| 2025 | ICSE | There's Nothing to See Here: A Study of Deaf and Hearing Developer Use of Stack Overflow. | Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Rumyana Neykova, Alina Dana Miron, Nadine Aburumman, Thomas Shippey |
| 2024 | EASE | Semgrep*: Improving the Limited Performance of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools. | Gareth Bennett, Tracy Hall, Emily Winter, Steve Counsell |
| 2024 | ESEM | Do Developers Use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools Straight Out of the Box? A large-scale Empirical Study. | Gareth Bennett, Tracy Hall, Steve Counsell, Emily Winter, Thomas Shippey |
| 2022 | ICMLA | Exploring the Explicit Modelling of Bias in Machine Learning Classifiers: A Deep Multi-label ConvNet Approach. | Mashael Al-Luhaybi, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker |
| 2021 | ISSRE | Expanding Fix Patterns to Enable Automatic Program Repair. | Vesna Nowack, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Emily Winter, John R. Woodward |
| 2021 | QUATIC | Where the Bugs are: A Quasi-replication Study of the Effect of Inheritance Depth and Width in Java Systems. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Amjed Tahir |
| 2020 | EASE | Using the Lexicon from Source Code to Determine Application Domain. | Andrea Capiluppi, Nemitari Ajienka, Nour Ali, Mahir Arzoky, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Alina Dana Miron, Bhaveet Nagaria, Rumyana Neykova, Martin J. Shepperd, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2020 | EASE | Themes and Difficulties in Distributed Agile Email Activity: A Qualititative Team-Based Study. | Steve Counsell, Sunila Modi, Pamela Abbott |
| 2020 | GECCO | Exploiting fault localisation for efficient program repair. | Vesna Nowack, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Emily Winter, John R. Woodward |
| 2020 | ICSE | Human Factors in the Study of Automatic Software Repair: Future Directions for Research with Industry. | Emily Winter, David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Saemundur Haraldsson, Vesna Nowack, John R. Woodward |
| 2020 | PROFES | On Clones and Comments in Production and Test Classes: An Empirical Study. | Steve Counsell, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis |
| 2020 | QRS | On the Link Between Refactoring Activity and Class Cohesion Through the Prism of Two Cohesion-Based Metrics. | Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Davide Taibi |
| 2020 | QUATIC | Is Complexity of Re-test a Reason Why Some Refactorings Are Buggy? an Empirical Perspective. | Steve Counsell, Steve Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis |
| 2019 | AIED | Predicting Academic Performance: A Bootstrapping Approach for Learning Dynamic Bayesian Networks. | Mashael Al-Luhaybi, Leila Yousefi, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker |
| 2019 | CBMS | An Empirical Study of the AGIS Visual Field Metric and Its Seasonal Variations. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis |
| 2019 | ESEM | On the Relationship Between Coupling and Refactoring: An Empirical Viewpoint. | Steve Counsell, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis, Davide Taibi |
| 2019 | IDEAL | The Prevalence of Errors in Machine Learning Experiments. | Martin J. Shepperd, Yuchen Guo, Ning Li, Mahir Arzoky, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Leila Yousefi |
| 2018 | EASE | Can you tell me if it smells?: A study on how developers discuss code smells and anti-patterns in Stack Overflow. | Amjed Tahir, Aiko Yamashita, Sherlock A. Licorish, Jens Dietrich, Steve Counsell |
| 2018 | ICSE | An empirical study on the interplay between semantic coupling and co-change of software classes. | Nemitari Ajienka, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell |
| 2018 | PROFES | Do Developers Really Worry About Refactoring Re-test? An Empirical Study of Open-Source Systems. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Mahir Arzoky, Giuseppe Destefanis |
| 2017 | CBMS | A Deconstructed Replication of a Time of Test Study Using the AGIS Metric. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2017 | ESEM | Managing Hidden Dependencies in OO Software: A Study Based on Open Source Projects. | Nemitari Ajienka, Andrea Capiluppi, Steve Counsell |
| 2017 | ICSE | Connecting the Dots: Measuring Effectiveness and Affectiveness in Software Systems. | Marco Ortu, Giuseppe Destefanis, Steve Counsell, Michele Marchesi, Roberto Tonelli |
| 2017 | ICSE | 8th Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM 2017). | Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell, Giuseppe Destefanis, Alessandro Murgia, Ewan D. Tempero |
| 2017 | ISSRE | Getting Defect Prediction Into Industrial Practice: the ELFF Tool. | David Bowes, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Jean Petric, Thomas Shippey |
| 2017 | ISSRE | Assert Use and Defectiveness in Industrial Code. | Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall, Thomas Shippey, David Bowes, Amjed Tahir, Stephen G. MacDonell |
| 2017 | SAC | On the randomness and seasonality of affective metrics for software development. | Giuseppe Destefanis, Marco Ortu, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi |
| 2016 | APSEC | An Empirical Study into the Relationship Between Class Features and Test Smells. | Amjed Tahir, Steve Counsell, Stephen G. MacDonell |
| 2016 | CBMS | The AGIS Metric and Time of Test: A Replication Study. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2016 | ESEM | So You Need More Method Level Datasets for Your Software Defect Prediction?: Voil! | Thomas Shippey, Tracy Hall, Steve Counsell, David Bowes |
| 2015 | ICSE | 6th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM 2015). | Steve Counsell, Corrado Aaron Visaggio, Roberto Tonelli, Ewan D. Tempero |
| 2014 | IDA | An Approach to Controlling the Runtime for Search Based Modularisation of Sequential Source Code Check-ins. | Mahir Arzoky, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, James Cain |
| 2014 | IDA | Comparing Pre-defined Software Engineering Metrics with Free-Text for the Prediction of Code 'Ripples'. | Steve Counsell, Allan Tucker, Stephen Swift, Guy Fitzgerald, Jason Peters |
| 2014 | XP | A Measure of the Modularisation of Sequential Software Versions Using Random Graph Theory. | Mahir Arzoky, Stephen Swift, Steve Counsell, James Cain |
| 2014 | XP | Are Some Refactorings Attached to Fault-Prone Classes and Others to Fault-Free Classes? | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas |
| 2013 | ICGSE | Negotiating Common Ground in Distributed Agile Development: A Case Study Perspective. | Sunila Modi, Pamela Abbott, Steve Counsell |
| 2013 | ICSE | 4th international workshop on emerging trends in software metrics (WETSoM 2013). | Steve Counsell, Michele Marchesi, Ewan D. Tempero, Corrado Aaron Visaggio |
| 2013 | ICST | Conditional-Based Refactorings and Fault-Proneness: An Empirical Study. | Steve Counsell, Matt Gatrell, Robert M. Hierons, Alessandro Murgia, Roberto Tonelli, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas |
| 2013 | IDA | The Modelling of Glaucoma Progression through the Use of Cellular Automata. | Stelios Pavlidis, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker, Steve Counsell |
| 2012 | COMPSAC | Applying Knowledge Elicitation to Improve Web Effort Estimation: A Case Study. | Emilia Mendes, Manar AbuTalib, Steve Counsell |
| 2012 | COMPSAC | Specification Mutation Analysis for Validating Timed Testing Approaches Based on Timed Automata. | Mohammad Saeed Abou Trab, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons |
| 2012 | ESEM | Experimental assessment of software metrics using automated refactoring. | Mel Cinnide, Laurence Tratt, Mark Harman, Steve Counsell, Iman Hemati Moghadam |
| 2012 | IDA | Use of General Purpose GPU Programming to Enhance the Classification of Leukaemia Blast Cells in Blood Smear Images. | Stefan Skrobanski, Stelios Pavlidis, Waidah Ismail, Rosline Hassan, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift |
| 2011 | ICST | Parameter-Based Refactoring and the Relationship with Fan-in/Fan-out Coupling. | Alessandro Murgia, Michele Marchesi, Giulio Concas, Roberto Tonelli, Steve Counsell |
| 2011 | RCIS | Design patterns and fault-proneness a study of commercial C# software. | Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell |
| 2010 | ICSE | Is a strategy for code smell assessment long overdue? | Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, Hamza Hamza, Sue Black, M. Durrand |
| 2010 | RCIS | An Evolutionary Study of Fan-in and Fan-out Metrics in OSS. | Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons |
| 2010 | SEFM | Non-local Choice and Implied Scenarios. | Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell |
| 2010 | SERA | An Empirical Study of Fan-In and Fan-Out in Java OSS. | Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell, Ewan D. Tempero |
| 2009 | EASE | Empirical Support for Two Refactoring Studies Using Commercial C# Software. | Matt Gatrell, Steve Counsell, Tracy Hall |
| 2009 | EASE | Does an 80: 20 rule apply to Java coupling? | Asma Mubarak, Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons |
| 2009 | IDA | An Application of Intelligent Data Analysis Techniques to a Large Software Engineering Dataset. | James Cain, Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2009 | SERA | An Empirical Study of Java System Evolution at the Method Level. | Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell |
| 2008 | COMPSAC | Refactoring Steps, Java Refactorings and Empirical Evidence. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift |
| 2008 | ICSEA | Inheritance, 'Warnings' and Potential Refactorings: An Empirical Study. | Emal Nasseri, Steve Counsell |
| 2008 | RCIS | Is the need to follow chains a possible deterrent to certain refactorings and an inducement to others? | Steve Counsell |
| 2007 | AICCSA | A Meta-analysis Approach to Refactoring and XP. | Steve Counsell, Robert M. Hierons, George Loizou |
| 2007 | FORTE | Thread-Based Analysis of Sequence Diagrams. | Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell |
| 2007 | SEFM | A Thread-tag Based Semantics for Sequence Diagrams. | Haitao Dan, Robert M. Hierons, Steve Counsell |
| 2006 | PROFES | The Concerns of Prototypers and Their Mitigating Practices: An Industrial Case-Study. | Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes |
| 2006 | SAC | Extracting refactoring trends from open-source software and a possible solution to the 'related refactoring' conundrum. | Deepak Advani, Youssef Hassoun, Steve Counsell |
| 2005 | ICWE | Towards a Taxonomy of Hypermedia and Web Application Size Metrics. | Emilia Mendes, Steve Counsell, Nile Mosley |
| 2005 | PROFES | What Formal Models Cannot Show Us: People Issues During the Prototyping Process. | Steve Counsell, Keith Phalp, Emilia Mendes, Stella Geddes |
| 2005 | SCAM | Object-oriented cohesion as a surrogate of software comprehension: an empirical study. | Steve Counsell, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2004 | CaiSE | The quality of automated and manual data collection processes in Java software: an empirical comparison. | Rajaa Najjar, Steve Counsell, George Loizou, Youssef Hassoun |
| 2003 | IDA | Applying Intelligent Data Analysis to Coupling Relationships in Object-Oriented Software. | Steve Counsell, Xiaohui Liu, Rajaa Najjar, Stephen Swift, Allan Tucker |
| 2003 | SCAM | Power Law Distributions in Class Relationships. | Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell |
| 2003 | VISSOFT | AutoCode: Using Memex-like Trails to Improve Program Comprehension. | Richard Wheeldon, Steve Counsell, Kevin Keenoy |
| 2002 | COMPSAC | The Application of Case-Based Reasoning to Early Web Project Cost Estimation. | Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell |
| 2002 | FlAIRS | Using CBR to Estimate Development Effort for Web Hypermedia Applications. | Ian D. Watson, Emilia Mendes, Chris Triggs, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell |
| 2001 | ITiCSE | The cognitive flexibility theory0: an approach for teaching Hypermedia Engineering. | Emilia Mendes, Nile Mosley, Steve Counsell |