IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Software, Software engineering, Programming language, Software development and Theoretical computer science. Research on Software addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Reliability engineering. The studies in Software engineering featured incorporate elements of Software design, Software measurement, Application software, Systems engineering and Software walkthrough.

The journal aims to address concerns in Programming language, specifically in the areas of Formal specification, Object-oriented programming, Specification language, Correctness and Compiler. The journal addresses concerns in Formal specification which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Formal methods and Formal verification. The in-depth study on Software development also explores topics in the intersecting field of Software deployment.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Theoretical computer science as it also encompasses Algorithm. The Software quality research dealing mostly with Software reliability testing is the focus of the journal. Presentations on Software system include those discussing Component-based software engineering, Resource-oriented architecture and Software framework.

• Software (26.20%)
• Software engineering (21.04%)
• Programming language (19.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A Complexity Measure (4724 citations)
• An Intrusion-Detection Model (2885 citations)
• Program Slicing (2837 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering:

The journal papers mostly deal with topics like Software, Software engineering, Software development, Programming language and Software quality. The studies on Software discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Data mining and Formal specification. The journal articles focus on Programming language but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Theoretical computer science which is concerned with Algorithm.

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

• Operating system
• Programming language
• Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering covers a variety of subjects, including Software, Artificial intelligence, Software engineering, Empirical research and Machine learning. The subject of Process (engineering), which is connected to the field of Software development process, serves as the foundation of the Software research featured in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. It explores research in Source code and overlapping concepts in Code (cryptography) to expand the discourse in Artificial intelligence.

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering explores topics in Software engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Java, Software system and Software architecture. The studies in Empirical research featured incorporate elements of Quality (business) and Data science. The Software development works, particularly on Software quality are tackled in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• SequenceR : Sequence-to-Sequence Learning for End-to-End Program Repair (93 citations)
• An Empirical Study of Fault Localization Families and Their Combinations (65 citations)
• Smart Contract Development: Challenges and Opportunities (49 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• Lionel C. Briand (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Victor R. Basili (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David Lo (34 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Mark Harman (34 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Xin Xia (29 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

• IBM (139 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Maryland, College Park (124 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (75 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Bell Labs (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Carnegie Mellon University (68 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 13.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.40% of all publications and 47.20% 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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