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ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
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ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems

2378-962X

Published by: ACM

https://dl.acm.org/journal/tcps

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 285 114 103 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 124
Documents by Best Scientists*: 107
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.698
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems?

The concepts of Cyber-physical system, Computer security, Distributed computing, Artificial intelligence and Computer network are tackled in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems. The studies on Cyber-physical system discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Wireless, Reliability (computer networking), Control theory, Dependability and Testbed. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems is focused mainly on Wireless, particularly Wireless network.

Correctness and Smart grid are some topics wherein Distributed computing research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal focused on Artificial intelligence research but expanded to cover Machine learning. The work on Computer network presented in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems focuses on Network packet in particular.

  • Cyber-physical system (39.68%)
  • Computer security (15.87%)
  • Distributed computing (15.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Security, Privacy, and Safety Aspects of Civilian Drones: A Survey (156 citations)
  • Reinforcement Learning for UAV Attitude Control (121 citations)
  • Theory of Thermal Conductivity (105 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems:

The published articles focus on Cyber-physical system, Distributed computing, Computer security, Wireless and Big data. The journal papers dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Cyber-physical system and Chaotic. The study of Distributed computing in the published papers encompasses disciplines such as Dependability, as well as fields such as Smart objects and Smart grid, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer network
  • The Internet

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems mainly tackles studies in Cyber-physical system, Artificial intelligence, Distributed computing, Control theory and Deep learning. It focuses on Cyber-physical system but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Reliability (computer networking), Specification language and Interval (mathematics). It addresses concerns in Artificial intelligence which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Machine learning, PID controller and Mobile device.

The research on Distributed computing featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Handover, Wireless sensor network, Throughput, Network topology and Robustness (computer science). In it, Wireless, Runtime verification, Testbed and Protocol (object-oriented programming) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Control theory research. The journal holds forums on Wireless that merges themes from other disciplines such as Downtime, Control system, Network packet and Trajectory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Control Communication Co-Design for Wide Area Cyber-Physical Systems (5 citations)
  • System-level Logical Execution Time: Augmenting the Logical Execution Time Paradigm for Distributed Real-time Automotive Software (2 citations)
  • Meta-Learning to Improve Unsupervised Intrusion Detection in Cyber-Physical Systems (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal 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 in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Prashant Shenoy (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • David Irwin (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lui Sha (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Laurence T. Yang (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David K. Y. Yau (4 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Virginia (9 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Irvine (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

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 2021 edition, 5.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 24.24% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.15% of all publications and 36.36% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal 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 journal 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 in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, 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.

Career Opportunities in Cyber-Physical Systems

Alongside these comprehensive research topics in cyber-physical systems, a career in this field can offer substantial opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and growth. Interested individuals can engage in diversified career roles which may involve design, implementation, and maintenance of cyber-physical systems, ensuring their security and reliability, among others. For instance, one may start a career as an elementary school teacher where they can inspire younger generations to aspire for a career in this promising field. Given the complexity of cyber-physical systems, an educative background in related disciplines such as computer security, distributed computing, artificial intelligence, and computer networks could be beneficial. For those looking to venture into teaching, the pathway to becoming an elementary school teacher may vary by state due to diverse certification requirements. Understanding these specifications is essential. If you're based in Indiana, for example, you can learn about the necessary steps through this how to become an elementary school teacher in Indiana guide. Constituting a formidable career path, the field of cyber-physical systems extends a myriad of prospects that can contribute significantly to societal technological advancement. Whether one's interest lies in teaching, research, development or integration applications, this discipline undoubtedly offers substantial value for future tech innovations.

Top Publications

  • Efficient Multi-Factor User Authentication Protocol with Forward Secrecy for Real-Time Data Access in WSNs

    Ding Wang;Ping Wang;Chenyu Wang

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Traffic-type Assignment for TSN-based Mixed-criticality Cyber-physical Systems

    Voica Gavriluţ;Paul Pop

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Extending Isolation Forest for Anomaly Detection in Big Data via K-Means

    Tahmid Rahman Laskar;Jimmy Xiangji Huang;Vladan Smetana;Chris Stewart

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Self-aware Cyber-Physical Systems

    K. Bellman;C. Landauer;N. Dutt;L. Esterle

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • A Multilabel Fuzzy Relevance Clustering System for Malware Attack Attribution in the Edge Layer of Cyber-Physical Networks

    Mohammadhadi Alaeiyan;Ali Dehghantanha;Tooska Dargahi;Mauro Conti

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Dynamic Bicycle Dispatching of Dockless Public Bicycle-sharing Systems Using Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning

    Jianguo Chen;Kenli Li;Keqin Li;Philip S. Yu

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Cybersecurity Challenges in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry: An Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) Perspective

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Investigating the Security of EV Charging Mobile Applications as an Attack Surface

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • On Hiddenness of Moving Target Defense against False Data Injection Attacks on Power Grid

    Zhenyong Zhang;Ruilong Deng;David K. Y. Yau;Peng Cheng

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Efficient Out-of-Distribution Detection Using Latent Space of β-VAE for Cyber-Physical Systems

    (2021)
    25 Citations

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