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Cybernetica (Estonia)

In research, Cybernetica (Estonia) stands highest in Computer Science (#2,981 of 6,336 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,275 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science and Physical Sciences (Computer Science is 9.7× its share of world research).

cyber.ee/enROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#26,913
of 34,923
Rank in Estonia
#16
of 21
Research works
212
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Cybernetica (Estonia)

What is Cybernetica (Estonia) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #2,981 of 6,336 8.8%140
Physical SciencesDomain #11,275 of 17,446 7.0%185

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cybernetica (Estonia) 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 fields of science does Cybernetica (Estonia) work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Cybernetica (Estonia) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (76%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 84.1% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 75.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 45.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 12.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCybernetica(Estonia)40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences15%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3075.5%
    2. Engineering25.6%
    3. Materials Science00.8%
    4. Mathematics00.8%
    5. Chemistry00.7%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences411.0%
    2. Decision Sciences12.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    1. Medicine00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cybernetica (Estonia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 30.4 works9.7×
  2. Physical SciencesDomain · 33.9 works2.1×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 9.71× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.87× 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, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science9.71×30 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.14×1 works
  3. Social Sciences0.87×4 works
  4. Chemical Engineering0.79×0 works
  5. Mathematics0.70×0 works
  6. Energy0.45×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.44×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  10. Engineering0.37×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.24×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  13. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cybernetica (Estonia)?

Ranked on the quality score, Dan Bogdanov, Liina Kamm and Riivo Talviste lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cybernetica (Estonia).

  1. 1 Dan Bogdanov Estonia · #449,570 worldwide 2k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Liina Kamm Estonia · #592,845 worldwide 709 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Riivo Talviste Estonia · #792,855 worldwide 1.5k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jan Willemson Estonia · #931,656 worldwide 2.6k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Pille Pullonen Estonia · #1,018,092 worldwide 291 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Claude Guillemet Estonia · #2,331,746 worldwide 621 citations · 150 works
  7. 7 Sven Heiberg Estonia · #2,463,016 worldwide 319 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Jelizaveta Vakarjuk Estonia · #2,727,906 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Peeter Laud Estonia · #2,844,737 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  10. 10 Nikita Snetkov Estonia · #2,870,625 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cybernetica (Estonia)

What are the most cited papers from Cybernetica (Estonia)?

The most cited paper from Cybernetica (Estonia) is "Sharemind: A Framework for Fast Privacy-Preserving Computations" (Dan Bogdanov, Sven Laur, Jan Willemson, 2008), with 700 citations. Next come "An Oblivious Transfer Protocol with Log-Squared Communication" (276) and "High-performance secure multi-party computation for data mining applications" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sharemind: A Framework for Fast Privacy-Preserving Computations Dan Bogdanov, Sven Laur, Jan Willemson · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2008 700
2 An Oblivious Transfer Protocol with Log-Squared Communication Helger Lipmaa · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2005 276
3 High-performance secure multi-party computation for data mining applications Dan Bogdanov, Margus Niitsoo, Tomas Toft et al. · International Journal of Information Security 8 Sep 2012 218
4 Multi-query Computationally-Private Information Retrieval with Constant Communication Rate Jens Groth, Aggelos Kiayias, Helger Lipmaa · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2010 215
5 Asymmetry of the planum parietale Lutz Jäncke, Gottfried Schlaug, Yanxiong Huang et al. · Neuroreport May 1994 161
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cybernetica (Estonia)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Homomorphic Encryption, Identity-Based Encryption, Data Mining, Security, Deep Learning, Classification and Internet Traffic.

▲ 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. Machine Learning10▲ 7.7×15 topics
  2. Deep Learning6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  3. Homomorphic Encryption5▲ 296×1 topic
  4. Identity-Based Encryption5▲ 296×1 topic
  5. Data Mining4▲ 14×2 topics
  6. Security4▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Classification4▲ 20×1 topic
  8. Internet Traffic4▲ 247×1 topic
  9. Trust4▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Differential Privacy3▲ 121×1 topic
  11. Federated Learning3▲ 121×1 topic
  12. Internet of Things3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  13. Cybersecurity3▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Semantic Web2▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Cryptanalysis2▲ 67×3 topics
  16. Knowledge Representation2▲ 66×3 topics
  17. Description Logics2▲ 115×2 topics
  18. Privacy2▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Privacy Concerns2▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Surveillance2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Information Disclosure2▲ 146×1 topic
  22. Online Social Networks2▲ 146×1 topic
  23. Information Security2▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Model Checking2▲ 89×2 topics
  25. Policy Compliance2▲ 107×1 topic
  26. Approximation Algorithms2▲ 54×3 topics
  27. Access Control2▲ 364×1 topic
  28. Reputation2▲ 117×1 topic
  29. Security Analysis2▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Supply Chain Management2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  31. Blockchain1▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Side-Channel Attacks1▲ 64×2 topics
  33. Smart Contracts1▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Answer Set Programming1▲ 192×1 topic
  35. Authentication1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Combinatorial Optimization1▲ 199×1 topic
  37. Complexity Theory1▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Key Exchange1▲ 275×1 topic
  39. Modal Logic1▲ 98×1 topic
  40. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 6.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Cybernetica (Estonia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cryptography and Data Security, Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.

Cryptography and Data Se…5Cryptography and Data Security: 5 fractional worksInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting: 4 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 3 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 2 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 2 fractional worksAccess Control and Trust2Access Control and Trust: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Authentication Protocols Security: 1 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 1 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsComputer Networks and Communications1 others

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

  1. 1 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  2. 2 Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Access Control and Trust Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Authentication Protocols Security Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  10. 10 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cybernetica (Estonia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cybernetica (Estonia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Cybernetica (Estonia)0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cybernetica (Estonia) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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