Not Real or too Soft? On the Challenges of Publishing Interdisciplinary Software Engineering Research

The discipline of software engineering (SE) combines social and technological dimensions. It is an interdisciplinary research field. However, interdisciplinary research submitted to software engineering venues may not receive the same level of recognition as more traditional or technical topics such...

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Vydané v:IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (Online) s. 106 - 117
Hlavní autori: Hyrynsalmi, Sonja M., Liebel, Grischa, de Souza Santos, Ronnie, Baltes, Sebastian
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Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: IEEE 27.04.2025
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academic publishing
Data analysis
Guidelines
interdisciplinary research
metascience
Negative feedback
peer reviews
Publishing
Reviews
Software engineering
Software testing
Surveys
ISSN:2832-7616
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Shrnutí:The discipline of software engineering (SE) combines social and technological dimensions. It is an interdisciplinary research field. However, interdisciplinary research submitted to software engineering venues may not receive the same level of recognition as more traditional or technical topics such as software testing. For this paper, we conducted an online survey of 73 SE researchers and used a mixed-method data analysis approach to investigate their challenges and recommendations when publishing interdisciplinary research in SE. We found that the challenges of publishing interdisciplinary research in SE can be divided into topic-related and reviewingrelated challenges. Furthermore, while our initial focus was on publishing interdisciplinary research, the impact of current reviewing practices on marginalized groups emerged from our data, as we found that marginalized groups are more likely to receive negative feedback. In addition, we found that experienced researchers are less likely to change their research direction due to feedback they receive. To address the identified challenges, our participants emphasize the importance of highlighting the impact and value of interdisciplinary work for SE, collaborating with experienced researchers, and establishing clearer submission guidelines and new interdisciplinary SE publication venues. Our findings contribute to the understanding of the current state of the SE research community and how we could better support interdisciplinary research in our field.
ISSN:2832-7616
DOI:10.1109/ICSE-SEIS66351.2025.00016