Links to SBES 2025 Journal-First papers

The Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES), organized annually by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), is the leading software engineering conference in Latin America. It takes place as part of the Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice (CBSoft).

The SBES Research Track traditionally partners with international journals to promote the dissemination of high-quality research. In 2025, SBES established partnerships with the following six journals:

• IEEE Software (IEEE Softw)

• Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (JSERD)

• Information and Software Technology (IST)

• Journal of Systems and Software (JSS)

• Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)

• Software Quality Journal (SQJ)

• Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP)

These are the journal-first papers selected for presentation at SBES 2025:

• ADoTe: Approach to teaching and learning functional testing technique criteria supported by Testing Dojo

  • Authors: Vladimir Belinski (UTFPR), Adolfo G. Serra Seca Neto (UTFPR), Maria Claudia Emer (UTFPR)

• An Approach Based on Metadata to Implement Convention over Configuration Decoupled from Framework Logic

  • Authors: Everaldo Gomes (USP-São Paulo), Eduardo Guerra (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Phyllipe Lima (UNIFEI), Paulo Meirelles (USP-São Paulo)

• Attributes of a great requirements engineer

  • Authors: Larissa Barbosa (UFBA), Sávio Freire (IFCE), Rita S.P. Maciel (UFBA), Manoel Mendonça (UFBA), Marcos Kalinowski (PUC-Rio), Zadia Codabux (University of Saskatchewan), Rodrigo Spínola (Virginia Commonwealth University)

• Embracing modern C++ features: An empirical assessment on the KDE community

  • Authors: Walter Lucas (UNB), Fausto Carvalho (UNB), Rafael Campos Nunes (UNB), Rodrigo Bonifácio (UNB), João Saraiva (Universidade do Minho), Paola Accioly (UFCA)

• Exploring Developer Experience Factors in Software Ecosystems

  • Authors: Rodrigo Oliveira Zacarias (UFF/UNIRIO), Léo Carvalho Ramos Antunes (UNIRIO), Márcio de Oliveira Barros (UNIRIO), Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos (UNIRIO), Patricia Lago (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

• How do annotations affect Java code readability?

  • Authors: Eduardo Guerra (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Everaldo Gomes (USP-São Paulo), Jeferson Ferreira (SONDA Brasil), Igor Wiese (UTFPR-Campo Mourão), Phyllipe Lima (UNIFEI), Marco Gerosa (Northern Arizona University), Paulo Meirelles (USP-São Paulo)

• How does parenthood affect an ICT practitioner’s work? A survey study with fathers

  • Authors: Larissa Rocha (UFBA), Edna Dias Canedo (UNB), Claudia Pinto Pereira (UEFS), Carla Bezerra (UFC), Fabiana Freitas Mendes (Aalto University)

• Software testing for peer-to-peer systems: Challenges and the state-of-the-art

  • Authors: Bruno E. R. Garcia (USP-São Carlos), Simone R. S. Souza (USP-São Carlos)

• The Influence of Search Engine Ranking Quality on the Performance of Developers

  • Authors: Adriano Mendonça Rocha (UFU), Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Dantas (IFTM), Marcelo de Almeida Maia (UFU)

• The Perspective of Agile Software Developers on Data Privacy

  • Authors: Mariana Peixoto (UPE), Tony Gorschek, Daniel Mendez (Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH)), Carla Silva (UFPE), Davide Fucci (Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH))