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Cisco Systems (United States)

In research, Cisco Systems (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,429 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,816 of 4,417 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,310 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (Computer Networks and Communications is 13.7× its share of world research).

cisco.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#16,342
of 22,385 · #6,169 all time
Rank in United States
#2,368
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Cisco Systems (United States)

What is Cisco Systems (United States) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,429 of 10,670 12.8%133 #2372
Computer ScienceField #2,816 of 4,417 13.3%63 #1131
EngineeringField #5,310 of 5,901 12.5%61 #2132

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cisco Systems (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,372 #5,429
  2. Computer Science#1,131 #2,816
  3. Engineering#2,132 #5,310
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Cisco Systems (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Cisco Systems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (45%), Engineering (36%), Decision Sciences (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 158 fractional works · 87.3% of its workComputer Science: 82 fractional works · 45.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 14.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 12.2% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 65 fractional works · 35.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 29.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCisco Systems(United States)181fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science8245.2%
    2. Engineering6535.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy63.4%
    4. Materials Science31.4%
    5. Mathematics20.9%
    6. Environmental Science10.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences73.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting52.6%
    3. Social Sciences42.3%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine21.4%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience10.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cisco Systems (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 22.0 works14×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 52.5 works8.2×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 26.8 works6.2×
  4. Computer ScienceField · 81.7 works5.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 5.82× its world share, 82 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.39× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.82×82 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.88×7 works
  3. Engineering2.39×65 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.53×6 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×5 works
  6. Mathematics0.75×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.40×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  11. Psychology0.22×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.18×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.16×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  17. Medicine0.07×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cisco Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Anna Charny, Monique Morrow and Ammar Rayes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cisco Systems (United States).

  1. 1 Anna Charny United States · #459,269 worldwide 2.3k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Monique Morrow United States · #493,329 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Ammar Rayes United States · #594,421 worldwide 3.3k citations · 155 works
  4. 4 Debojyoti Dutta United States · #732,064 worldwide 1.5k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Jean-Philippe Vasseur United States · #737,202 worldwide 2.2k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey M. Squyres United States · #747,377 worldwide 3.1k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Flavio Bonomi United States · #767,716 worldwide 9.7k citations · 64 works
  8. 8 P. Polakos United States · #774,818 worldwide 2.4k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Bruce S. Davie United States · #798,838 worldwide 6.3k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Xiaoqing Zhu United States · #925,564 worldwide 3.3k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at Cisco Systems (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Cisco Systems (United States)?

The most cited paper from Cisco Systems (United States) is "Fog computing and its role in the internet of things" (Flavio Bonomi, Rodolfo A. Milito, Jiang Zhu et al., 2012), with 6,098 citations. Next come "Fog and IoT: An Overview of Research Opportunities" (2,404) and "Summary cache: a scalable wide-area Web cache sharing protocol" (1,827).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fog computing and its role in the internet of things Flavio Bonomi, Rodolfo A. Milito, Jiang Zhu et al. Conference paperOpen access 17 Aug 2012 6,098
2 Fog and IoT: An Overview of Research Opportunities Mung Chiang, Tao Zhang · IEEE Internet of Things Journal 23 Jun 2016 2,404
3 Summary cache: a scalable wide-area Web cache sharing protocol Li Fan, Pei Cao, Jussara Marques Almeida et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Jun 2000 1,827
4 A new diamond search algorithm for fast block-matching motion estimation Shan An Zhu, Kai‐Kuang Ma · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 2000 1,632
5 Search and replication in unstructured peer-to-peer networks Qin Lv, Pei Cao, Edith Cohen et al. Conference paper 2014 1,622
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cisco Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Security, IoT Security, Integrated Circuits, Cybersecurity, Neural Networks and Distributed Systems.

▲ 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-now 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 Learning21▲ 3.4×35 topics
  2. Machine Learning19▲ 3.1×31 topics
  3. Security10▲ 8.4×10 topics
  4. IoT Security10▲ 17×3 topics
  5. Neural Networks10▲ 3.4×17 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  7. Integrated Circuits7▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Cybersecurity7▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Distributed Systems6▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Anomaly Detection6▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Fault Tolerance6▲ 22×7 topics
  12. Healthcare6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Power Electronics6▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Big Data6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  15. 5G Networks6▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Risk Management5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  17. Data Mining5▲ 3.9×4 topics
  18. CMOS Technology5▲ 33×4 topics
  19. Intrusion Detection5▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Optical Fiber5▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Detection5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  22. Biosensors4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  23. Microwave Photonics4▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Behavioral Analysis4▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Coherent Detection4▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Digital Signal Processing4▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Quantum Information4▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Nanoelectronics4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Security Analysis4▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Entanglement4▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Optical Modulators4▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Silicon Photonics4▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Android Malware4▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Cloud Computing4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  36. Fault Localization4▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Permission Analysis4▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Wireless Networks4▲ 14×8 topics
  39. System Integration4▲ 103×2 topics
  40. Optical Interconnects3▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Cisco Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Network Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Optical Network Technolo…4Optical Network Technologies: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…4Photonic and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 4 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 3 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 3 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 3 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatib…3Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSignal ProcessingInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 4 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 3 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cisco Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cisco Systems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00076% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Cisco Systems (United States)0.00070% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Cisco Systems (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Cisco Systems (United States)12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 1999.

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