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Center for Information Technology

In research, Center for Information Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,370 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science — Computer Science is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,789
of 28,054 · #5,914 all time
Rank in United States
#906
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Center for Information Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,370 of 12,888 19.8%79 #5462

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Information Technology sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Center for Information Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 46.5 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.97× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.21× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Information Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Norbert Streitz, Rosalie Steier and Hans‐Rüdiger Pfister lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Information Technology.

  1. 1 Norbert Streitz United States · #51,974 worldwide 324 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Rosalie Steier United States · #311,649 worldwide 1 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Hans‐Rüdiger Pfister United States · #644,427 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Seth United States · #1,049,384 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Erik United States · #1,087,412 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Yuan Gao United States · #1,271,127 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Manfred Bogen United States · #1,392,360 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Information Technology

Which keywords describe research at Center for Information Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Social Media, Topic Modeling, Convolutional Neural Networks, Machine Translation and Word Representation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning20▲ 4.9×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 3.4×34 topics
  3. Neural Networks11▲ 6.1×20 topics
  4. Social Media8▲ 4.7×15 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 5.8×10 topics
  6. Topic Modeling5▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Machine Translation4▲ 21×1 topic
  8. Word Representation4▲ 29×1 topic
  9. Big Data4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  10. Wireless Networks4▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency4▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 1.99×11 topics
  13. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 28×1 topic
  14. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 28×1 topic
  15. Healthcare3▲ 2.3×6 topics
  16. Digital Divide3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  17. Natural Language Processing3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  18. Online Communication3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Unsupervised Learning3▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  21. Deliberative Democracy3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Media Use2▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Political Participation2▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Wireless Communication2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Convolutional Networks2▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Multi-hop Networks2▲ 88×2 topics
  27. 5G Networks2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  28. Energy Harvesting2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  29. Age of Information2▲ 123×1 topic
  30. Microwave Photonics2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Real-time Status Updates2▲ 123×1 topic
  32. Bioinformatics2▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Data Analysis2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  34. Image Captioning2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Visual Question Answering2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Optical Modulators2▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Transfer Learning2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Polarization2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Resource Allocation2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Depth Estimation2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Information Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Social Media and Politics and Age of Information Optimization.

Topic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics2Social Media and Politics: 2 fractional worksAge of Information Optim…2Age of Information Optimization: 2 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…1Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksIoT Networks and Protocols: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceCommunicationComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Social Media and Politics Communication 2 works
  4. 4 Age of Information Optimization Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  5. 5 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 IoT Networks and Protocols Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.5%domestic only45.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Information Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017.

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