Cryptographic Implementations and Security
Cryptographic Implementations and Security is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1951. 22.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the cryptanalysis of block ciphers and hash functions, including topics such as side-channel attacks, differential cryptanalysis, security analysis of hardware implementations, lightweight ciphers, fault attacks, and authenticated encryption.
- Cryptanalysis
- Block Ciphers
- Hash Functions
- Side-Channel Attacks
- Differential Cryptanalysis
- Security Analysis
- Hardware Implementations
- Lightweight Ciphers
- Fault Attacks
- Authenticated Encryption
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 4.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cryptographic Implementations and Security research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (943 and 705 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 943 works
- 2 India 705 works
- 3 United States 577 works
- 4 France 199 works
- 5 Japan 189 works
- 6 Germany 181 works
- 7 South Korea 117 works
- 8 United Kingdom 95 works
- 9 Iraq 73 works
- 10 Italy 72 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Cryptographic Implementations and Security research?
By volume in 2022–2025, PLA Information Engineering University publishes the most Cryptographic Implementations and Security research, followed by KU Leuven and State Key Laboratory of Cryptology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 PLA Information Engineering UniversityChina 44 works
- 2 KU LeuvenBelgium 43 works
- 3 State Key Laboratory of CryptologyChina 34 works
- 4 University of FloridaUnited States 28 works
- 5 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 27 works
- 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 27 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 27 works
- 8 Ruhr University BochumGermany 27 works
- 9 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 26 works
- 10 Institute of Information EngineeringChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cryptographic Implementations and Security?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cryptographic Implementations and Security include Dan Boneh, Ronald L. Rivest and Adi Shamir.
- 1 Dan Boneh United States 7.5k citations
- 2 Ronald L. Rivest United States 7.3k citations
- 3 Adi Shamir Israel 6.3k citations
- 4 Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo United States 3.8k citations
- 5 Yang Liu Singapore 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cryptographic Implementations and Security research done?
The largest centres of Cryptographic Implementations and Security research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Luxembourg, Bochum and Palaiseau.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LuxembourgLU · 20.2 works16×
- BochumDE · 32.7 works14×
- PalaiseauFR · 23.4 works12×
- KharagpurIN · 23.9 works11×
- LeuvenBE · 51.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cryptographic Implementations and Security than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cryptographic Implementations and Security?
Among universities, judged by research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nanyang Technological University and Ruhr University Bochum 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 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 69.5 | 28.3% | 12.8× | 23 | +87.3% |
| 2 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 64.3 | 26.5% | 7.3× | 26 | +85.2% |
| 3 | Ruhr University BochumGermany | 64.2 | 29.7% | 15.6× | 27 | +6.0% |
| 4 | KU LeuvenBelgium | 62.0 | 17.3% | 11.1× | 43 | -43.0% |
| 5 | Graz University of TechnologyAustria | 57.8 | 31.9% | 16.0× | 14 | -24.9% |
| 6 | University of LuxembourgLuxembourg | 55.7 | 17.7% | 19.8× | 20 | +1.3% |
| 7 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 54.4 | 7.7% | 11.7× | 27 | +116.6% |
| 8 | UCLouvainBelgium | 53.3 | 24.7% | 11.0× | 12 | -11.7% |
| 9 | University of Electro-CommunicationsJapan | 52.2 | 16.9% | 38.5× | 20 | +17.9% |
| 10 | Hengyang Normal UniversityChina | 51.3 | 14.7% | 82.1× | 12 | +150.0% |
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 Cryptographic Implementations and Security research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cryptographic Implementations and Security.
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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.