Rodrigo Spínola

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Rodrigo Spínola is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Science Applications and Software. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodrigo Spínola has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Information Systems, 29 papers in Computer Science Applications and 23 papers in Software. Recurrent topics in Rodrigo Spínola's work include Software Engineering Research (65 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (63 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (27 papers). Rodrigo Spínola is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (65 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (63 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (27 papers). Rodrigo Spínola collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Italy. Rodrigo Spínola's co-authors include Manoel Mendonça, Carolyn Seaman, Nicolli Rios, Thiago Souto Mendes, Forrest Shull, Nicolli S.R. Alves, Nico Zazworka, Antonio Vetrò, Yuepu Guo and Guilherme Horta Travassos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Association for Information Systems, IEEE Software and Journal of Systems and Software.

In The Last Decade

Rodrigo Spínola

85 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study

2015 207 citations Nicolli S.R. Alves, Thiago Souto Mendes et al. profile →

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Rodrigo Spínola

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Nico Zazworka United States

Hakan Erdogmus United States

Yuepu Guo United States

Davide Falessi United States

Marco Kuhrmann Germany

Michael Unterkalmsteiner Sweden

Ross Jeffery Australia

Krzysztof Wnuk Sweden

Giuseppe Visaggio Italy

Dieter Rombach Germany

Nico Zazworka United States

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622 ×1.5

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113 ×0.5

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260 ×1.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Rodrigo Spínola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rodrigo Spínola

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rodrigo Spínola

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Spínola, Rodrigo, et al.. (2025). A Systematic Mapping Study on the Joint Use of AI and VR in Stroke Care. 1–11.

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Freire, Sávio, et al.. (2025). Assessing Software Practitioners’ Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction in a Large Software Company—What We Have Learned. SN Computer Science. 6(3). 1 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Larissa Pires, Sávio Freire, Paulo Maciel, et al.. (2024). Attributes of a great requirements engineer. Journal of Systems and Software. 219. 112200–112200. 1 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, Rodrigo Spínola, & Manoel Mendonça. (2024). Organizing the State of Practice on Technical Debt Prevention, Monitoring, and Payment in Software Projects. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 7–21. 1 indexed citations

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Spínola, Rodrigo, et al.. (2024). Software Engineers Engagement and Job Satisfaction: A Survey with Practitioners Working Remotely in a Public Organization. 65–76. 1 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, et al.. (2024). A Comprehensive View on TD Prevention Practices and Reasons for Not Preventing It. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 33(7). 1–44. 2 indexed citations

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Spínola, Rodrigo, et al.. (2024). Block-based Programming for Two-Armed Robots: A Comparative Study. Civil War Book Review. 1–12.

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Freire, Sávio, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, et al.. (2024). Hearing the Voice of Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Monitoring: Understanding Monitoring Practices and the Practices' Avoidance Reasons. 12(1). 1 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, et al.. (2024). Burnout in Software Projects: An Analysis of Stack Exchange Discussions. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 321–330. 1 indexed citations

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Berenguer, Clara, Sávio Freire, Nicolli Rios, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Relationship between Technical Debt Management and Software Development Issues. Investigative News in Education (Universidad de Costa Rica). 5 indexed citations

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López, Gustavo, et al.. (2023). Identification and Management of Technical Debt. Investigative News in Education (Universidad de Costa Rica). 4 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, et al.. (2022). Technical Debt on Agile Projects: Managers’ point of view at Stack Exchange. 1–9. 7 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, et al.. (2022). Software practitioners’ point of view on technical debt payment. Journal of Systems and Software. 196. 111554–111554. 12 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Larissa Pires, Sávio Freire, Nicolli Rios, et al.. (2022). Organizing the TD Management Landscape for Requirements and Requirements Documentation Debt. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 8 indexed citations

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Mendes, Thiago Souto, et al.. (2021). On Comment Patterns that are Good Indicators of the Presence of Self-Admitted Technical Debt and those that Lead to False Positive Items. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1 indexed citations

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Freire, Sávio, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, et al.. (2021). A Conceptual Framework to Support the Management of Technical Debt in Software Testing. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3 indexed citations

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Rios, Nicolli, et al.. (2018). Investigating Technical Debt Folklore: A Replicated Survey.. Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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Alves, Nicolli S.R., et al.. (2015). A Collaborative Computational Infrastructure for Supporting Technical Debt Knowledge Sharing and Evolution. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 5 indexed citations

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Spínola, Rodrigo, et al.. (2010). Developing Software Technologies through Experimentation: Experiences from the Battlefield.. Conferencia Iberoamericana de Software Engineering. 107–120. 15 indexed citations

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Spínola, Rodrigo, et al.. (2006). Towards a Conceptual Framework to Classify Ubiquitous Software Projects.. Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 172–175. 4 indexed citations

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