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Computer Science research

Computer Science is a field of the Physical Sciences. Science Explorer counts 7.5M research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of computation.

Research works
7.5M
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4M
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
302
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+33%
the tick is no change

What is Computer Science research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, E-Learning, Internet of Things, Data Mining. Gaining share since 2009–13: Reading Interest, School Literacy Movement, Blockchain, Supply Chain Management, Information Literacy. Losing share: Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning422k▲ 1.56×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning339k▲ 1.31×49 topics
  3. Neural Networks193k▲ 1.68×23 topics
  4. E-Learning175k▲ 2.2×15 topics
  5. Internet of Things116k▲ 2.8×17 topics
  6. Data Mining114k▲ 1.62×13 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks104k▲ 1.77×9 topics
  8. Education98k▲ 3.9×14 topics
  9. Healthcare92k▲ 7.5×8 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence88k▲ 2.1×21 topics
  11. Educational Technology88k▲ 3.6×14 topics
  12. Security86k▲ 1.58×16 topics
  13. Digital Literacy82k▲ 7.7×6 topics
  14. Knowledge Management70k▲ 4.2×11 topics
  15. IoT Security69k▲ 2.3×3 topics
  16. Technology64k▲ 3.7×7 topics
  17. Information Literacy59k▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Media Literacy59k▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Online Learning57k▲ 2.9×10 topics
  20. Blockchain56k▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Reading Interest54k▲ 20×1 topic
  22. School Literacy Movement54k▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Big Data54k▲ 1.29×13 topics
  24. Cloud Computing53k▼ 0.50×13 topics
  25. Anomaly Detection53k▲ 1.69×3 topics
  26. Information Retrieval51k▲ 1.43×6 topics
  27. Higher Education47k▲ 5.8×3 topics
  28. Privacy44k▲ 2.4×6 topics
  29. Smart Cities42k▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Authentication42k▲ 2.2×5 topics
  31. Pedagogy40k▲ 5.0×4 topics
  32. Distributed Systems40k▼ 0.48×6 topics
  33. Digital Transformation39k▲ 8.5×6 topics
  34. Online Education39k▲ 2.4×4 topics
  35. Artificial Neural Networks39k◆ 1.09×5 topics
  36. 5G Networks38k▲ 3.4×2 topics
  37. Supply Chain Management38k▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Natural Language Processing36k▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Fuzzy Logic36k▲ 1.36×5 topics
  40. Social Media36k▲ 1.35×8 topics

Which countries lead Computer Science research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Computer Science. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (393k and 181k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 19.0% top 10% · 393k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 19.0% top 10% · 181k works
  3. 3 India · #8 all time 13.8% top 10% · 167k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #4 all time 22.7% top 10% · 42k works
  5. 5 Germany · #3 all time 18.3% top 10% · 48k works
  6. 6 Canada · #5 all time 20.8% top 10% · 26k works
  7. 7 Hong Kong · #16 all time 32.5% top 10% · 11k works
  8. 8 Australia · #9 all time 28.8% top 10% · 20k works
  9. 9 South Korea · #14 all time 20.4% top 10% · 30k works
  10. 10 Italy · #7 all time 20.9% top 10% · 30k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 131 countries ranked in Computer Science. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Computer Science

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 393k works
  2. 2 United States 181k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 176k works
  4. 4 India 167k works
  5. 5 Germany 48k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 42k works
  7. 7 Japan 37k works
  8. 8 Russia 33k works
  9. 9 France 33k works
  10. 10 Brazil 31k 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.

China: 34.4%United States: 15.9%Indonesia: 15.4%India: 14.6%6 others listed: 19.7%34%largest
China393k · 34.4%United States181k · 15.9%Indonesia176k · 15.4%India167k · 14.6%6 others listed225k · 19.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Computer Science research?

Tsinghua University (China) ranks first in Computer Science on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Peking University and Google (United States).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua University China · Beijing · #15 all time 27.7% top 10% · 6.1k works
  2. 2 Peking University China · Beijing · #47 all time 24.9% top 10% · 3.7k works
  3. 3 Google (United States) United States · Mountain View · #17 all time 30.6% top 10% · 1.7k works
  4. 4 Nanyang Technological University Singapore · Singapore · #30 all time 35.5% top 10% · 3.2k works
  5. 5 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam · #57 all time 34.2% top 10% · 1.9k works
  6. 6 Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou · #39 all time 26.6% top 10% · 4.4k works
  7. 7 Carnegie Mellon University United States · Pittsburgh · #2 all time 26.0% top 10% · 2.7k works
  8. 8 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #1 all time 29.1% top 10% · 1.8k works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #70 all time 22.9% top 10% · 5.5k works
  10. 10 Beihang University China · Beijing · #78 all time 23.4% top 10% · 4.6k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 4,667 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science.

Top 100 Computer Science institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua University China 6.1k works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 5.5k works
  3. 3 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 5.4k works
  4. 4 National University of Defense Technology China 5k works
  5. 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 5k works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 4.8k works
  7. 7 Beihang University China 4.6k works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of Technology China 4.5k works
  9. 9 Zhejiang University China 4.4k works
  10. 10 Xidian University China 4.4k works

Who are the leading researchers in Computer Science?

Among the most productive authors in Computer Science, Andrew Zisserman, Yoshua Bengio and Li Fei-Fei rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom · #3 worldwide 25k citations · 241 works
  2. 2 Yoshua Bengio Canada · #4 worldwide 17k citations · 298 works
  3. 3 Li Fei-Fei United States · #9 worldwide 17k citations · 188 works
  4. 4 Ion Stoica United States · #22 worldwide 9.6k citations · 170 works
  5. 5 Jitendra Malik United States · #39 worldwide 12k citations · 179 works
  6. 6 Ian F. Akyildiz United States · #45 worldwide 8.2k citations · 173 works
  7. 7 Stanley Osher United States · #48 worldwide 8k citations · 207 works
  8. 8 Wei Liu Australia · #55 worldwide 9.7k citations · 149 works
  9. 9 Deborah Estrin United States · #60 worldwide 5.9k citations · 183 works
  10. 10 Chen Change Loy Singapore · #75 worldwide 7.7k citations · 173 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,921 highest-output authors in Computer Science. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Computer Science researchers

Where is Computer Science research done?

The largest centres of Computer Science research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chertsey, Belvedere Tiburon and Cisco.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 76k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 26k works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 22k works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 21k works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 20k works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 17k works
  7. 7 Chennai India 17k works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 17k works
  9. 9 Bandung Indonesia 15k works
  10. 10 Seoul South Korea 14k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChertseyGB · 60.6 works8.7×
  2. Belvedere TiburonUS · 28.0 works8.5×
  3. CiscoUS · 36.1 works8.1×
  4. Pematangsiantar109.7 works8.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Computer Science than the world average.

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Computer Science research by country

The best places for Computer Science research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Computer Science?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanyang Technological University, Vellore Institute of Technology University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 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.

0%20%40%mean 27.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanyang Technological University: 3,162, 35.5%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 4,291, 20.3%Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: 1,808, 33.0%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 2,154, 33.3%University of Hong Kong: 1,946, 34.2%King Abdulaziz University: 1,228, 32.9%Tsinghua University: 6,104, 27.7%Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham: 3,300, 16.6%Xidian University: 4,380, 25.3%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 5,374, 18.4%Nanyang Technologica…Hong Kong Polytechni…Hong Kong University…Vellore Institute of…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nanyang Technological University Singapore 59.435.5%2.5×3,162 -7.6%
2Vellore Institute of Technology University India 55.420.3%2.7×4,291 +282.9%
3Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 53.633.0%2.9×1,808 -12.5%
4Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 53.133.3%1.6×2,154 +3.4%
5University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 51.934.2%1.4×1,946 -5.1%
6King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 51.932.9%1.4×1,228 +126.0%
7Tsinghua University China 51.827.7%1.9×6,104 -9.5%
8Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India 51.816.6%3.9×3,300 +187.3%
9Xidian University China 51.525.3%3.7×4,380 +9.7%
10Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 51.018.4%5.5×5,374 +2.4%

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 Computer Science research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Methods and Media Use, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

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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.

  1. Educational Methods and Media Use+3419%
  2. Blockchain Technology Applications and Security+1784%
  3. IoT and Edge/Fog Computing+1368%
  4. Cloud Computing and Resource Management+281%
  5. Topic Modeling+146%
  6. Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping+84%
  7. Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems-29%
  8. Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services-56%
  9. Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications-85%
  10. Higher Education and Teaching Methods-87%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Computer Science include?

Neural Networks and Applications: 99k fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 93k fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 89k fractional worksAdvanced Computational Techniques and Applications: 89k fractional worksHigher Education and Teaching Methods: 87k fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…80kGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 80k fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 79k fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 78k fractional worksTopic Modeling73kTopic Modeling: 73k fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 72k fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 72k fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…72kDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 72k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.