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

Rubia Fatima; Affan Yasin; Lin Liu; Jianmin Wang

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.0-121

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 language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
Editors	W. K. Chan, Bill Claycomb, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Yuuichi Teranishi, Dave Towey, Sergio Segura, Hossain Shahriar, Sorel Reisman, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1099-1100
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728173030
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.0-121
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020 - Virtual, Madrid, Spain Duration: 13 Jul 2020 → 17 Jul 2020

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

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Conference	44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Virtual, Madrid
Period	13/07/20 → 17/07/20

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

Fatima, Rubia ; Yasin, Affan ; Liu, Lin et al. / The Use of Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Software Engineering Systematic Literature Reviews. Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020. editor / W. K. Chan ; Bill Claycomb ; Hiroki Takakura ; Ji-Jiang Yang ; Yuuichi Teranishi ; Dave Towey ; Sergio Segura ; Hossain Shahriar ; Sorel Reisman ; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 1099-1100 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020).

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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 WK Chan, B Claycomb, H Takakura, J-J Yang, Y Teranishi, D Towey, S Segura, H Shahriar, S Reisman & SI Ahamed (eds), Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020., 9202825, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1099-1100, 44th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020, Virtual, Madrid, Spain, 13/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.0-121

The Use of Grey Literature and Google Scholar in Software Engineering Systematic Literature Reviews. / Fatima, Rubia; Yasin, Affan; Liu, Lin et al.
Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020. ed. / W. K. Chan; Bill Claycomb; Hiroki Takakura; Ji-Jiang Yang; Yuuichi Teranishi; Dave Towey; Sergio Segura; Hossain Shahriar; Sorel Reisman; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 1099-1100 9202825 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

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