USENIX Security Symposium (SECURITY)

Name: USENIX Security Symposium
Start: 2023-08-09
End: 2023-08-11
Location: Anaheim

Location: Anaheim , United States

Conference dates: 8/9/2023 - 8/11/2023

Research H-index

Official website

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name	Position	Best Scientists	Publications	D-Index
Computer Science	30	201	238	47

Call for Papers

Refereed paper submissions are solicited in all areas relating to systems research in security and privacy. This topic list is not meant to be exhaustive; USENIX Security is interested in all aspects of computing systems security and privacy. Papers without a clear application to security or privacy of computing systems, however, will be considered out of scope and may be rejected without full review.

System security
Operating systems security
Web security
Mobile systems security
Distributed systems security
Cloud computing security
Network security
Intrusion and anomaly detection and prevention
Network infrastructure security
Denial-of-service attacks and countermeasures
Wireless security
Security analysis
Malware analysis
Analysis of network and security protocols
Attacks with novel insights, techniques, or results
Forensics and diagnostics for security
Automated security analysis of hardware designs and implementation
Automated security analysis of source code and binaries
Program analysis
Machine learning security and privacy
Machine learning applications to security and privacy
Machine learning privacy issues and methods
Adversarial machine learning
Data-driven security and measurement studies
Measurements of fraud, malware, spam
Measurements of human behavior and security
Privacy
Privacy metrics
Anonymity
Web and mobile privacy
Privacy-preserving computation
Privacy attacks
Usable security and privacy
User studies related to security and privacy
Human-centered security and privacy design
Language-based security
Hardware security
Secure computer architectures
Embedded systems security
Methods for detection of malicious or counterfeit hardware
Side channels
Research on surveillance and censorship
Social issues and security
Research on computer security law and policy
Ethics of computer security research
Research on security education and training
Information manipulation, misinformation, and disinformation
Protecting and understanding at-risk users
Emerging threats, harassment, extremism, and online abuse
Applications of cryptography
Analysis of deployed cryptography and cryptographic protocols
Cryptographic implementation analysis
New cryptographic protocols with real-world applications

Overview

This ranking presents a comprehensive evaluation of scientific conferences within the field of Computer Science. Compiled by Research.com, one of the leading websites dedicated to science research across all major fields, this ranking leverages a strong track record of providing trusted and robust data on scientific contributions since 2014.

The placement of conferences in the ranking is based on a distinctive bibliometric score developed exclusively by Research.com. This score is meticulously calculated using a combination of the estimated h-index and the number of prominent scientists who have featured at the conference over the last three consecutive years. This dual metric aims to provide a balanced and insightful measure of both the academic impact and the community standing of each conference.

Impact Score values for this edition of the ranking were collected on 2024-11-27, ensuring that the assessment reflects the most current research landscape. The ranking methodology entailed a rigorous examination of more than 2,742 conferences. These conferences were shortlisted following a detailed inspection and comprehensive analysis of over 148,739 scientific documents, which were published in the last three years by 13,184 leading and highly respected scientists in the domain of Computer Science.

Through this meticulous and data-driven approach, this ranking aspires to serve the global scientific community by providing a reliable, transparent, and deeply informed perspective on the relative standing of Computer Science conferences.

For an in-depth explanation of the methodologies and metrics utilized for computing the ranking scores, please visit our Methodology Page.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing at USENIX Security Symposium (based on the number of publications) are:

Giovanni Vigna (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
Christopher Kruegel (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
Vern Paxson (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
Wenke Lee (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
David Wagner (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at USENIX Security Symposium (based on the number of publications) are:

University of California, Berkeley (85 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
Georgia Institute of Technology (65 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
University of Michigan (57 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
Carnegie Mellon University (57 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
University of California, San Diego (57 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 18.80% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.50% of all publications and 30.77% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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