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Digital Rights Management and Security

Digital Rights Management and Security is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 9.9k research works in it since 1952. 14.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the architectures, technologies, and challenges related to Digital Rights Management (DRM). It covers topics such as interoperability, privacy, security architecture, fair use, rights expression languages, mobile DRM, cloud computing, smart cards, and copyright protection.

  • DRM
  • Interoperable
  • Privacy
  • Security Architecture
  • Fair Use
  • Rights Expression Languages
  • Mobile DRM
  • Cloud Computing
  • Smart Cards
  • Copyright Protection
Research works
9.9k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-39%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Digital Rights Management and Security research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (235 and 177 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 235 works
  2. 2 United States 177 works
  3. 3 India 116 works
  4. 4 Germany 80 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 38 works
  6. 6 Italy 36 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 33 works
  8. 8 Japan 29 works
  9. 9 South Korea 23 works
  10. 10 France 21 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.

China: 29.9%United States: 22.5%India: 14.7%Germany: 10.2%6 others listed: 22.7%30%largest
China235 · 29.9%United States177 · 22.5%India116 · 14.7%Germany80 · 10.2%6 others listed179 · 22.7%

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

Which institutions lead Digital Rights Management and Security research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Huazhong University of Science and Technology publishes the most Digital Rights Management and Security research, followed by Tsinghua University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 6 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 5 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 4 works
  4. 4 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 4 works
  5. 5 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 4 works
  6. 6 Google (United States)United States 4 works
  7. 7 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 4 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 3 works
  9. 9 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 3 works
  10. 10 SRH University BerlinGermany 3 works

Where is Digital Rights Management and Security research done?

The largest centres of Digital Rights Management and Security research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 53 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 20 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 15 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 14 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 14 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 13 works
  7. 7 Berlin Germany 13 works
  8. 8 Chennai India 11 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 11 works
  10. 10 Pune India 10 works
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Is Digital Rights Management and Security research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.