The paper entitled “Why Developers Refactor Source Code: A Mining-based Study” by J. Pantiuchina, F. Zampetti, S. Scalabrino, V. Piantadosi, R. Oliveto, G. Bavota, and M. Di Penta will be published on ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).

TOSEM is a leading journal in the field of software engineering. It focuses on all aspects of the challenges in designing and building large, complex software systems, including specification, design, development and maintenance.

Congratulations to the authors!