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NortonLifeLock (United States)

In research, NortonLifeLock (United States) stands highest in Computer Science (#2,792 of 6,336 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,534 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

nortonlifelock.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#16,794
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,489
of 7,310
Research works
356
▼ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
NortonLifeLock (United States)

What is NortonLifeLock (United States) 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 #2,792 of 6,336 16.2%194
Physical SciencesDomain #12,534 of 17,446 14.8%255

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at NortonLifeLock (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (29%), Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 47.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 29.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 19.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 12.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 20.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNortonLifeLock(United States)32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences35%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1029.5%
    2. Engineering412.8%
    3. Materials Science01.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    5. Environmental Science00.9%
    6. Chemistry00.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    8. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Social Sciences720.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting26.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
    5. Psychology01.4%
    6. Decision Sciences01.4%
    1. Medicine38.5%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.79× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.79×10 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.88×2 works
  3. Social Sciences1.60×7 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.42×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.14×1 works
  7. Engineering0.86×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.65×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.63×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.46×0 works
  14. Psychology0.45×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.44×0 works
  16. Medicine0.44×3 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.37×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NortonLifeLock (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin Roundy, Zulfikar Ramzan and Petros Efstathopoulos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NortonLifeLock (United States).

  1. 1 Kevin Roundy United States · #635,493 worldwide 916 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Zulfikar Ramzan United States · #936,489 worldwide 1.8k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Petros Efstathopoulos United States · #1,107,895 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Alok Tongaonkar United States · #1,296,489 worldwide 797 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Ryan R. Curtin United States · #1,670,445 worldwide 1.6k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Stanislav Miskovic United States · #1,704,023 worldwide 375 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Dave Kleiman United States · #2,000,933 worldwide 112 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Saurabh Shintre United States · #2,418,864 worldwide 664 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Darrell M. Kienzle United States · #2,634,033 worldwide 331 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Gaspar Modelo-Howard United States · #3,925,846 worldwide 152 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at NortonLifeLock (United States)

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

The most cited paper from NortonLifeLock (United States) is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition" (2,031) and "An Attack Surface Metric" (629).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access610 authors 28 Aug 2015 2,031
3 An Attack Surface Metric Pratyusa K. Manadhata, Jeannette M. Wing · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 14 Jun 2010 629
4 Before we knew it Leyla Bilge, Tudor Dumitraş Conference paper 15 Oct 2012 629
5 On the definition and classification of cybercrime Sarah R. Gordon, Richard Ford · Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques 24 Jul 2006 318
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NortonLifeLock (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Machine Learning, Lifelong Learning, Risk Management, Online Learning, Supply Chain Management, Decentralization and Pedagogy.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 2.6×9 topics
  2. Security2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  3. Deep Learning2▲ 1.53×8 topics
  4. Lifelong Learning2▲ 25×2 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.2×3 topics
  6. Online Learning2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  7. Risk Management1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  9. Climate Change1▲ 1.38×5 topics
  10. Decentralization1▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology1◆ 0.96×8 topics
  12. Healthcare1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  13. Internet of Things1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  14. Neural Networks1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  15. Pedagogy1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  16. Higher Education1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  17. Blockchain1▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Mobile Learning1▲ 9.0×1 topic
  19. Regulation1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  20. Smart Contracts1▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Technology Integration1▲ 9.8×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Mobile Learning in Education, Educational Leadership and Innovation and Robotic Process Automation Applications.

Blockchain Technology Ap…1Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksMobile Learning in Educa…1Mobile Learning in Education: 1 fractional worksEducational Leadership a…1Educational Leadership and Innovation: 1 fractional worksRobotic Process Automati…1Robotic Process Automation Applications: 1 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 1 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…0Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 0 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…0Social and Educational Sciences: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Educational Leadership and Innovation Education 1 works
  4. 4 Robotic Process Automation Applications Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 0 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 0 works
  10. 10 Social and Educational Sciences Education 0 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 NortonLifeLock (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000081% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%NortonLifeLock (United States)0.000089% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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