Natural Computing 17.9k citations
1000 papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms Cellular Automata and Applications Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Papers in i Cellular Automata and Applications 151 Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms 81 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research 162 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications 125 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Natural Computing
Comparison fields: 5 of 208 Computational Theory and Mathematics 4.9k Artificial Intelligence 7.5k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.4k Molecular Biology 4.8k Computer Networks and Communications 1.5k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1.3k Management Science and Operations Research 766 Mechanical Engineering 2.1k Control and Systems Engineering 1.3k Software 201 Signal Processing 441 Biomedical Engineering 1.5k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.9k Numerical Analysis 172 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 369 Cognitive Neuroscience 478 Information Systems 597 Transportation 171 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 163 Ocean Engineering 354 Automotive Engineering 270 Building and Construction 302 Civil and Structural Engineering 425 Computer Science Applications 107 Hardware and Architecture 121 Aerospace Engineering 404 Biophysics 90 Modeling and Simulation 69 Media Technology 133 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 52 Environmental Engineering 199 Energy 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Computational Theory and Mathematics 4.9k Artificial Intelligence 7.5k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1.4k Molecular Biology 4.8k Computer Networks and Communications 1.5k Natural computing series United Kingdom
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About Natural Computing The 1000 papers published in Natural Computing in the last decades have received a total of 17.9k indexed citations . Papers published in Natural Computing usually cover Computational Theory and Mathematics (319 papers), Artificial Intelligence (403 papers), Molecular Biology (433 papers), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (46 papers) and Mechanical Engineering (131 papers) specifically the topics of DNA and Biological Computing (307 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (195 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (162 papers), Cellular Automata and Applications (151 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (125 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (124 papers), Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (81 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (76 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Natural Computing are Hans–Paul Schwefel , Hans-Georg Beyer , Michael N. Vrahatis , Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos , Alec Banks , Jonathan Vincent , Michael Emmerich , André Deutz , Hossein Nezamabadi–pour and Esmat Rashedi .
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