17th International Workshop on Software Clones

Top Research Topics at International Workshop on Software Clones?

• Code (cryptography) (38.31%)
• Cloning (programming) (36.36%)
• Clone (computing) (29.22%)

The conference focuses on Code (cryptography), Cloning (programming), Clone (computing), Programming language and Source code. The research on Code (cryptography) featured in the conference combines topics in other fields like Software bug, Software maintenance, Software, Software development and Artificial intelligence. In addition to Software maintenance research, the conference aims to explore topics under Maintenance engineering, Real-time computing and Software engineering.

Software research presented in International Workshop on Software Clones encompasses a variety of subjects, including Algorithm design and Position paper. While work presented in International Workshop on Software Clones provided substantial information on Cloning (programming), it also covered topics in Visualization and Code clone. The study of Clone (computing) encompasses disciplines such as World Wide Web, as well as fields such as Data science, all of which overlap with one another.

The featured works in Java, Process (computing) and Set (abstract data type), which all belong in the domain if Programming language, also overlaps with concepts under Context (language use). In the event, Theoretical computer science, Data mining, KPI-driven code analysis and Code generation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Source code research. Some problems in Theoretical computer science that were presented in the event overlapped with concepts under Algorithm and Scalability.

What are the most cited papers published at the conference?

• Model clone detection in practice (84 citations)
• Tracking clones' imprint (62 citations)
• Is cloned code older than non-cloned code? (62 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Workshop on Software Clones:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Clone (algebra), Source code, Data mining, Code (cryptography) and Clone (computing). The published papers explore topics in Source code which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Java and Theoretical computer science. The most cited articles encompass Clone (computing) studies in the context of Programming language as a whole.

What topics the last edition of the conference is best known for?

• Programming language
• Software
• Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Code (cryptography), Software, Programming language, Clone (computing) and Cloning (programming) are tackled in the conference. While the conference focused on Code (cryptography), it was also able to explore topics like Software maintenance, Software development, Artificial intelligence and Source code. The studies in Software maintenance featured incorporate elements of Software evolution, Visualization and Code refactoring.

The concepts on Software presented in International Workshop on Software Clones can also apply to other research fields, including Maintainability, SQL, Encoding (memory) and Parallelism (grammar). International Workshop on Software Clones addresses concerns in Clone (computing) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Parallel processing (DSP implementation), Parallel computing, Database, Software bug and Software system. While International Workshop on Software Clones mainly focused on Cloning (programming) studies, it also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

• Open source software together with Aggregate (data warehouse), True positive rate and Set (abstract data type),
• Dependency graph, which have a strong connection to Algorithm and Fragment (logic)..

The most cited articles from the last conference are:

• Software clones in scratch projects: on the presence of copy-and-paste in computational thinking learning (30 citations)
• Using compilation/decompilation to enhance clone detection (18 citations)
• A picture is worth a thousand words: Code clone detection based on image similarity (13 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing at International Workshop on Software Clones (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chanchal K. Roy (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nils Göde (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• James R. Cordy (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Thierry Lavoie (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Norihiro Yoshida (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at International Workshop on Software Clones (based on the number of publications) are:

• Osaka University (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Bremen (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Saskatchewan (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Queen's University (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Technische Universität München (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2015 edition, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.