{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2043328610","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1984732.1984740","title":"Understanding the longevity of code smells","display_name":"Understanding the longevity of code smells","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-05-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2043328610","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1984732.1984740","mag":"2043328610"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1984732.1984740","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1984732.1984740","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Refactoring Tools","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016018026","display_name":"Roberta Arcoverde","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2699952","display_name":"Pontif\u00edcia Universidade Cat\u00f3lica do Rio de Janeiro","ror":"https://ror.org/01dg47b60","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2699952"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Roberta Arcoverde","raw_affiliation_strings":["PUC-Rio, Rio de Janiero, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"PUC-Rio, Rio de Janiero, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2699952"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007792821","display_name":"Alessandro Garcia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-5215"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2699952","display_name":"Pontif\u00edcia Universidade Cat\u00f3lica do Rio de Janeiro","ror":"https://ror.org/01dg47b60","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2699952"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alessandro Garcia","raw_affiliation_strings":["PUC-Rio, Rio de Janiero, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"PUC-Rio, Rio de Janiero, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2699952"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034625297","display_name":"Eduardo Figueiredo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6004-2718"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210134014","display_name":"Hospital das Cl\u00ednicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais","ror":"https://ror.org/035rpst33","country_code":"BR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210134014"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eduardo Figueiredo","raw_affiliation_strings":["UFMG, Brazil, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UFMG, Brazil, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210134014"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.1325,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":81,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87808558,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"33","last_page":"36"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9958999752998352,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-refactoring","display_name":"Code refactoring","score":0.8978153467178345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code-smell","display_name":"Code smell","score":0.8861682415008545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/longevity","display_name":"Longevity","score":0.7423502206802368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6113894581794739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.5069530010223389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4678502678871155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","score":0.4477703869342804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4472523331642151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-maintenance","display_name":"Software maintenance","score":0.44295886158943176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4280211627483368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.41431277990341187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-quality","display_name":"Software quality","score":0.3608294725418091},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.29984986782073975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.22836768627166748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.1420629322528839},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.07912400364875793}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152752567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116877","display_name":"Code refactoring","level":3,"score":0.8978153467178345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133237599","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2295111","display_name":"Code smell","level":5,"score":0.8861682415008545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776759703","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066907","display_name":"Longevity","level":2,"score":0.7423502206802368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6113894581794739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.5069530010223389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4678502678871155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4477703869342804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4472523331642151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101317890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940053","display_name":"Software maintenance","level":4,"score":0.44295886158943176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4280211627483368},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.41431277990341187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117447612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1412670","display_name":"Software quality","level":4,"score":0.3608294725418091},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.29984986782073975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.22836768627166748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.1420629322528839},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.07912400364875793},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1984732.1984740","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1984732.1984740","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Refactoring Tools","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.4699999988079071}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1603773145","https://openalex.org/W2015412367","https://openalex.org/W2034433197","https://openalex.org/W2043240215","https://openalex.org/W2098664130","https://openalex.org/W2122581326","https://openalex.org/W2123080968","https://openalex.org/W2153887189","https://openalex.org/W2158324307","https://openalex.org/W2162424272","https://openalex.org/W2171383742"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2780981476","https://openalex.org/W2088986462","https://openalex.org/W3166181464","https://openalex.org/W2955607951","https://openalex.org/W2946499381","https://openalex.org/W2187939805","https://openalex.org/W125071098","https://openalex.org/W2015418718","https://openalex.org/W2091064206","https://openalex.org/W1966222584"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"There":[0],"is":[1,22,107],"growing":[2],"empirical":[3],"evidence":[4],"that":[5,28,101],"some":[6],"(patterns":[7],"of)":[8],"code":[9,74],"smells":[10,75],"seem":[11],"to":[12,31,47,85,93],"be,":[13],"either":[14],"deliberately":[15],"or":[16,113],"not,":[17],"ignored.":[18],"More":[19],"importantly,":[20],"there":[21],"little":[23],"knowledge":[24],"about":[25],"the":[26,33,60,71],"factors":[27],"are":[29],"likely":[30],"influence":[32],"longevity":[34,72],"of":[35,42,49,63,73],"smell":[36,102],"occurrences":[37],"in":[38,76],"software":[39,77],"projects.":[40,78],"Some":[41],"them":[43],"might":[44,54],"be":[45,55],"related":[46],"limitations":[48],"tool":[50],"support,":[51],"while":[52],"others":[53],"not.":[56],"This":[57],"paper":[58],"presents":[59],"preliminary":[61,96],"results":[62],"an":[64],"explanatory":[65],"survey":[66],"aimed":[67],"at":[68],"better":[69],"understanding":[70],"A":[79],"questionnaire":[80],"was":[81],"elaborated":[82],"and":[83,87],"distributed":[84],"developers,":[86],"33":[88],"answers":[89],"were":[90],"collected":[91],"up":[92],"now.":[94],"Our":[95],"observations":[97],"reveal,":[98],"for":[99],"instance,":[100],"removal":[103],"with":[104],"refactoring":[105],"tools":[106],"often":[108],"avoided":[109],"when":[110],"maintaining":[111],"frameworks":[112],"product":[114],"lines.":[115]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-03T07:22:36.454288","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}