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Data61

In research, Data61 stands highest in Computer Science (#474 of 4,667 worldwide), Artificial Intelligence (#326 of 1,884 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,443 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,609
of 28,054 · #2,416 all time
Rank in Australia
#63
of 391
Research works
5.1k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Data61 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
Computer ScienceField #474 of 4,667 36.3%353 #228
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #326 of 1,884 35.3%148 #209
Physical SciencesDomain #2,443 of 12,888 34.2%534 #1842
EngineeringField #1,933 of 6,636 30.4%110 #996
Social SciencesDomain #3,630 of 10,521 39.0%81 #2247
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #511 of 941 27.9%63 #213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Data61 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#228 #474
  2. Artificial Intelligence#209 #326
  3. Physical Sciences#1,842 #2,443
  4. Engineering#996 #1,933
  5. Social Sciences#2,247 #3,630
  6. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#213 #511
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Data61 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 148.3 works9.0×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 63.4 works7.4×
  3. Computer ScienceField · 352.5 works6.7×
  4. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 40.0 works6.6×
  5. Information SystemsSubfield · 56.5 works4.7×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 6.65× its world share, 352 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Data61?

Ranked on the composite score, Alex Smola, Chuan Ma and Ming Ding lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Data61.

  1. 1 Alex Smola · #7,168 worldwide 2.3k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Chuan Ma · #22,538 worldwide 682 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Ming Ding · #24,922 worldwide 1.2k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Min Fu · #33,003 worldwide 441 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Jose M. Álvarez · #55,849 worldwide 516 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Lars Petersson · #84,480 worldwide 417 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Qiongkai Xu · #91,660 worldwide 650 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Minhui Xue · #125,264 worldwide 397 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Roksana Boreli · #126,065 worldwide 237 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Anirban Mahanti · #137,922 worldwide 225 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Data61

Which keywords describe research at Data61?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Security, Data Mining, Internet of Things, Healthcare and IoT Security.

▲ 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 Learning161▲ 6.9×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning126▲ 5.7×68 topics
  3. Neural Networks72▲ 6.9×31 topics
  4. Security51▲ 12×17 topics
  5. Internet of Things37▲ 6.3×16 topics
  6. Data Mining36▲ 7.2×11 topics
  7. Healthcare36▲ 4.8×10 topics
  8. IoT Security28▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Big Data26▲ 4.2×17 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management26▲ 4.1×8 topics
  11. Privacy25▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Differential Privacy24▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Federated Learning24▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks23▲ 4.5×14 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 2.3×22 topics
  16. Anomaly Detection21▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Surveillance21▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Blockchain20▲ 12×1 topic
  19. Smart Contracts20▲ 18×1 topic
  20. Energy Efficiency18▲ 2.7×13 topics
  21. Security Analysis17▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Representation Learning17▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Adversarial Examples16▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Robustness16▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Unsupervised Learning15▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Behavioral Analysis15▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Semi-Supervised Learning14▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Detection13▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. Security and Privacy13▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Homomorphic Encryption13▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Identity-Based Encryption13▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Mobile Edge Computing13▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Time Series13▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Cybersecurity12▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. 5G Networks12▲ 8.6×5 topics
  36. Transfer Learning12▲ 9.0×3 topics
  37. Android Malware12▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Permission Analysis12▲ 21×1 topic
  39. High-Dimensional Data11▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Topic Modeling11▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Data61 publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning and Cryptography and Data Security.

Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 24 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 20 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness i…16Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 16 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…13Cryptography and Data Security: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 12 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …9Advanced Neural Network Applications: 9 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 9 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 8 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsSignal ProcessingComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition1 others

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

  1. 1 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataArtificial Intelligence 24 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 20 works
  3. 3 Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence 16 works
  4. 4 Cryptography and Data SecurityArtificial Intelligence 13 works
  5. 5 Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesSignal Processing 12 works
  6. 6 Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsArtificial Intelligence 10 works
  7. 7 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Networks and Communications 9 works
  9. 9 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 9 works
  10. 10 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot LearningArtificial Intelligence 8 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Data61's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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