{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4387007125","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413","title":"Assessing the Readability of ChatGPT Code Snippet Recommendations: A Comparative Study","display_name":"Assessing the Readability of ChatGPT Code Snippet Recommendations: A Comparative Study","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-09-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4387007125","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613372.3613413","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the XXXVII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026707977","display_name":"Carlos Dantas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7876-9227"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80850581","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Uberl\u00e2ndia","ror":"https://ror.org/04x3wvr31","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Carlos Dantas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Uberl\u00e2ndia, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7876-9227","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Uberl\u00e2ndia, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037370895","display_name":"Adriano M. Rocha","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-1260"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80850581","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Uberl\u00e2ndia","ror":"https://ror.org/04x3wvr31","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adriano Rocha","raw_affiliation_strings":["UFU, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-1260","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"UFU, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010173851","display_name":"Marcelo de Almeida Maia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-1380"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80850581","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Uberl\u00e2ndia","ror":"https://ror.org/04x3wvr31","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marcelo Maia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade Federal de Uberl\u00e2ndia, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-1380","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade Federal de Uberl\u00e2ndia, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5026707977"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80850581"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.9684,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97842135,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"283","last_page":"292"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"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":0.9998000264167786,"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":0.946399986743927,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.9438999891281128,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8692521452903748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/readability","display_name":"Readability","score":0.8131892681121826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/snippet","display_name":"Snippet","score":0.7541496753692627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.6329120397567749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.5138759613037109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/correctness","display_name":"Correctness","score":0.48868682980537415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/java","display_name":"Java","score":0.48736244440078735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-comprehension","display_name":"Program comprehension","score":0.4760444164276123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.45964646339416504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.4583749771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/static-program-analysis","display_name":"Static program analysis","score":0.4456077516078949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","score":0.4348453879356384},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.3936319947242737},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.20832297205924988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.10516431927680969}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8692521452903748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778143727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820650","display_name":"Readability","level":2,"score":0.8131892681121826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777822670","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1120538","display_name":"Snippet","level":2,"score":0.7541496753692627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.6329120397567749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.5138759613037109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55439883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360812","display_name":"Correctness","level":2,"score":0.48868682980537415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548217200","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251","display_name":"Java","level":2,"score":0.48736244440078735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777561058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2652119","display_name":"Program comprehension","level":4,"score":0.4760444164276123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.45964646339416504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.4583749771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137287247","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329550","display_name":"Static program analysis","level":4,"score":0.4456077516078949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4348453879356384},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.3936319947242737},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.20832297205924988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.10516431927680969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"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/C149091818","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429814","display_name":"Software system","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613372.3613413","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the XXXVII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613372.3613413","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the XXXVII Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.44999998807907104}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":35,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1506512744","https://openalex.org/W1537910544","https://openalex.org/W1553894716","https://openalex.org/W1986601961","https://openalex.org/W1995650922","https://openalex.org/W2043662475","https://openalex.org/W2071433570","https://openalex.org/W2080579313","https://openalex.org/W2087527532","https://openalex.org/W2127174548","https://openalex.org/W2159739762","https://openalex.org/W2164777277","https://openalex.org/W2167204253","https://openalex.org/W2298285108","https://openalex.org/W2517541169","https://openalex.org/W2749460454","https://openalex.org/W2795566764","https://openalex.org/W2884453255","https://openalex.org/W2888017562","https://openalex.org/W2954469728","https://openalex.org/W2991900764","https://openalex.org/W3037862795","https://openalex.org/W3081943439","https://openalex.org/W3092267328","https://openalex.org/W3152706292","https://openalex.org/W3160339882","https://openalex.org/W3174892428","https://openalex.org/W3188040944","https://openalex.org/W4213241976","https://openalex.org/W4232892930","https://openalex.org/W4233410239","https://openalex.org/W4294432232","https://openalex.org/W4312438588","https://openalex.org/W4377875655","https://openalex.org/W6641990887"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4388483527","https://openalex.org/W4239900777","https://openalex.org/W4206927195","https://openalex.org/W2240979497","https://openalex.org/W2122804569","https://openalex.org/W2139694402","https://openalex.org/W3104152981","https://openalex.org/W3135060008","https://openalex.org/W2165862892","https://openalex.org/W2810057064"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Developers":[0],"often":[1],"rely":[2],"on":[3,19],"code":[4,12,40,69,83,117,124,141,172,205],"search":[5,84],"engines":[6],"to":[7,165,182,194],"find":[8],"high-quality":[9,171],"and":[10,119,123,131,153,170],"reusable":[11],"snippets":[13,70,93,118,173],"online,":[14],"such":[15,149],"as":[16,35,150,199],"those":[17,77,127],"available":[18],"Stack":[20,87],"Overflow.":[21,88],"Recently,":[22],"ChatGPT,":[23,73],"a":[24,36,47,81],"language":[25],"model":[26],"trained":[27],"for":[28,39,49,86,168,180],"dialog":[29],"tasks,":[30],"has":[31],"been":[32],"gaining":[33],"attention":[34],"promising":[37],"approach":[38],"snippet":[41],"generation.":[42],"However,":[43,135,175],"there":[44],"is":[45,177],"still":[46,178],"need":[48],"in-depth":[50],"analysis":[51,105],"of":[52,55,65,68,94,202],"the":[53,63,66,91,102,184,200,203],"quality":[54],"its":[56],"recommendations.":[57],"In":[58],"this":[59],"work,":[60],"we":[61],"propose":[62],"evaluation":[64],"readability":[67,98,197],"generated":[71,185,204],"by":[72,79,101,129,133,191],"comparing":[74],"them":[75],"with":[76],"recommended":[78,92,132],"CROKAGE,":[80],"state-of-the-art":[82],"engine":[85],"We":[89],"compare":[90],"both":[95],"approaches":[96],"using":[97],"issues":[99],"raised":[100],"automated":[103],"static":[104],"tool":[106],"(ASAT)":[107],"SonarQube.":[108],"Our":[109],"results":[110],"show":[111],"that":[112,142,159],"ChatGPT":[113,139,160],"can":[114,161],"generate":[115],"cleaner":[116],"more":[120],"consistent":[121],"naming":[122],"conventions":[125],"than":[126],"written":[128],"humans":[130],"CROKAGE.":[134],"in":[136],"some":[137],"cases,":[138],"generates":[140],"lacks":[143],"recent":[144],"features":[145],"from":[146],"Java":[147],"API":[148],"try-with-resources,":[151],"lambdas,":[152],"others.":[154],"Overall,":[155],"our":[156],"findings":[157],"suggest":[158],"provide":[162],"valuable":[163],"assistance":[164],"developers":[166,181],"searching":[167],"didactic":[169],"online.":[174],"it":[176],"important":[179],"review":[183],"code,":[186],"either":[187],"manually":[188],"or":[189],"assisted":[190],"an":[192],"ASAT,":[193],"prevent":[195],"potential":[196],"issues,":[198],"correctness":[201],"snippets.":[206]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}