Biography:
She obtained the Computer Engineering degree from the Universidad del País Vasco in 1991 and joined the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT). She received her Doctoral degree in 2003, and she is now an Associate Researcher in the IIT and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science of Comillas' Engineering School, ICAI. Her research interests include software engineering, analysis, design, management, and control of railway systems; RAMS analysis and software quality assurance; industrial communication and sustainability assessment of energy generation using LCA. To promote STEM vocations (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), she investigates the factors that cause the low choice of STEM studies by students, with particular emphasis on women; and the actions to be carried out to change this trend. She is director of the Chair for the Promotion of Women in STEM in Vocational Training for Sustainable Mobility.
Areas of interest:
Software engineering: software development process, programming paradigms, software quality assurance and control, CASE tools. RAMS: standards and analysis. Safety-critical and real time systems. Railway systems. Sustainability assessment of energy generation using LCA. Promotion of STEM vocations in women and provoke a change in trend.
A. González-Cervera, O. Martín Carrasquilla, Y. González-Arechavala, "Actitudes de los docentes de primaria hacia la programación visual por bloques: diferencias por sexo y edad", Educacion XX1, Vol. 29, nº. 1, pp. 177 - 197, January 2026. doi: 10.5944/educxx1.42387
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,763 Q1 (2025) A. Santos-Montes, Y. González-Arechavala, C. M. Sastre, L. Lefranc, J.I. Linares, "Life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Spain. Environmental assessment of decarbonisation measures", Cleaner Environmental Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 100290, September 2025. [Online: June 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100290
JCR-JIF: 5,300 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 1,143 Q1 (2025); C. M. Sastre, R. Barro, Y. González-Arechavala, A. Santos-Montes, P. Ciria, "Life cycle assessment and soil nitrogen balance of different N fertilizers for top dressing rye as energy crop for electricity generation", Agronomy, Vol. 11, nº. 5, pp. 844, May 2021. [Online: April 2021] doi: 10.3390/agronomy11050844
JCR-JIF: 3,949 Q1 (2021); 4,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,654 Q1 (2021); 0,802 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,182 Q1 (2016); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 2,864 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 5,746 Q1 (2015); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,864 Q1 (2025) A. González-Cervera, O. Martín Carrasquilla, Y. González-Arechavala, "Factores influyentes en las actitudes docentes hacia la programación por bloques para el desarrollo del pensamiento computacional en Educación Primaria", Aloma, Vol. 44, nº. 1, pp. 24 - 32, July 2026. doi: 10.51698/aloma.2026.44.1.24-32
JCR-JIF: 1,300 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,404 Q2 (2025) A. González-Cervera, O. Martín Carrasquilla, Y. González-Arechavala, "Actitudes de los docentes de primaria hacia la programación visual por bloques: diferencias por sexo y edad", Educacion XX1, Vol. 29, nº. 1, pp. 177 - 197, January 2026. doi: 10.5944/educxx1.42387
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,763 Q1 (2025) Y. González-Arechavala, O. Martín Carrasquilla, I. Muñoz San Roque, M.J. Medina-Hernández, "The vision of future generations towards STEM education: Impact of a tech summer camp", European Journal of STEM Education, Vol. 10, nº. 1, pp. 35, 2025. [Online: December 2025] doi: 10.20897/ejsteme/17643
SJR: 0,673 Q1 (2025); 0,673 Q1 (2025) J.L. Arroyo-Barriguete, S. Carabias-López, A. Obregón, Y. González-Arechavala, S. Canales-Cano, "Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement among Engineering Students", International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol. 15, nº. 6, pp. 84 - 110, November 2025. doi: 10.3991/ijep.v15i6.54591
JCR-JIF: 1,700 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,569 Q2 (2025); 0,569 Q2 (2025) A. Santos-Montes, Y. González-Arechavala, C. M. Sastre, L. Lefranc, J.I. Linares, "Life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Spain. Environmental assessment of decarbonisation measures", Cleaner Environmental Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 100290, September 2025. [Online: June 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100290
JCR-JIF: 5,300 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 1,143 Q1 (2025); A. González-Cervera, O. Martín Carrasquilla, Y. González-Arechavala, "Validación de contenido de una escala sobre actitudes hacia la programación y el pensamiento computacional en docentes de Primaria a partir del método Delphi", Píxel-Bit. Revista de Medios y Educación, Nº. 70, pp. 61 - 76, May 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.12795/pixelbit.103692
JCR-JIF: 1,800 Q2 (2024); - SJR: 0,506 Q2 (2024); C. M. Sastre, R. Barro, Y. González-Arechavala, A. Santos-Montes, P. Ciria, "Life cycle assessment and soil nitrogen balance of different N fertilizers for top dressing rye as energy crop for electricity generation", Agronomy, Vol. 11, nº. 5, pp. 844, May 2021. [Online: April 2021] doi: 10.3390/agronomy11050844
JCR-JIF: 3,949 Q1 (2021); 4,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,654 Q1 (2021); 0,802 Q1 (2025) C. Puente, R. Palacios, Y. González-Arechavala, E.F. Sánchez-Úbeda, "Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) for energy disaggregation using soft computing techniques", Energies, Vol. 13, nº. 12, pp. 3117, June 2020. [Online: June 2020] doi: 10.3390/en13123117
JCR-JIF: 3,004 Q3 (2020); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,598 Q2 (2020); 0,748 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,182 Q1 (2016); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 2,864 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 5,746 Q1 (2015); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,864 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 5,613 Q1 (2014); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 2,864 Q1 (2025) 
