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Requirements Engineering
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Requirements Engineering

0947-3602

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/766

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 490 37 41 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 42
Documents by Best Scientists*: 47
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 66
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.522
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Requirements Engineering?

The journal investigates areas of study like Requirements engineering, Software engineering, Requirements analysis, Systems engineering and Requirement. Requirements Engineering is mostly focused on Requirements engineering, specifically Requirements elicitation. Topics in Software engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Software requirements specification and Software requirements.

Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Software requirements specification but it intersects with the subject of System requirements specification. Requirements analysis research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Requirements management. Most of the Requirement studies addressed also intersect with Non-functional requirement.

  • Requirements engineering (12.53%)
  • Software engineering (9.94%)
  • Requirements analysis (7.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Goal-oriented requirements engineering: a guided tour (1486 citations)
  • Towards modelling and reasoning support for early-phase requirements engineering (1434 citations)
  • Value-based requirements engineering: exploring innovative e-commerce ideas (734 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Requirements Engineering:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Requirements engineering, Requirements analysis, Requirement, Software engineering and Systems engineering. While Requirements engineering is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of System requirements, Management science and Knowledge management. The studies on Requirements analysis discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Software requirements specification, Software requirements and System requirements specification.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Humanities, Software, Requirements engineering, Software engineering and Context (language use).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Requirements-driven data warehouse design based on enhanced pivot tables (5 citations)
  • A retrospective on Telos as a metamodeling language for requirements engineering (5 citations)
  • Modeling machine learning requirements from three perspectives: a case report from the healthcare domain (3 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 Requirements Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jaime C. Cepeda (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • John Mylopoulos (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Alistair Sutcliffe (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ruslan R (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Victor H. Hinojosa (12 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 Requirements Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Costa Rica (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Paraná (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Málaga (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more 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, 52.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.05% of all publications and 52.69% 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 after Requirements Engineering

The field of Requirements Engineering opens up opportunities in the several sectors including education. After acquiring sufficient knowledge and skills in Requirements Engineering, one may consider transitioning to a teaching role such as becoming a mathematics teacher at a middle school level in certain regions, like Georgia. To {anchor}, there are specific steps that need to be followed. These involve obtaining a suitable degree, passing the required state exams and eventually acquiring the certification to teach. The journey to becoming an educator in this field combines both the technicalities of engineering and the nurturing aspect of educating young minds. This makes for a unique and enriching career path that merges distinct yet complementary competencies. It serves as a brilliant example of how the skills acquired in Software Requirements analysis or Systems Engineering, can serve an individual beyond traditional career paths, extending into education and mentorship realms, fostering the future generation of tech-savvy individuals.

Top Publications

  • Empirical research on requirements quality: a systematic mapping study

    (2022)
    49 Citations
  • From event logs to goals: a systematic literature review of goal-oriented process mining

    Mahdi Ghasemi;Daniel Amyot

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Modeling machine learning requirements from three perspectives: a case report from the healthcare domain

    Soroosh Nalchigar;Eric Yu;Karim Keshavjee

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • The state-of-practice in requirements elicitation: an extended interview study at 12 companies

    Cristina Palomares;Xavier Franch;Carme Quer;Panagiota Chatzipetrou

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • SaPeer and ReverseSaPeer: teaching requirements elicitation interviews with role-playing and role reversal

    Alessio Ferrari;Paola Spoletini;Muneera Bano;Didar Zowghi

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • A method for analyzing stakeholders’ influence on an open source software ecosystem’s requirements engineering process

    Johan Linåker;Björn Regnell;Daniela E. Damian

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • The state-of-practice in requirements elicitation: an extended interview study at 12 companies

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • An efficient approach for reviewing security-related aspects in agile requirements specifications of web applications

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Crowd-based requirements elicitation via pull feedback: method and case studies

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Requirements-driven data warehouse design based on enhanced pivot tables

    Sandro Bimonte;Leandro Antonelli;Stefano Rizzi

    (2021)
    16 Citations

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