The Use of Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Software Engineering Systematic Literature Reviews

Rubia Fatima, Affan Yasin, Lin Liu, Jianmin Wang

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Abstract

Objective of the study is to calculate: a) grey literature evidence in the selected Systematic literature reviews (SLRs); b) Google Scholar indexing for the extracted primary studies from the selected SLRs. We have randomly selected 20+ SLRs from Science Direct, IEEE Xplore, Springer Link and ACM. Result: a) Random selection of 20+ SLRs and grey literature calculation verifies that the grey literature percentage ranges around 5.7% to 9.1%; b) The second phase showed that Google Scholar was successful in retrieving around ~91% of the primary studies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
EditorsW. K. Chan, Bill Claycomb, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Yuuichi Teranishi, Dave Towey, Sergio Segura, Hossain Shahriar, Sorel Reisman, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1099-1100
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728173030
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020 - Virtual, Madrid, Spain
Duration: 13 Jul 202017 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020

Conference

Conference44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVirtual, Madrid
Period13/07/2017/07/20

Keywords

  • Empirical Evaluation
  • Google Scholar
  • grey literature
  • Software Engineering

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Fatima, R., Yasin, A., Liu, L., & Wang, J. (2020). The Use of Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Software Engineering Systematic Literature Reviews. In W. K. Chan, B. Claycomb, H. Takakura, J.-J. Yang, Y. Teranishi, D. Towey, S. Segura, H. Shahriar, S. Reisman, & S. I. Ahamed (Eds.), Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020 (pp. 1099-1100). Article 9202825 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.0-121