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Code Maintainability

Code Maintainability is a software quality attribute that characterizes the degree to which source code can be modified, extended, or corrected with minimal effort and risk, distinguishing it from related attributes by its focus on long-term adaptability and readability within evolving software systems.

183

Publications

9.9K

Citations

489

Authors

212

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

60

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Publications

183

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Kybernetes · 2009 · 498 citations

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An empirical study of the impact of modern code review practices on software quality

Shane McIntosh, Yasutaka Kamei, Bram Adams et al. · Empirical Software Engineering · 2015 · 320 citations

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Quantifying the Effect of Code Smells on Maintenance Effort

Dag I. K. Sjøberg, Aiko Yamashita, Bente Anda et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2013 · 308 citations

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On the diffuseness and the impact on maintainability of code smells: a large scale empirical investigation

Fabio Palomba, Gabriele Bavota, Massimiliano Di Penta et al. · Empirical Software Engineering · 2017 · 307 citations · Full text

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Measuring the Psychological Complexity of Software Maintenance Tasks with the Halstead and McCabe Metrics

Bruce Curtis, Sylvia B. Sheppard, Phil Milliman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 1979 · 287 citations

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Authors

489

  1. AY
    Aiko Yamashita

    Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. FP
    Fabio Palomba

    University of Salerno, Italy

    7 publications · 678 citations

    7

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  3. FA
    Francesca Arcelli Fontana

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

    7 publications · 551 citations

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  4. RO
    Rocco Oliveto

    University of Molise, Italy

    7 publications · 800 citations

    7

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  5. AD
    Andrea De Lucia

    University of Salerno, Italy

    7 publications · 821 citations

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1–5 of 489

Institutions

212

  1. University of Szeged

    Szeged, Hungary

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    686 citations

  2. Simula Research Laboratory

    Oslo, Norway

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Milano-Bicocca

    Milan, Italy

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Molise

    Campobasso, Italy

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Salerno

    Fisciano, Italy

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    6 h-index

    30 publications

    956 citations

  7. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    523 citations

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Venues

  1. Empirical Software Engineering

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

    10

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 8 publications · 1K citations

    8

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  3. Journal of Systems and Software

    JSS · 5 publications · 308 citations

    5

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  4. The Journal of Object Technology

    JOT · 3 publications · 352 citations

    3

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  5. Communications of the ACM

    3 publications · 191 citations

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