Andreas SchreiberAt #VISSOFT2023 #bogota co-located with #ICSME2023
Neil ErnstThe notifications are out for the #ICSME2023 registered reports track. Two in principle acceptances and one continuity acceptance out of 7 submissions.
All submissions received detailed feedback on their research questions and proposed methodology. This peer review of research methods continues to be one of the most useful aspects of RR, in my view.
Thanks to all the authors and reviewers, and my co-chair Oscar Chaparro!
(more on RR in software research: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03649)
Registered Reports in Software Engineering
Registered reports are scientific publications which begin the publication process by first having the detailed research protocol, including key research questions, reviewed and approved by peers. Subsequent analysis and results are published with minimal additional review, even if there was no clear support for the underlying hypothesis, as long as the approved protocol is followed. Registered reports can prevent several questionable research practices and give early feedback on research designs. In software engineering research, registered reports were first introduced in the International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR) in 2020. They are now established in three conferences and two pre-eminent journals, including Empirical Software Engineering. We explain the motivation for registered reports, outline the way they have been implemented in software engineering, and outline some ongoing challenges for addressing high quality software engineering research.