Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Software Reliability and Analysis Research is a research topic within Software. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1951. 27.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment and prediction of software reliability, utilizing architecture-based approaches, testing-effort dependent models, neural networks, and fault detection and correction processes. It also explores the reliability of component-based systems, NHPP models, open source software, and sensitivity analysis using Markov chain models.
- Architecture-Based Approach
- Software Reliability Modeling
- Testing-Effort Dependent Models
- Component-Based Systems
- Neural Network
- Fault Detection and Correction
- NHPP Models
- Open Source Software
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Markov Chain Models
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 9.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Software Reliability and Analysis Research research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 638 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 638 works
- 3 India 564 works
- 4 Germany 254 works
- 5 Canada 144 works
- 6 United Kingdom 137 works
- 7 Italy 129 works
- 8 Japan 127 works
- 9 Brazil 117 works
- 10 France 105 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 Software Reliability and Analysis Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beihang University publishes the most Software Reliability and Analysis Research research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beihang University China 56 works
- 2 National University of Defense Technology China 31 works
- 3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 28 works
- 4 Nanjing University China 25 works
- 5 Beijing Institute of Technology China 19 works
- 6 Hiroshima University Japan 18 works
- 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 17 works
- 8 Technical University of Munich Germany 17 works
- 9 Delhi Technological University India 17 works
- 10 Peking University China 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Software Reliability and Analysis Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Software Reliability and Analysis Research include John B. Goodenough, Witold Pedrycz and Gilles Deleuze.
- 1 John B. Goodenough 6.2k citations
- 2 Witold Pedrycz 5.4k citations
- 3 Gilles Deleuze 4.6k citations
- 4 Xin Yao 3.5k citations
- 5 Yang Liu 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Software Reliability and Analysis Research research done?
The largest centres of Software Reliability and Analysis Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Noida.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NoidaIN · 22.7 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Software Reliability and Analysis Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Software Reliability and Analysis Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Università della Svizzera italiana, University of Luxembourg and Manipal University Jaipur 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 | Università della Svizzera italiana Switzerland | 65.1 | 46.3% | 26.9× | 9 | +26.0% |
| 2 | University of Luxembourg Luxembourg | 63.9 | 32.2% | 13.7× | 15 | +70.6% |
| 3 | Manipal University Jaipur ?? | 62.5 | 54.4% | 13.7× | 9 | — |
| 4 | Beihang University China | 61.3 | 22.2% | 10.7× | 56 | -11.5% |
| 5 | Concordia University Canada | 57.6 | 30.1% | 9.5× | 13 | +63.2% |
| 6 | Amity University India | 57.3 | 11.9% | 13.0× | 16 | +209.1% |
| 7 | Polytechnique Montréal Canada | 57.3 | 41.4% | 14.6× | 10 | -15.7% |
| 8 | KIIT University India | 55.3 | 28.5% | 10.4× | 13 | +82.8% |
| 9 | Nanjing University China | 53.9 | 35.0% | 7.0× | 25 | +0.6% |
| 10 | Beijing Institute of Technology China | 51.9 | 44.0% | 3.3× | 19 | +122.1% |
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 Software Reliability and Analysis Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Software Reliability and Analysis Research.
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.