| 2019 | EASE | Agile Practices and Motivation: A quantitative study with Brazilian software developers. | Reutman Oliveira, A. Csar C. Frana |
| 2017 | ESEM | Team Maturity in Software Engineering Teams. | George Marsicano, Diana Valena Pereira, Fabio Q. B. da Silva, A. Csar C. Frana |
| 2016 | ESEM | The Obscure Process of Innovation Assessment: A Report of an Industrial Survey. | A. Csar C. Frana, Eduardo Peixoto, Bruno Falco, Cleviton V. F. Monteiro |
| 2016 | ESEM | Advantages and Disadvantages of using Shared code from the Developers Perspective: A qualitative study. | Danilo Monteiro Ribeiro, Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Diana Valena, Elyda L. S. X. Freitas, A. Csar C. Frana |
| 2016 | ESEM | Preliminary Findings about the Nature of Work in Software Engineering: An Exploratory Survey. | Fabio Q. B. da Silva, A. Csar C. Frana, Cleyton V. C. de Magalhes, Ronnie E. S. Santos |
| 2016 | PROFES | What Aspects of Context Should Be Described in Case Studies About Software Teams? Preliminary Results from a Mapping Study. | Maria Teresa Baldassarre, A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2014 | ESEM | Motivated software engineers are engaged and focused, while satisfied ones are happy. | A. Csar C. Frana, Helen Sharp, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2014 | ESEM | Using qualitative metasummary to synthesize empirical findings in literature reviews. | Danilo Monteiro Ribeiro, Marcos Cardoso, Fabio Q. B. da Silva, A. Csar C. Frana |
| 2013 | ICSE | Motivation of software engineers: A qualitative case study of a research and development organisation. | A. Csar C. Frana, Ana C. M. L. de Araujo, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2012 | EASE | Towards an explanatory theory of motivation in software engineering: A qualitative case study of a government organization. | A. Csar C. Frana, Adelnei de L. C. Felix, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2011 | EASE | Motivation in software engineering: A systematic review update. | A. Csar C. Frana, Tatiana B. Gouveia, Pedro C. F. Santos, Clio A. Santana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2011 | ESEM | An Empirical Study on the Use of Team Building Criteria in Software Projects. | Fabio Q. B. da Silva, A. Csar C. Frana, Tatiana B. Gouveia, Cleviton V. F. Monteiro, Elisa S. F. Cardozo, Marcos Suassuna |
| 2010 | EASE | SCRUM and Productivity in Software Projects: A Systematic Literature Review. | Elisa S. F. Cardozo, J. Benito F. Arajo Neto, Alexandre Barza, A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2010 | EASE | Models and Tools for Managing Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review. | Catarina Costa, Camila Cunha, Rodrigo G. C. Rocha, A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Rafael Prikladnicki |
| 2010 | EASE | The Effect of Reasoning Strategies on Success in Early Learning of Programming: Lessons Learned from an External Experiment Replication. | A. Csar C. Frana, Paulo R. M. da Cunha, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2010 | ESEM | An empirical study on the relationship between the use of agile practices and the success of Scrum projects. | A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Leila M. R. de Sousa Mariz |
| 2010 | ESEM | A critical appraisal of systematic reviews in software engineering from the perspective of the research questions asked in the reviews. | Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Andre Lus de Medeiros Santos, Srgio C. B. Soares, A. Csar C. Frana, Cleviton V. F. Monteiro |
| 2010 | ICGSE | Challenges and Solutions in Distributed Software Development Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review. | Fabio Q. B. da Silva, Catarina Costa, A. Csar C. Frana, Rafael Prikladnicki |
| 2010 | ICSE | Designing motivation strategies for software engineering teams: an empirical study. | A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |
| 2009 | ESEM | An empirical study on software engineers motivational factors. | A. Csar C. Frana, Fabio Q. B. da Silva |