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Software Technology and Applications Competence Center

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Research works
25
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
710
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Software Technology and Applications Competence Center

Not ranked overall: Software Technology and Applications Competence Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Software Technology and Applications Competence Center work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Software Technology and Applications Competence Center is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (62%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Engineering (5%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 74.5% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 62.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 35.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSoftwareTechnology and…25fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1562.2%
    2. Engineering15.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    4. Environmental Science01.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.6%
    6. Materials Science01.5%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Health Professions15.0%
    2. Medicine15.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences12.1%
    2. Decision Sciences01.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    6. Psychology00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 4.64× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.27×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.25×0 works
  3. Computer Science4.64×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.31×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.15×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.11×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.93×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×0 works
  11. Medicine0.55×1 works
  12. Engineering0.41×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.35×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.17×0 works
  15. Psychology0.09×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Software Technology and Applications Competence Center?

The most cited paper from Software Technology and Applications Competence Center is "MethSurv: A Web Tool to Perform Multivariable Survival Analysis Using DNA Methylation Data" (Vijayachitra Modhukur, Tatjana Iljasenko, Tauno Metsalu et al., 2017), with 744 citations. Next come "High-performance secure multi-party computation for data mining applications" (218) and "Ship Classification in TerraSAR-X Images With Convolutional Neural Networks" (167).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MethSurv: A Web Tool to Perform Multivariable Survival Analysis Using DNA Methylation Data Vijayachitra Modhukur, Tatjana Iljasenko, Tauno Metsalu et al. · Epigenomics Open access 21 Dec 2017 744
2 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
3 Ship Classification in TerraSAR-X Images With Convolutional Neural Networks Carlos Bentes, Domenico Velotto, Björn Tings · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 16 Nov 2017 167
4 A new way to protect privacy in large-scale genome-wide association studies Liina Kamm, Dan Bogdanov, Sven Laur et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 14 Feb 2013 142
5 Complex contagion process in spreading of online innovation Márton Karsai, Gerardo Iñiguez, Kimmo Kaski et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface Open access 22 Oct 2014 125
All 91 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Software Technology and Applications Competence Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Homomorphic Encryption, Identity-Based Encryption, Data Mining, Cryptanalysis, Classification and Electronic Health Records.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning5▲ 9.5×13 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 8.5×13 topics
  3. Homomorphic Encryption3▲ 296×1 topic
  4. Identity-Based Encryption3▲ 296×1 topic
  5. Data Mining2▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Cryptanalysis2▲ 94×3 topics
  7. Classification2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Electronic Health Records2▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Encrypted Traffic1▲ 209×1 topic
  10. Internet Traffic1▲ 209×1 topic
  11. Precision Medicine1▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Security Analysis1▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Healthcare1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  14. Predictive Modeling1▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Side-Channel Attacks1▲ 106×3 topics
  16. Differential Privacy1▲ 143×1 topic
  17. Federated Learning1▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Authentication1▲ 44×3 topics
  19. Clinical Event Prediction1▲ 193×1 topic
  20. Patient Similarity1▲ 193×1 topic

Which research topics does Software Technology and Applications Competence Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Machine Learning in Healthcare, Electronic Health Records Systems, AI in cancer detection and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Machine Learning in Heal…1Machine Learning in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learn…0Multimodal Machine Learning Applications: 0 fractional worksMedical Coding and Health Information: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceHealth Information ManagementMolecular BiologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  6. 6 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  7. 7 Medical Coding and Health Information Health Information Management 0 works
  8. 8 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Software Technology and Applications Competence Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 Software Technology and Applications Competence Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000060% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Software Technology and Applications Competence Center0.000040% in 20252020

Fractional works of Software Technology and Applications Competence Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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