Guest editorial for the special section on MODELS 2022

The MODELS conference series is the premier venue for model-driven software and systems engineering covering all aspects of modeling, from languages and methods to tools and applications. The ACM/IEEE 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2022) took place in Montreal, Canada, from 23 to 28 October 2022. A total of 125 papers were submitted to the conference. The Foundations track of MODELS 2022 received 86 submissions of which 23 were accepted, while the Practice and Innovation track received 39 submissions of which 12 were accepted. Together, both tracks had an acceptance rate of 28%. It is a tradition that authors of the best papers at each MODELS conference edition are invited to submit revised and extended versions of their papers for publication in a special section in SoSyM. The selection of these papers is based on the reviews provided by the Program Committee members and on the reception of the papers at the conference.