Question 1

Which countries lead Cryptography and Data Security research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.7k and 1.6k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Cryptography and Data Security research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Cryptography and Data Security research, followed by Xidian University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Cryptography and Data Security?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cryptography and Data Security include John P. A. Ioannidis, Mark Gerstein and Li Fei-Fei.

Question 4

Where is Cryptography and Data Security research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Cryptography and Data Security research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wollongong and Saarbrücken.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Cryptography and Data Security?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Singapore Management University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Nanyang Technological 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.

Question 6

Is Cryptography and Data Security research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cryptography and Data Security.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Cryptography and Data Security?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Cryptography and Data Security is "How to share a secret" (Adi Shamir, 1979), with 13,673 citations. Next come "A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems" (13,115) and "A public key cryptosystem and a signature scheme based on discrete logarithms" (8,095).