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IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)

Location: Dublin , Ireland

Conference dates: 4/16/2023 - 4/20/2023

Research H-index
19

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 146 62 104 18

Call for Papers

ICST 2023 (https://conf.researchr.org/home/icst-2023) invites high-quality submissions in all areas of software testing, verification, and validation. Papers for the research track should present novel and original work that advances the state-of-the-art. Case studies and empirical research papers are also welcome.

Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Fuzz testing
Manual testing practices and techniques
Search-based software testing
Security testing
Model-based testing
Test automation
Static analysis and symbolic execution
Formal verification and model checking
Software reliability
Social aspects of software testing process
Testability and design
Testing and development processes
Testing education
Testing in specific domains, such as mobile, web, embedded, concurrent, distributed, cloud, GUI, and real-time systems
Testing for learning-enabled software, including deep learning
Testing video games, augmented reality
Testing for cyber-physical systems
Testing/debugging tools
Theory of software testing
Empirical studies
Experience reports

Overview

This ranking presents a comprehensive list of scientific conferences in the field of Computer Science, meticulously prepared by Research.com—an authoritative resource for science research in all major disciplines, including Computer Science, delivering reliable data on scientific contributions since 2014. The position of each conference in this ranking is determined by a proprietary bibliometric score developed by Research.com. This score is calculated using the estimated h-index and takes into account the number of leading scientists who have participated in each conference over the last three years, reflecting both the impact and prestige of the events.

The Impact Score values featured in this ranking were gathered on 2024-11-27, ensuring the relevance and timeliness of the presented information. The ranking process was extraordinarily rigorous, involving an evaluation of more than 2,742 conferences. These conferences were carefully selected after detailed inspection and a thorough analysis of over 148,739 scientific documents published in the past three years by a cohort of 13,184 distinguished and respected scientists specializing in Computer Science.

The depth of research and the complexity of the analysis underlying this ranking underscore the commitment of Research.com’s expert team to providing the scientific community with highly credible and transparent evaluations. Readers interested in the comprehensive methodology used for computing the ranking scores are encouraged to consult 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.

The top authors publishing at International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gordon Fraser (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Robert Feldt (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yves Le Traon (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jeff Offutt (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lionel C. Briand (10 papers) published 2 papers 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Luxembourg (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
  • George Mason University (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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, 7.46% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 8.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.58% of all publications and 45.16% 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.

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