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Computer Networks and Communications research in United States

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in United States for Computer Networks and Communications research in 2022-now (#5 worldwide), followed by Alphabet (United States) and Microsoft (United States).

United States's world rank
#2
of 68 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
21k
Top-10% rate
9.6%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Networks and Communications in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #575.612.8%223
2Alphabet (United States)Mountain View #1657.918.5%153
3Microsoft (United States)Redmond #1856.121.0%230
4University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #2253.114.5%174
5Princeton UniversityPrinceton #2352.416.6%119
6Stanford UniversityStanford #2650.614.9%150
7Cornell UniversityIthaca #2849.416.9%128
8Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #3048.411.4%275
9University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #3446.513.5%247
10New York UniversityNew York #4243.314.8%164
11University of California San DiegoSan Diego #5539.210.9%158
12University of MichiganAnn Arbor #6037.910.3%176
13University of WashingtonSeattle #6337.112.1%129
14Columbia UniversityNew York #6436.912.2%136
15Argonne National LaboratoryLemont #6736.212.8%92
16University of ChicagoChicago #7135.39.8%92
17Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #7235.113.9%164
18Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #7933.710.5%229
19University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #8133.39.5%124
20Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #8632.410.3%286
21The University of Texas at AustinAustin #8732.29.3%153
22Arizona State UniversityTempe #9231.413.9%163
23University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia #9830.416.4%61
24University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #10829.016.8%108
25University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #11228.412.7%146
26Virginia TechBlacksburg #11328.310.7%197
27Yale UniversityNew Haven #11528.015.9%64
28Duke UniversityDurham #11627.915.3%82
29Northeastern UniversityBoston #12227.114.0%171
30Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #12626.610.6%84
31University of HoustonHouston #12926.316.7%124
32Indiana UniversityBloomington #13026.111.2%98
33University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #13126.011.3%143
34Intel (United States)Santa Clara #13325.814.0%193
35California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #13525.611.3%94
36University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara #13725.412.9%60
37IBM (United States)Armonk #14524.59.8%170
38Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge #14724.37.4%121
39University of California, IrvineIrvine #15423.68.9%138
40Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook #15723.311.8%86
41University of California, RiversideRiverside #16023.011.1%94
42The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio #16122.917.2%68
43North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #16222.810.9%125
44The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #17521.610.9%137
45Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #17821.46.2%93
46Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #18620.78.5%142
47University of VirginiaCharlottesville #19320.18.8%91
48University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center #19619.912.6%87
49University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg #20918.915.0%91
50George Mason UniversityFairfax #21018.910.2%134
51University of UtahSalt Lake City #21418.611.5%74
52University of Illinois ChicagoChicago #21718.412.0%75
53United States Department of DefenseWashington #22318.05.0%332
54Boston UniversityBoston #23017.58.4%75
55Northwestern UniversityEvanston #23317.37.2%69
56University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkBuffalo #23417.29.8%70
57The University of Texas at DallasRichardson #24216.76.8%101
58Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing #25715.812.1%84
59University of FloridaGainesville #25915.78.7%100
60Iowa State UniversityAmes #26015.69.7%75

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Networks and Communications, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Computer Networks and Communications researchers in United States?

Scott J. Shenker, Ion Gabriel Stoica and H. Vincent Poor rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Computer Networks and Communications that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Scott J. Shenker#597 worldwide overall160.9 of 276 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ion Gabriel Stoica#1,312 worldwide overall127.4 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3H. Vincent Poor#31,413 worldwide overall170.3 of 656 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Mário Gerla#83,716 worldwide overall158.2 of 623 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jennifer Rexford#3,378 worldwide overall108.8 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Don Towsley#76,102 worldwide overall141.4 of 442 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Hari Balakrishnan#741 worldwide overall91.8 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8David Culler#7,391 worldwide overall92.4 of 171 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ian Foster#49,015 worldwide overall96.9 of 315 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Amin M. Vahdat#5,216 worldwide overall80.4 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Zhu Han#384,428 worldwide overall203.0 of 536 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Randy Howard Katz#19,742 worldwide overall80.5 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Nick McKeown#3,564 worldwide overall69.0 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Onur Mutlu#5,670 worldwide overall84.6 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Lixia Zhang#38,016 worldwide overall77.0 of 206 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Computer Networks and Communications alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Computer Networks and Communications