{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2042579150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/729826","title":"An Empirical Study of Social Networks Metrics in Object-Oriented Software","display_name":"An Empirical Study of Social Networks Metrics in Object-Oriented Software","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-11-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2042579150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/729826","mag":"2042579150"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1155/2010/729826","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/729826","pdf_url":"https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2010/729826.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S78701549","display_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","issn_l":"1687-8655","issn":["1687-8655","1687-8663"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319869","host_organization_name":"Hindawi Publishing Corporation","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319869","https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hindawi Publishing Corporation","Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2010/729826.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110597990","display_name":"Giulio Concas","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172446870","display_name":"University of Cagliari","ror":"https://ror.org/003109y17","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giulio Concas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Michele Marchesi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-8773"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172446870","display_name":"University of Cagliari","ror":"https://ror.org/003109y17","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michele Marchesi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-8773","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008957922","display_name":"Alessandro Murgia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8990-0624"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172446870","display_name":"University of Cagliari","ror":"https://ror.org/003109y17","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alessandro Murgia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076859372","display_name":"Roberto Tonelli","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-7698"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172446870","display_name":"University of Cagliari","ror":"https://ror.org/003109y17","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Roberto Tonelli","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5076859372"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":12.3968,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":28,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98252405,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"2010","issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"21"},"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/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.998199999332428,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"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/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9948999881744385,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"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":0.7875255346298218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-metric","display_name":"Software metric","score":0.7480973601341248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.5653512477874756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/java","display_name":"Java","score":0.5546087622642517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.5232126712799072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eclipse","display_name":"Eclipse","score":0.5001387596130371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/suite","display_name":"Suite","score":0.49840283393859863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-sizing","display_name":"Software sizing","score":0.4791566729545593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metric","display_name":"Metric (unit)","score":0.44787389039993286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-system","display_name":"Software system","score":0.43532052636146545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.41151612997055054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.40875816345214844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-quality","display_name":"Software quality","score":0.34190964698791504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.2976067066192627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.20673617720603943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.09346669912338257}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7875255346298218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82214349","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657339","display_name":"Software metric","level":5,"score":0.7480973601341248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.5653512477874756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548217200","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251","display_name":"Java","level":2,"score":0.5546087622642517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.5232126712799072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778505590","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141022","display_name":"Eclipse","level":2,"score":0.5001387596130371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79581498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367530","display_name":"Suite","level":2,"score":0.49840283393859863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201515116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7554363","display_name":"Software sizing","level":5,"score":0.4791566729545593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176217482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860554","display_name":"Metric (unit)","level":2,"score":0.44787389039993286},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.43532052636146545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.41151612997055054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.40875816345214844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117447612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1412670","display_name":"Software quality","level":4,"score":0.34190964698791504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.2976067066192627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.20673617720603943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.09346669912338257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1276947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333","display_name":"Astronomy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1155/2010/729826","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/729826","pdf_url":"https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2010/729826.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S78701549","display_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","issn_l":"1687-8655","issn":["1687-8655","1687-8663"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319869","host_organization_name":"Hindawi Publishing Corporation","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319869","https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hindawi Publishing Corporation","Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:fd78d309d9b64832a58e1c9ff855591c","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/fd78d309d9b64832a58e1c9ff855591c","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Advances in Software Engineering, Vol 2010 (2010)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:iris.unica.it:11584/105400","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11584/105400","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196293","display_name":"UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I172446870","host_organization_name":"University of Cagliari","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172446870"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:zenodo.org:47790","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/47790","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402478","display_name":"INFM-OAR (INFN Catania)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210116497","host_organization_name":"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210116497"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1155/2010/729826","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/729826","pdf_url":"https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2010/729826.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S78701549","display_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","issn_l":"1687-8655","issn":["1687-8655","1687-8663"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319869","host_organization_name":"Hindawi Publishing Corporation","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319869","https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hindawi Publishing Corporation","Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Advances in Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2042579150.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2042579150.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":35,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W149604736","https://openalex.org/W1964962870","https://openalex.org/W1966922820","https://openalex.org/W1970656444","https://openalex.org/W1971788485","https://openalex.org/W1972458945","https://openalex.org/W1998147510","https://openalex.org/W2000042664","https://openalex.org/W2003665625","https://openalex.org/W2010310184","https://openalex.org/W2026500287","https://openalex.org/W2036671379","https://openalex.org/W2047345132","https://openalex.org/W2064706683","https://openalex.org/W2070787093","https://openalex.org/W2073294644","https://openalex.org/W2088313796","https://openalex.org/W2107643286","https://openalex.org/W2110155099","https://openalex.org/W2114053493","https://openalex.org/W2117539536","https://openalex.org/W2121866145","https://openalex.org/W2122581326","https://openalex.org/W2124418175","https://openalex.org/W2128666163","https://openalex.org/W2130830290","https://openalex.org/W2135198476","https://openalex.org/W2135869163","https://openalex.org/W2158864412","https://openalex.org/W2161482408","https://openalex.org/W2950627632","https://openalex.org/W3100054351","https://openalex.org/W3103362336","https://openalex.org/W4248521920","https://openalex.org/W4293232152"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2078744341","https://openalex.org/W2114733359","https://openalex.org/W3014006153","https://openalex.org/W2439389792","https://openalex.org/W2012057830","https://openalex.org/W2029555411","https://openalex.org/W4224250221","https://openalex.org/W2187488199","https://openalex.org/W1987476382","https://openalex.org/W4320067626"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,65,91,104,112],"study":[1,105],"the":[2,21,27,34,38,58,67,72,77,101,115,123,126,146],"application":[3],"to":[4,25,42,152],"object-oriented":[5],"software":[6,43,55,62,78,158],"of":[7,29,70,80,83,156],"new":[8],"metrics,":[9,17,23,56,73],"derived":[10],"from":[11],"Social":[12,15],"Network":[13],"Analysis.":[14],"Networks":[16],"as":[18],"for":[19,97,121],"instance,":[20],"EGO":[22],"allow":[24],"identify":[26],"role":[28],"each":[30],"single":[31],"node":[32],"in":[33,144],"information":[35],"flow":[36],"through":[37],"network,":[39],"being":[40],"related":[41],"modules":[44,79],"and":[45,61,89,99,110,133,139],"their":[46],"dependencies.":[47],"These":[48,149],"metrics":[49,109],"are":[50,140],"compared":[51],"with":[52],"other":[53],"traditional":[54],"like":[57],"Chidamber-Kemerer":[59],"suite,":[60],"graph":[63],"metrics.":[64,124,159],"examine":[66],"empirical":[68,116],"distributions":[69,117,129],"all":[71,122,136],"bugs":[74],"included,":[75],"across":[76,135],"several":[81],"releases":[82,138],"two":[84],"large":[85],"Java":[86],"systems,":[87],"Eclipse":[88],"Netbeans.":[90],"provide":[92],"analytical":[93],"distribution":[94],"functions":[95],"suitable":[96],"describing":[98],"studying":[100],"observed":[102],"distributions.":[103],"also":[106,141],"correlations":[107],"among":[108],"bugs.":[111],"found":[113],"that":[114],"systematically":[118],"show":[119],"fat-tails":[120],"Moreover,":[125],"various":[127],"metric":[128],"look":[130],"very":[131,142],"similar":[132,143],"consistent":[134],"system":[137],"both":[145],"studied":[147],"systems.":[148],"features":[150],"appear":[151],"be":[153],"typical":[154],"properties":[155],"these":[157]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-08-15T07:11:24.734988","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}