In this issue

This is a special issue concerning the important topic of collaboration between industry and academia within the domain of software testing. I would like to thank the guest editors, Michael Felderer and Rudolf Ramler, for all their hard work in eliciting and bringing together an excellent set of papers for this special issue. The guest editors have also provided an introduction to this special issue to help guide your reading. I hope you enjoy this issue. If you have any suggestions or comments on this issue please email me at rachel.harrison@brookes.ac.uk. Software Qual J (2017) 25:1085 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-017-9394-2