchers and practitioners because they provide summaries of both the state-of-the-art and -practice in a given area. MLRs are popular in other fields and have started to appear in SE community. It is timely then for a Special Issue (SI) focusing on GL and MLRs in SE. From the pool of 13 submitted papers, and after following a rigorous peer review process, seven papers were accepted for this SI. In this introduction we provide a brief overview of GL and MLRs in SE, and then a brief summary of the seven papers published in this SI.



中文翻译:

特刊介绍:软件工程中的灰色文献和多声道文献评论 (MLR)

与学术(同行评审)文献(例如,期刊和会议论文)平行,自软件工程 (SE) 诞生以来,已经积累了大量灰色文献 (GL)。GL 通常被定义为“未在书籍或期刊文章等来源中正式出版的文献”,例如以贸易杂志、在线博客文章、技术报告和在线视频(如教程和演示视频)的形式。GL 通常由 SE 从业者制作。我们观察到,研究人员越来越多地使用 GL 中可用的知识并从中受益。与 GL 的概念相关的是 SE 中多声部文献评论 (MLR) 的概念,即,MLR 是系统文献评论 (SLR) 的一种形式,除了同行之外,它还包括来自 GL 的知识和/或证据。回顾文献。MLR 对研究人员和从业人员都很有用,因为它们提供了给定领域的最新技术和实践的摘要。MLR 在其他领域很流行,并开始出现在 SE 社区中。那么现在是时候发布一期专注于 SE 中的 GL 和 MLR 的特刊 (SI)。从提交的 13 篇论文库中,经过严格的同行评审程序后,本 SI 接受了 7 篇论文。在本介绍中,我们简要概述了 SE 中的 GL 和 MLR,然后简要概述了该 SI 中发表的七篇论文。从提交的 13 篇论文库中,经过严格的同行评审程序后,本 SI 接受了 7 篇论文。在本介绍中,我们简要概述了 SE 中的 GL 和 MLR,然后简要概述了该 SI 中发表的七篇论文。从提交的 13 篇论文库中,经过严格的同行评审程序后,本 SI 接受了 7 篇论文。在本介绍中,我们简要概述了 SE 中的 GL 和 MLR,然后简要概述了该 SI 中发表的七篇论文。

更新日期:2021-08-13
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