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Engineering and Information Technology

Engineering and Information Technology is a research topic within Software. Science Explorer counts 5.3k research works in it since 1950. 3.1% 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 software development, engineering processes, and information systems. It includes discussions on modeling, automation, database systems, web-based applications, simulation, energy systems, quality assurance, and internet courses.

  • Software Development
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling
  • Automation
  • Database Systems
  • Web-Based Applications
  • Simulation
  • Energy Systems
  • Quality Assurance
  • Internet Courses
Research works
5.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
166
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-5%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Engineering and Information Technology research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (116 and 66 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 116 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 66 works
  3. 3 Peru 62 works
  4. 4 Spain 58 works
  5. 5 Colombia 56 works
  6. 6 United States 46 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 33 works
  8. 8 Argentina 29 works
  9. 9 Brazil 24 works
  10. 10 Russia 17 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.

Mexico: 22.8%Ecuador: 13.0%Peru: 12.3%Spain: 11.5%6 others listed: 40.4%23%largest
Mexico116 · 22.8%Ecuador66 · 13.0%Peru62 · 12.3%Spain58 · 11.5%6 others listed205 · 40.4%

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

Which institutions lead Engineering and Information Technology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tecnológico Nacional de México publishes the most Engineering and Information Technology research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.

Who are the leading researchers in Engineering and Information Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Engineering and Information Technology include David Powers and J. A. López.

  1. 1 David Powers Australia 1.3k citations
  2. 2 J. A. López France 1.2k citations

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

Where is Engineering and Information Technology research done?

The largest centres of Engineering and Information Technology research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Madrid (Spain) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lima.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 35 works
  2. 2 Lima Peru 23 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 21 works
  4. 4 Bogotá Colombia 20 works
  5. 5 Trujillo Peru 16 works
  6. 6 Buenos Aires Argentina 12 works
  7. 7 Xalapa Mexico 9 works
  8. 8 Cuenca Ecuador 9 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 8 works
  10. 10 Pachuca Mexico 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LimaPE · 23.4 works25×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Engineering and Information Technology than the world average.

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Is Engineering and Information Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Engineering and Information Technology.

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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.