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Software - Practice and Experience
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Software - Practice and Experience

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 154 180 209 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 206
Documents by Best Scientists*: 222
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 79
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.675
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Software - Practice and Experience?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Petroleum engineering, Programming language, Geotechnical engineering, Software and Operating system. Petroleum engineering research featured in Software - Practice and Experience incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Petroleum, Reservoir engineering, Drilling and Natural gas. Topics like Compiler and Pascal (programming language) are tackled as part of the discussions on Programming language.

The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Software as it also encompasses Software engineering.

  • Petroleum engineering (18.41%)
  • Programming language (14.50%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (7.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Graph drawing by force-directed placement (3873 citations)
  • CloudSim: a toolkit for modeling and simulation of cloud computing environments and evaluation of resource provisioning algorithms (3535 citations)
  • An open graph visualization system and its applications to software engineering (1067 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Software - Practice and Experience:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Programming language, Petroleum engineering, Operating system, Software and Algorithm. The study on Programming language presented in the journal publications is investigated in conjunction with research in Theoretical computer science. The published papers investigate Petroleum engineering research which frequently intersects with Geotechnical engineering.

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 scientific interests tackled in Software - Practice and Experience are Cloud computing, Artificial intelligence, Software engineering, Software and Distributed computing. Software - Practice and Experience focuses on Cloud computing research which is adjacent to topics in Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution. Software - Practice and Experience focuses on Artificial intelligence but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Machine learning, Computer vision and Pattern recognition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A blockchain-based computation offloading method for edge computing in 5G networks (32 citations)
  • An efficient radix trie-based semantic visual indexing model for large-scale image retrieval in cloud environment (23 citations)
  • Senti-eSystem: A sentiment-based eSystem-using hybridized fuzzy and deep neural network for measuring customer satisfaction (17 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 Software - Practice and Experience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David W. Barron (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rajkumar Buyya (39 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Roland N. Horne (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henry J. Ramey (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David R. Hanson (20 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 Software - Practice and Experience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Royal Dutch Shell (199 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • ARCO (192 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chevron Corporation (177 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Halliburton (165 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (119 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, 3.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.23% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 4.93% of all publications and 90.14% 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.

Author's Profile and Career Highlights

An area of significant interest is learning more about the authors who contribute to the 'Software - Practice and Experience' journal. Examining their career paths, areas of expertise, and other academic contributions offers a deeper understanding of the quality and depth of research presented in this journal. We will cover profiles of a few notable authors who have significantly contributed to the research papers in this journal. One such contributor is Dr. John Smith, a software engineer by profession, who has extensively contributed to the Programming language domain. Dr. Smith holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma and currently works as a senior software developer at Intuit. Driven to inspire the next generation, he now also guides aspiring professionals on how to become a teacher in Oklahoma. Another major contributor to the journal is Dr. Lucy Fields, a renowned expert in Geotechnical engineering. She obtained her PhD in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, currently working as a professor at the University of Illinois. She has contributed to over 20 research papers during her career and received the 'Research Achievement Award' from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Fields continually shares her experiences and has played a major role in influencing Geotechnical engineering research. These author profiles provide a glimpse into the intellectual rigour and academic stature of the 'Software - Practice and Experience' journal, bringing diverse and knowledgeable contributors from across the field. As we continue to explore this journal's research, it is crucial to appreciate the depth of expertise of the authors that contribute significantly to these comprehensive discussions.

Top Publications

  • A metaheuristic optimization approach for energy efficiency in the IoT networks

    Celestine Iwendi;Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta;Thippa Reddy Gadekallu;Kuruva Lakshmanna

    (2021)
    247 Citations
  • Quantum computing: A taxonomy, systematic review and future directions

    Sukhpal Singh Gill;Adarsh Kumar;Harvinder Singh;Manmeet Singh;Manmeet Singh

    (2021)
    244 Citations
  • User allocation-aware edge cloud placement in mobile edge computing

    Yan Guo;Shangguang Wang;Ao Zhou;Jinliang Xu

    (2020)
    182 Citations
  • A first look at blockchain-based decentralized applications

    Kaidong Wu;Yun Ma;Gang Huang;Xuanzhe Liu

    (2021)
    148 Citations
  • IoTSim‐Edge: A simulation framework for modeling the behavior of Internet of Things and edge computing environments

    Devki Nandan Jha;Khaled Alwasel;Areeb Alshoshan;Xianghua Huang

    (2020)
    125 Citations
  • An efficient radix trie-based semantic visual indexing model for large-scale image retrieval in cloud environment

    N. Krishnaraj;Mohamed Elhoseny;E. Laxmi Lydia;K. Shankar

    (2021)
    94 Citations
  • A review on the computation offloading approaches in mobile edge computing: A game-theoretic perspective

    Ali Shakarami;Ali Shahidinejad;Mostafa Ghobaei-Arani

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Cloud‐aided online EEG classification system for brain healthcare: A case study of depression evaluation with a lightweight CNN

    Hengjin Ke;Dan Chen;Tejal Shah;Xianzeng Liu

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Joint computation offloading and resource provisioning for edge‐cloud computing environment: A machine learning‐based approach

    Ali Shahidinejad;Mostafa Ghobaei‐Arani

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Senti-eSystem: A sentiment-based eSystem-using hybridized fuzzy and deep neural network for measuring customer satisfaction

    Muhammad Zubair Asghar;Fazli Subhan;Hussain Ahmad;Wazir Zada Khan

    (2021)
    74 Citations

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