An overview of the Systems Circus

• This page highlights the system circus, including the system security circus.
• The focus of these statistics is on authors and top tier publications.
• All code is available on the HexHive GitHub.
• Do you have ideas, comments, or improvements? Reach out to Mathias Payer.
• Data was processed on 2025-04-18.

Key motivation for this page is to provide an overview of the systems community, its publications, its authors, and its cliques.

The data is sourced from DBLP (for publication data) and CSRankings (for affiliation data). The scripts process the data and create the necessary files for the web page, allowing a fast turnaround whenever new data is added to DBLP.

Area statistics

• Per-area statistics for the major systems conferences.
• We single out total papers, maximum and average papers of an author (max/a and avg/a), average for the top 50 authors (a50), and active authors (a)
• The total number of publications increases steadily for most areas, with security and mobile having the largest increases.
• The maximum number of publications of a single author in a year is slowly increasing, somewhat in line with the increase of the total number of authors per paper.
• As a top author, the number of papers across all areas of systems have increased from around 4-5 to 7-8 papers per year.
• The total number of active authors in a year is steadily increasing, with security and design taking the lead.

Area	Total	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	<5
Systems: Architecture	7134	278	448	407	321	319	303	270	256	226	228	222	206	194	163	159	157	159	142	110	137	2327
	max/a	8	10	11	12	14	10	10	11	7	8	10	6	10	5	6	5	10	6	5	6
	avg/a	1.16	1.3	1.27	1.27	1.29	1.28	1.28	1.31	1.22	1.28	1.32	1.25	1.23	1.24	1.25	1.24	1.3	1.29	1.21	1.3
	avg/a50	3.14	5.28	4.6	4.42	4.4	4.14	4.0	4.02	3.5	3.82	3.84	3.12	3.16	2.68	2.78	2.8	2.92	2.82	2.4	2.78
	#a	1604	2189	1992	1548	1456	1344	1118	974	966	859	812	694	705	551	538	523	480	455	364	441
Systems: Networks	2424		174	167	133	114	118	81	80	82	83	82	82	76	61	59	62	59	65	63	66	664
	max/a		7	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	5	5
	avg/a		1.21	1.2	1.18	1.16	1.16	1.12	1.13	1.13	1.23	1.2	1.15	1.18	1.19	1.15	1.16	1.16	1.21	1.17	1.23
	avg/a50		3.36	3.14	2.62	2.42	2.56	2.0	2.14	2.1	2.66	2.5	2.16	2.26	2.02	1.74	1.84	1.78	1.96	1.78	1.94
	#a		1114	1001	737	599	609	421	442	411	365	401	378	342	266	241	256	250	230	233	207
Systems: Security	8689	211	1146	947	705	643	473	436	369	364	325	300	280	251	218	157	142	130	127	122	108	1142
	max/a	7	29	16	13	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	5
	avg/a	1.18	1.44	1.4	1.36	1.35	1.28	1.29	1.3	1.29	1.33	1.35	1.29	1.28	1.29	1.29	1.22	1.21	1.21	1.18	1.18
	avg/a50	3.02	9.24	7.62	6.28	5.34	4.76	4.38	4.56	4.34	4.14	4.32	3.84	3.34	3.38	3.04	2.66	2.48	2.44	2.3	2.12
	#a	989	4249	3400	2517	2362	1783	1680	1361	1367	1124	1003	927	777	701	474	456	384	357	354	303
Systems: Databases	8254		314	302	470	480	429	281	255	268	276	311	287	261	197	233	246	213	229	198	155	2671
	max/a		12	11	14	11	12	8	6	6	6	8	10	5	5	7	8	8	6	7	5
	avg/a		1.25	1.21	1.3	1.31	1.3	1.21	1.23	1.22	1.2	1.26	1.3	1.2	1.19	1.26	1.27	1.27	1.23	1.26	1.23
	avg/a50		4.76	4.12	5.3	5.6	5.26	4.04	3.74	3.58	3.44	4.04	4.12	3.06	2.56	3.36	3.4	3.18	2.86	3.0	2.68
	#a		1415	1415	1809	1889	1666	1151	1038	953	1025	1144	946	928	654	722	747	617	688	569	440
Systems: Design	10297		703	546	425	409	451	183	210	377	170	319	294	271	271	258	220	216	231	229	252	4029
	max/a		25	18	9	11	9	6	5	11	8	9	10	11	7	8	9	6	6	8	6
	avg/a		1.33	1.3	1.28	1.29	1.28	1.16	1.14	1.27	1.19	1.31	1.27	1.3	1.25	1.21	1.26	1.23	1.18	1.24	1.27
	avg/a50		7.18	5.48	4.38	4.84	4.38	2.6	2.5	4.02	2.82	4.52	3.72	3.92	3.4	3.08	2.92	2.8	2.72	3.0	3.2
	#a		2713	2100	1601	1540	1642	688	766	1233	641	994	966	839	856	769	581	588	668	633	662
Embedded Systems	2163		61	61	60	72	58	70	66	61	83	86	88	63	58	70	66	77	73	72	76	774
	max/a		6	8	6	6	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
	avg/a		1.22	1.34	1.23	1.25	1.19	1.15	1.23	1.15	1.2	1.15	1.19	1.09	1.07	1.08	1.13	1.17	1.08	1.16	1.08
	avg/a50		2.04	2.48	1.96	2.32	1.7	1.72	1.9	1.64	2.0	1.88	2.02	1.4	1.3	1.38	1.5	1.76	1.34	1.68	1.34
	#a		240	218	209	260	189	239	195	212	252	287	268	212	211	224	194	219	226	215	224
Systems: HPC	4240		71	161	205	58	118	156	212	47	150	145	366	158	59	171	205	141	55	49	60	1586
	max/a		4	9	11	4	3	10	4	2	7	7	8	6	3	4	5	4	3	2	3
	avg/a		1.07	1.19	1.14	1.05	1.07	1.16	1.13	1.06	1.13	1.16	1.15	1.16	1.05	1.14	1.1	1.15	1.05	1.03	1.05
	avg/a50		1.5	3.18	2.7	1.26	1.6	2.66	2.4	1.22	2.54	2.5	3.22	2.42	1.22	2.36	2.22	2.22	1.18	1.08	1.2
	#a		342	929	936	259	428	820	868	182	726	605	1339	648	223	640	748	523	187	145	194
Mobile Systems	2559		285	167	193	143	139	122	102	99	83	94	82	84	87	78	83	77	78	73	78	348
	max/a		11	6	8	5	9	5	5	6	4	6	6	3	4	5	3	4	3	3	4
	avg/a		1.26	1.23	1.23	1.16	1.26	1.18	1.18	1.14	1.09	1.19	1.19	1.13	1.16	1.1	1.16	1.08	1.08	1.1	1.14
	avg/a50		4.28	3.14	3.3	2.6	3.1	2.42	2.38	2.16	1.66	2.34	2.22	1.86	2.12	1.64	2.04	1.52	1.48	1.52	1.78
	#a		1319	749	823	614	635	516	432	424	349	373	329	341	356	317	327	326	287	266	275
Systems: Measurements	1358		100	103	95	108	101	96	82	85	46	44	42	42	45	42	47	69	31	39	34	71
	max/a		5	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
	avg/a		1.14	1.14	1.17	1.14	1.17	1.09	1.12	1.12	1.17	1.16	1.13	1.12	1.06	1.08	1.12	1.09	1.1	1.06	1.13
	avg/a50		2.22	2.14	2.28	2.24	2.28	1.64	1.86	1.8	1.56	1.58	1.48	1.44	1.2	1.26	1.4	1.38	1.2	1.16	1.32
	#a		447	413	382	449	390	373	352	323	168	182	185	177	176	165	165	220	99	135	120
Systems: OS	3730	121	266	245	184	212	200	180	188	167	159	137	137	115	92	107	80	71	105	106	92	693
	max/a	5	10	11	7	8	5	6	6	4	4	3	5	7	3	4	3	4	5	4	3
	avg/a	1.11	1.17	1.23	1.14	1.17	1.13	1.14	1.15	1.13	1.14	1.12	1.12	1.16	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.07	1.13	1.11	1.09
	avg/a50	2.38	3.46	4.02	2.78	3.2	2.78	2.58	2.82	2.3	2.36	2.26	2.26	2.44	1.78	1.86	1.64	1.48	1.98	1.86	1.64
	#a	719	1519	1444	927	1098	1041	850	963	734	719	598	646	458	396	431	318	329	378	394	357
Systems: Programming Languages	5936	79	128	107	168	254	291	265	221	221	196	198	184	179	182	203	173	141	138	147	124	2220
	max/a	3	8	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
	avg/a	1.08	1.17	1.12	1.16	1.19	1.22	1.19	1.21	1.17	1.2	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.15	1.23	1.13	1.12	1.11	1.14	1.14
	avg/a50	1.42	2.28	1.8	2.42	2.9	3.04	2.86	2.68	2.52	2.46	2.44	2.42	2.4	2.32	2.62	2.16	1.94	1.8	2.08	1.96
	#a	272	382	347	549	869	935	862	696	658	577	553	575	501	537	550	489	408	352	379	333
Systems: Software Engineering	4857		234	375	330	258	254	204	180	158	183	206	160	167	115	116	110	85	111	120	99	1298
	max/a		12	10	14	8	7	8	4	5	8	5	6	5	4	5	3	3	5	4	5
	avg/a		1.26	1.37	1.28	1.25	1.28	1.21	1.18	1.13	1.21	1.2	1.22	1.17	1.1	1.16	1.07	1.19	1.11	1.11	1.12
	avg/a50		3.74	5.46	4.14	3.88	3.8	2.98	2.46	2.34	2.74	2.74	2.66	2.42	1.72	2.14	1.52	1.9	1.7	1.74	1.66
	#a		980	1394	1330	989	965	798	668	564	650	691	477	504	376	364	368	235	331	338	277
All Areas	61641	689	3930	3588	3289	3070	2935	2344	2221	2155	1982	2144	2208	1861	1548	1653	1591	1438	1385	1328	1281	17823
	max/a	8	30	23	17	15	15	12	20	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	11	9	9	8
	avg/a	1.19	1.46	1.43	1.39	1.39	1.37	1.31	1.33	1.31	1.33	1.36	1.32	1.3	1.29	1.31	1.27	1.29	1.27	1.27	1.28
	avg/a50	4.4	13.22	11.72	10.02	9.08	8.42	7.48	7.06	6.96	6.9	7.16	6.62	6.44	5.4	5.7	5.2	4.94	5.46	5.04	4.84
	#a	3452	15088	13784	12081	11195	10531	8718	7962	7361	6793	6963	7113	5954	4864	4951	4784	4197	3924	3710	3541

Individual per-author statistics for different areas

• Systems: Architecture
• Systems: Networks
• Systems: Security
• Systems: Databases
• Systems: Design
• Embedded Systems
• Systems: HPC
• Mobile Systems
• Systems: Measurements
• Systems: OS
• Systems: Programming Languages
• Systems: Software Engineering
• All Areas

Author/collaboration cliques for different areas

• List of author cliques (based on co-authorship).