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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 265 262 411 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 307
Documents by Best Scientists*: 495
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Computer?

IEEE Computer primarily tackles Software engineering, Computer security, Software, The Internet and World Wide Web. Software engineering research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Software system, Software quality, Component-based software engineering, Software development and Software peer review. Research on Software development addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Software deployment.

Most of the Computer security studies addressed also intersect with Internet privacy. The journal features The Internet research that overlaps with concepts in Multimedia. While it focused on Social software engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Software walkthrough and Software Engineering Process Group.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Software construction but it intersects with the subject of Software development process.

  • Software engineering (16.95%)
  • Computer security (11.56%)
  • Software (10.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Matrix Factorization Techniques for Recommender Systems (7004 citations)
  • The vision of autonomic computing (5422 citations)
  • Role-based access control models (5231 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Computer:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Software engineering, Software, Computer security, Distributed computing and The Internet. The published papers focus on Software engineering but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Software system which is concerned with Software design. The most cited papers explore issues in Computer security which can be linked to other research areas like Mobile computing and Internet privacy.

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

  • World War II
  • Operating system
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

IEEE Computer explores disciplines such as Computer security, Software engineering, Software, Data science and Engineering ethics. The journal connects research in Computer security with the related topic of Mobile computing. The research on Software discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Engineering management.

The Data science study featured in IEEE Computer draws connections with the study of Cloud computing. Attendees of IEEE Computer participated in discussions that delve into both Engineering ethics and Computer society.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • P-RT: A Runtime Framework to Enable Energy-Efficient Real-Time Robotic Vision Applications on Heterogeneous Architectures (6 citations)
  • To Improve Cyber Resilience, Measure It (3 citations)
  • The Ten Commandments of Ethical Medical AI (2 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 IEEE Computer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Computer Staff (343 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Alan Grier (161 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Neville Holmes (78 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jeffrey Voas (69 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hal Berghel (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less 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 IEEE Computer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • IBM (180 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Washington University (146 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carnegie Mellon University (146 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Intel (96 papers) published 2 papers 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, 24.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.26% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.44% of all publications and 48.62% 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.

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Top Publications

  • A Research Agenda for Hybrid Intelligence: Augmenting Human Intellect With Collaborative, Adaptive, Responsible, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence

    Zeynep Akata;Dan Balliet;Maarten de Rijke;Frank Dignum

    (2020)
    330 Citations
  • The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink

    (2022)
    150 Citations
  • Blockchain and Fog Computing for Cyberphysical Systems: The Case of Smart Industry

    Ouns Bouachir;Moayad Aloqaily;Lewis Tseng;Azzedine Boukerche

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • The Ten Commandments of Ethical Medical AI

    Heimo Muller;Michaela Theresia Mayrhofer;Evert-Ben Van Veen;Andreas Holzinger

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • Virtual Worlds (Metaverse): From Skepticism, to Fear, to Immersive Opportunities

    Unknown

    (2022)
    70 Citations
  • Toward Human–AI Interfaces to Support Explainability and Causability in Medical AI

    Andreas T. Holzinger;Heimo Muller

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Physical Computing: A Key Element of Modern Computer Science Education

    Steve Hodges;Sue Sentance;Joe Finney;Thomas Ball

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Blockchain for E-Health-Care Systems: Easier Said Than Done

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Cyberphysical Blockchain-Enabled Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading

    Faizan Safdar Ali;Moayad Aloqaily;Omar Alfandi;Oznur Ozkasap

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Software-Engineering Design Patterns for Machine Learning Applications

    (2022)
    49 Citations

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