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Despite preceding related publications, works dealing with the resolution of software engineering problems by search techniques has especially risen since 2001. By its first decade, the Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE) approach has been successfully employed in several software engineering contexts, using various optimization techniques. Aside the relevance of such applications, knowledge regarding the publication patterns on the field plays an important role to its understanding and identity. Such information may also shed light into SBSE trends and future. This paper presents the first bibliometric analysis to SBSE publications. The study covered 740 publications of the SBSE community from 2001 through 2010. The performed bibliometric analysis concerned mainly in four categories: Publication, Sources, Authorship, and Collaboration. Additionally, estimates for the next years of several publication metrics are given. The study also analyzed the applicability of bibliometric laws in SBSE, such as Bradfords and Lotka.
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de Freitas, F.G., de Souza, J.T. (2011). Ten Years of Search Based Software Engineering: A Bibliometric Analysis. In: Cohen, M.B., Ó Cinnéide, M. (eds) Search Based Software Engineering. SSBSE 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6956. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23716-4_5
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