Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
210,000
English-language articles on cybersecurity
The global cybersecurity literature grew
59%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on cybersecurity made up
1%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
5%
of cybersecurity articles
Data last updated December 13, 2024
- 212,429cybersecurity articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
- 59%growth in research between 2017 and 2022
- 1%of articles in general focused on cybersecurity
- 15citations for the average cybersecurity article
- 12citations for the average article in general
- 17%of cybersecurity articles have American authors
- 20%have Chinese authors
- 15%have European authors
Country | Articles (2017-2022) | Growth (2017-2022) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 42,205 | 104% | 20% | 17.4 |
| United States | 35,089 | 29% | 17% | 27.8 |
| India | 31,164 | 127% | 15% | 9.8 |
- 2017: arXiv. 11,270 citations
- 2019: arXiv. 8,706 citations
- 2017: International Congress on Big Data. 4,025 citations
- 2018: International Journal of Web and Grid Services. 3,666 citations
- 2020: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTYFIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON QUALITY ELECTRONIC DESIGN (ISQED 2020). 3,421 citations
- 2018: arXiv. 3,251 citations
- 2017: IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive. 3,034 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,732 citations
- 2017: arXiv. 2,578 citations
- 2017: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 2,559 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 Xidian University (China)
- #3 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (China)
Organization | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2,293 | 21.9 | China |
| Xidian University | 1,443 | 27.6 | China |
| Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | 1,308 | 27.3 | China |
- 8%of cybersecurity articles are cited in patents
- 3%of articles across all fields are cited in patents
- 5%of cybersecurity articles had authors from private companies (vs 3% of articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2017-2022) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 535 | 54.1 | United States |
| 446 | 85.4 | United States | |
| Intel | 300 | 24.4 | United States |
The Research Almanac runs on bibliometric data from Clarivate Web of Science and other sources. Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.