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Cloud Computing and Resource Management

Cloud Computing and Resource Management is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 56k research works in it since 1950. 26.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to cloud computing, big data technologies, and data center management. It includes discussions on MapReduce, virtualization, Hadoop, resource management, energy efficiency, scalability, and distributed systems. The papers also address challenges and opportunities in the field of cloud computing and big data.

  • Cloud Computing
  • Big Data
  • MapReduce
  • Virtualization
  • Data Centers
  • Resource Management
  • Hadoop
  • Distributed Systems
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Scalability
Research works
56k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-4%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cloud Computing and Resource Management research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.7k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 2k works
  4. 4 Germany 351 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 303 works
  6. 6 Brazil 280 works
  7. 7 Italy 266 works
  8. 8 Canada 218 works
  9. 9 Japan 218 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 217 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.

China: 30.5%India: 26.1%United States: 22.7%Germany: 3.9%6 others listed: 16.7%31%largest
China2,743 · 30.5%India2,343 · 26.1%United States2,043 · 22.7%Germany351 · 3.9%6 others listed1,502 · 16.7%

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

Which institutions lead Cloud Computing and Resource Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Cloud Computing and Resource Management research, followed by Film Independent and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 75 works
  2. 2 Film Independent United States 65 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 63 works
  4. 4 Chandigarh University India 63 works
  5. 5 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 60 works
  6. 6 National University of Defense Technology China 59 works
  7. 7 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 51 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua University China 51 works
  9. 9 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation India 45 works
  10. 10 University of Science and Technology of China China 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cloud Computing and Resource Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cloud Computing and Resource Management include Ion Stoica and Rajkumar Buyya.

  1. 1 Ion Stoica 9.6k citations
  2. 2 Rajkumar Buyya 7.8k citations

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

Where is Cloud Computing and Resource Management research done?

The largest centres of Cloud Computing and Resource Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Redmond.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 628 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 221 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 198 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 166 works
  5. 5 Bengaluru India 153 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 147 works
  7. 7 Changsha China 144 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 117 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 115 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 115 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RedmondUS · 30.0 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cloud Computing and Resource Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cloud Computing and Resource Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra and Chandigarh 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.

0%25%50%75%mean 38.01%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation: 45, 24.1%National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra: 12, 54.6%Chandigarh University: 63, 16.1%SRM University: 21, 34.0%Duhok Polytechnic University: 11, 55.5%Institute of Engineering: 23, 11.8%Université Hassan 1er: 9, 54.0%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 75, 19.9%VIT-AP University: 10, 48.2%Umm al-Qura University: 8, 61.9%National Institute o…SRM UniversityKoneru Lakshmaiah Ed…Chandigarh University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation India 69.524.1%13.0×45 +1883.3%
2National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra India 69.454.6%9.2×12 +288.4%
3Chandigarh University India 66.716.1%9.4×63 +583.0%
4SRM University India 65.834.0%9.4×21 +331.9%
5Duhok Polytechnic University Iraq 63.155.5%30.6×11
6Institute of Engineering Nepal 60.911.8%9.7×23 +237.3%
7Université Hassan 1er Morocco 60.954.0%10.3×9
8Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 59.919.9%10.0×75 +12.3%
9VIT-AP University ?? 57.748.2%11.2×10
10Umm al-Qura University Saudi Arabia 57.761.9%2.7×8 +447.2%

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 Cloud Computing and Resource Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

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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.