We propose RefactorScore, an automatic evaluation metric for code. RefactorScore
computes the number of refactor prone locations on each token in a candidate file and maps …

Code smells are symptoms of poor design and implementation choices, which might hinder
comprehension, increase code complexity and fault-proneness and decrease …

Code smell causes side effects in the source code and impact the code quality. It is
beneficial to recognize code smells to improve software quality. Despite 22 classical code …

Technical debt (TD) refers to the phenomenon that developers choose a compromise
solution from a short-term benefit perspective during design or architecture selection. TD …

The quality of a pull request is the primary factor integrators consider for its acceptance or
rejection. Code smells indicate sub‐optimal design or implementation choices in the source …

Code smell identification is crucial in software maintenance. The existing literature mostly
focuses on single code smell identification. However, in practice, a software artefact typically …

The manifestation of code anomalies in software systems often indicates symptoms of
architecture degradation. Several approaches have been proposed to detect such …

(1) Background: Code smell is the most popular and reliable method for detecting potential
errors in code. In real-world circumstances, a single source code may have multiple code …

This is a preprint of an article published in the Science of Computer Programming. The final
peer-reviewed publication is available online at: https://doi. org/10.1016/j. scico …

Code smells are indicators of deeper problems in source code that affect the system
maintainability and evolution. Detecting code smells is crucial as a software maintenance …