Question 1

Which countries lead Hardware and Architecture research?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Hardware and Architecture. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (6.1k and 5.6k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Hardware and Architecture research?

Accepted Answer

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Hardware and Architecture on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Tsinghua University and ETH Zurich.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Hardware and Architecture?

Accepted Answer

Counting only their work in Hardware and Architecture, Onur Mutlu, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and Scott A. Mahlke have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

Question 4

Where is Hardware and Architecture research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Hardware and Architecture research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Clara, Markham and Middletown.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Hardware and Architecture?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, ETH Zurich, Stanford University and Tsinghua University score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Hardware and Architecture research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2002. The fastest-growing topics are Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security, VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing and Network Packet Processing and Optimization.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Hardware and Architecture?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Hardware and Architecture is "Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics" (Steven J. Plimpton, 1995), with 45,350 citations. Next come "fastp: an ultra-fast all-in-one FASTQ preprocessor" (31,650) and "MapReduce" (18,671).

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