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ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
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ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

0098-3500

Published by: ACM

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 251 21 30 11
Computer Science 529 30 37 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 65
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 97
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.234
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software?

ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software mostly deals with topics like Algorithm, Fortran, Parallel computing, Applied mathematics and Mathematical analysis. Matrix (mathematics), Sparse matrix, Software and Mathematical optimization are some topics wherein Algorithm research discussed in it have an impact. The Sparse matrix study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Sparse approximation.

Topics in Fortran explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Computational science and Subroutine. The journal explores issues in Parallel computing which can be linked to other research areas like Solver and Linear algebra.

  • Algorithm (43.70%)
  • Fortran (13.77%)
  • Parallel computing (11.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The quickhull algorithm for convex hulls (3932 citations)
  • LSQR: An Algorithm for Sparse Linear Equations and Sparse Least Squares (3325 citations)
  • The university of Florida sparse matrix collection (2403 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Algorithm, Fortran, Mathematical optimization, Sparse matrix and Software. The most cited publications mainly concentrate on Algorithm but also investigate its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

  • Linear algebra and related Matrix calculus,
  • Parallel computing which intersects with area such as Computation.. The most cited articles explore research in Applied mathematics and overlapping concepts in Nonlinear system to expand the discourse in Mathematical optimization.

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

  • Programming language
  • Statistics
  • Algorithm

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Algorithm, Applied mathematics, Software, Solver and Parallel computing. Fast Fourier transform is a key component of Algorithm research discussed in it. In addition to Applied mathematics research, it aims to explore topics under Linear system, Linear subspace, Singular value decomposition, Algebraic number and Shared memory.

It holds forums on Software that merges themes from other disciplines such as Structure (category theory), Development (topology), Topology, Saddle point and Runge–Kutta methods. Aside from discussions in Solver, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software also deals with the subject of Finite element method which intersects with Tensor product, Point (geometry) and Adaptive mesh refinement disciplines. The featured Parallel computing studies mainly concentrate on Linear algebra but also cover areas of interest in Block (data storage), Preconditioner, Matrix (mathematics), Domain (software engineering) and Xeon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • PCPATCH: Software for the Topological Construction of Multigrid Relaxation Methods (15 citations)
  • hIPPYlib: An Extensible Software Framework for Large-Scale Inverse Problems Governed by PDEs: Part I: Deterministic Inversion and Linearized Bayesian Inference (9 citations)
  • PLANC: Parallel Low-rank Approximation with Nonnegativity Constraints (5 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 Mathematical Software (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Iain S. Duff (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jennifer A. Scott (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert A. van de Geijn (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Robert J. Renka (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jack Dongarra (20 papers) published 1 paper 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 Mathematical Software (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sandia National Laboratories (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Argonne National Laboratory (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Texas at Austin (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • IBM (32 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, 3.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.33% of all publications and 56.67% 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

  • Architecture and Performance of Devito, a System for Automated Stencil Computation

    Fabio Luporini;Mathias Louboutin;Michael Lange;Navjot Kukreja

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Scrambled Linear Pseudorandom Number Generators

    David Blackman;Sebastiano Vigna

    (2021)
    120 Citations
  • hIPPYlib: An Extensible Software Framework for Large-Scale Inverse Problems Governed by PDEs: Part I: Deterministic Inversion and Linearized Bayesian Inference

    Umberto Villa;Noemi Petra;Omar Ghattas

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • TuckerMPI: A Parallel C++/MPI Software Package for Large-scale Data Compression via the Tucker Tensor Decomposition

    Grey Ballard;Alicia Klinvex;Tamara G. Kolda

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Enabling Research through the SCIP Optimization Suite 8.0

    (2023)
    32 Citations
  • A Set of Batched Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms and LAPACK Routines

    Ahmad Abdelfattah;Timothy Costa;Jack Dongarra;Mark Gates

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • hIPPYlib-MUQ: A Bayesian Inference Software Framework for Integration of Data with Complex Predictive Models under Uncertainty

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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