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IEEE Computer Architecture Letters
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IEEE Computer Architecture Letters

1556-6056

Published by: IEEE

https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/ca

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 358 27 39 8
Computer Science 450 53 74 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 89
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.496
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Computer Architecture Letters?

IEEE Computer Architecture Letters mainly deals with areas of study such as Parallel computing, Embedded system, Cache, Computer architecture and Distributed computing. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters investigates Parallel computing research which frequently intersects with Thread (computing). The studies on Embedded system discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Energy consumption, Efficient energy use, Memory management and Dram.

It covers various topics on Cache such as Cache algorithms, Cache coloring, Cache pollution, CPU cache and Cache-oblivious algorithm. Cache invalidation is the primary subject of Cache algorithms works presented in the journal. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters facilitates discussions on Cache pollution that incorporate concepts from other fields like Page cache and Smart Cache.

  • Parallel computing (28.47%)
  • Embedded system (14.41%)
  • Cache (13.70%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dynamically Discovering Likely Program Invariants to Support Program Evolution (942 citations)
  • DRAMSim2: A Cycle Accurate Memory System Simulator (700 citations)
  • Smart Dust: Communicating with a Cubic-Millimeter Computer (462 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Computer Architecture Letters:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Parallel computing, Computer architecture, Embedded system, Computer hardware and Dram. The journal papers about Parallel processing (DSP implementation) research are fields of study within Parallel computing but they also intertwine with concepts in Throughput (business). The most cited publications with studies in Computer architecture featured incorporate elements of Cache, Reduction (complexity), Instruction set, Modular design and Non-volatile random-access memory.

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

  • Operating system
  • Central processing unit
  • Programming language

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Distributed computing, Parallel computing, Dram, Cache and Memory management. The Distributed computing research presented in IEEE Computer Architecture Letters also delves into studies in intersecting subjects like

  • Scheduling (computing) that intertwine with fields like Root cause, Software, Code (cryptography) and Pattern matching,
  • Heuristics together with Scalability, Power management, Control theory, Clock rate and Power budget.. It facilitates the exploration of Parallel computing in relation to the field of Core (game theory).

The concepts on Dram presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including CAS latency, Scheme (programming language), Systems design, Key (cryptography) and Serviceability (computer). Cache research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Bottleneck, Denial-of-service attack and Morphing. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters holds forums on Efficient energy use that merges themes from other disciplines such as Random access memory and Embedded system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • STONNE: Enabling Cycle-Level Microarchitectural Simulation for DNN Inference Accelerators (3 citations)
  • TRiM: Tensor Reduction in Memory (3 citations)
  • Flexion: A Quantitative Metric for Flexibility in DNN Accelerators (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 IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William J. Dally (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jung Ho Ahn (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Uri Weiser (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Onur Mutlu (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nam Sung Kim (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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 Architecture Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Intel (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Seoul National University (16 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 16.67% 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

  • DRAMsim3: A Cycle-Accurate, Thermal-Capable DRAM Simulator

    Shang Li;Zhiyuan Yang;Dhiraj Reddy;Ankur Srivastava

    (2020)
    265 Citations
  • Characterizing and Understanding GCNs on GPU

    Mingyu Yan;Zhaodong Chen;Lei Deng;Xiaochun Ye

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • STONNE: Enabling Cycle-Level Microarchitectural Simulation for DNN Inference Accelerators

    Francisco Munoz-Martinez;Jose L. Abellan;Manuel E. Acacio;Tushar Krishna

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • NoM: Network-on-Memory for Inter-Bank Data Transfer in Highly-Banked Memories

    Seyyed Hossein SeyyedAghaei Rezaei;Mehdi Modarressi;Rachata Ausavarungnirun;Mohammad Sadrosadati

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • RAMBO: Resource Allocation for Microservices Using Bayesian Optimization

    Qian Li;Bin Li;Pietro Mercati;Ramesh Illikkal

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • The Sky Is Not the Limit: A Visual Performance Model for Cyber-Physical Co-Design in Autonomous Machines

    Srivatsan Krishnan;Zishen Wan;Kshitij Bhardwaj;Paul N. Whatmough

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Unexpected Performance of Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory

    Tony Mason;Thaleia Dimitra Doudali;Margo Seltzer;Ada Gavrilovska

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • LT-PIM: An LUT-Based Processing-in-DRAM Architecture With RowHammer Self-Tracking

    (2022)
    18 Citations

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