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Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing

Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing is a research topic within Computational Theory and Mathematics. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and improvement of information retrieval systems specifically tailored for mathematical content. It includes topics such as semantic representation of mathematical expressions, search interfaces for mathematicians, retrieval of scientific documents with mathematical content, and math question answering systems.

  • Mathematical Information Retrieval
  • Math Search
  • Math Formulae
  • Semantic Representation
  • Digital Libraries
  • Math Knowledge
  • Mathematical Expressions
  • Information Retrieval System
  • Textual Context
  • Math Question Answering
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing

Which countries lead Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (324 and 154 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 324 works
  2. 2 Germany 154 works
  3. 3 China 106 works
  4. 4 India 88 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 76 works
  6. 6 France 70 works
  7. 7 Russia 49 works
  8. 8 Italy 47 works
  9. 9 Canada 45 works
  10. 10 Japan 43 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: 32.4%Germany: 15.3%China: 10.6%India: 8.8%6 others listed: 32.9%32%largest
United States324 · 32.4%Germany154 · 15.3%China106 · 10.6%India88 · 8.8%6 others listed330 · 32.9%

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

Which institutions lead Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research, followed by Leibniz Association and American Society of Genealogists.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 26 works
  2. 2 Leibniz AssociationGermany 20 works
  3. 3 American Society of GenealogistsUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 11 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 11 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10 works
  7. 7 University of HelsinkiFinland 8 works
  8. 8 Nagoya City UniversityJapan 7 works
  9. 9 University of ViennaAustria 7 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing include Ilya Sutskever.

  1. 1 Ilya Sutskever Canada 219k 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 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing?

The most cited paper in Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing is "Free software helps map and display data" (Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith, 1991), with 4,159 citations. Next come "MadGraph 5: going beyond" (2,609) and "Generating Feynman diagrams and amplitudes with FeynArts 3" (1,939).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Free software helps map and display data Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith · Eos 8 Oct 1991 4,159
2 MadGraph 5: going beyond Johan Alwall, Michel Herquet, Fabio Maltoni et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access Jun 2011 2,609
3 Generating Feynman diagrams and amplitudes with FeynArts 3 Thomas Hahn · Computer Physics Communications Open access Nov 2001 1,939
4 ALSCRIPT: a tool to format multiple sequence alignments Geoffrey John Barton · Protein Engineering Design and Selection 1993 1,136
5 Confluent Reductions: Abstract Properties and Applications to Term Rewriting Systems Gérard Huet · Journal of the ACM Open access Oct 1980 1,085
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Where is Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research done?

The largest centres of Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Budapest (Hungary).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 25 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 25 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 23 works
  4. 4 BudapestHungary 18 works
  5. 5 BerlinGermany 17 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
  7. 7 SharonUnited States 15 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 13 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 11 works
  10. 10 ViennaAustria 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing?

Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College 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.

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
1Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10.039.7%6.0×10 +744.4%

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 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing, country by country

Is Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing.

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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 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing0.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing 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%Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing9.4% 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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