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Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

Security in Wireless Sensor Networks is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1965. 19.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on security measures and challenges in wireless sensor networks, including key management, secure routing, detection of attacks like jamming and denial of service, data aggregation, elliptic curve cryptography, group communication, trust management, and intrusion detection.

  • Key Management
  • Secure Routing
  • Wireless Networks
  • Attack Detection
  • Data Aggregation
  • Elliptic Curve Cryptography
  • Jamming Attacks
  • Group Communication
  • Trust Management
  • Intrusion Detection
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1965
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
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Which countries lead Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (798 and 781 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 798 works
  2. 2 China 781 works
  3. 3 United States 184 works
  4. 4 Saudi Arabia 53 works
  5. 5 ?? 51 works
  6. 6 South Korea 44 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 44 works
  8. 8 Iraq 41 works
  9. 9 Japan 40 works
  10. 10 Canada 40 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.

India: 38.5%China: 37.6%United States: 8.9%Saudi Arabia: 2.5%6 others listed: 12.5%38%largest
India798 · 38.5%China781 · 37.6%United States184 · 8.9%Saudi Arabia53 · 2.5%6 others listed260 · 12.5%

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

Which institutions lead Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 29 works
  2. 2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 28 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 25 works
  4. 4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 24 works
  5. 5 Southeast UniversityChina 19 works
  6. 6 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 17 works
  7. 7 PLA Army Engineering UniversityChina 16 works
  8. 8 Xidian UniversityChina 15 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 14 works
  10. 10 Anna University, ChennaiIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Security in Wireless Sensor Networks?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Security in Wireless Sensor Networks include H. Vincent Poor, Xuemin Shen and Zhu Han.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
  2. 2 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
  3. 3 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
  4. 4 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
  5. 5 Zhiguo Ding United Kingdom 4.4k citations
  6. 6 Zidong Wang United Kingdom 4.4k citations
  7. 7 Qing‐Long Han Australia 3.8k citations
  8. 8 Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo United States 3.8k citations
  9. 9 Mohsen Guizani Qatar 3.7k citations
  10. 10 Victor C. M. Leung Canada 3.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research done?

The largest centres of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coimbatore, Chennai and Vellore.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 130 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 124 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 92 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 52 works
  5. 5 Coimbatore India 51 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 46 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 39 works
  8. 8 Bengaluru India 36 works
  9. 9 Hyderabad India 34 works
  10. 10 Vellore India 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CoimbatoreIN · 50.7 works12×
  2. ChennaiIN · 124.4 works10×
  3. VelloreIN · 29.0 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Security in Wireless Sensor Networks than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Security in Wireless Sensor Networks?

Among universities, judged by research, Vellore Institute of Technology University, SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Saveetha 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 19.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Vellore Institute of Technology University: 28, 25.8%SRM Institute of Science and Technology: 25, 18.5%Saveetha University: 29, 18.3%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 24, 24.3%Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology: 12, 16.7%Anna University, Chennai: 14, 27.1%PLA Army Engineering University: 16, 21.3%Karpagam Academy of Higher Education: 13, 8.3%Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 14, 21.5%Visvesvaraya Technological University: 11, 15.2%Vellore Institute of…University of Electr…SRM Institute of Sci…Saveetha University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 92.625.8%11.3×28 +441.0%
2 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 82.118.5%11.7×25 +637.5%
3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 80.418.3%11.9×29 —
4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 73.924.3%8.3×24 +20.1%
5 Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 71.116.7%21.5×12 +186.4%
6 Anna University, ChennaiIndia 70.927.1%21.5×14 +10.5%
7 PLA Army Engineering UniversityChina 68.021.3%55.0×16 +103.3%
8 Karpagam Academy of Higher EducationIndia 63.98.3%31.6×13 +405.1%
9 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 63.221.5%12.4×14 -9.6%
10 Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityIndia 62.715.2%29.6×11 +282.0%

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 Security in Wireless Sensor Networks research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Security in Wireless Sensor Networks.

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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.

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.