Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Cerqueira et al. 2025 – Exploring Empathy in Software Engineering: Insights from a Grey Literature Analysis of Practitioners’ Perspectives. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Cerqueira et al. 2025 – Assessing Software Practitioners’ Work Engagement and Job Satisfaction in a Large Software Company – What We Have Learned? Springer Nature Computer Science
Cerqueira et al. 2024 – Empathy and its Effects on Software Practitioners’ Well-being and Mental Health. IEEE Software
Conference Articles
Gomes et al. 2025 – Investigating the Relationship Between Churning and Code Smells. · Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’25) , Salerno, Italy.
Cerqueira et al. 2025 – Does Context Matter? An Exploratory Study on God Class Distribution Based on Contextual Attributes. · Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’25), Salerno, Italy.
Silva et al. 2025 – “Frustrating, Stressful, and Overwhelming”: Insights into Software Practitioners’ Productivity from Stack Exchange Discussions. · Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES’25), Recife, Brazil.
Cerqueira et al. 2024 – Software Engineers’ Engagement and Job Satisfaction: A Survey with Practitioners Working Remotely in a Public Organization. 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Angers, France.
Cerqueira et al. 2023 – A Thematic Synthesis on Empathy in Software Engineering. Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES’23), Campo Grande, Brazil. (Distinguished paper award)
Cerqueira et al. 2022 – The Who, What and How of the Current Research at the Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering. Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES’22), Uberlândia, Brazil.