Digital and Cyber Forensics
Digital and Cyber Forensics is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 18.3% 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 digital forensics, including challenges and approaches in Internet of Things (IoT) forensics, cloud computing, memory analysis, file carving, cybercrime investigations, and security issues in digital data and mobile devices.
- Digital Forensics
- Internet of Things
- Cloud Computing
- Forensic Investigation
- Memory Analysis
- File Carving
- Cybercrime
- Data Forensics
- Mobile Devices
- Security
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +39% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Digital and Cyber Forensics research?
By volume, India and the United States publish the most (649 and 514 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 649 works
- 2 United States 514 works
- 3 China 412 works
- 4 Indonesia 310 works
- 5 United Kingdom 148 works
- 6 Germany 103 works
- 7 Russia 97 works
- 8 South Korea 74 works
- 9 Italy 68 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 68 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.
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Which institutions lead Digital and Cyber Forensics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan publishes the most Digital and Cyber Forensics research, followed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and National Forensic Sciences University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia 23 works
- 2 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 19 works
- 3 National Forensic Sciences UniversityIndia 19 works
- 4 Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia 18 works
- 5 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 16 works
- 6 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 16 works
- 7 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 14 works
- 8 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 13 works
- 9 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 13 works
- 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Digital and Cyber Forensics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital and Cyber Forensics include Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo and Yang Liu.
- 1 Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo United States 3.8k citations
- 2 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 Digital and Cyber Forensics research done?
The largest centres of Digital and Cyber Forensics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Yogyakarta (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gandhinagar.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 101 works
- 2 Chennai India 62 works
- 3 Yogyakarta Indonesia 52 works
- 4 Jakarta Indonesia 45 works
- 5 Seoul South Korea 44 works
- 6 Bengaluru India 40 works
- 7 Moscow Russia 40 works
- 8 Pune India 38 works
- 9 London United Kingdom 32 works
- 10 Coimbatore India 31 works
Where it is the local speciality
- GandhinagarIN · 22.5 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital and Cyber Forensics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Digital and Cyber Forensics?
Among universities, judged by research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Zayed University and National Forensic Sciences 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.
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 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 67.6 | 24.0% | 10.0× | 19 | — |
| 2 | Zayed UniversityUnited Arab Emirates | 66.3 | 40.5% | 28.5× | 8 | -22.2% |
| 3 | National Forensic Sciences UniversityIndia | 64.4 | 18.9% | 183.0× | 19 | — |
| 4 | Sam Houston State UniversityUnited States | 62.2 | 16.4% | 48.9× | 12 | +203.3% |
| 5 | Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia | 61.7 | 6.3% | 15.3× | 18 | +1665.0% |
| 6 | Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia | 60.9 | 11.4% | 15.7× | 23 | — |
| 7 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia | 50.4 | 19.1% | 9.5× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Lovely Professional UniversityIndia | 44.4 | 12.5% | 7.2× | 13 | — |
| 9 | Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States | 44.2 | 32.6% | 3.8× | 13 | -4.2% |
| 10 | Ghana Institute of Management and Public AdministrationGhana | 43.3 | 0.0% | 183.3× | 12 | — |
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 Digital and Cyber Forensics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Digital and Cyber Forensics.
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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.