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Information and Cyber Security

Information and Cyber Security is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on information security policy compliance, awareness, and behavioral intentions in organizations. It covers topics such as deterrence, attack graphs, risk management, insider threats, game theory, and cybersecurity. The papers explore the influence of rationality-based beliefs, fear appeals, and protection motivation on security behaviors, as well as the role of top management and organizational culture in improving compliance with information security policies.

  • Information Security
  • Policy Compliance
  • Security Awareness
  • Deterrence
  • Attack Graphs
  • Risk Management
  • Insider Threats
  • Game Theory
  • Cybersecurity
  • Behavioral Intentions
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+60%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Information and Cyber Security

Which countries lead Information and Cyber Security research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (2.2k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 India 1.1k works
  3. 3 China 800 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 457 works
  5. 5 Germany 322 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 282 works
  7. 7 Australia 199 works
  8. 8 Canada 190 works
  9. 9 Russia 183 works
  10. 10 Italy 183 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.

United States: 37.1%India: 18.4%China: 13.6%United Kingdom: 7.8%6 others listed: 23.1%37%largest
United States2,181 · 37.1%India1,082 · 18.4%China800 · 13.6%United Kingdom457 · 7.8%6 others listed1,359 · 23.1%

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

Which institutions lead Information and Cyber Security research?

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Information and Cyber Security research, followed by United States Department of Defense and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 54 works
  2. 2 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 45 works
  3. 3 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 40 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
  5. 5 University of the CumberlandsUnited States 30 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 30 works
  7. 7 Capitol Technology UniversityUnited States 28 works
  8. 8 University of JyväskyläFinland 28 works
  9. 9 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 27 works
  10. 10 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Information and Cyber Security?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Information and Cyber Security include Stephen M. Smith, Jeffrey L. Cummings and John Bannister Goodenough.

  1. 1 Stephen M. Smith United Kingdom 214k citations
  2. 2 Jeffrey L. Cummings United States 176k citations
  3. 3 John Bannister Goodenough United States 175k citations
  4. 4 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  5. 5 Daron Acemoğlu United States 164k 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 Information and Cyber Security?

The most cited paper in Information and Cyber Security is "Role-based access control models" (Ravi S. Sandhu, Edward J. Coyne, H.L. Feinstein et al., 1996), with 5,893 citations. Next come "An Intrusion-Detection Model" (3,414) and "Validating Instruments in MIS Research1" (2,535).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Role-based access control models Ravi S. Sandhu, Edward J. Coyne, H.L. Feinstein et al. · Computer 1996 5,893
2 An Intrusion-Detection Model Dorothy E. Denning · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Feb 1987 3,414
3 Validating Instruments in MIS Research1 Detmar W. Straub · MIS Quarterly Jun 1989 2,535
4 Stuxnet: Dissecting a Cyberwarfare Weapon Ralph Langner · IEEE Security & Privacy May 2011 1,910
5 Information Security Policy Compliance: An Empirical Study of Rationality-Based Beliefs and Information Security Awareness1 Burcu Bulgurcu, Hasan Cavusoglu, Izak Benbasat · MIS Quarterly Sep 2010 1,871
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Information and Cyber Security research done?

The largest centres of Information and Cyber Security research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Laurel, Vantaa and Williamsburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 192 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 94 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 93 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 89 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 78 works
  6. 6 PuneIndia 78 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 76 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 75 works
  9. 9 Los AngelesUnited States 69 works
  10. 10 KyivUkraine 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LaurelUS · 28.3 works114×
  2. VantaaFI · 21.2 works70×
  3. WilliamsburgUS · 29.7 works69×
  4. MadisonUS · 24.6 works63×
  5. JyvaskylaFI · 33.6 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Information and Cyber Security than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Information and Cyber Security?

Among universities, judged by research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Milan and University of the Cumberlands score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 21.34%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of MilanNorwegian University…University of the Cu…Symbiosis Internatio…
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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.

Citation 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
1Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 68.020.7%8.4×40 +37.2%
2University of MilanItaly 66.779.8%2.2×12 +566.3%
3University of the CumberlandsUnited States 58.818.1%83.8×30 +584.0%
4Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 54.618.0%9.4×26 +763.9%
5University of JyväskyläFinland 53.57.0%18.6×28 +75.5%
6University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 52.46.3%5.7×30 +228.2%
7Capitol Technology UniversityUnited States 50.712.5%197.6×28 +505.3%
8George Mason UniversityUnited States 48.56.8%7.6×20 +58.6%
9Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 46.919.9%4.3×15 +269.6%
10King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 46.524.3%5.3×11 +471.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Information and Cyber Security, country by country

Is Information and Cyber Security research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Information and Cyber Security.

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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 Information and Cyber Security as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.042% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Information and Cyber Security0.050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Information and Cyber Security 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.

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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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Which institutions lead cybersecurity research?

Information and Cyber Security is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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