{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7167795665","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887","title":"Struggling to Connect: A Researcher\u2019s Reflection on Networking in Software Engineering","display_name":"Struggling to Connect: A Researcher\u2019s Reflection on Networking in Software Engineering","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7167795665","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794860.3794887","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085515034","display_name":"Shalini Chakraborty","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-3766"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I54009628","display_name":"University of Bayreuth","ror":"https://ror.org/0234wmv40","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I54009628"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Shalini Chakraborty","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Group, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-3766","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Group, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I54009628"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5085515034"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I54009628"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95870952,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"5"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.1581999957561493,"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":0.1581999957561493,"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/T11986","display_name":"Scientific Computing and Data Management","score":0.06689999997615814,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12766","display_name":"Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration","score":0.03790000081062317,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reflection","display_name":"Reflection (computer programming)","score":0.6873999834060669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visibility","display_name":"Visibility","score":0.6462000012397766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.5936999917030334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4462999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/immigration","display_name":"Immigration","score":0.4392000138759613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/affect","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","score":0.41350001096725464}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65682993","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056451","display_name":"Reflection (computer programming)","level":2,"score":0.6873999834060669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123403432","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654068","display_name":"Visibility","level":2,"score":0.6462000012397766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.5936999917030334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4462999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.44209998846054077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70036468","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131288","display_name":"Immigration","level":2,"score":0.4392000138759613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776035688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606558","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.41350001096725464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3959999978542328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55587333","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133029","display_name":"Engineering ethics","level":1,"score":0.3682999908924103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110354214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6314146","display_name":"Engineering management","level":1,"score":0.3441999852657318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3427000045776367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182500959","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551380","display_name":"Social software engineering","level":5,"score":0.2922999858856201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.2897000014781952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.28450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.27320000529289246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.26669999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77270119","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655198","display_name":"Software-defined networking","level":2,"score":0.2648000121116638}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794860.3794887","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794860.3794887","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794860.3794887","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.42582595348358154,"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1559761769","https://openalex.org/W1980567103","https://openalex.org/W2143040155","https://openalex.org/W2163767816","https://openalex.org/W2524005816","https://openalex.org/W2547709956","https://openalex.org/W2550592295","https://openalex.org/W2610438881","https://openalex.org/W2785291185","https://openalex.org/W3023307581","https://openalex.org/W3137010525","https://openalex.org/W4243442116","https://openalex.org/W4251102464","https://openalex.org/W4253093715","https://openalex.org/W4288885937","https://openalex.org/W4322498381","https://openalex.org/W4381685053","https://openalex.org/W4384397985","https://openalex.org/W4388862319","https://openalex.org/W4398775916","https://openalex.org/W4399397062","https://openalex.org/W4400226723","https://openalex.org/W4400363969","https://openalex.org/W4400470766","https://openalex.org/W4401209268","https://openalex.org/W4402672798","https://openalex.org/W4406465537","https://openalex.org/W4410995308","https://openalex.org/W4412468513"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Networking":[0],"is":[1,33],"central":[2],"to":[3,18,76,101,111],"the":[4,52,83,98],"growth":[5],"and":[6,12,16,26,44,70,80,91,103,113],"visibility":[7],"of":[8,64],"software":[9],"engineering":[10],"research":[11,85],"researchers.":[13],"However,":[14],"opportunities":[15],"capacities":[17],"build":[19],"such":[20,61],"networks":[21,53],"are":[22,28],"not":[23],"easily":[24],"identified":[25],"often":[27,34],"unevenly":[29],"distributed.":[30],"While":[31],"networking":[32,102],"viewed":[35],"as":[36,62],"an":[37],"individual":[38],"skill,":[39],"a":[40,106],"researcher\u2019s":[41],"workplace,":[42],"culture,":[43],"environment":[45],"significantly":[46],"influence":[47],"their":[48],"motivation":[49],"and,":[50],"consequently,":[51],"they":[54],"form.":[55],"This":[56],"paper":[57],"explores":[58],"how":[59],"factors":[60],"country":[63],"residence,":[65],"immigration":[66],"status,":[67],"language,":[68],"gender,":[69],"surrounding":[71],"context":[72],"affect":[73],"researchers\u2019":[74],"ability":[75],"establish":[77],"professional":[78],"connections":[79],"succeed":[81],"within":[82],"global":[84],"ecosystem.":[86],"Drawing":[87],"on":[88],"existing":[89],"literature":[90],"personal":[92],"experience,":[93],"this":[94],"reflective":[95],"report":[96],"examines":[97],"often-invisible":[99],"barriers":[100],"advocates":[104],"for":[105],"community-driven":[107],"\u201cexpert":[108],"voice\u201d":[109],"initiative":[110],"acknowledge":[112],"address":[114],"these":[115],"inequities.":[116]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-10T05:55:21.843218","created_date":"2026-07-10T00:00:00"}