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Journal of Systems Architecture
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Journal of Systems Architecture

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 119 203 322 38
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 189 49 58 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 236
Documents by Best Scientists*: 351
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.22
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Systems Architecture?

Distributed computing, Embedded system, Parallel computing, Computer network and Scheduling (computing) are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The journal focused on Distributed computing research but expanded to cover Scalability. Some problems in Embedded system that were presented in Journal of Systems Architecture overlapped with concepts under Software and Computer architecture.

Cache is a major topic of Parallel computing research. Cache works presented in Journal of Systems Architecture have a specific focus on Cache algorithms.

  • Distributed computing (18.67%)
  • Embedded system (17.17%)
  • Parallel computing (12.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • QNoC: QoS architecture and design process for network on chip (558 citations)
  • All one needs to know about fog computing and related edge computing paradigms: A complete survey (400 citations)
  • A survey of Flash Translation Layer (239 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Systems Architecture:

The most cited papers investigate studies in Distributed computing, Embedded system, Computer network, Parallel computing and Scheduling (computing). While the primary focus in the most cited articles is Distributed computing, they also dissect topics surrounding Cloud computing and Big data as a whole. The most cited papers with studies in Embedded system featured incorporate elements of Software, Computer hardware and Architecture.

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

  • Operating system
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer network

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Journal of Systems Architecture are Distributed computing, Cloud computing, Computer security, Scheduling (computing) and Computer network. Journal of Systems Architecture focuses on Distributed computing as well as the interrelated topic of Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution. Edge computing is a focus of the presented Cloud computing works and it dives deep in Edge computing.

Concepts in Scheme (programming language), as well as related topics in Encryption, are covered in the Computer security research presented in the journal. Topics in Scheduling (computing) explored in Journal of Systems Architecture were investigated in conjunction with research in Energy consumption and Multi-core processor. The Computer network study tackling the subject of Authentication is the focus of the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Edge-based auditing method for data security in resource-constrained Internet of Things (16 citations)
  • Wireless edge caching based on content similarity in dynamic environments (13 citations)
  • Risk of Collusion: Will Groups of 3 Ruin the FIFA World Cup? (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 Journal of Systems Architecture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Liz Henty (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sparsh Mittal (15 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Fagen Li (14 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Meikang Qiu (12 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 Journal of Systems Architecture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • KAIST (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (31 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (29 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (29 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yonsei University (25 papers) absent 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, 23.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.95% of all publications and 67.32% 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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Top Publications

  • A survey of deep learning techniques for vehicle detection from UAV images

    Unknown

    (2021)
    188 Citations
  • A survey on machine learning-based malware detection in executable files

    (2020)
    171 Citations
  • Resource provisioning in edge/fog computing: A Comprehensive and Systematic Review

    Unknown

    (2021)
    165 Citations
  • A survey on modeling and improving reliability of DNN algorithms and accelerators

    (2020)
    160 Citations
  • A survey on data center cooling systems: Technology, power consumption modeling and control strategy optimization

    Qingxia Zhang;Zihao Meng;Xianwen Hong;Yuhao Zhan

    (2021)
    149 Citations
  • Blockchain-based batch authentication protocol for Internet of Vehicles

    Palak Bagga;Anil Kumar Sutrala;Ashok Kumar Das;Pandi Vijayakumar

    (2021)
    141 Citations
  • Time-Sensitive Networking in automotive embedded systems: State of the art and research opportunities

    Mohammad Ashjaei;Lucia Lo Bello;Masoud Daneshtalab;Gaetano Patti

    (2021)
    130 Citations
  • A Blockchain-based access control scheme with multiple attribute authorities for secure cloud data sharing

    Xuanmei Qin;Yongfeng Huang;Zhen Yang;Xing Li

    (2021)
    121 Citations
  • LAKAF: Lightweight authentication and key agreement framework for smart grid network

    (2021)
    93 Citations

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