Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques is a research topic within Software. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1952. 19.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the principles, practices, and tools related to Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) in software development. It covers topics such as domain-specific languages, model transformation, metamodeling, UML, model consistency, graph transformation, and the practical application of MDE in industry.
- Model-Driven Engineering
- Domain-Specific Languages
- Model Transformation
- Metamodeling
- UML
- Software Development
- Model Consistency
- Graph Transformation
- MDE Practices
- Tool Integration
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 4.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -31% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research?
By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (337 and 335 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 337 works
- 2 Germany 335 works
- 3 China 190 works
- 4 France 118 works
- 5 United Kingdom 115 works
- 6 Italy 86 works
- 7 India 68 works
- 8 Canada 66 works
- 9 Spain 61 works
- 10 Austria 58 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, RWTH Aachen University publishes the most Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research, followed by Johannes Kepler University of Linz and TU Wien.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 RWTH Aachen University Germany 23 works
- 2 Johannes Kepler University of Linz Austria 19 works
- 3 TU Wien Austria 15 works
- 4 University of York United Kingdom 14 works
- 5 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 14 works
- 6 University of Stuttgart Germany 13 works
- 7 Technical University of Munich Germany 12 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 12 works
- 9 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 11 works
- 10 Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques include Wil M. P. van der Aalst.
- 1 Wil M. P. van der Aalst 5.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Munich (Germany), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Linz, Aachen and Karlsruhe.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LinzAT · 22.2 works43×
- AachenDE · 24.5 works14×
- KarlsruheDE · 21.1 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, RWTH Aachen University, Johannes Kepler University of Linz and University of Stuttgart score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RWTH Aachen University Germany | 71.7 | 17.9% | 16.2× | 23 | +3.8% |
| 2 | Johannes Kepler University of Linz Austria | 63.9 | 11.9% | 58.3× | 19 | +3.3% |
| 3 | University of Stuttgart Germany | 61.2 | 16.8% | 17.9× | 13 | +32.6% |
| 4 | Mälardalen University Sweden | 58.7 | 22.6% | 101.7× | 11 | -13.0% |
| 5 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 57.9 | 30.5% | 7.8× | 12 | -41.1% |
| 6 | TU Wien Austria | 54.0 | 14.4% | 23.2× | 15 | -36.5% |
| 7 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany | 53.8 | 11.9% | 13.4× | 14 | -8.3% |
| 8 | Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands | 48.6 | 16.3% | 15.4× | 11 | -42.3% |
| 9 | University of York United Kingdom | 38.8 | 3.1% | 23.4× | 14 | -42.2% |
| 10 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary | 37.1 | 6.1% | 23.8× | 11 | -13.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.