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Interconnection Networks and Systems

Interconnection Networks and Systems is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the design, architecture, and optimization of Networks on Chip (NoC) within System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. It covers topics such as interconnection networks, routing algorithms, performance evaluation, power optimization, wireless interconnects, fault tolerance, and multi-core processors.

  • Networks on Chip
  • Interconnection Networks
  • System-on-Chip
  • NoC Architecture
  • Routing Algorithms
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Power Optimization
  • Wireless Interconnects
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Multi-core Processors
Research works
42k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Interconnection Networks and Systems

Which countries lead Interconnection Networks and Systems research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 569 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 569 works
  3. 3 India 519 works
  4. 4 Germany 175 works
  5. 5 Japan 152 works
  6. 6 South Korea 113 works
  7. 7 France 103 works
  8. 8 Canada 85 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 79 works
  10. 10 Brazil 79 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: 39.9%United States: 18.2%India: 16.6%Germany: 5.6%6 others listed: 19.6%40%largest
China1,246 · 39.9%United States569 · 18.2%India519 · 16.6%Germany175 · 5.6%6 others listed611 · 19.6%

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

Which institutions lead Interconnection Networks and Systems research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Interconnection Networks and Systems research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Tsinghua University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53 works
  2. 2 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 45 works
  3. 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 41 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 37 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 31 works
  6. 6 Xinjiang UniversityChina 30 works
  7. 7 Xidian UniversityChina 27 works
  8. 8 Intel (United States)United States 25 works
  9. 9 Fudan UniversityChina 24 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Interconnection Networks and Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Interconnection Networks and Systems include Takashi Taniguchi, Kai You Wang and Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  4. 4 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k 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 Interconnection Networks and Systems?

The most cited paper in Interconnection Networks and Systems is "On power-law relationships of the Internet topology" (Michalis Faloutsos, Petros Faloutsos, Christos Faloutsos, 1999), with 4,258 citations. Next come "Networks on chips: a new SoC paradigm" (3,769) and "A generalized processor sharing approach to flow control in integrated services networks: the single-node case" (3,732).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On power-law relationships of the Internet topology Michalis Faloutsos, Petros Faloutsos, Christos Faloutsos Conference paperOpen access 30 Aug 1999 4,258
2 Networks on chips: a new SoC paradigm Luca Benini, Giovanni De Micheli · Computer Open access 2002 3,769
3 A generalized processor sharing approach to flow control in integrated services networks: the single-node case Abhay K. Parekh, Robert G. Gallager · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Jun 1993 3,732
4 A Bridging Model for Parallel Computation Leslie Gabriel Valiant · ACM eBooks Book chapterOpen access Aug 1990 3,701
5 The SPLASH-2 programs Steven Cameron Woo, Moriyoshi Ohara, Evan Torrie et al. Conference paper 1995 3,634
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Interconnection Networks and Systems research done?

The largest centres of Interconnection Networks and Systems research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Clara, Xining and Ürümqi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 266 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 90 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 71 works
  4. 4 ChangshaChina 71 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 69 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 62 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 59 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 56 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 51 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Santa ClaraUS · 25.9 works25×
  2. XiningCN · 26.4 works22×
  3. ÜrümqiCN · 34.3 works7.6×
  4. HsinchuTW · 22.3 works6.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Interconnection Networks and Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Interconnection Networks and Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Fujian Normal University, ETH Zurich and Tsinghua 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.73%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chinese University o…Tsinghua UniversityFujian Normal Univer…ETH Zurich
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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.

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
1Fujian Normal UniversityChina 77.720.0%25.4×19 +26.3%
2ETH ZurichSwitzerland 76.218.6%7.8×19 +29.8%
3Tsinghua UniversityChina 74.122.9%5.0×41 +37.3%
4Chinese University of Hong KongChina 64.925.5%4.7×12 +142.4%
5Xidian UniversityChina 64.322.0%10.6×27 +9.8%
6Soochow UniversityChina 62.216.2%4.5×15 +37.2%
7Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 62.116.6%13.5×31 +39.0%
8Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 58.817.4%3.8×9 +16.6%
9Xinjiang UniversityChina 58.210.3%19.8×30 +63.7%
10Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 57.017.8%8.5×19 -27.1%

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 Interconnection Networks and Systems, country by country

Is Interconnection Networks and Systems research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2002.

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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 Interconnection Networks and Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Interconnection Networks and Systems 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%Interconnection Networks and Systems9.9% in 2025200020102020

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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