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Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Network Security and Intrusion Detection is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 72k research works in it since 1952. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of techniques, models, and systems for network intrusion detection and defense mechanisms. It covers topics such as machine learning, DDoS attacks, anomaly detection, IoT security, and data mining in the context of cybersecurity. The papers explore various approaches to identifying and mitigating security threats in network environments.

  • Intrusion Detection
  • Network Security
  • Machine Learning
  • DDoS Attacks
  • Anomaly Detection
  • IoT Security
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Mining
  • Deep Learning
  • Botnet Detection
Research works
72k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
7.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+81%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Which countries lead Network Security and Intrusion Detection research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (6.7k and 6.6k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 6.7k works
  2. 2 India 6.6k works
  3. 3 United States 3k works
  4. 4 Saudi Arabia 682 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 658 works
  6. 6 Canada 521 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 491 works
  8. 8 South Korea 454 works
  9. 9 ?? 432 works
  10. 10 Iraq 417 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: 33.6%India: 33.2%United States: 14.9%Saudi Arabia: 3.4%6 others listed: 14.9%34%largest
China6,706 · 33.6%India6,629 · 33.2%United States2,977 · 14.9%Saudi Arabia682 · 3.4%6 others listed2,973 · 14.9%

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

Which institutions lead Network Security and Intrusion Detection research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Network Security and Intrusion Detection research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Vellore Institute of Technology University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 287 works
  2. 2 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 265 works
  3. 3 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 197 works
  4. 4 Saveetha UniversityIndia 168 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 161 works
  6. 6 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 152 works
  7. 7 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 133 works
  8. 8 Chitkara UniversityIndia 128 works
  9. 9 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 124 works
  10. 10 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 105 works

Who are the leading researchers in Network Security and Intrusion Detection?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Network Security and Intrusion Detection include Xiangyu Zhang, John P. A. Ioannidis and Salim Yusuf.

  1. 1 Xiangyu Zhang 327k citations
  2. 2 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  3. 3 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  5. 5 Li Fei-Fei United States 225k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  8. 8 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  9. 9 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  10. 10 Michael I. Jordan United States 182k 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 Network Security and Intrusion Detection?

The most cited paper in Network Security and Intrusion Detection is "Anomaly detection" (Varun Chandola, Arindam Banerjee, Vipin Kumar, 2009), with 11,623 citations. Next come "A detailed analysis of the KDD CUP 99 data set" (5,024) and "Toward Generating a New Intrusion Detection Dataset and Intrusion Traffic Characterization" (4,714).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Anomaly detection Varun Chandola, Arindam Banerjee, Vipin Kumar · ACM Computing Surveys Jul 2009 11,623
2 A detailed analysis of the KDD CUP 99 data set Mahbod Tavallaee, Ebrahim Bagheri, Wei Lu et al. Conference paperOpen access Jul 2009 5,024
3 Toward Generating a New Intrusion Detection Dataset and Intrusion Traffic Characterization Iman Sharafaldin, Arash Habibi Lashkari, Ali Akbar Ghorbani Conference paperOpen access 2018 4,714
4 UNSW-NB15: a comprehensive data set for network intrusion detection systems (UNSW-NB15 network data set) Nour Moustafa, Jill Slay Conference paper Nov 2015 3,934
5 An Intrusion-Detection Model Dorothy E. Denning · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Feb 1987 3,414
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Network Security and Intrusion Detection research done?

The largest centres of Network Security and Intrusion Detection research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Bengaluru (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Williamsburg, Madison and Guntur.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.5k works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 891 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 432 works
  4. 4 BengaluruIndia 372 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 358 works
  6. 6 CoimbatoreIndia 353 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 312 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 307 works
  9. 9 PuneIndia 280 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 270 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WilliamsburgUS · 53.4 works43×
  2. MadisonUS · 23.2 works21×
  3. Guntur26.6 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Network Security and Intrusion Detection than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Network Security and Intrusion Detection?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Al-Ahliyya Amman University and Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University 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%20%40%mean 25.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Al-Ahliyya Amman Uni…King Saud UniversityPrincess Nourah bint…SRM Institute of Sci…
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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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 63.530.6%2.6×62 +104.7%
2Al-Ahliyya Amman UniversityJordan 63.346.3%12.8×18 -
3Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.127.8%4.8×30 +980.1%
4SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 58.07.7%10.7×265 +391.6%
5King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 57.833.2%4.0×24 +224.9%
6Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 57.511.9%8.2×197 +84.8%
7King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 57.122.1%4.4×58 +94.8%
8King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 54.926.1%3.2×29 +554.8%
9University of TabukSaudi Arabia 54.628.2%6.6×22 +340.9%
10Prince Sultan UniversitySaudi Arabia 54.323.7%8.3×22 +231.2%

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 Network Security and Intrusion Detection, country by country

Is Network Security and Intrusion Detection research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

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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 Network Security and Intrusion Detection as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Network Security and Intrusion Detection0.14% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Network Security and Intrusion Detection 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%Network Security and Intrusion Detection9.8% 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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