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Code Clone Detection

Code Clone Detection is a software engineering method that identifies duplicate or similar code segments within a codebase by analyzing syntactic or semantic similarities, distinguishing it from general duplicate detection through its focus on source code artifacts.

613

Publications

40.5K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

366

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

183

Variants

Source Code Clone Detection

Parents

Publications

613

CCFinder: a multilinguistic token-based code clone detection system for large scale source code

T. Kamiya, S. Kusumoto, Koji Inoue · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2002 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Clone detection using abstract syntax trees

Ira D. Baxter, A. Yahin, Leonardo de Moura et al. · 2002 · 1.3K citations

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DECKARD: Scalable and Accurate Tree-Based Detection of Code Clones

Lingxiao Jiang, Ghassan Misherghi, Zhendong Su et al. · Proceedings/Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering · 2007 · 1K citations

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Comparison and evaluation of code clone detection techniques and tools: A qualitative approach

Chanchal K. Roy, James R. Cordy, Rainer Koschke · Science of Computer Programming · 2009 · 1K citations

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Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools

Stefan Bellon, Rainer Koschke, Giulio Antoniol et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2007 · 779 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. CK
    Chanchal K. Roy

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    65 publications · 6.2K citations

    34

    h-index

  2. RK
    Rainer Koschke

    University of Bremen, Germany

    22 publications · 3.3K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. JR
    James R. Cordy

    Queen's University, Canada

    26 publications · 3.5K citations

    18

    h-index

  4. YH
    Yoshiki Higo

    The University of Osaka, Japan

    24 publications · 964 citations

    17

    h-index

  5. KA
    Kevin A. Schneider

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    20 publications · 722 citations

    16

    h-index

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Institutions

366

  1. University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Canada

    30 h-index

    141 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    26 h-index

    95 publications

    8.4K citations

  3. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    24 h-index

    127 publications

    10K citations

  4. University of Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

    22 h-index

    46 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    18 h-index

    36 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. Polytechnique Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    17 h-index

    35 publications

    4.7K citations

  7. University of Sannio

    Benevento, Italy

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Singapore Management University

    Singapore, Singapore

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 19 publications · 4.3K citations

    18

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  2. Empirical Software Engineering

    11 publications · 715 citations

    11

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  3. IEEE Access

    12 publications · 297 citations

    11

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  4. DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics)

    Repository · 7 publications · 380 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Journal of Software Evolution and Process

    JSEP · 7 publications · 203 citations

    7

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