Algorithms and Data Compression
Algorithms and Data Compression is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1952. 18.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and optimization of algorithms for compressing and indexing text data, with applications to genomic data, string matching, suffix arrays, and entropy-based compression techniques.
- Compression
- Suffix Arrays
- Text Indexing
- Data Structures
- String Matching
- Genomic Data
- Entropy
- Hashing
- Approximate Matching
- Algorithms
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 6.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Algorithms and Data Compression research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (593 and 584 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 593 works
- 2 China 584 works
- 3 India 295 works
- 4 Germany 171 works
- 5 Japan 125 works
- 6 France 120 works
- 7 United Kingdom 107 works
- 8 Italy 100 works
- 9 Canada 93 works
- 10 Russia 73 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Algorithms and Data Compression research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Algorithms and Data Compression research, followed by Tsinghua University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 16 works
- 3 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 15 works
- 4 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 5 University of HelsinkiFinland 14 works
- 6 Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael 14 works
- 7 University of PisaItaly 13 works
- 8 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 13 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 13 works
- 10 University of WaterlooCanada 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Algorithms and Data Compression?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Algorithms and Data Compression include T. Adye and B. Stugu.
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Algorithms and Data Compression research done?
The largest centres of Algorithms and Data Compression research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Haifa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HaifaIL · 20.8 works9.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Algorithms and Data Compression than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Algorithms and Data Compression?
Among universities, judged by research, ETH Zurich, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Helsinki 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 63.4 | 32.8% | 5.6× | 12 | -2.5% |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 61.1 | 13.5% | 11.5× | 15 | +34.2% |
| 3 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 53.3 | 12.9% | 7.6× | 14 | +15.3% |
| 4 | University of PisaItaly | 51.5 | 10.6% | 9.1× | 13 | -1.9% |
| 5 | Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael | 51.0 | 6.6% | 13.1× | 14 | -19.3% |
| 6 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 49.7 | 26.6% | 2.6× | 16 | -33.4% |
| 7 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 44.4 | 6.1% | 6.4× | 11 | +316.9% |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States | 43.7 | 12.1% | 5.5× | 15 | -19.2% |
| 9 | Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia | 43.7 | 6.5% | 13.4× | 10 | -2.7% |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 41.8 | 25.0% | 1.6× | 8 | +172.2% |
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 Algorithms and Data Compression research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.