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Systematic reviews have been gaining significant amount of attention from information systems and software engineering researchers (Dybå & Dingsøyr, 2008; B. Kitchenham et al., 2009; Pedreira, Piattini, Luaces, & Brisaboa, 2007). The main reason for its adoption is its improvement of quality of the resources covered in the subject of interest in comparison with its less formal counterparts (Magdaleno, Werner, & Araujo, 2012).
According to (Brereton, Kitchenham, Budgen, Turner, & Khalil, 2007; Magdaleno et al., 2012), a systematic literature review is a type of secondary study with its basis in previously published research. The aim of this research methodology is to gather, evaluate, and analyze all the available literature relevant to a particular research question, topic area, or phenomenon of interest (B. A. Kitchenham & Charters, 2007). Systematic literature review follows a strict, well-defined sequence of methodological steps to yield high scientific value and reliable results (Magdaleno et al., 2012).