22nd International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques

Top Research Topics at New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques?

• Artificial intelligence (18.97%)
• Software engineering (17.34%)
• Software (8.40%)

The conference is mainly concerned with subjects like Artificial intelligence, Software engineering, Software, Software development and Systems engineering. The studies on Artificial intelligence discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Natural language processing, Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition. The event explores topics in Software engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Package development process, Social software engineering and Software construction.

Software development studies presented include Personal software process and Software development process.

What are the most cited papers published at the conference?

• Advances in AOP with AspectC (25 citations)
• Application of Software Mining to Automatic User Interface Generation. (23 citations)
• Patterns for tearing down contribution barriers to FLOSS projects (21 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Software engineering, Programming language, Human–computer interaction, Theoretical computer science and Context (language use). The studies on Software engineering discussed at the conference publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Software project management, Project management, Project management triangle and Open source software, Public domain software. Aside from discussions in Human–computer interaction, the conference articles also deal with the subject of Graphical user interface testing which intersects with Software disciplines.

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

• Artificial intelligence
• Programming language
• Software

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the conference is to combine knowledge in the areas of Artificial intelligence, Systems engineering, Software engineering, Speech recognition and Knowledge management. It holds forums on Artificial intelligence that merges themes from other disciplines such as Machine learning, Pattern recognition, Computer vision and Natural language processing. Machine learning research featured in the event incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Non-functional requirement and Data mining.

The Systems engineering research presented in it explores the relationship between Requirements engineering and the closely related topic of Cyber-physical system, Engineering management, Confluence and System of systems engineering. More specifically, the research on Software engineering in New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques is related to Formal methods. Issues in Knowledge management were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Service-oriented architecture, Group decision-making, Data science and Emergency management.

The most cited articles from the last conference are:

• Security Requirements Engineering (SRE) Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS): SRE for CPS. (8 citations)
• Wr2Fdr Tool Maintenance for Models Checking. (5 citations)
• Engineering Cyber-Physical Systems. (5 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 New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hamido Fujita (11 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Ali Selamat (10 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Volker Gruhn (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Enrique Herrera-Viedma (7 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Alexander Vazhenin (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (based on the number of publications) are:

• Iwate Prefectural University (17 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (16 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Naples Federico II (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Aizu (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Duisburg-Essen (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 2017 edition, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 51.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 18.33% 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.