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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 3.4k research works in it since 1957. 9.8% 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 the protection of education rights, privacy, and data protection. It includes discussions on inclusive education, digital libraries, constitutional amendments for education rights, special education, and the intersection of human rights with education and privacy. The cluster also explores issues such as child welfare, interoperability in education technology, and the legal aspects of privacy protection in the digital age.

  • Education Rights
  • Privacy Protection
  • Digital Libraries
  • Inclusive Education
  • Human Rights
  • Data Protection
  • Interoperability
  • Child Welfare
  • Constitutional Amendments
  • Special Education
Research works
3.4k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
334
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+55%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Which countries lead Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research?

By volume, Spain and Ecuador publish the most (349 and 166 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 349 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 166 works
  3. 3 Mexico 129 works
  4. 4 Chile 101 works
  5. 5 Peru 85 works
  6. 6 Brazil 79 works
  7. 7 Colombia 73 works
  8. 8 Argentina 67 works
  9. 9 India 64 works
  10. 10 United States 62 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.

Spain: 29.7%Ecuador: 14.1%Mexico: 11.0%Chile: 8.6%6 others listed: 36.6%30%largest
Spain349 · 29.7%Ecuador166 · 14.1%Mexico129 · 11.0%Chile101 · 8.6%6 others listed430 · 36.6%

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

Which institutions lead Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes publishes the most Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research, followed by Austral University of Chile and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 50 works
  2. 2 Austral University of ChileChile 32 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 27 works
  4. 4 Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 26 works
  5. 5 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 21 works
  6. 6 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 18 works
  7. 7 CHDI FoundationUnited States 17 works
  8. 8 Universidad César VallejoPeru 17 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 16 works
  10. 10 Universidad de SevillaSpain 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity include Juan Pablo.

  1. 1 Juan Pablo United States 49k 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 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity?

The most cited paper in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity is "Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government Web sites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities" (Paul T. Jaeger, 2006), with 215 citations. Next come "History and Action: The Inter-American Human Rights System and the Role of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights" (150) and "Accessibility of U.S. federal government home pages: Section 508 compliance and site accessibility statements" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessing Section 508 compliance on federal e-government Web sites: A multi-method, user-centered evaluation of accessibility for persons with disabilities Paul T. Jaeger · Government Information Quarterly 2006 215
2 History and Action: The Inter-American Human Rights System and the Role of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Robert K. Goldman · Human Rights Quarterly Nov 2009 150
3 Accessibility of U.S. federal government home pages: Section 508 compliance and site accessibility statements Abiodun Olalere, Jonathan K. Lazar · Government Information Quarterly 20 May 2011 149
4 Progress on Website Accessibility? Vicki L. Hanson, John T. Richards · ACM Transactions on the Web Mar 2013 117
5 Accessibility design issues with UK e-government sites Joanne M. Kuzma · Government Information Quarterly 15 Jan 2010 117
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research done?

The largest centres of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Ambato (Ecuador), Bogotá (Colombia) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán, Valdivia and Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 95 works
  2. 2 AmbatoEcuador 76 works
  3. 3 BogotáColombia 43 works
  4. 4 LimaPeru 38 works
  5. 5 SantiagoChile 37 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 33 works
  7. 7 ValdiviaChile 33 works
  8. 8 TrujilloPeru 27 works
  9. 9 Buenos AiresArgentina 27 works
  10. 10 BarcelonaSpain 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán21.4 works168×
  2. ValdiviaCL · 33.1 works145×
  3. AmbatoEC · 75.8 works134×
  4. TrujilloPE · 27.5 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Data Privacy and Cybersecurity?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes, Universitat de València and Universidad Indoamérica 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 12.47%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Bolivari…Universitat de Valèn…Universidad Indoamér…Universidad Regional…
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.

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
1Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 67.612.7%199.3×50 +1361.4%
2Universitat de ValènciaSpain 64.715.0%27.0×18 +30.9%
3Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 64.414.3%292.5×26 +1291.7%
4Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 61.616.7%219.9×21 -
5Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 58.513.0%24.6×27 +68.9%
6Austral University of ChileChile 53.66.4%289.3×32 +84.9%
7Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 49.912.8%29.9×9 +97.4%
8Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 48.67.6%14.2×13 +38.7%
9Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíEcuador 46.715.8%111.5×10 -
10Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 43.510.4%17.5×12 +203.3%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, country by country

Is Data Privacy and Cybersecurity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Data Privacy and Cybersecurity.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Data Privacy and Cybersecurity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Data Privacy and Cybersecurity0.0088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity 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%Data Privacy and Cybersecurity10.2% in 202520102020

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.

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