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ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
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ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

1539-9087

Published by: ACM

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 200 79 120 18
Computer Science 210 182 233 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 213
Documents by Best Scientists*: 261
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.766
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at ACM Transactions in Embedded Computing Systems?

The main points discussed in ACM Transactions in Embedded Computing Systems deals with Embedded system, Distributed computing, Parallel computing, Real-time computing and Scheduling (computing). The work on Embedded system presented in it focuses on Field-programmable gate array in particular. The work on Distributed computing tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Wireless sensor network and Scalability.

It explores research in Parallel computing and the adjacent study of Compiler. Cache, which encompasses Cache algorithms, Cache coloring and Cache pollution, is the main subject of the journal. It focuses on Energy consumption as well as the interrelated topic of Efficient energy use.

  • Embedded system (33.42%)
  • Distributed computing (16.04%)
  • Parallel computing (15.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The worst-case execution-time problem—overview of methods and survey of tools (1521 citations)
  • Power management in energy harvesting sensor networks (1282 citations)
  • A log buffer-based flash translation layer using fully-associative sector translation (597 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACM Transactions in Embedded Computing Systems:

The journal articles explore disciplines such as Embedded system, Distributed computing, Real-time computing, Parallel computing and Energy consumption. The studies on Embedded system discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Scheduling (computing), Software and Computer architecture. While the primary focus in the most cited articles is Real-time computing, they also dissect topics surrounding Wireless sensor network and Key distribution in wireless sensor networks as a whole.

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

  • Operating system
  • Programming language
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Distributed computing, Embedded system, Scheduling (computing), Parallel computing and Software. In addition to Distributed computing research, the journal aims to explore topics under Scalability, Overhead (computing), Protocol (object-oriented programming), Key (cryptography) and Cyber-physical system. Research in Chip and the interrelating topic of Network on a chip and Symmetric multiprocessor system were among the subjects of interest in the Embedded system studies discussed in the journal.

It addresses concerns in Scheduling (computing) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Reliability (computer networking), Wireless network, Multiprocessing, Benchmark (computing) and Efficient energy use. The tackled Efficient energy use research is interrelated with Set (abstract data type) which concerns subjects like Artificial intelligence. In it, Job shop scheduling and Heuristic (computer science) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Parallel computing research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Teacher Leadership Begins with Self-Leadership (4 citations)
  • Heuristic Computation Offloading Algorithms for Mobile Users in Fog Computing (4 citations)
  • Optimization of Signal Processing Applications Using Parameterized Error Models for Approximate Adders (3 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 in Embedded Computing Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nikil Dutt (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sandeep K. Shukla (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dimitrios Soudris (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Petru Eles (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Aviral Shrivastava (13 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 in Embedded Computing Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Irvine (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Arizona State University (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Seoul National University (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Waterloo (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (27 papers) absent at the last 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, 7.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.62% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.12% of all publications and 54.81% 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.

Top Publications

  • MARS: mmWave-based Assistive Rehabilitation System for Smart Healthcare

    Sizhe An;Umit Y. Ogras

    (2021)
    88 Citations
  • Energy Modeling for the Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol

    Philipp H. Kindt;Daniel Yunge;Robert Diemer;Samarjit Chakraborty

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • Side-Channel Analysis of Lattice-Based Post-Quantum Cryptography: Exploiting Polynomial Multiplication

    (2022)
    72 Citations
  • Edge-AI-Driven Framework with Efficient Mobile Network Design for Facial Expression Recognition

    Unknown

    (2023)
    64 Citations
  • Toward a Lingua Franca for Deterministic Concurrent Systems

    Marten Lohstroh;Christian Menard;Soroush Bateni;Edward A. Lee

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Verifying the Safety of Autonomous Systems with Neural Network Controllers

    Radoslav Ivanov;Taylor J. Carpenter;James Weimer;Rajeev Alur

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • TensorRT-Based Framework and Optimization Methodology for Deep Learning Inference on Jetson Boards

    (2022)
    52 Citations

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