Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1966. 21.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on scalable peer-to-peer network architectures, including overlay networks, distributed systems, content delivery, routing protocols, multicast, and resilient networks. It covers topics such as file sharing, internet applications, and efficient data storage and retrieval in large-scale decentralized systems.
- Peer-to-Peer
- Scalable
- Overlay Networks
- Distributed Systems
- Content Delivery
- Routing Protocols
- Multicast
- Resilient Networks
- File Sharing
- Internet Applications
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1966
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -50% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (406 and 226 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 406 works
- 2 United States 226 works
- 3 India 147 works
- 4 Germany 80 works
- 5 Japan 73 works
- 6 South Korea 49 works
- 7 France 49 works
- 8 Italy 41 works
- 9 United Kingdom 41 works
- 10 Canada 31 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research, followed by Tsinghua University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 13 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 13 works
- 3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 11 works
- 4 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 9 works
- 5 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 7 works
- 6 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 7 works
- 7 Technical University of MunichGermany 7 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works
- 9 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 6 works
- 10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 6 works
Who are the leading researchers in Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies include Ion Stoica, Rajkumar Buyya and Philip S. Yu.
- 1 Ion Stoica United States 9.6k citations
- 2 Rajkumar Buyya Australia 7.8k citations
- 3 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 4 Randy H. Katz United States 5.7k citations
- 5 Hari Balakrishnan United States 5.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shenzhen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ShenzhenCN · 20.2 works3.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University and University of Science and Technology of China 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 74.1 | 12.8% | 4.1× | 13 | -31.5% |
| 2 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 50.6 | 9.0% | 4.4× | 13 | -57.4% |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 42.2 | 12.6% | 5.2× | 10 | -64.9% |
| 4 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 31.5 | 1.8% | 11.4× | 11 | -59.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 50% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.