{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2911025356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","title":"App Store Effects on Software Engineering Practices","display_name":"App Store Effects on Software Engineering Practices","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-01-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2911025356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","mag":"2911025356"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10065145/1/TSEAlSubaihin.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022748858","display_name":"Afnan Al-Subaihin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28022161","display_name":"King Saud University","ror":"https://ror.org/02f81g417","country_code":"SA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28022161"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB","SA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Afnan A. Al-Subaihin","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College London, London, United Kingdom","College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-5349","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28022161"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012165852","display_name":"Federica Sarro","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-442X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Federica Sarro","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College London, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-442X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042115480","display_name":"Sue Black","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-9517"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sue Black","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College London, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023892723","display_name":"Licia Capra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1425-3837"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Licia Capra","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College London, London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000019783","display_name":"Mark Harman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-4488"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210111288","display_name":"Meta (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/020ye1821","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210111288","https://openalex.org/I4210114444"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mark Harman","raw_affiliation_strings":["University College London, London, United Kingdom","Facebook, Inc., London, United Kingdom"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University College London, London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Facebook, Inc., London, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210111288"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":16.5161,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":88,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98985228,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"47","issue":"2","first_page":"300","last_page":"319"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9976999759674072,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9976999759674072,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9975000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12799","display_name":"Mobile and Web Applications","score":0.996999979019165,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7254253029823303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-apps","display_name":"Mobile apps","score":0.5062479376792908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transparency","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","score":0.4814735949039459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bridging","display_name":"Bridging (networking)","score":0.4602604806423187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.45961257815361023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-software-engineering","display_name":"Social software engineering","score":0.45650821924209595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/app-store","display_name":"App store","score":0.4560302793979645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.4376462996006012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4317411780357361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perspective","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","score":0.4176720380783081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.4057828187942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.2324826717376709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.15044483542442322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.14763039350509644}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7254253029823303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2988145974","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620615","display_name":"Mobile apps","level":2,"score":0.5062479376792908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780233690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535347","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","level":2,"score":0.4814735949039459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174348530","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188635","display_name":"Bridging (networking)","level":2,"score":0.4602604806423187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.45961257815361023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182500959","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551380","display_name":"Social software engineering","level":5,"score":0.45650821924209595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779794324","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814081","display_name":"App store","level":2,"score":0.4560302793979645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.4376462996006012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4317411780357361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.4176720380783081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.4057828187942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.2324826717376709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.15044483542442322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.14763039350509644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2891715","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:10065145","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065145/","pdf_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10065145/1/TSEAlSubaihin.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400024","display_name":"UCL Discovery (University College London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","host_organization_name":"University College London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2019) (In press).","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:10065145","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065145/","pdf_url":"https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10065145/1/TSEAlSubaihin.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400024","display_name":"UCL Discovery (University College London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","host_organization_name":"University College London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2019) (In press).","raw_type":"Article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6794522244","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"EP/J017515/1","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","funder_display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334627","display_name":"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/0439y7842"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2911025356.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2911025356.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":111,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W128336448","https://openalex.org/W171406816","https://openalex.org/W282328519","https://openalex.org/W575598456","https://openalex.org/W606245549","https://openalex.org/W1488362390","https://openalex.org/W1560914538","https://openalex.org/W1659992289","https://openalex.org/W1916584426","https://openalex.org/W1944317963","https://openalex.org/W1946211288","https://openalex.org/W1951008065","https://openalex.org/W1963314207","https://openalex.org/W1964380033","https://openalex.org/W1964963535","https://openalex.org/W1965260616","https://openalex.org/W1969738752","https://openalex.org/W1969939902","https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W1985206804","https://openalex.org/W1993909392","https://openalex.org/W1998821658","https://openalex.org/W2008721379","https://openalex.org/W2011781116","https://openalex.org/W2012417496","https://openalex.org/W2018654787","https://openalex.org/W2019333963","https://openalex.org/W2022990508","https://openalex.org/W2023844160","https://openalex.org/W2037452270","https://openalex.org/W2052760504","https://openalex.org/W2054790703","https://openalex.org/W2059995226","https://openalex.org/W2061951099","https://openalex.org/W2069442545","https://openalex.org/W2071194128","https://openalex.org/W2074975950","https://openalex.org/W2080395944","https://openalex.org/W2085465189","https://openalex.org/W2093400716","https://openalex.org/W2112143630","https://openalex.org/W2118483874","https://openalex.org/W2123873494","https://openalex.org/W2135492276","https://openalex.org/W2136695057","https://openalex.org/W2136741619","https://openalex.org/W2138917250","https://openalex.org/W2143860600","https://openalex.org/W2146511370","https://openalex.org/W2146691185","https://openalex.org/W2154221125","https://openalex.org/W2162563790","https://openalex.org/W2162739315","https://openalex.org/W2167293777","https://openalex.org/W2199736351","https://openalex.org/W2244750928","https://openalex.org/W2260395203","https://openalex.org/W2316373884","https://openalex.org/W2324546518","https://openalex.org/W2327231718","https://openalex.org/W2329395632","https://openalex.org/W2344561138","https://openalex.org/W2389246322","https://openalex.org/W2397276141","https://openalex.org/W2408634597","https://openalex.org/W2478746290","https://openalex.org/W2493732476","https://openalex.org/W2522291077","https://openalex.org/W2546780486","https://openalex.org/W2546996569","https://openalex.org/W2547513165","https://openalex.org/W2548737725","https://openalex.org/W2549738163","https://openalex.org/W2559490865","https://openalex.org/W2582349393","https://openalex.org/W2592405550","https://openalex.org/W2594868322","https://openalex.org/W2618807062","https://openalex.org/W2622918375","https://openalex.org/W2724535034","https://openalex.org/W2741764761","https://openalex.org/W2741784227","https://openalex.org/W2746827678","https://openalex.org/W2756832710","https://openalex.org/W2761329858","https://openalex.org/W2766358679","https://openalex.org/W2771651905","https://openalex.org/W2781530202","https://openalex.org/W2793175118","https://openalex.org/W2793865514","https://openalex.org/W2794018956","https://openalex.org/W2796115009","https://openalex.org/W2810595416","https://openalex.org/W2883146311","https://openalex.org/W2884026151","https://openalex.org/W2884758644","https://openalex.org/W2892209677","https://openalex.org/W2896731104","https://openalex.org/W2962706073","https://openalex.org/W2963139460","https://openalex.org/W3021909905","https://openalex.org/W3150217209","https://openalex.org/W4232889992","https://openalex.org/W4249997200","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6605280814","https://openalex.org/W6730636351","https://openalex.org/W6744495958","https://openalex.org/W6747387348","https://openalex.org/W6750199059","https://openalex.org/W6753518567"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3142571737","https://openalex.org/W2605037362","https://openalex.org/W2890710341","https://openalex.org/W3173766926","https://openalex.org/W3120409491","https://openalex.org/W785354139","https://openalex.org/W4387360127","https://openalex.org/W4226085607","https://openalex.org/W2011781116","https://openalex.org/W3004251137"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,32],"study":[4],"the":[5,12,17,39,48,93],"app":[6,21,44,86,94],"store":[7,45],"as":[8],"a":[9,89],"phenomenon":[10],"from":[11],"developers'":[13],"perspective":[14],"to":[15,19],"investigate":[16],"extent":[18],"which":[20],"stores":[22],"affect":[23],"software":[24,72],"engineering":[25,69],"tasks.":[26],"Through":[27],"developer":[28],"interviews":[29],"and":[30,37,52,57,70],"questionnaires,":[31],"uncover":[33],"findings":[34,63,77],"that":[35],"highlight":[36],"quantify":[38],"effects":[40],"of":[41,92],"three":[42],"high-level":[43],"themes:":[46],"bridging":[47],"gap":[49],"between":[50],"developers":[51,87],"users,":[53],"increasing":[54],"market":[55],"transparency":[56],"affecting":[58],"mobile":[59,85],"release":[60],"management.":[61],"Our":[62],"have":[64],"implications":[65],"for":[66],"testing,":[67],"requirements":[68],"mining":[71],"repositories":[73],"research":[74,82],"fields.":[75],"These":[76],"can":[78],"help":[79],"guide":[80],"future":[81],"in":[83],"supporting":[84],"through":[88],"deeper":[90],"understanding":[91],"store-developer":[95],"interaction.":[96]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-07-19T07:52:34.831488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}