21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM)

This comprehensive ranking presents a curated list of scientific conferences within the field of Computer Science. Developed by Research.com—one of the leading platforms for science research across all major disciplines and a trusted provider of scientific analytics since 2014—this assessment aims to offer a transparent and reliable resource for evaluating conference impact and scientific value.

The position of each conference in the ranking is determined using a unique bibliometric score engineered by Research.com. This score is computed through the combination of the estimated h-index and the number of leading scientists who have contributed to the conference over the past three years. Such an approach ensures a rigorous and multidimensional evaluation of scientific influence and community involvement.

The ranking features the most recent Impact Score values, collected as of November 27, 2024, ensuring that the data reflects the latest trends and contributions in the rapidly evolving landscape of Computer Science research. The compilation process entailed examining over 2,742 conferences, which were meticulously selected following a detailed inspection and robust analysis of more than 148,739 scientific documents published in the past three years by 13,184 of the most prominent scientists in the discipline.

This methodology underscores the depth, complexity, and expert-driven nature of the ranking, providing the research community, academic institutions, and industry stakeholders with a credible and authoritative reference point for identifying leading conferences in Computer Science. For further details about the metrics and processes behind the computation of ranking scores, please refer to our Methodology Page.

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 Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Timo Ojala (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Jonna Häkkilä (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Enrico Rukzio (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Matthias Kranz (8 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 Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Oulu (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Tampere University of Technology (24 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Nokia (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• ETH Zurich (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Ulm (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 2015 edition, 10.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 23.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.61% of all publications and 27.45% 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.