Steinmacher, Igor; Silva, Marco Aurelio Graciotto; Gerosa, Marco Aurelio (2015). "A systematic literature review on the barriers faced by newcomers to open source software projects". Information and Software Technology. 59: 67–85. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2014.11.001

"A systematic literature review on the barriers faced by newcomers to open source software projects" by Steinmacher et al. (2015) examines the challenges faced by newcomers in open source software projects. They identify several barriers, such as lack of documentation and difficulty in finding appropriate tasks, and suggest strategies to overcome them.