On the public citation graph
Why, when, and what: Analyzing Stack Overflow questions by topic, type, and code
0 signed · 146 inferred · view as graph
Inferred edges come from two machine sources: sweeps of open repository metadata (mostly SSRN and Zenodo), and a bulk OpenAlex citation snapshot. Every row below is labelled with the one it came from. Neither is a complete citation index — absence here is not evidence of absence.
Is this your work? Sign in with ORCID and put your name on the
claims that are yours.
Reference health. See whether every reference in this work resolves to a
known work and none has been retracted — and get a dated CiteStamped
badge you can embed.
What this work says
Outgoing claims: the papers this work cites, builds on, or argues with.
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1109/msr.2013.6624029openalex-snapshot
Mining source code repositories at massive scale using language modeling
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1162/jmlr.2003.3.4-5.993openalex-snapshot
10.1162/jmlr.2003.3.4-5.993
What points at this work
Incoming claims: where this work appears in other papers’ reference lists and arguments.
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4588309openalex-extracted
Characterizing Discussion Trend on Blockchain Development by Mining Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6234076openalex-extracted
What Challenges Do Developers Face in AI Agent Systems? An Empirical Study on Stack Overflow & GitHub Issues
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5361067openalex-extracted
How Do I Refactor This? An Empirical Study on Refactoring Trends and Topics in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.31openalex-snapshot
Automated chat transcript analysis using topic modeling for library reference services
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93733-1_9openalex-snapshot
Linguistic Analysis of Stack Overflow Data: Native English vs Non-native English Speakers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31726-2_26openalex-snapshot
What Makes a Good Answer? Analyzing the Content Structure of Answers to Stack Overflow’s Most Popular Question
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82362-6_31openalex-snapshot
Canary in the Coal Mine: Identifying Cyber Threat Trends Through Topic Mining – Stack Overflow Case Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-13757-9_14openalex-snapshot
Finding Topic Distribution in Security Area of Swift Programming Language
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31863-9_14openalex-snapshot
Information Security in Software Engineering, Analysis of Developers Communications About Security in Social Q&A Website
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66562-7_15openalex-snapshot
Predicting the Programming Language: Extracting Knowledge from Stack Overflow Posts
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67162-8_23openalex-snapshot
Automatic Organization of Semantically Related Tags Using Topic Modelling
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2135-7_44openalex-snapshot
A Machine Learning Approach to Cluster the Users of Stack Overflow Forum
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7946-8_4openalex-snapshot
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Automatic Question Tagging
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-015-9379-3openalex-snapshot
What are mobile developers asking about? A large scale study using stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-015-9402-8openalex-snapshot
A survey on the use of topic models when mining software repositories
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-016-9430-zopenalex-snapshot
The structure and dynamics of knowledge network in domain-specific Q&A sites: a case study of stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-018-9650-5openalex-snapshot
Usage and attribution of Stack Overflow code snippets in GitHub projects
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-019-09758-xopenalex-snapshot
What kind of questions do developers ask on Stack Overflow? A comparison of automated approaches to classify posts into question categories
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-020-09819-6openalex-snapshot
What do Programmers Discuss about Deep Learning Frameworks
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10014-4openalex-snapshot
An empirical study of Q&A websites for game developers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10032-2openalex-snapshot
How are project-specific forums utilized? A study of participation, content, and sentiment in the Eclipse ecosystem
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10045-xopenalex-snapshot
How do i refactor this? An empirical study on refactoring trends and topics in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10054-wopenalex-snapshot
An empirical study of developers’ discussions about security challenges of different programming languages
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10058-6openalex-snapshot
GitHub Discussions: An exploratory study of early adoption
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-021-10095-1openalex-snapshot
A comparative study and analysis of developer communications on Slack and Gitter
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-022-10180-zopenalex-snapshot
An empirical study of question discussions on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-023-10348-1openalex-snapshot
On practitioners’ concerns when adopting service mesh frameworks
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-023-10372-1openalex-snapshot
A syntax-guided multi-task learning approach for Turducken-style code generation
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-024-10487-zopenalex-snapshot
Characterizing and classifying developer forum posts with their intentions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-025-10705-2openalex-snapshot
An Empirical Investigation on the Challenges in Scientific Workflow Systems Development
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-04135-2openalex-snapshot
Which questions are valuable in online Q&A communities? A question’s position in a knowledge network matters
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-3018-6openalex-snapshot
State and tendency: an empirical study of deep learning question&answer topics on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-020-00231-1openalex-snapshot
Keeping Up with the Trends: Analyzing the Dynamics of Online Learning and Hiring Platforms in the Software Programming Domain
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2016.12.003openalex-snapshot
Towards comprehending the non-functional requirements through Developers’ eyes: An exploration of Stack Overflow using topic analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.02.005openalex-snapshot
What is wrong with topic modeling? And how to fix it using search-based software engineering
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2020.106333openalex-snapshot
A large scale study on how developers discuss code smells and anti-pattern in Stack Exchange sites
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2021.100364openalex-snapshot
What Do Practitioners Discuss about IoT and Industry 4.0 Related Technologies? Characterization and Identification of IoT and Industry 4.0 Categories in Stack Overflow Discussions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2020.110724openalex-snapshot
Studying the Relationship Between the Usage of APIs Discussed in the Crowd and Post-Release Defects
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2021.111089openalex-snapshot
An empirical study of COVID-19 related posts on Stack Overflow: Topics and technologies
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111884openalex-snapshot
A study on classifying Stack Overflow questions based on difficulty by utilizing contextual features
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2016.12.097openalex-snapshot
The best answer prediction by exploiting heterogeneous data on software development Q&A forum
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.02.074openalex-snapshot
Understanding the Usage of Online Forums as Learning Platforms
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1049/iet-sen.2019.0284openalex-snapshot
Organising the knowledge from stack overflow about location‐sensing of Android applications
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1063/5.0182877openalex-snapshot
An empirical study of the popularity of three programming languages on stack overflow: Trends, solutions, and users
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2017.1394049openalex-snapshot
Exploring Emerging Hacker Assets and Key Hackers for Proactive Cyber Threat Intelligence
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0166openalex-snapshot
The innovation dynamics of programming technologies
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1108/dta-07-2017-0054openalex-snapshot
A survey on mining stack overflow: question and answering (Q&A) community
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2914429openalex-snapshot
Toward Empirically Investigating Non-Functional Requirements of iOS Developers on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/apsec.2016.015openalex-snapshot
EXPSOL: Recommending Online Threads for Exception-Related Bug Reports
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/clei52000.2020.00024openalex-snapshot
API Topics Issues in Stack Overflow Q&As Posts: An Empirical Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/compsac.2016.210openalex-snapshot
Towards Correlating Search on Google and Asking on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/esem.2019.8870187openalex-snapshot
Why is Developing Machine Learning Applications Challenging? A Study on Stack Overflow Posts
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/esem56168.2023.10304868openalex-snapshot
Exploring Technical Debt in Security Questions on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/eurosp51992.2021.00012openalex-snapshot
An Investigation of Online Reverse Engineering Community Discussions in the Context of Ghidra
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/fie.2015.7344369openalex-snapshot
Automatically augmenting learning material with practical questions to increase its relevance
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/iccic.2016.7919651openalex-snapshot
Domain expert ranking for finding domain authoritative users on community question answering sites
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icoict.2015.7231439openalex-snapshot
Source code retrieval on StackOverflow using LDA
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icse48619.2023.00158openalex-snapshot
Automated Summarization of Stack Overflow Posts
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icsme52107.2021.00037openalex-snapshot
Understanding Quantum Software Engineering Challenges An Empirical Study on Stack Exchange Forums and GitHub Issues
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icss.2016.13openalex-snapshot
Data Driven Development Trend Analysis of Mainstream Information Technologies
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icws.2016.25openalex-snapshot
What Do Client Developers Concern When Using Web APIs? An Empirical Study on Developer Forums and Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/ieem.2015.7385836openalex-snapshot
Data analysis of social community reputation: Good questions vs. good answers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/isml60050.2024.11007435openalex-snapshot
A Survey of Development Approaches for StackOverflow-Style Platform using Cloud Computing
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/iwsc.2015.7069890openalex-snapshot
What do practitioners ask about code clone? a preliminary investigation of stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/msr.2015.51openalex-snapshot
Quality Questions Need Quality Code: Classifying Code Fragments on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/msr.2019.00022openalex-snapshot
Predicting Good Configurations for GitHub and Stack Overflow Topic Models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/msr.2019.00040openalex-snapshot
Snakes in Paradise?: Insecure Python-Related Coding Practices in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/qrs57517.2022.00114openalex-snapshot
An Exploratory Study for GUI Posts on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/qsic.2014.27openalex-snapshot
Understanding and Classifying the Quality of Technical Forum Questions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/saner.2019.8668026openalex-snapshot
A Human-as-Sensors Approach to API Documentation Integration and Its Effects on Novice Programmers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/saner60148.2024.00015openalex-snapshot
Challenges of Using Pre-trained Models: the Practitioners' Perspective
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/scam52516.2021.00027openalex-snapshot
What Do Developers Discuss about Code Comments?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/seaa51224.2020.00086openalex-snapshot
A preliminary Study of Knowledge Sharing related to Covid-19 Pandemic in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/snpd.2016.7515925openalex-snapshot
Exploring topic models in software engineering data analysis: A survey
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/sose.2015.34openalex-snapshot
Automatic Knowledge Sharing Across Communities: A Case Study on Android Issue Tracker and Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/taai.2016.7880110openalex-snapshot
Topic suggestion by Bayesian network enhanced tag inference in community question answering
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tps-isa67132.2025.00032openalex-snapshot
Decoding the Decoders: An Empirical Study of Reverse Engineering Questions on Stack Exchange
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2015.2473847openalex-snapshot
Linking Issue Tracker with Q&A Sites for Knowledge Sharing across Communities
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2017.2664836openalex-snapshot
Autofolding for Source Code Summarization
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2921343openalex-snapshot
What Do Programmers Discuss About Blockchain? A Case Study on the Use of Balanced LDA and the Reference Architecture of a Domain to Capture Online Discussions About Blockchain Platforms Across Stack Exchange Communities
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2956919openalex-snapshot
Using Docker to Assist Q&A Forum Users
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2021.3093761openalex-snapshot
Post2Vec: Learning Distributed Representations of Stack Overflow Posts
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2021.3120203openalex-snapshot
API-Related Developer Information Needs in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2023.3292399openalex-snapshot
Automated Question Title Reformulation by Mining Modification Logs From Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2024.3410292openalex-snapshot
Bringing Open Source Communication and Development Together: A Cross-Platform Study on Gitter and GitHub
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2026.3663599openalex-snapshot
Towards Refining Developer Questions Using LLM-Based Named Entity Recognition for Developer Chatroom Conversations
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc51201.2021.9576337openalex-snapshot
HowToo: A Platform for Sharing, Finding, and Using Programming Strategies
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc53370.2022.9833127openalex-snapshot
Barriers in Front-End Web Development
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/vlhcc.2018.8506517openalex-snapshot
An Exploratory Study of Web Foraging to Understand and Support Programming Decisions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/wi.2016.0114openalex-snapshot
A Journey of Bounty Hunters: Analyzing the Influence of Reward Systems on StackOverflow Question Response Times
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194025500688openalex-snapshot
Analysis of the Relationship between Editing Behaviors and Questions in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2597073.2597083openalex-snapshot
Mining questions asked by web developers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2660859.2660970openalex-snapshot
A Hybrid Auto-tagging System for StackOverflow Forum Questions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2892648openalex-snapshot
Security expert recommender in software engineering
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2910896.2910914openalex-snapshot
Music Information Seeking via Social Q&A
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/2975961.2975966openalex-snapshot
Mining testing questions on stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3084226.3084273openalex-snapshot
On Using Active Learning and Self-training when Mining Performance Discussions on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3196321.3196333openalex-snapshot
Automatically classifying posts into question categories on stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3196321.3196351openalex-snapshot
Automatic tag recommendation for software development video tutorials
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3210459.3210466openalex-snapshot
Can you tell me if it smells?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3239235.3239524openalex-snapshot
What do concurrency developers ask about?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376768openalex-snapshot
Understanding Privacy-Related Questions on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3377811.3380404openalex-snapshot
Interpreting cloud computer vision pain-points
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3401026openalex-snapshot
Generating Question Titles for Stack Overflow from Mined Code Snippets
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3468264.3468562openalex-snapshot
A first look at developers’ live chat on Gitter
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3468264.3473119openalex-snapshot
StackEmo: towards enhancing user experience by augmenting stack overflow with emojis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3524842.3527966openalex-snapshot
Mining the usage of reactive programming APIs
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3549160openalex-snapshot
How to formulate specific how-to questions in software development?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3597503.3623341openalex-snapshot
On the Helpfulness of Answering Developer Questions on Discord with Similar Conversations and Posts from the Past
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642349openalex-snapshot
Teach AI How to Code: Using Large Language Models as Teachable Agents for Programming Education
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642596openalex-snapshot
Is Stack Overflow Obsolete? An Empirical Study of the Characteristics of ChatGPT Answers to Stack Overflow Questions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3756681.3756973openalex-snapshot
An Empirical Study of Database Security Topics on Technical Social Forums of Software Developers
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3774904.3792807openalex-snapshot
OpenDigger: A Practical Framework for Assessing Community Health and Sustainability in Open Source Collaboration Platforms
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.11591/csit.v4i1.p14-23openalex-snapshot
A preliminary empirical study of react library related questions shared on stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.12794/metadc2137618openalex-snapshot
Evaluating Stack Overflow Usability Posts in Conjunction with Usability Heuristics
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v10i1.14752openalex-snapshot
Discovering Response-Eliciting Factors in Social Question Answering : A Reddit Inspired Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v8i1.14529openalex-snapshot
Great Question! Question Quality in Community Q&A
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1631/fitee.1700196openalex-snapshot
RepoLike: amulti-feature-based personalized recommendation approach for open-source repositories
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.18293/seke2019-067openalex-snapshot
SOTagger - Towards Classifying Stack Overflow Posts through Contextual Tagging (S)
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2022.naacl-main.148openalex-snapshot
CS1QA: A Dataset for Assisting Code-based Question Answering in an Introductory Programming Course
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.21090/ijaerdopenalex-snapshot
International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2022-0038openalex-snapshot
Understanding Privacy-Related Advice on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.26226/morressier.613b5418842293c031b5b5ddopenalex-snapshot
Understanding Quantum Software Engineering Challenges: An Empirical Study on Stack Exchange Forums and GitHub Issues
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.26226/morressier.613b54401459512fce6a7cffopenalex-snapshot
What do Developers Discuss about Code Comments?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.702949openalex-snapshot
Java Geliştiricileri Stack Overflow Üzerinde Ne Hakkında Konuşuyor? Deneysel Bir Çalışma
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.32657/10356/174975openalex-snapshot
The effects of question cues on responses and responders in community question-answering: a goal-framing approach
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.32657/10356/69477openalex-snapshot
On domain knowledge organization and extraction in software engineering
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/software4040027openalex-snapshot
The Evolution of Software Usability in Developer Communities: An Empirical Study on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.4018/ijhcitp.342839openalex-snapshot
Collaborative Solutions to Software Architecture Challenges Faced by IT Professionals
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.4018/ijswis.358617openalex-snapshot
Semantic Web Approaches in Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1803.07311openalex-snapshot
SOTorrent: Reconstructing and Analyzing the Evolution of Stack Overflow Posts
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2001.10130openalex-snapshot
Interpreting Cloud Computer Vision Pain-Points: A Mining Study of Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2010.04025openalex-snapshot
From Asking to Answering: Getting More Involved on Stack Overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2102.05230openalex-snapshot
GitHub Discussions: An Exploratory Study of Early Adoption
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.52783/jisem.v9i2.30openalex-snapshot
Test-Driven UI Development with Jasmine, Karma, and Protractor
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.5555/2820518.2820574openalex-snapshot
Quality questions need quality code: classifying code fragments on stack overflow
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.5753/sbes.2025.9914openalex-snapshot
“Frustrating, Stressful, and Overwhelming”: Insights into Software Practitioners’ Productivity from Stack Exchange Discussions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.7939/r3-ff7z-y736openalex-snapshot
Studying Trends, Topics, and Duplicate Questions on Q&A Websites for Game Developers
Editorial review for independent work. ICSAC — the Institute for Complexity
Science and Advanced Computing — runs a structured editorial panel for researchers
publishing outside journals, and publishes on CiteStamp rails. Submission is free
and goes through ORCID: icsacinstitute.org/submit.