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Web Application Security Vulnerabilities

Web Application Security Vulnerabilities is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 4.7k research works in it since 1975. 25.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the security of web applications, particularly in detecting and preventing vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting. It covers topics like static analysis, security testing, penetration testing, and the use of technologies like OAuth and JavaScript to enhance web security.

  • Static Analysis
  • SQL Injection
  • Cross-Site Scripting
  • Web Application
  • Vulnerability Detection
  • Security Testing
  • JavaScript
  • Penetration Testing
  • OAuth
  • Malicious Code Detection
Research works
4.7k
fractional, since 1975
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (237 and 188 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 237 works
  2. 2 India 188 works
  3. 3 United States 179 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 93 works
  5. 5 Germany 51 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 31 works
  7. 7 Italy 25 works
  8. 8 Canada 22 works
  9. 9 Japan 22 works
  10. 10 Australia 21 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: 27.3%India: 21.6%United States: 20.7%Indonesia: 10.7%6 others listed: 19.7%27%largest
China237 · 27.3%India188 · 21.6%United States179 · 20.7%Indonesia93 · 10.7%6 others listed171 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National University of Defense Technology publishes the most Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research, followed by Helmholtz Center for Information Security and Telkom University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 National University of Defense Technology China 12 works
  2. 2 Helmholtz Center for Information Security Germany 8 works
  3. 3 Telkom University Indonesia 7 works
  4. 4 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 7 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 7 works
  6. 6 Fudan University China 7 works
  7. 7 Institute of Information Engineering China 7 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua University China 7 works
  9. 9 Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation Malaysia 6 works
  10. 10 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Web Application Security Vulnerabilities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Web Application Security Vulnerabilities include Vern Paxson and Yang Liu.

  1. 1 Vern Paxson 3.5k citations
  2. 2 Yang Liu 3.4k citations

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

Where is Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research done?

The largest centres of Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Bengaluru (India) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chennai.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 65 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 21 works
  3. 3 Bengaluru India 19 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 17 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 16 works
  6. 6 Changsha China 15 works
  7. 7 Coimbatore India 13 works
  8. 8 Bandung Indonesia 12 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 11 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChennaiIN · 20.9 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Web Application Security Vulnerabilities than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Web Application Security Vulnerabilities?

Among universities, judged by research, National University of Defense Technology 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1National University of Defense Technology China 20.026.8%12.5×12 +361.5%

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 Web Application Security Vulnerabilities research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Web Application Security Vulnerabilities.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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