Spam and Phishing Detection
Spam and Phishing Detection is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1970. 31.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the detection and prevention of phishing attacks, including techniques such as spam detection, machine learning, bot detection, review spam analysis, URL filtering, and defense against Sybil attacks in social networks. The research also explores behavioral analysis for identifying suspicious activities and emphasizes the importance of security education in mitigating phishing threats.
- Phishing
- Spam Detection
- Social Networks
- Machine Learning
- Bot Detection
- Review Spam
- URL Filtering
- Sybil Attacks
- Behavioral Analysis
- Security Education
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1970
- In the world top 10%
- 7.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 31.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +71% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Spam and Phishing Detection research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (2.2k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 2.2k works
- 2 China 1.1k works
- 3 United States 850 works
- 4 Indonesia 233 works
- 5 United Kingdom 197 works
- 6 Saudi Arabia 177 works
- 7 Malaysia 149 works
- 8 Bangladesh 141 works
- 9 Türkiye 137 works
- 10 ?? 122 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Spam and Phishing Detection research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Spam and Phishing Detection research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 63 works
- 2 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 60 works
- 3 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 53 works
- 4 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 52 works
- 5 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 39 works
- 6 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 37 works
- 7 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 34 works
- 8 Binus UniversityIndonesia 32 works
- 9 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 30 works
- 10 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 28 works
Who are the leading researchers in Spam and Phishing Detection?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Spam and Phishing Detection include Philip S. Yu, David R. Karger and Christos Faloutsos.
- 1 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 2 David R. Karger United States 5.2k citations
- 3 Christos Faloutsos United States 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Spam and Phishing Detection research done?
The largest centres of Spam and Phishing Detection research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Bengaluru (India) and Pune (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pulchowk, Vijayawada and Greater Noida.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Chennai India 258 works
- 2 Beijing China 246 works
- 3 Bengaluru India 125 works
- 4 Pune India 115 works
- 5 Coimbatore India 104 works
- 6 New Delhi India 101 works
- 7 Dhaka Bangladesh 95 works
- 8 Hyderabad India 82 works
- 9 Shanghai China 66 works
- 10 Greater Noida India 62 works
Where it is the local speciality
- PulchowkNP · 20.4 works14×
- VijayawadaIN · 48.3 works14×
- Greater NoidaIN · 61.7 works13×
- NoidaIN · 34.9 works10.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spam and Phishing Detection than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Spam and Phishing Detection?
Among universities, judged by research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chitkara University and Delhi Technological 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 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 73.5 | 30.6% | 13.3× | 54 | +573.6% |
| 2 | Chitkara UniversityIndia | 67.4 | 32.4% | 9.5× | 28 | +252.8% |
| 3 | Delhi Technological UniversityIndia | 67.2 | 28.9% | 16.6× | 34 | +1142.1% |
| 4 | National Institute of Technology KurukshetraIndia | 67.2 | 50.3% | 14.4× | 12 | +1744.4% |
| 5 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 63.3 | 26.6% | 7.0× | 52 | +1341.4% |
| 6 | Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceIndia | 60.9 | 24.2% | 18.6× | 20 | +211.1% |
| 7 | Sathyabama Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 59.3 | 17.8% | 13.7× | 22 | +451.1% |
| 8 | Amity UniversityIndia | 58.5 | 18.3% | 9.6× | 19 | +1131.2% |
| 9 | SRM UniversityIndia | 58.3 | 32.5% | 11.3× | 16 | +116.8% |
| 10 | Princess Sumaya University for TechnologyJordan | 58.0 | 46.9% | 34.0× | 10 | — |
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 Spam and Phishing Detection research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Spam and Phishing Detection.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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