{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4414322172","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3609077","title":"Towards Exploring Developers\u2019 Struggles in Developing Upgradeable Smart Contracts","display_name":"Towards Exploring Developers\u2019 Struggles in Developing Upgradeable Smart Contracts","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-09-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4414322172","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3609077"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2025.3609077","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3609077","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":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049085639","display_name":"Zhijie Zhong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2427-0641"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zhijie Zhong","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086118824","display_name":"Jiachi Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-9992"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiachi Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Jiashui Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3100-0534"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiashui Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China","Zhejiang University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5095377100","display_name":"Qing Xue","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5625-0036"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qing Xue","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031531093","display_name":"Jiajing Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-8547"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiajing Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Long Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5032-8475"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160844","display_name":"Individual Differences","ror":"https://ror.org/05patbw61","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Long Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Individual Researchers, residing in, Hangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Individual Researchers, residing in, Hangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120303243","display_name":"Xinlei Ying","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-6433"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160844","display_name":"Individual Differences","ror":"https://ror.org/05patbw61","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xinlei Ying","raw_affiliation_strings":["Individual Researchers, residing in, Hangzhou, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Individual Researchers, residing in, Hangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012731436","display_name":"Zibin Zheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-7718"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zibin Zheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5049085639"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.40772543,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"51","issue":"11","first_page":"3072","last_page":"3087"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11995","display_name":"FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance","score":0.9282000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11995","display_name":"FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance","score":0.9282000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.3564000129699707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.2872999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history-of-computing","display_name":"History of computing","score":0.2768999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/government","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","score":0.263700008392334}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6535000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.39590001106262207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.3564000129699707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3506999909877777},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.3197000026702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3165000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.29249998927116394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.2872999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778653333","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2735691","display_name":"History of computing","level":2,"score":0.2768999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110354214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6314146","display_name":"Engineering management","level":1,"score":0.27230000495910645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.26840001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.263700008392334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.25949999690055847}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2025.3609077","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3609077","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"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1378608539","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62032025","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5197747723","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2025A1515011632","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337111","funder_display_name":"Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337111","display_name":"Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":43,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1985408088","https://openalex.org/W2053154970","https://openalex.org/W2514099307","https://openalex.org/W2588952840","https://openalex.org/W2968594320","https://openalex.org/W2975871742","https://openalex.org/W3007045600","https://openalex.org/W3009278394","https://openalex.org/W3016155638","https://openalex.org/W3025529919","https://openalex.org/W3160350027","https://openalex.org/W3162904859","https://openalex.org/W3194103972","https://openalex.org/W3196239222","https://openalex.org/W3204160722","https://openalex.org/W4200574850","https://openalex.org/W4285490412","https://openalex.org/W4288057718","https://openalex.org/W4308411114","https://openalex.org/W4313563708","https://openalex.org/W4381620926","https://openalex.org/W4384154512","https://openalex.org/W4384154650","https://openalex.org/W4384302865","https://openalex.org/W4384304916","https://openalex.org/W4384345688","https://openalex.org/W4385012499","https://openalex.org/W4385080392","https://openalex.org/W4388483249","https://openalex.org/W4389159643","https://openalex.org/W4391558446","https://openalex.org/W4391558507","https://openalex.org/W4391725258","https://openalex.org/W4393307116","https://openalex.org/W4394744877","https://openalex.org/W4394745153","https://openalex.org/W4394745234","https://openalex.org/W4394745405","https://openalex.org/W4394746135","https://openalex.org/W4394769342","https://openalex.org/W4396723409","https://openalex.org/W4399333905","https://openalex.org/W4400485311"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-09T08:11:56.329763","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}