Question 1

Which countries lead Web Data Mining and Analysis research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.2k and 468 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Web Data Mining and Analysis research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Web Data Mining and Analysis research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Web Data Mining and Analysis?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Web Data Mining and Analysis include Xiangyu Zhang, Xiaogang Wang and Li Fei-Fei.

Question 4

Where is Web Data Mining and Analysis research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Web Data Mining and Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coimbatore.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Web Data Mining and Analysis?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Peking University, Zhejiang University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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.

Question 6

Is Web Data Mining and Analysis research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Web Data Mining and Analysis?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Web Data Mining and Analysis is "The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine" (Sergey Brin, Lawrence M. Page, 1998), with 16,170 citations. Next come "Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment" (9,110) and "An algorithm for suffix stripping" (8,165).

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