
In software maintenance, it is quite common to identify another type of software change, namely Preventive changes, because code can have flaws that are not real defects (they do not cause failures), but they make the software harder to maintain in the future. Preventive changes are those that improve the maintainability of a software system or reduce the potential for future failures.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
