Journal of Systems Architecture

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Systems Architecture: Embedded Software Design (JSA) is a journal covering all design and architectural aspects related to embedded systems and software.

It ranges from the microarchitecture level via the system software level up to the application-specific architecture level.

Aspects such as real-time systems, operating systems, FPGA programming, programming languages, communications (limited to analysis and the software stack), mobile systems, parallel and distributed architectures as well as additional subjects in the computer and system architecture area will fall within the scope of this journal.

Technology will not be a main focus, but its use and relevance to particular designs will be.

Case studies are welcome but must contribute more than just a design for a particular piece of software.

Design automation of such systems including methodologies, techniques and tools for their design as well as novel designs of software components fall within the scope of this journal.

Novel applications that use embedded systems are also central in this journal.

While hardware is not a part of this journal hardware/software co-design methods that consider interplay between software and hardware components with and emphasis on software are also relevant here.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3459

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3442

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.220

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	72

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• All one needs to know about fog computing and related edge computing paradigms: A complete survey

  Citation: 1072

  Authors: Ashkan, Caleb, Tam, Krishna, Fatemeh, Amirreza, Jian, Jason P.

• QNoC: QoS architecture and design process for network on chip

  Citation: 370

  Authors: Evgeny, Israel, Ran, Avinoam

• A survey on application mapping strategies for Network-on-Chip design

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Pradip Kumar, Santanu

• A Survey on optimized implementation of deep learning models on the NVIDIA Jetson platform

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Sparsh

• Using complexity, coupling, and cohesion metrics as early indicators of vulnerabilities

  Citation: 222

  Authors: Istehad, Mohammad

• A survey on data center cooling systems: Technology, power consumption modeling and control strategy optimization

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Qingxia, Zihao, Xianwen, Yuhao, Jia, Jiabao, Tian, Junyu, M. Jamal

• A survey of Flash Translation Layer

  Citation: 215

  Authors: Tae-Sun, Dong-Joo, Sangwon, Dong-Ho, Sang-Won, Ha-Joo

• A Survey on Task Offloading in Multi-access Edge Computing

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Akhirul, Arindam, Manojit, Suchetana

• MEALPY: An open-source library for latest meta-heuristic algorithms in Python

  Citation: 181

  Authors: Nguyen, Seyedali

• Fuzzy pattern tree for edge malware detection and categorization in IoT

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Ensieh Modiri, Amin, Ali, David Ellis, Reza M., Hadis

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