Computer Science - Research and Development

Aims & Scope

Computer Science – Research and Development (CSRD), formerly Informatik – Forschung und Entwicklung (IFE), is a quarterly international journal that publishes high-quality research and survey papers from the Software Engineering & Systems area and its adjacent disciplines, with inclusion of embedded systems, mobile systems, information systems, algorithm engineering, web engineering, ubiquitous computing, service-oriented architectures, model-driven architectures, process-oriented architectures and related topics.

Also, contributions describing research in application areas as e.g. mechanical engineering, medical engineering and medical technology, traffic engineering and environmental technology are welcome.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A blockchain-based smart grid: towards sustainable local energy markets

  Citation: 646

  Authors: Esther, Benedikt, Carolin, David, Christof

• Declarative workflows: Balancing between flexibility and support

  Citation: 331

  Authors: W. M. P., M., H.

• Microservices tenets

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Olaf

• Privacy-preserving blockchain-based electric vehicle charging with dynamic tariff decisions

  Citation: 193

  Authors: Fabian, Andreas, Dominik

• The ADEPT project: a decade of research and development for robust and flexible process support

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Peter, Manfred

• MVAPICH2-GPU: optimized GPU to GPU communication for InfiniBand clusters

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Hao, Sreeram, Miao, Ashish Kumar, Sayantan, Dhabaleswar K.

• A survey of attacks on web services

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Meiko, Nils, Ralph

• Challenges of medical image processing

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Ingrid, Til, Thomas M., Torsten

• Beyond rigidity – dynamic process lifecycle support

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Barbara, Shazia, Manfred

• NoSQL database systems: a survey and decision guidance

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Felix, Wolfram, Steffen, Norbert