Dívida Técnica: um estudo de caso com produtos de código aberto. - Igor Rodrigues Vieira; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Vinícius Rafael Lobo de Mendonça; Cássio Leonardo Rodrigues; Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi (SBQS, 2013)

Evolução de software livre baseada em métricas de qualidade: Um estudo de caso. - Auri M. R. Vincenzi; Cássio L. Rodrigues; Igor Rodrigues Vieira; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Vinícius Rafael Lobo de Mendonça; Jacson Rodrigues Barbosa; Mario E. P. Diaz (SBSI, 2013)

Code anomalies flock together: exploring code anomaly agglomerations for locating design problems. - Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Bruno Barbieri Pontes Cafeo; Yixue Zhao (ICSE, 2016)

Spotting design problems with smell agglomerations. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa (ICSE (Companion Volume), 2016)

Tracking Dengue Epidemics Using Twitter Content Classification and Topic Modelling. - Paolo Missier; Alexander B. Romanovsky; Tudor Miu; Atinder Pal; Michael Daniilakis; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Diego Cedrim; Leonardo da Silva Sousa (ICWE Workshops, 2016)

Does refactoring improve software structural quality? A longitudinal study of 25 projects. - Diego Cedrim; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Rohit Gheyi (SBES, 2016)

Towards Effective Teams for the Identification of Code Smells. - Rafael Maiani de Mello; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alessandro Garcia 001 (CHASE@ICSE, 2017)

Collaborative Identification of Code Smells: A Multi-Case Study. - Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Natasha M. Costa Valentim; Adriana Lopes; Tayana Conte; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Edson César Cunha de Oliveira; Carlos José Pereira de Lucena (ICSE-SEIP, 2017)

No Code Anomaly is an Island - Anomaly Agglomeration as Sign of Product Line Instabilities. - Eduardo Fernandes; Gustavo Vale; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Eduardo Figueiredo 001; Alessandro Garcia 001; Jaejoon Lee (ICSR, 2017)

Recruiting from the Network: Discovering Twitter Users Who Can Help Combat Zika Epidemics. - Paolo Missier; Callum McClean; Jonathan Carlton; Diego Cedrim; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Alexandre Plastino 001; Alexander B. Romanovsky (ICWE, 2017)

Revealing design problems in stinky code: a mixed-method study. - Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alessandro Garcia 001; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Anderson Oliveira; O. I. Anne Benedicte Agbachi; Carlos Lucena (SBCARS, 2017)

How Do Software Developers Identify Design Problems?: A Qualitative Analysis. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Alessandro Garcia 001; Jaejoon Lee; Tayana Conte; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Adriana Lopes; Natasha M. Costa Valentim; Edson César Cunha de Oliveira; Carlos Lucena (SBES, 2017)

Understanding the impact of refactoring on smells: a longitudinal study of 23 software projects. - Diego Cedrim; Alessandro Garcia 001; Melina Mongiovi; Rohit Gheyi; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Baldoino Fonseca; Márcio Ribeiro 001; Alexander Chávez (ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE, 2017)

Identifying design problems in the source code: a grounded theory. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Anderson Oliveira; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Simone D. J. Barbosa; Alessandro Garcia 001; Jaejoon Lee; Marcos Kalinowski; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Baldoino Fonseca; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Carlos Lucena; Rodrigo B. de Paes (ICSE, 2018)

Reducing the Cost of Mutation Testing Using the Semantic Size of Mutant. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Auri M. R. Vincenzi; Márcio Eduardo Delamaro; Igor Rodrigues Vieira; Vinicius R. L. Mendonca; Cássio Leonardo Rodrigues (SMC, 2018)

VazaDengue: An information system for preventing and combating mosquito-borne diseases with social networks. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Diego Cedrim; Alessandro Garcia 001; Paolo Missier; Anderson G. Uchôa; Anderson Oliveira; Alexander B. Romanovsky (Inf. Syst., 2018)

On the identification of design problems in stinky code: experiences and tool support. - Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Anderson Oliveira; Alessandro Garcia 001; O. I. Anne Benedicte Agbachi; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Carlos Lucena (J. Braz. Comput. Soc., 2018)

On the Density and Diversity of Degradation Symptoms in Refactored Classes: A Multi-case Study. - Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Anderson Oliveira; Luiz Carvalho; Alessandro Garcia 001; Thelma Elita Colanzi; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003 (ISSRE, 2019)

Removal of design problems through refactorings: are we looking at the right symptoms? - Andre Eposhi; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Alessandro Garcia 001; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Roberto Felicio Oliveira 003; Anderson Oliveira (ICPC, 2019)

On the Prioritization of Design-Relevant Smelly Elements: A Mixed-Method, Multi-Project Study. - Anderson Oliveira; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Alessandro Garcia 001 (SBCARS, 2019)

When Are Smells Indicators of Architectural Refactoring Opportunities: A Study of 50 Software Projects. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Alessandro Garcia 001; Anderson Oliveira; Diego Cedrim; Carlos Lucena (ICPC, 2020)

Characterizing and Identifying Composite Refactorings: Concepts, Heuristics and Patterns. - Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Diego Cedrim; Alessandro Garcia 001; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Ana Carla Bibiano; Daniel Oliveira 005; Miryung Kim; Anderson Oliveira (MSR, 2020)

Revealing the Social Aspects of Design Decay: A Retrospective Study of Pull Requests. - Caio Barbosa; Anderson G. Uchôa; Daniel Coutinho; Filipe Falcão; Hyago H. S. Brito; Guilherme Amaral; Vinícius Soares; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Baldoino Fonseca; Márcio Ribeiro 001; Leonardo da Silva Sousa (SBES, 2020)

Recommending Composite Refactorings for Smell Removal: Heuristics and Evaluation. - Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Ana Carla Bibiano; Diego Cedrim; Anderson Oliveira; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Daniel Oliveira 005 (SBES, 2020)

Refactoring effect on internal quality attributes: What haven't they told you yet? - Eduardo Fernandes; Alexander Chávez; Alessandro Garcia 001; Isabella Ferreira; Diego Cedrim; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Willian Nalepa Oizumi (Inf. Softw. Technol., 2020)

Revealing Developers' Arguments on Validating the Incidence of Code Smells: A Focus Group Experience. - Luiz Felipi Junionello; Rafael Maiani de Mello; Roberto Oliveira 003; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Alexander López; Alessandro Garcia 001 (VEM, 2021)

Smell Patterns as Indicators of Design Degradation: Do Developers Agree? - Anderson Oliveira; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Wesley K. G. Assunção; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Carlos Lucena; Diego Cedrim (SBES, 2022)

Don't Forget the Exception! : Considering Robustness Changes to Identify Design Problems. - Anderson Oliveira; João Lucas Correia; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Wesley K. G. Assunção; Daniel Coutinho; Alessandro F. Garcia 001; Willian Nalepa Oizumi; Caio Barbosa; Anderson G. Uchôa; Juliana Alves Pereira (MSR, 2023)

Level Up Peer Review in Education: Investigating genAI-driven Gamification system and its influence on Peer Feedback Effectiveness. - Rafal Wlodarski; Leonardo da Silva Sousa; Allison E. Connell Pensky (CoRR, 2025)