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Vincent Rijmen

Vincent Rijmen

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
25140
World Ranking
3530
National Ranking
34

Vincent Rijmen publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vincent Rijmen sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 273 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Vincent Rijmen D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vincent Rijmen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Vincent Rijmen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a particular focus on cryptographic implementations and security. Their work spans multiple subfields, including artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, computer networks and communications, hardware and architecture, and computational theory and mathematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Coding theory and cryptography
  • Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
  • Mobile Agent-Based Network Management
  • IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Rijmen's recent publications showcase a diverse and technical range of cryptographic research. Notable papers include:

  • "New Results on NMAC/HMAC when Instantiated with Popular Hash Functions," 2020, JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science
  • "Analysis and Recommendations for MAC and Key Lengths in Delayed Disclosure GNSS Authentication Protocols," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • "WARX: efficient white-box block cipher based on ARX primitives and random MDS matrix," 2021, Science China Information Sciences
  • "New Key-Recovery Attack on Reduced-Round AES," 2022, IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • "Proposing an MILP-based method for the experimental verification of difference-based trails: application to SPECK, SIMECK," 2021, Designs Codes and Cryptography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rijmen include:

  • Joan Daemen (16 publications)
  • Svetla Nikova (5 publications)
  • Ignacio Fernández-Hernández (4 publications)
  • Tomer Ashur (3 publications)
  • Tim Beyne (3 publications)

Their work has been published in various established venues, with some having multiple contributions:

  • Designs Codes and Cryptography (3 publications)
  • Journal of Cryptology (3 publications)
  • IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology (2 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (1 publication)
  • JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science (1 publication)

Among book publications, Rijmen is noted for a title published by Springer Nature: "The Design of Rijndael" (2020), which has been cited numerous times.

Best Publications

  • The Design of Rijndael

    Joan Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

  • The Design of Rijndael: AES - The Advanced Encryption Standard

    Joan Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

  • The Block Cipher Square

    Joan Daemen;Lars R. Knudsen;Vincent Rijmen

  • Threshold implementations against side-channel attacks and glitches

    Svetla Nikova;Christian Rechberger;Vincent Rijmen

  • The block cipher rijndael

    J Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

  • AES implementation on a grain of sand

    Martin Feldhofer;Johannes Wolkerstorfer;Vincent Rijmen

  • RECTANGLE: a bit-slice lightweight block cipher suitable for multiple platforms

    Wentao Zhang;Zhenzhen Bao;Dongdai Lin;Vincent Rijmen

  • A side-channel analysis resistant description of the AES s-box

    Elisabeth Oswald;Stefan Mangard;Norbert Pramstaller;Vincent Rijmen

  • Secure Hardware Implementation of Nonlinear Functions in the Presence of Glitches

    Svetla Nikova;Vincent Rijmen;Martin Schläffer

  • The Cipher SHARK

    Vincent Rijmen;Joan Daemen;Bart Preneel;Anton Bossalaers

  • Secure Hardware Implementation of Non-linear Functions in the Presence of Glitches

    Svetla Nikova;Vincent Rijmen;Martin Schläffer

  • Rijndael, the advanced encryption standard

    J Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

  • Linear hulls with correlation zero and linear cryptanalysis of block ciphers

    Andrey Bogdanov;Vincent Rijmen

  • Efficient Implementation of the Rijndael S-box

    Vincent Rijmen

  • The WHIRLPOOL Hashing Function

    Paulo S.L.M;Vincent Rijmen

  • The Wide Trail Design Strategy

    Joan Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

  • Known-key distinguishers for some block ciphers

    Lars Knudsen;Vincent Rijmen

  • Toward secure public-key blockwise fragile authentication watermarking

    Paulo Barreto;Hae Yong Kim;Vincent Rijmen

  • The KHAZAD Legacy-Level Block Cipher

    Paulo S.L.M;Vincent Rijmen

  • Analysis Methods for (Alleged) RCA

    Lars R. Knudsen;Willi Meier;Bart Preneel;Vincent Rijmen

  • The Advanced Encryption Standard Process

    Joan Daemen;Vincent Rijmen

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Daemen
Joan Daemen Radboud University
Christian Rechberger
Christian Rechberger Graz University of Technology
Florian Mendel
Florian Mendel Infineon Technologies (Germany)
Bart Preneel
Bart Preneel KU Leuven
Lars R. Knudsen
Lars R. Knudsen University of Southern Denmark
Elisabeth Oswald
Elisabeth Oswald University of Klagenfurt
Eli Biham
Eli Biham Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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