Access Control and Trust
Access Control and Trust is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1964. 30.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores trust and reputation systems, role-based access control, and security mechanisms in online environments such as P2P networks and electronic communities. It covers topics like trust management, reputation models, access control policies, and their application in semantic web and multi-agent systems.
- Trust
- Reputation
- Access Control
- P2P Networks
- Semantic Web
- Role-Based Authorization
- Security
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Policy Specification
- Online Communities
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1964
- In the world top 10%
- 4.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -39% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Access Control and Trust research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (356 and 292 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 356 works
- 2 United States 292 works
- 3 India 200 works
- 4 Germany 96 works
- 5 United Kingdom 64 works
- 6 Italy 64 works
- 7 France 46 works
- 8 Canada 44 works
- 9 Japan 44 works
- 10 Spain 29 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Access Control and Trust research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Milan publishes the most Access Control and Trust research, followed by Film Independent and Xidian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of MilanItaly 10 works
- 2 Film IndependentUnited States 10 works
- 3 Xidian UniversityChina 9 works
- 4 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 7 works
- 5 Peking UniversityChina 7 works
- 6 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 6 works
- 7 Southeast UniversityChina 6 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 6 works
- 9 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 6 works
- 10 PLA Information Engineering UniversityChina 6 works
Who are the leading researchers in Access Control and Trust?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Access Control and Trust include Witold Pedrycz.
- 1 Witold Pedrycz Canada 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Access Control and Trust research done?
The largest centres of Access Control and Trust research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China).
Where is the best place to study Access Control and Trust?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Milan and Xidian University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of MilanItaly | 64.6 | 19.7% | 9.4× | 10 | -72.7% |
| 2 | Xidian UniversityChina | 47.2 | 33.8% | 7.7× | 9 | -34.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Access Control and Trust research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2010.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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