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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 71 276 632 39
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 132 45 102 19
Engineering and Technology 367 66 119 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 551
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1036
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 18
SCIMAGO H-index: 179
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.528
Impact Factor: 5.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems?

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems tackles a plethora of topics, such as Control theory, Algorithm, Electronic engineering, Radar and Artificial intelligence. Many of the studies tackled connect Control theory with a similar field of study like Control engineering. The studies on Algorithm discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Detection theory, Detector and Estimator.

Signal-to-noise ratio, Waveform, Signal and Signal processing are some topics wherein Electronic engineering research discussed in the journal have an impact. In the Radar research discussed, Continuous-wave radar, Radar imaging, Pulse-Doppler radar, Radar tracker and Clutter are all tackled. The Continuous-wave radar works featured in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems incorporate elements from Radar engineering details and Bistatic radar.

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems focuses on Radar imaging but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Synthetic aperture radar and Remote sensing. Studies on Clutter discussed in the journal link to the field of Constant false alarm rate. The research on Artificial intelligence featured in it combines topics in other fields like Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

  • Control theory (23.65%)
  • Algorithm (22.58%)
  • Electronic engineering (21.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Rapid Convergence Rate in Adaptive Arrays (1752 citations)
  • Multitarget Bayes filtering via first-order multitarget moments (1613 citations)
  • Survey of maneuvering target tracking. Part I. Dynamic models (1568 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Algorithm, Control theory, Electronic engineering, Radar and Artificial intelligence. The works on Algorithm tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Detection theory, Clutter, Sensor fusion and Signal processing. The published papers focus on Artificial intelligence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Algorithm, Control theory, Radar, Artificial intelligence and Trajectory. It explores issues in Algorithm which can be linked to other research areas like Filter (signal processing), Clutter, Signal-to-noise ratio, Estimator and Monte Carlo method. Some problems in Control theory that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Spacecraft and Control (management).

It explores topics in Radar which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Waveform, Signal, Doppler effect and Electronic engineering. Topics in Artificial intelligence were tackled in line with various other fields like Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nested MIMO Radar: Coarrays, Tensor Modeling, and Angle Estimation (33 citations)
  • Sparse Nested Arrays With Spatially Spread Orthogonal Dipoles: High Accuracy Passive Direction Finding With Less Mutual Coupling (15 citations)
  • Fault-Tolerant Attitude Stabilization for Spacecraft With Low-Frequency Actuator Updates: An Integral-Type Event-Triggered Approach (12 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 Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yaakov Bar-Shalom (145 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peter Willett (82 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thiagalingam Kirubarajan (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alfonso Farina (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jian Li (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 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 Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Connecticut (168 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (159 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Naval Research Laboratory (143 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beihang University (109 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • McMaster University (105 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 26.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.21% of all publications and 55.97% 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

  • Refracting RIS-Aided Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Relay Networks: Joint Beamforming Design and Optimization

    Unknown

    (2022)
    808 Citations
  • SLNR-Based Secure Energy Efficient Beamforming in Multibeam Satellite Systems

    Unknown

    (2023)
    296 Citations
  • Framework for a Perceptive Mobile Network Using Joint Communication and Radar Sensing

    Md. Lushanur Rahman;J. Andrew Zhang;Xiaojing Huang;Y. Jay Guo

    (2020)
    254 Citations
  • Deep Learning Methods for Vessel Trajectory Prediction based on Recurrent Neural Networks.

    Samuele Capobianco;Leonardo Maria Millefiori;Nicola Forti;Paolo Braca

    (2021)
    225 Citations
  • NN-Based Fixed-Time Attitude Tracking Control for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles With Nonlinear Faults

    Unknown

    (2023)
    206 Citations
  • GLRT-Based Adaptive Target Detection in FDA-MIMO Radar

    Lan Lan;Angela Marino;Augusto Aubry;Antonio De Maio

    (2021)
    205 Citations
  • Joint Transmit Resource Management and Waveform Selection Strategy for Target Tracking in Distributed Phased Array Radar Network

    Unknown

    (2022)
    200 Citations
  • Neural Network-Based Pose Estimation for Noncooperative Spacecraft Rendezvous

    Sumant Sharma;Simone D'Amico

    (2020)
    157 Citations
  • Satellite Pose Estimation Challenge: Dataset, Competition Design, and Results

    Mate Kisantal;Sumant Sharma;Tae Ha Park;Dario Izzo

    (2020)
    151 Citations
  • Human-in-the-Loop Consensus Tracking Control for UAV Systems via an Improved Prescribed Performance Approach

    (2023)
    98 Citations

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