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Real-Time Systems
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Real-Time Systems

0922-6443

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11241

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 526 5 6 3
Computer Science 607 27 46 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 31
Documents by Best Scientists*: 49
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.491
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Real-time Systems?

Real-time Systems mainly tackles studies in Distributed computing, Real-time computing, Scheduling (computing), Parallel computing and Dynamic priority scheduling. The Distributed computing works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Quality of service, Computer network, Resource (project management), Priority inheritance and Priority ceiling protocol. Real-time computing research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Programming language, Software and Embedded system.

Formal specification is a major topic of Programming language research presented in Real-time Systems. It focuses on Scheduling (computing) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Multiprocessing, Response time and Algorithm. Cache is a major topic of Parallel computing research.

Dynamic priority scheduling, which encompasses Earliest deadline first scheduling, Rate-monotonic scheduling, Fixed-priority pre-emptive scheduling and Two-level scheduling, is the main subject of Real-time Systems. While Earliest deadline first scheduling is the focus of Real-time Systems, it also provided insights into the studies of Least slack time scheduling, Priority inversion and Deadline-monotonic scheduling. Specifically, studies on Round-robin scheduling are prevalent in the Fair-share scheduling works discussed.

  • Distributed computing (33.36%)
  • Real-time computing (27.20%)
  • Scheduling (computing) (26.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Specifying real-time properties with metric temporal logic (984 citations)
  • Aperiodic task scheduling for real-time systems (839 citations)
  • Stack-based scheduling for realtime processes (745 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Real-time Systems:

The published articles explore disciplines such as Distributed computing, Real-time computing, Scheduling (computing), Earliest deadline first scheduling and Dynamic priority scheduling. The published articles deal with Distributed computing in conjunction with Bounded function and similar fields in Metrical task system. The studies on Scheduling (computing) discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Response time, Jitter, Parallel computing, Algorithm and Aperiodic graph.

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:

The main points discussed in Real-time Systems deals with Scheduling (computing), Multiprocessing, Mixed criticality, Metrical task system and Distributed computing. The studies on Scheduling (computing) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Schedule and Task (project management). It facilitates discussions on Multiprocessing that incorporate concepts from other fields like Job shop scheduling, Global scheduling, Task (computing) and Integer (computer science).

Response time, Codec, Parallel computing, Earliest deadline first scheduling and Block cipher mode of operation are some topics wherein Mixed criticality research discussed in Real-time Systems have an impact. The subject of Overhead (computing), which is connected to the field of Bounded function, Parallelism (grammar), Correctness and Heuristics, serves as the foundation of the Metrical task system research featured in the journal. Distributed computing research in Real-time Systems involves the investigation of Resource (project management) studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Solver, Nesting (computing) and Control reconfiguration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Online reconfiguration of regularity-based resource partitions in cyber-physical systems (1 citations)
  • Schedulability of probabilistic mixed-criticality systems (1 citations)
  • Shared resources in multiprocessor real-time systems scheduled by RUN (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 Real-time Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alan Burns (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sanjoy Baruah (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Robert I. Davis (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James H. Anderson (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Giorgio Buttazzo (18 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 Real-time Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of York (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Virginia (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vienna University of Technology (21 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 44.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 22.22% 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 comprehensive survey of industry practice in real-time systems

    Benny Akesson;Mitra Nasri;Geoffrey Nelissen;Sebastian Altmeyer

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • End-to-end latency characterization of task communication models for automotive systems

    Jorge Martinez;Ignacio Sañudo;Marko Bertogna

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Supporting I/O and IPC via fine-grained OS isolation for mixed-criticality real-time tasks

    Namhoon Kim;Stephen Tang;Nathan Otterness;James H. Anderson

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • An ILP representation of a DAG scheduling problem

    Sanjoy Baruah

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Optimally ordering IDK classifiers subject to deadlines

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Scheduling IDK classifiers with arbitrary dependences to minimize the expected time to successful classification

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Correspondence Article: Counterexample for suspension-aware schedulability analysis of EDF scheduling

    Mario Günzel;Jian-Jia Chen

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Online reconfiguration of regularity-based resource partitions in cyber-physical systems

    Wei-Ju Chen;Peng Wu;Pei-Chi Huang;Aloysius K. Mok

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • A note on slack enforcement mechanisms for self-suspending tasks

    Mario Günzel;Jian-Jia Chen

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Linear-time admission control for elastic scheduling

    Marion Sudvarg;Chris Gill;Sanjoy K. Baruah

    (2021)
    9 Citations

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