Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1952. 32.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted aspects of internet users' information privacy concerns, including the impact of online social networks, personalization paradox, data privacy, surveillance, trust, and the implications for e-commerce transactions and location-based services.
- Privacy Concerns
- Online Social Networks
- Information Disclosure
- Personalization Paradox
- Data Privacy
- Surveillance
- Online Behavior
- Trust
- E-commerce Transactions
- Location-Based Services
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 8.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 32.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +44% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 833 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 833 works
- 3 Germany 511 works
- 4 India 495 works
- 5 United Kingdom 384 works
- 6 Australia 196 works
- 7 Netherlands 179 works
- 8 Italy 177 works
- 9 Indonesia 168 works
- 10 Canada 166 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 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research, followed by University of Amsterdam and Carnegie Mellon University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 2 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 26 works
- 3 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 26 works
- 4 University of MichiganUnited States 22 works
- 5 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 21 works
- 6 Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium 20 works
- 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 20 works
- 8 George Mason UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 9 Google (United States)United States 17 works
- 10 Binus UniversityIndonesia 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Privacy, Security, and Data Protection?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection include Philip S. Yu, Dacheng Tao and Xuemin Shen.
- 1 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 2 Dacheng Tao Australia 6.1k citations
- 3 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
- 4 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
- 5 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
- 6 Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo United States 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research done?
The largest centres of Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and New York (United States).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 173 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 86 works
- 3 Shanghai China 63 works
- 4 New York United States 61 works
- 5 Sydney Australia 60 works
- 6 Berlin Germany 50 works
- 7 Nanjing China 50 works
- 8 Washington D.C. United States 48 works
- 9 Amsterdam Netherlands 47 works
- 10 Seoul South Korea 46 works
Where is the best place to study Privacy, Security, and Data Protection?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, Carnegie Mellon University and Utrecht 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.
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 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 82.3 | 63.5% | 7.6× | 26 | +141.3% |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 68.4 | 50.8% | 9.6× | 26 | -26.6% |
| 3 | Utrecht UniversityNetherlands | 62.5 | 50.2% | 4.5× | 16 | +297.7% |
| 4 | University of LuxembourgLuxembourg | 61.5 | 41.1% | 10.1× | 15 | +12.8% |
| 5 | Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium | 60.5 | 27.2% | 11.9× | 20 | +39.9% |
| 6 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 59.1 | 43.3% | 3.3× | 28 | +104.6% |
| 7 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 56.3 | 45.6% | 5.4× | 14 | +137.2% |
| 8 | Northeastern UniversityUnited States | 55.8 | 68.1% | 4.4× | 9 | +130.8% |
| 9 | Tilburg UniversityNetherlands | 55.7 | 30.9% | 12.6× | 14 | +53.7% |
| 10 | University of MariborSlovenia | 55.2 | 42.9% | 9.5× | 12 | — |
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 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.
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.