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Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development
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Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development

2195-1721

Published by: Brazilian Computer Society

http://jserd.sbc.org.br

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 1086 5 6 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 6
Documents by Best Scientists*: 8
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development?

The topics of Software engineering, Software, Software development, Software system and Data science are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Topics in Software engineering explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Software design, Personal software process, Social software engineering, Software construction and Software development process. While the primary focus in the journal is Social software engineering, it also dissects topics surrounding Knowledge management and Task (project management) as a whole.

While it focused on Software, it was also able to explore topics like Agile software development, Documentation, Test case and Process management. Issues in Test case were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Data mining, Test Management Approach and White-box testing. Some problems in Data mining that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Software metric, Mutation (genetic algorithm), Unit testing, Feature model and Test set.

The presented Software development study covers related areas such as Resource-oriented architecture, Component-based software engineering and Software requirements and also touches on topics like Empirical research. It features works in Software system, more specifically Search-based software engineering, and explores their relation to disciplines like Internet of Things. Many of the studies tackled connect Data science with a similar field of study like Identification (information).

  • Software engineering (46.67%)
  • Software (32.22%)
  • Software development (23.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Game development software engineering process life cycle: a systematic review (45 citations)
  • On the evaluation of code smells and detection tools (30 citations)
  • On the relationship of code-anomaly agglomerations and architectural problems (29 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Software engineering, Software development, Source code, Software system and Software. While the published articles primarily focused on Software engineering, they also opened dialogues on the discipline of Empirical research. Aside from investigating topics in Software construction under Software development, the journal papers also explore concepts in Manifesto and Silver bullet.

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

  • Software
  • Software engineering
  • Programming language

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Software development, Software, Software engineering, Data science and Proof of concept. Software development research featured in Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Java, Categorization, Microservices and Identification (information). The journal explores Software concepts, specifically Software system and Requirements engineering but expands to research in Context awareness and Internet of Things.

While work presented in Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development provided substantial information on Software engineering, it also covered topics in Cover (telecommunications), Green computing and Software development process. It focuses on Data science but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Information privacy, Statistical model and Source code. It aims to bridge the gap between the study of Proof of concept and research in different fields like Ontology (information science), Domain (software engineering), Knowledge management, Usability and Software quality.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Software industry awareness on sustainable software engineering: a Brazilian perspective (1 citations)
  • EVEREST: An Automatic Model-Based Testing Tool for Asynchronous Reactive Systems: An IOLTS Model-Based Testing Tool (0 citations)
  • Development of an Ontology-based Approach for Knowledge Management in Software Testing: an Experience Report (0 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 Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guilherme Horta Travassos (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tayana Conte (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Silvia Regina Vergilio (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Christian Quesada-López (2 papers) absent 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 Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Federal University of São Carlos (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Bahia (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of São Paulo (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Paraná (4 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 11.11% 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.

Career Opportunities in Software Engineering and Related Fields

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Top Publications

  • A Requirements Engineering Technology for the IoT Software Systems.

    Danyllo Valente da Silva;Bruno Pedraça de Souza;Taisa Guidini Goncalves;Guilherme Horta Travassos

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Understanding the Impact of Introducing Lambda Expressions in Java Programs

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • OPLA-Tool-ASP: a Tool to Prevent Architectural Smells in Search-based Product Line Architecture Design

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Investigating Conditioning Factors for Transparency in Software Ecosystems

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Investigating the Social Representations of Harmful Code

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • How code composition strategies affect merge conflict resolution?

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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