Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Signal Processing

Biometric Identification and Security

Biometric Identification and Security is a research topic within Signal Processing. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in biometric recognition systems, with an emphasis on security, privacy, and authentication methods. It covers a wide range of biometric modalities such as fingerprint, iris recognition, face spoof detection, and multimodal biometrics. The papers also delve into topics like feature extraction, template protection, and the challenges of biometric systems under spoofing attacks.

  • Biometric Recognition
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Authentication
  • Fingerprint
  • Iris Recognition
  • Face Spoof Detection
  • Multimodal Biometrics
  • Feature Extraction
  • Template Protection
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biometric Identification and Security

Which countries lead Biometric Identification and Security research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.5k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.4k works
  3. 3 United States 397 works
  4. 4 Iraq 180 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 141 works
  6. 6 South Korea 117 works
  7. 7 Japan 111 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 98 works
  9. 9 Germany 97 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 94 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.

India: 36.3%China: 33.5%United States: 9.7%Iraq: 4.4%6 others listed: 16.1%36%largest
India1,488 · 36.3%China1,374 · 33.5%United States397 · 9.7%Iraq180 · 4.4%6 others listed658 · 16.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Biometric Identification and Security research?

By volume in 2022-now, Saveetha University publishes the most Biometric Identification and Security research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 58 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 44 works
  4. 4 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 34 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 27 works
  6. 6 Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndia 27 works
  7. 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 23 works
  8. 8 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 23 works
  9. 9 Southeast UniversityChina 22 works
  10. 10 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biometric Identification and Security?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biometric Identification and Security include Ben Zhong Tang, Xiaogang Wang and Andrew Zisserman.

  1. 1 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 255k citations
  4. 4 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations
  7. 7 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  8. 8 Anil Kumar Jain United States 160k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Biometric Identification and Security?

The most cited paper in Biometric Identification and Security is "FaceNet: A unified embedding for face recognition and clustering" (Florian Schroff, Dmitry Kalenichenko, James Philbin, 2015), with 11,581 citations. Next come "Deep Learning Face Attributes in the Wild" (7,841) and "DeepFace: Closing the Gap to Human-Level Performance in Face Verification" (6,691).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FaceNet: A unified embedding for face recognition and clustering Florian Schroff, Dmitry Kalenichenko, James Philbin Conference paperOpen access Jun 2015 11,581
2 Deep Learning Face Attributes in the Wild Ziwei Liu, Ping Luo, Xiaogang Wang et al. Conference paper Dec 2015 7,841
3 DeepFace: Closing the Gap to Human-Level Performance in Face Verification Yaniv Taigman, Ming Juan Yang, Marc’Aurelio Ranzato et al. Conference paper Jun 2014 6,691
4 Joint Face Detection and Alignment Using Multitask Cascaded Convolutional Networks Kaipeng Zhang, Zhanpeng Zhang, Zhifeng Li et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Letters Open access 26 Aug 2016 5,251
5 An Introduction to Biometric Recognition Anil Kumar Jain, Arun A. Ross, S. Prabhakar · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology 2004 4,931
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Biometric Identification and Security research done?

The largest centres of Biometric Identification and Security research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Baghdad (Iraq). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Darmstadt.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 232 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 187 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 95 works
  4. 4 BaghdadIraq 83 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 81 works
  6. 6 BengaluruIndia 78 works
  7. 7 PuneIndia 73 works
  8. 8 CoimbatoreIndia 72 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 68 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 67 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DarmstadtDE · 39.9 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biometric Identification and Security than the world average.

See Biometric Identification and Security on the map

Where is the best place to study Biometric Identification and Security?

Among universities, judged by research, Michigan State University, University of Macau and Hong Kong Polytechnic University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.61%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Michigan State Unive…University of MacauHong Kong Polytechni…Saveetha University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Michigan State UniversityUnited States 74.131.9%6.0×21 +15.0%
2University of MacauChina 69.031.1%8.3×13 +40.0%
3Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 59.08.3%4.8×20 +24.5%
4Saveetha UniversityIndia 58.65.5%12.6×58 +2157.0%
5Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 53.013.2%8.9×27 +20.7%
6Darmstadt University of Applied SciencesGermany 52.615.6%160.8×19 +62.4%
7SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 52.46.6%9.0×44 +96.6%
8Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 50.09.6%7.2×20 +61.6%
9Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 49.025.7%1.5×21 +33.9%
10Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 48.58.6%7.1×34 +16.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Biometric Identification and Security, country by country

Is Biometric Identification and Security research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Biometric Identification and Security.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biometric Identification and Security as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Biometric Identification and Security0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biometric Identification and Security over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Biometric Identification and Security9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Biometric Identification and Security. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.