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Signal Processing
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Signal Processing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 106 139 297 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 405
Documents by Best Scientists*: 702
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 170
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.958
Impact Factor: 3.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Signal Processing?

Signal Processing generally zeroes in on subjects such as Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Electronic engineering, Signal processing and Computer vision. The journal explores issues in Algorithm which can be linked to other research areas like Estimator, Signal, Mathematical optimization and Control theory. Noise (signal processing) is the primary subject of Signal works presented in the journal.

The research on Mathematical optimization discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Applied mathematics. Signal Processing holds forums on Control theory that merges themes from other disciplines such as Digital filter and Filter (signal processing), Filter design. Artificial intelligence research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Machine learning and Pattern recognition.

In the journal, Radar and Communication channel are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Electronic engineering research. Research on Signal processing addressed in Signal Processing frequently intersections with the field of Speech recognition.

  • Algorithm (45.47%)
  • Artificial intelligence (22.13%)
  • Electronic engineering (14.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Independent component analysis, a new concept? (7085 citations)
  • Blind separation of sources, Part 1: an adaptive algorithm based on neuromimetic architecture (2250 citations)
  • Review: Digital image steganography: Survey and analysis of current methods (1184 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Signal Processing:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Computer vision, Signal processing and Control theory. The published papers are focused mainly on Algorithm, particularly Estimation theory. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Artificial intelligence, it also covers topics in Machine learning and Pattern recognition.

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

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Quantum mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Algorithm, Filter (signal processing), Artificial intelligence, Computational complexity theory and Noise. Decoding methods is a major topic of Algorithm research presented in Signal Processing. The research on Filter (signal processing) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Nonlinear programming, Fading, Regularization (mathematics), Tracking (particle physics) and Kalman filter.

While Artificial intelligence is the focus of Signal Processing, it also provided insights into the studies of Crew and Computer vision. Computational complexity theory research presented in Signal Processing encompasses a variety of subjects, including Least mean squares filter, Reliability (computer networking), MIMO, Censored regression model and Orthogonal polynomials. The Noise works featured in it incorporate elements from Noise reduction, Gaussian, Robustness (computer science) and Headphones.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An incipient fault diagnosis methodology using local Mahalanobis distance: Detection process based on empirical probability density estimation (1 citations)
  • On Efficient Gridless Methods for 2-D DOA Estimation With Uniform and Sparse L-shaped Arrays (0 citations)
  • Learning target-aware background-suppressed correlation filters with dual regression for real-time UAV tracking (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 Signal Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hing Cheung So (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marc Moonen (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Petre Stoica (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Iickho Song (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Soo-Chang Pei (33 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 Signal Processing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National University of Defense Technology (293 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xidian University (254 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (198 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (158 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (130 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less 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 2022 edition, 12.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% 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 19.44% of all publications and 44.44% 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.

Top Publications

  • A survey on active noise control in the past decade - Part I: Linear systems

    Unknown

    (2021)
    222 Citations
  • A stable meaningful image encryption scheme using the newly-designed 2D discrete fractional-order chaotic map and Bayesian compressive sensing

    (2022)
    132 Citations
  • A survey on active noise control in the past decade–Part II: Nonlinear systems

    Lu Lu;Kai-Li Yin;Rodrigo C. de Lamare;Zongsheng Zheng

    (2021)
    106 Citations
  • A novel image encryption system merging fractional-order edge detection and generalized chaotic maps

    Samar M. Ismail;Lobna A. Said;Ahmed G. Radwan;Ahmed G. Radwan;Ahmed H. Madian;Ahmed H. Madian

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Robust image watermarking using invariant accurate polar harmonic Fourier moments and chaotic mapping

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Adaptive embedding: A novel meaningful image encryption scheme based on parallel compressive sensing and slant transform

    Donghua Jiang;Lidong Liu;Liya Zhu;Xingyuan Wang

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Median ensemble empirical mode decomposition

    Xun Lang;Naveed ur Rehman;Yufeng Zhang;Lei Xie

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Multimodal image fusion via coupled feature learning

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Robust adaptive beamforming via coprime coarray interpolation

    Zhi Zheng;Tong Yang;Wen-Qin Wang;Shunsheng Zhang

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Distributed multi-sensor multi-view fusion based on generalized covariance intersection

    Guchong Li;Guchong Li;Giorgio Battistelli;Wei Yi;Lingjiang Kong

    (2020)
    56 Citations

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