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SURF

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Research works
44
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
419
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: SURF is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.77× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at SURF?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Security, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Deep Learning, Workflow Management, Big Data and Elastic Optical Networks.

▲ 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 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 Learning4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  2. Deep Learning3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  4. Security3▲ 17×9 topics
  5. Distributed Systems2▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Workflow Management2▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Big Data2▲ 8.4×7 topics
  8. Economic Development2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  9. Elastic Optical Networks2▲ 153×1 topic
  10. Optical Networks2▲ 153×1 topic
  11. Cloud Computing2▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Resource Management2▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Optical Fiber2▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Semantic Web Services2▲ 42×2 topics
  15. IoT Security2▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Wireless Networks2▲ 15×3 topics
  17. 5G Networks1▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Broadband1▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Higher Education1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  20. Coherent Detection1▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Digital Signal Processing1▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Information Security1▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Network Virtualization1▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Privacy1▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Smart Cards1▲ 149×2 topics
  26. Software-Defined Networking1▲ 104×1 topic
  27. Authentication1▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Bioinformatics1▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Biometrics1▲ 91×2 topics
  30. Digital Divide1▲ 14×3 topics
  31. High-Performance Computing1▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Supply Chain1▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Communication1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Cybersecurity1▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Grid Computing1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. ICT1▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Reproducibility1▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Scientific Workflows1▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Task Scheduling1▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does SURF publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Security, Politics, and …1Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 0 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and…0Scientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 0 fractional worksPower Line Communication…0Power Line Communications and Noise: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsManagement Information SystemsInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  7. 7 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  10. 10 Power Line Communications and Noise Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SURF's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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