A Systematic Mapping Study of Empirical Research Methods in Software Ecosystems

Larry Abdullai; Hatef Shamshiri; Hasan Mahmud; Muhammad Hamza; Essi Aittamaa; Jaakko Vuolasto; Mikhail O. Adisa; Roope Luukkainen; Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi; Niina Mässeli; Nasreen Azad; Bahalul Haque; Juha Pekka Joutsenlahti; Wondemeneh Legesse; Ahmed Abdelsalam; Anastasiia Gurzhii; Jouni Ikonen; Slinger Jansen; Casper van Schothorst

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_13

A Systematic Mapping Study of Empirical Research Methods in Software Ecosystems

Larry Abdullai, Hatef Shamshiri, Hasan Mahmud, Muhammad Hamza, Essi Aittamaa, Jaakko Vuolasto, Mikhail O. Adisa, Roope Luukkainen, Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi, Niina Mässeli, Nasreen Azad, Bahalul Haque, Juha Pekka Joutsenlahti, Wondemeneh Legesse, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Anastasiia Gurzhii, Jouni Ikonen, Slinger Jansen, Casper van Schothorst^*

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Abstract

The field of software ecosystems is rapidly maturing and significant numbers of articles are published each year to further develop our understanding of this concept and support innovation through it. The growth of the field also brings along challenges, such as findability and reusability of research results, coordination of research initiatives, and significant review pressure on members of the community. In this mapping study of empirical research methods in the field, we show that few studies do a good job of reporting their research methods and results. Using data from the study, we provide guidelines for performing empirical research in software ecosystems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Business - 13th International Conference, ICSOB 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Noel Carroll, Anh Nguyen-Duc, Xiaofeng Wang, Viktoria Stray
Publisher	Springer
Pages	182-195
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783031207051
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_13
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	13th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2022 - Bolzano, Italy Duration: 8 Nov 2022 → 11 Nov 2022

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Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	463 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bolzano
Period	8/11/22 → 11/11/22

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Empirical research
Platform management
Research validity
Software ecosystems
Software engineering

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Abdullai, L., Shamshiri, H., Mahmud, H., Hamza, M., Aittamaa, E., Vuolasto, J., Adisa, M. O., Luukkainen, R., Hyrynsalmi, S. M., Mässeli, N., Azad, N., Haque, B., Joutsenlahti, J. P., Legesse, W., Abdelsalam, A., Gurzhii, A., Ikonen, J., Jansen, S., & van Schothorst, C. (2022). A Systematic Mapping Study of Empirical Research Methods in Software Ecosystems. In N. Carroll, A. Nguyen-Duc, X. Wang, & V. Stray (Eds.), Software Business - 13th International Conference, ICSOB 2022, Proceedings (pp. 182-195). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 463 LNBIP). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20706-8_13

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A Systematic Mapping Study of Empirical Research Methods in Software Ecosystems. / Abdullai, Larry; Shamshiri, Hatef; Mahmud, Hasan et al.
Software Business - 13th International Conference, ICSOB 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Noel Carroll; Anh Nguyen-Duc; Xiaofeng Wang; Viktoria Stray. Springer, 2022. p. 182-195 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 463 LNBIP).

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