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Cybersecurity and Information Systems

Cybersecurity and Information Systems is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 6.9k research works in it since 1950. 9.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on network security and communication technologies, including IoT networks, telecommunication networks, machine learning, SDN/NFV, cloud services, UAV path planning, big data centers, and information risks.

  • Network Security
  • Communication Technologies
  • IoT Networks
  • Telecommunication Networks
  • Machine Learning
  • SDN/NFV
  • Cloud Service
  • UAV Path Planning
  • Big Data Centers
  • Information Risks
Research works
6.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
642
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+147%
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Which countries lead Cybersecurity and Information Systems research?

By volume, Ukraine and Russia publish the most (691 and 514 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ukraine 691 works
  2. 2 Russia 514 works
  3. 3 United States 126 works
  4. 4 China 123 works
  5. 5 India 88 works
  6. 6 Uzbekistan 47 works
  7. 7 Kazakhstan 46 works
  8. 8 Poland 40 works
  9. 9 ?? 31 works
  10. 10 Azerbaijan 31 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.

Ukraine: 39.8%Russia: 29.6%United States: 7.3%China: 7.1%6 others listed: 16.3%40%largest
Ukraine691 · 39.8%Russia514 · 29.6%United States126 · 7.3%China123 · 7.1%6 others listed283 · 16.3%

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

Which institutions lead Cybersecurity and Information Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” publishes the most Cybersecurity and Information Systems research, followed by State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute" and Lviv Polytechnic National University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 67 works
  2. 2 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 46 works
  3. 3 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 43 works
  4. 4 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 32 works
  5. 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 29 works
  6. 6 Moscow Technical University of Communication and InformaticsRussia 26 works
  7. 7 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 26 works
  8. 8 National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine 25 works
  9. 9 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine 25 works
  10. 10 Central Scientific Research Institute of Armament and Military Equipment of the Armed Forces of UkraineUkraine 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cybersecurity and Information Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cybersecurity and Information Systems include Hak‐Keung Lam.

  1. 1 Hak‐Keung Lam United Kingdom 1.6k citations

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

Where is Cybersecurity and Information Systems research done?

The largest centres of Cybersecurity and Information Systems research in 2022–2025 are Kyiv (Ukraine), Moscow (Russia), Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cherkasy, Kharkiv and Kyiv.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kyiv Ukraine 267 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 185 works
  3. 3 Kharkiv Ukraine 154 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 91 works
  5. 5 Lviv Ukraine 55 works
  6. 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 39 works
  7. 7 Weatherford United States 29 works
  8. 8 Cherkasy Ukraine 28 works
  9. 9 Baku Azerbaijan 27 works
  10. 10 Odesa Ukraine 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CherkasyUA · 28.0 works116×
  2. KharkivUA · 153.7 works74×
  3. KyivUA · 266.8 works46×
  4. VinnytsiaUA · 20.2 works45×
  5. LvivUA · 55.0 works40×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cybersecurity and Information Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cybersecurity and Information Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute and Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force 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%10%20%mean 9.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 26, 9.0%National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute: 25, 10.1%Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University: 22, 19.6%Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics: 26, 11.7%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 32, 6.3%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 43, 4.4%State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute": 46, 11.1%National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”: 67, 3.3%National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine: 18, 13.8%ITMO University: 9, 10.2%Ivan Kozhedub Kharki…Moscow Technical Uni…National Aerospace U…Taras Shevchenko Nat…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 70.99.0%46.8×26 +664.9%
2 National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine 70.810.1%230.1×25 +452.8%
3 Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force UniversityUkraine 70.019.6%792.7×22 —
4 Moscow Technical University of Communication and InformaticsRussia 69.111.7%304.0×26 +455.6%
5 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 68.26.3%154.3×32 +483.1%
6 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 67.94.4%81.6×43 +188.8%
7 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 67.311.1%152.8×46 +58.1%
8 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 66.93.3%145.1×67 +157.5%
9 National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine 65.313.8%157.0×18 +132.9%
10 ITMO UniversityRussia 64.310.2%27.2×9 +868.5%

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 Cybersecurity and Information Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 147% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Cybersecurity and Information Systems.

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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.