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Computational Optimization and Applications
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Computational Optimization and Applications

0926-6003

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10589

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 108 65 117 17
Computer Science 495 32 50 12
Engineering and Technology 771 23 47 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 92
Documents by Best Scientists*: 148
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.952
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Computational Optimization and Applications?

The concepts of Mathematical optimization, Applied mathematics, Algorithm, Convergence (routing) and Optimization problem are tackled in Computational Optimization and Applications. It features studies on Mathematical optimization, including topics such as Interior point method. The research on Interior point method discussed in Computational Optimization and Applications draws on the closely related field of Linear programming.

The studies on Applied mathematics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mathematical analysis and Optimal control. The Mathematical analysis study tackling the subject of Discretization is the focus of it. Computational Optimization and Applications explores topics in Optimal control which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Pointwise and Finite element method.

The Convergence (routing) works featured in it incorporate elements from Function (mathematics) and Regular polygon.

  • Mathematical optimization (57.72%)
  • Applied mathematics (19.55%)
  • Algorithm (19.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Survey of Optimization by Building and Using Probabilistic Models (715 citations)
  • Scenario Reduction Algorithms in Stochastic Programming (635 citations)
  • An Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming (468 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Computational Optimization and Applications:

The journal articles mainly tackle studies in Mathematical optimization, Algorithm, Applied mathematics, Convergence (routing) and Optimization problem. The published articles connects research in Mathematical optimization with the related topics of Nonlinear programming. While the published articles focused on Algorithm, they were also able to explore topics like Quadratic equation and Solver.

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

  • Mathematical optimization
  • Algorithm
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Computational Optimization and Applications are Applied mathematics, Convergence (routing), Mathematical optimization, Optimization problem and Regular polygon. Hessian matrix, Type (model theory), Convex optimization, Rate of convergence and Nonlinear system are some topics wherein Applied mathematics research discussed in Computational Optimization and Applications have an impact. Topics in Convergence (routing) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Quadratic equation, Semidefinite programming, Function (mathematics) and Certificate, Algorithm.

It features works in Mathematical optimization, more specifically Bellman equation, and explores their relation to disciplines like Context (language use). The presented research on Optimization problem deals specifically with Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm but it also addresses topics in Second derivative. The featured Regular polygon studies mainly concentrate on Minification but also cover areas of interest in Norm (mathematics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • T-positive semidefiniteness of third-order symmetric tensors and T-semidefinite programming (12 citations)
  • Quantitative results on a Halpern-type proximal point algorithm (9 citations)
  • Single-forward-step projective splitting: exploiting cocoercivity (8 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 Computational Optimization and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christian Kanzow (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Liqun Qi (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stefano Lucidi (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • William W. Hager (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mikhail V. Solodov (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Computational Optimization and Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Florida (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • State University of Campinas (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.60% of all publications and 48.84% 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

  • Momentum and stochastic momentum for stochastic gradient, Newton, proximal point and subspace descent methods

    Nicolas Loizou;Peter Richtárik

    (2020)
    185 Citations
  • Weak convergence of iterative methods for solving quasimonotone variational inequalities

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • Algorithms for stochastic optimization with function or expectation constraints

    Guanghui Lan;Zhiqiang Zhou

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Optimally linearizing the alternating direction method of multipliers for convex programming

    Bingsheng He;Bingsheng He;Feng Ma;Xiaoming Yuan

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Accelerated Bregman proximal gradient methods for relatively smooth convex optimization

    Filip Hanzely;Filip Hanzely;Peter Richtarik;Peter Richtarik;Lin Xiao

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Inexact first-order primal–dual algorithms

    Julian Rasch;Antonin Chambolle

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Tensor neural network models for tensor singular value decompositions

    Xuezhong Wang;Maolin Che;Yimin Wei

    (2020)
    49 Citations

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