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IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
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IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 65 171 219 43

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 430
Documents by Best Scientists*: 377
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index: 152
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.12
Impact Factor: 13.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Artificial intelligence, Algorithm, Computer vision, Pattern recognition and Mathematical optimization. While work presented in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing provided substantial information on Artificial intelligence, it also covered topics in Machine learning and Speech recognition. The Speech recognition study tackling the subject of Hidden Markov model is the focus of it.

It focuses on Algorithm but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as MIMO, Theoretical computer science and Signal processing. Most of the works presented in it deals with MIMO but it intersects with the subject of Electronic engineering. The research on Electronic engineering discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Wireless.

Iterative reconstruction is a focus of the Computer vision works in it. Research on Mathematical optimization addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Convex optimization.

  • Artificial intelligence (34.79%)
  • Algorithm (23.52%)
  • Computer vision (13.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Gradient Projection for Sparse Reconstruction: Application to Compressed Sensing and Other Inverse Problems (2832 citations)
  • Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding for Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems (1698 citations)
  • An Interior-Point Method for Large-Scale $ll_1$ -Regularized Least Squares (1606 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing:

Artificial intelligence, Algorithm, Mathematical optimization, MIMO and Computer vision are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. The most cited papers with studies in Artificial intelligence featured incorporate elements of Machine learning and Pattern recognition. In addition to MIMO research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Electronic engineering and Control theory.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Algorithm

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Radar, Tensor and Electronic engineering are the subjects of interest in the journal. It explores topics in Algorithm which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Artificial neural network, Matrix (mathematics) and Communication channel. The journal explores issues in Artificial intelligence which can be linked to other research areas like Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

The research on Radar tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Transmission (telecommunications), Communications system, Antenna (radio) and Signal processing. Issues in Electronic engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Wireless, Waveform, Spectral efficiency, Base station and Transmitter. Research in Beamforming and the interrelating topic of Mathematical optimization were among the subjects of interest in the Optimization problem studies discussed in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Channel Estimation for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted MIMO Systems: A Tensor Modeling Approach (16 citations)
  • Nonlinear Transform Coding (14 citations)
  • MFRNet: A New CNN Architecture for Post-Processing and In-loop Filtering (13 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 Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mihaela van der Schaar (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • H. Vincent Poor (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Georgios B. Giannakis (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert W. Heath (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Rui Zhang (9 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 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Princeton University (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas at Austin (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 9.01% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.86% of all publications and 60.40% 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

  • An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for RIS/IRS-Aided Wireless Systems

    Unknown

    (2021)
    832 Citations
  • An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing

    J. Andrew Zhang;Fan Liu;Christos Masouros;Robert W. Heath

    (2021)
    618 Citations
  • Edge Learning for B5G Networks With Distributed Signal Processing: Semantic Communication, Edge Computing, and Wireless Sensing

    (2022)
    408 Citations
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication-assisted Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Transmission for Vehicular Networks

    Weijie Yuan;Zhiqiang Wei;Shuangyang Li;Jinhong Yuan

    (2021)
    313 Citations
  • Distributed Machine Learning for Multiuser Mobile Edge Computing Systems

    Unknown

    (2022)
    228 Citations
  • Private 5G Networks: Concepts, Architectures, and Research Landscape

    Unknown

    (2022)
    217 Citations
  • Mobility-Aware Cooperative Caching in Vehicular Edge Computing Based on Asynchronous Federated and Deep Reinforcement Learning

    Unknown

    (2022)
    200 Citations
  • Multi-User Holographic MIMO Surfaces: Channel Modeling and Spectral Efficiency Analysis

    Unknown

    (2021)
    197 Citations
  • RODNet: A Real-Time Radar Object Detection Network Cross-Supervised by Camera-Radar Fused Object 3D Localization

    Yizhou Wang;Zhongyu Jiang;Yudong Li;Jenq-Neng Hwang

    (2021)
    187 Citations
  • Joint Transmit Waveform and Passive Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided DFRC Systems

    (2022)
    145 Citations

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