Exploring microservice ownership and organizational coupling in open-source projects: an empirical study

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MinEdu publication type
A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)
Definition
Article
Target group
Scientific
Peer reviewed
Peer-reviewed
Article type
Journal article
Host publication type
Journal

Authors of the publication

Number of authors
6
Authors
Li, Xiaozhou; d’Aragona, Dario Amoroso; Cerny, Tomas; Lenarduzzi, Valentina; Taibi, Davide; Janes, Andrea

Publication channel information

Title of journal/series
Computing : archives for scientific computing
ISSN (print)
0010-485X
ISSN (electronic)
1436-5057
ISSN (linking)
0010-485X
Publisher
Springer
Publication forum ID
53978
Publication forum level
1
Country of publication
Austria
Internationality
Yes

Detailed publication information

Publication year
2025
Reporting year
2025
Journal/series volume number
107
Journal/series issue number
4
Article number
102
DOI
10.1007/s00607-025-01454-7
Language of publication
English

Co-publication information

International co-publication
Yes
Co-publication with a company
No

Availability

Classification and additional information

MinEdu field of science classification
113 Computer and information sciences
Keywords
Coupling; Cross-service contribution; Microservice; Service ownership; Team

Funding information

Funding information in the publication
Open Access funding provided by University of Oulu (including Oulu University Hospital). This work was supported by a grant from the Academy of Finland (grant n. 349488 - “MuFAno”) and a grant from Business Finland (“6G-Bridge 6GSoft”). This material is also based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 2409933.

Research data information

Research data information in the publication
To allow verifiability and replicability, we published the raw data in the replication package(https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27153711).

Source database ID

WoS ID
WOS:001458903000002
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105001700238