Systematic literature studies have received much attention in empirical software engineering
in recent years. They have become a powerful tool to collect and structure reported …

Literature reviews can be time-consuming and tedious to complete. By cataloging and
refactoring three state-of-the-art active learning techniques from evidence-based medicine …

The impacts of plant invasion on biodiversity are substantially visible and concerning.
Despite the numerous studies conducted on the management of invasive alien plants …

Objectives: An SLR is presented focusing on text mining-based automation of SLR creation.
The present review identifies the objectives of the automation studies and the aspects of …

The foundation of a good research paper is the literature review. But with the vast amount of
research papers available today it has become more challenging to search and screen for …

Background: Since the introduction of the systematic review process to Software
Engineering in 2004, researchers have investigated a number of ways to mitigate the …

Context The number of published systematic literature reviews (SLRs) in software
engineering venues is increasing. However, even with their high adaptation rate, the task of …

Background: Systematic Reviews (SR) are crucial for collecting evidence related with a
particular field or area. Hence, there are different protocols for conducting SR in software …

Context Even with the increasing use of Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) in software
engineering (SE), there are still a number of barriers faced by SLR authors. These barriers …

Software can significantly facilitate the management of the complete systematic literature
review process (SLR). However, most specialized software for use in SLR processes is …