Frantzeskou, GMacDonell, SGStamatatos, EGeorgiou, SGritzalis, S2012-03-102012-03-1020112011International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering, vol.26(2), pp.139 - 148https://hdl.handle.net/10292/3469When writing source code, programmers have varying levels of freedom when it comes to the creation and use of identifiers. Do they habitually use the same identifiers, names that are different to those used by others? Is it then possible to tell who the author of a piece of code is by examining these identifiers?Before publication, authors are requested to assign copyright to CRL Publishing Ltd. This allows CRL Publishing to sanction photocopying, and to authorize the reprinting of issues or volumes according to demand. Authors' traditional rights will not be jeopardized by assigning Copyright in this way, as they retain the right to reuse the material following publication, and to veto third-party publication.Program IdentifiersJavaSource codeN-gramAuthorship IdentificationJournal ArticleOpenAccess