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Acta Informatica
H-index 7

Acta Informatica

0001-5903

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/236

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 703 30 32 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 35
Documents by Best Scientists*: 36
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.28
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Informatica?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Theory of computation, Discrete mathematics, Theoretical computer science, Algorithm and Combinatorics. The discussions emphasized the topic of Theory of computation in an attempt to further explore the field of Programming language. Correctness and Semantics (computer science) are all aspects of Programming language discussed in the journal.

The work on Discrete mathematics presented in Acta Informatica focuses on Decidability in particular. Data structure research featured in Acta Informatica incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Telecommunications network and Information system.

  • Theory of computation (45.54%)
  • Discrete mathematics (22.34%)
  • Theoretical computer science (15.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Quad trees a data structure for retrieval on composite keys (1625 citations)
  • Organization and maintenance of large ordered indexes (1025 citations)
  • A fast algorithm for Steiner trees (1012 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Informatica:

The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Theory of computation, Discrete mathematics, Theoretical computer science, Algorithm and Programming language. The most cited papers hold forums on Theory of computation that merge themes from other disciplines such as Time complexity, Correctness, Concurrency, Mathematical optimization and Data structure. The featured Discrete mathematics studies in the journal publications mainly concentrate on Combinatorics but also cover areas of interest in Upper and lower bounds.

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

  • Programming language
  • Law
  • Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Theory of computation, Discrete mathematics, Art history, Law and Majesty are among the topics commonly tackled in Acta Informatica. The research on Theory of computation featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Automaton, Theoretical computer science, Regular language, Finite-state machine and Upper and lower bounds. Some problems in Automaton that were presented in Acta Informatica overlapped with concepts under Class (set theory) and Interface (Java).

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Upper and lower bounds, it also covered topics in Integer and Cellular automaton. While the journal focused on Discrete mathematics, it was also able to explore topics like Regular expression and Concatenation. The studies in Majesty featured incorporate elements of Queen (playing card), Allegory and Cultural property.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Static versus dynamic reversibility in CCS (13 citations)
  • On deterministic sensing $$5' ightarrow 3'$$ Watson–Crick finite automata: a full hierarchy in 2detLIN (5 citations)
  • Team bisimilarity, and its associated modal logic, for BPP nets (4 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 Acta Informatica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Grzegorz Rozenberg (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joost Engelfriet (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Siri Sande (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Walter Vogler (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wim H. Hesselink (11 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 Acta Informatica (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Zadar (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saarland University (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leiden University (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • IBM (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Padjadjaran University (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, 46.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 5.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.80% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.84% of all publications and 76.47% 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.

Exploring Career Opportunities in Research

Apart from deepening our understanding of various research topics in Acta Informatica, we may also want to explore stepping into the field practically. This journey often begins with acquiring the necessary education and developing a passion through many years spent in elementary and high schools. Specifically, becoming an elementary school teacher might be a great start. By educating young minds, you can foster an early interest in subjects including, but not limited to, mathematics, computer science, and theory of computation that are profoundly discussed in this journal. If you are considering a career in this path in South Carolina, you'll need to meet certain elementary school teacher requirements in South Carolina. You will find comprehensive guidance on the necessary education, certification process, and other prerequisites to kickstart your career. By choosing to start your career as an educator especially in these fundamental areas of study, you become integral in nurturing future researchers who will carry on these areas of investigation, expanding the horizons of our scientific understanding.

Top Publications

  • Static versus dynamic reversibility in CCS

    Ivan Lanese;Ivan Lanese;Doriana Medić;Doriana Medić;Doriana Medić;Claudio Antares Mezzina

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Synthesis from hyperproperties.

    Bernd Finkbeiner;Christopher Hahn;Philip Lukert;Marvin Stenger

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Team bisimilarity, and its associated modal logic, for BPP nets

    Roberto Gorrieri

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Equilibria for games with combined qualitative and quantitative objectives

    Julian Gutierrez;Aniello Murano;Giuseppe Perelli;Sasha Rubin

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Arithmetical datatypes with true fractions

    Jan A. Bergstra;Alban Ponse

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Automated formal synthesis of provably safe digital controllers for continuous plants.

    Alessandro Abate;Iury Bessa;Lucas C. Cordeiro;Cristina David

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Congruence from the operator’s point of view: Syntactic requirements on modal characterizations

    Maciej Gazda;Wan J. Fokkink;Vittorio Massaro

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Solving high-level Petri games

    Manuel Gieseking;Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog;Nick Würdemann

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Transducer degrees: atoms, infima and suprema

    Jörg Endrullis;Jan Willem Klop;Jan Willem Klop;Rena Bakhshi

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Exploration of k-edge-deficient temporal graphs

    (2022)
    6 Citations

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