{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3133564273","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3479529","title":"\"@alex, this fixes #9\": Analysis of Referencing Patterns in Pull Request Discussions","display_name":"\"@alex, this fixes #9\": Analysis of Referencing Patterns in Pull Request Discussions","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-10-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3133564273","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3479529","mag":"3133564273"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3479529","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3479529","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183893","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","issn_l":"2573-0142","issn":["2573-0142"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","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/A5020072106","display_name":"Ashish Chopra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1506-6371"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141945490","display_name":"University of British Columbia","ror":"https://ror.org/03rmrcq20","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ashish Chopra","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000508956","display_name":"Morgan Mo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141945490","display_name":"University of British Columbia","ror":"https://ror.org/03rmrcq20","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Morgan Mo","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084314527","display_name":"Samuel Dodson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2640-2011"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63190737","display_name":"University at Buffalo, State University of New York","ror":"https://ror.org/01y64my43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Samuel Dodson","raw_affiliation_strings":["University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064061802","display_name":"Ivan Beschastnikh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-8834"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141945490","display_name":"University of British Columbia","ror":"https://ror.org/03rmrcq20","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ivan Beschastnikh","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071585967","display_name":"Sidney Fels","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9279-9021"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141945490","display_name":"University of British Columbia","ror":"https://ror.org/03rmrcq20","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sidney S. Fels","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028316272","display_name":"Dongwook Yoon","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-8311"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141945490","display_name":"University of British Columbia","ror":"https://ror.org/03rmrcq20","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dongwook Yoon","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141945490"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.2667,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":13,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89823996,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"5","issue":"CSCW2","first_page":"1","last_page":"25"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"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/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"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/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9933000206947327,"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/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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":0.8008902668952942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/referent","display_name":"Referent","score":0.7767660021781921},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variety","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","score":0.5021896362304688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.4935535192489624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thread","display_name":"Thread (computing)","score":0.4860130250453949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/common-ground","display_name":"Common ground","score":0.44614097476005554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.44270285964012146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/user-interface","display_name":"User interface","score":0.4238990843296051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4176423251628876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interface","display_name":"Interface (matter)","score":0.41434794664382935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.3934105336666107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.358644962310791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.11319464445114136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.105654776096344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.08403807878494263}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8008902668952942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777096784","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3826351","display_name":"Referent","level":2,"score":0.7767660021781921},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136197465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729295","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","level":2,"score":0.5021896362304688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.4935535192489624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138101251","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213092","display_name":"Thread (computing)","level":2,"score":0.4860130250453949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777877512","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1116097","display_name":"Common ground","level":2,"score":0.44614097476005554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.44270285964012146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89505385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47146","display_name":"User interface","level":2,"score":0.4238990843296051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4176423251628876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113843644","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901882","display_name":"Interface (matter)","level":4,"score":0.41434794664382935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.3934105336666107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.358644962310791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.11319464445114136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.105654776096344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.08403807878494263},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129307140","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795880","display_name":"Maximum bubble pressure method","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173608175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232661","display_name":"Parallel computing","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157915830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2928001","display_name":"Bubble","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3479529","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3479529","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210183893","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","issn_l":"2573-0142","issn":["2573-0142"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17","display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","score":0.44999998807907104}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1529292861","https://openalex.org/W1592081868","https://openalex.org/W1741471588","https://openalex.org/W1978642329","https://openalex.org/W1992105838","https://openalex.org/W1997548934","https://openalex.org/W1999886614","https://openalex.org/W2010950062","https://openalex.org/W2012232748","https://openalex.org/W2012720140","https://openalex.org/W2016294327","https://openalex.org/W2019257047","https://openalex.org/W2025088960","https://openalex.org/W2036540742","https://openalex.org/W2048190771","https://openalex.org/W2051204868","https://openalex.org/W2053154970","https://openalex.org/W2054606123","https://openalex.org/W2056546767","https://openalex.org/W2091990486","https://openalex.org/W2094799191","https://openalex.org/W2102631167","https://openalex.org/W2109962300","https://openalex.org/W2113960410","https://openalex.org/W2115912190","https://openalex.org/W2124100711","https://openalex.org/W2138232041","https://openalex.org/W2139092060","https://openalex.org/W2142245496","https://openalex.org/W2168248828","https://openalex.org/W2169090130","https://openalex.org/W2171410717","https://openalex.org/W2319794630","https://openalex.org/W2348249338","https://openalex.org/W2404313524","https://openalex.org/W2529695898","https://openalex.org/W2588853767","https://openalex.org/W2731814183","https://openalex.org/W2765370420","https://openalex.org/W2768067395","https://openalex.org/W2774157218","https://openalex.org/W2774191699","https://openalex.org/W2793054887","https://openalex.org/W2811031009","https://openalex.org/W2899099075","https://openalex.org/W2899117127","https://openalex.org/W2900652235","https://openalex.org/W2911311425","https://openalex.org/W2940790929","https://openalex.org/W2945216109","https://openalex.org/W2950660105","https://openalex.org/W3017863658","https://openalex.org/W4210764005","https://openalex.org/W4235670907","https://openalex.org/W4235786747","https://openalex.org/W4292016695","https://openalex.org/W4299582617","https://openalex.org/W4393729649","https://openalex.org/W6676985564"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2154641962","https://openalex.org/W830599432","https://openalex.org/W3041171771","https://openalex.org/W1967474012","https://openalex.org/W4323536981","https://openalex.org/W4246426965","https://openalex.org/W2100557470","https://openalex.org/W2117543524","https://openalex.org/W2378548130","https://openalex.org/W2366067337"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Pull":[0],"Requests":[1],"(PRs)":[2],"are":[3],"a":[4,20,26],"frequently":[5,147],"used":[6],"method":[7],"for":[8,32,66,121],"proposing":[9],"changes":[10,18],"to":[11,158],"source":[12,110],"code":[13,111],"repositories.":[14],"When":[15],"discussing":[16],"proposed":[17],"in":[19,61,68,104,163],"PR":[21,142,164],"discussion,":[22],"stakeholders":[23],"often":[24],"reference":[25,148],"wide":[27],"variety":[28],"of":[29,78,91,107,125],"information":[30],"objects":[31],"establishing":[33],"shared":[34],"awareness":[35],"and":[36,70,88,94,135,151],"common":[37],"ground.":[38],"Previous":[39],"work":[40],"has":[41],"not":[42],"considered":[43],"how":[44],"the":[45,58,63,105,116],"referential":[46],"behavior":[47],"impacts":[48],"collaborative":[49],"software":[50],"development":[51],"via":[52],"PRs.":[53],"This":[54],"knowledge":[55],"gap":[56],"is":[57],"major":[59],"barrier":[60],"evaluating":[62],"current":[64],"support":[65,120,159],"referencing":[67,129,162],"PRs":[69,85,146],"improving":[71],"them.":[72],"We":[73,153],"conducted":[74],"an":[75],"explorative":[76],"analysis":[77],"\\textasciitilde7K":[79],"references,":[80],"collected":[81],"from":[82],"450":[83],"public":[84],"on":[86],"GitHub,":[87],"constructed":[89],"taxonomies":[90],"referent":[92,131],"types":[93],"expressions.":[95],"Using":[96],"our":[97],"annotated":[98],"dataset,":[99],"we":[100],"identified":[101],"several":[102],"patterns":[103,139],"use":[106],"references.":[108],"Referencing":[109,138],"elements":[112],"was":[113],"prevalent":[114],"but":[115],"authoring":[117],"interface":[118],"lacks":[119],"it.":[122],"Three":[123],"classes":[124],"contextual":[126],"factors":[127],"influence":[128],"behaviors:":[130],"type,":[132],"discussion":[133,165],"thread,":[134],"project":[136],"attributes.":[137],"may":[140],"indicate":[141],"outcomes":[143],"(e.g.,":[144],"merged":[145],"issues,":[149],"users,":[150],"tests).":[152],"conclude":[154],"with":[155],"design":[156],"implications":[157],"more":[160],"effective":[161],"interfaces.":[166]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}