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 via or first.
• Data was processed on 2024-07-26.

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	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	<4
Systems: Architecture	6656	248	407	321	319	303	270	256	226	228	222	206	194	163	159	157	159	142	110	137	102	2216
	max/a	7	11	12	14	10	10	11	7	8	10	6	10	5	6	5	10	6	5	6	5
	avg/a	1.18	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	1.29	1.18
	avg/a50	3.38	4.6	4.42	4.4	4.12	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	2.76	2.1
	#a	1303	1993	1548	1456	1344	1118	974	966	859	812	694	705	551	538	523	481	455	364	442	310
Systems: Networks	2362	112	167	133	114	118	81	80	82	83	82	82	76	61	59	62	59	65	63	66	53	606
	max/a	4	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	6
	avg/a	1.12	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	1.22
	avg/a50	2.34	3.14	2.58	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	1.7
	#a	739	1002	739	599	609	421	442	411	365	401	378	342	266	241	256	250	230	233	207	162
Systems: Security	7748	418	945	705	643	473	436	369	364	325	300	280	251	218	157	142	130	127	122	108	93	1048
	max/a	10	15	13	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	5
	avg/a	1.21	1.39	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	1.18
	avg/a50	4.02	7.54	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	2.28	2.12	1.88
	#a	1866	3402	2515	2362	1783	1680	1361	1367	1124	1003	927	777	701	474	456	384	357	355	303	242
Systems: Databases	8051	111	302	470	480	429	281	255	268	276	311	287	261	197	233	246	213	229	198	155	178	2495
	max/a	5	11	14	11	12	8	6	6	6	8	10	5	5	7	8	8	6	7	5	5
	avg/a	1.15	1.2	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	1.28
	avg/a50	2.3	4.1	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	2.76
	#a	528	1418	1811	1891	1666	1152	1038	953	1025	1145	945	928	654	722	747	617	689	569	440	500
Systems: Design	9725	131	546	425	409	451	183	210	377	170	319	294	271	271	258	220	216	231	229	252	233	3809
	max/a	10	18	9	11	9	6	5	11	8	9	10	11	7	8	9	6	6	8	6	7
	avg/a	1.23	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	1.27
	avg/a50	2.82	5.46	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	2.98	3.2	3.26
	#a	390	2103	1601	1539	1641	688	766	1233	641	994	966	839	856	769	581	588	668	633	662	609
Embedded Systems	2131	29	61	60	72	58	70	66	61	83	86	88	63	58	70	66	77	73	72	76	68	701
	max/a	4	8	6	6	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
	avg/a	1.12	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	1.08
	avg/a50	1.28	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	1.3
	#a	118	218	209	260	189	239	195	212	252	287	268	212	211	224	194	219	226	215	224	190
Systems: HPC	4214	45	161	205	58	118	156	212	47	150	145	366	158	59	171	205	141	55	49	60	67	1518
	max/a	2	9	11	4	3	10	4	2	7	7	8	6	3	4	5	4	3	2	3	3
	avg/a	1.03	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	1.07
	avg/a50	1.12	3.16	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	1.38
	#a	232	930	937	259	428	820	868	182	726	605	1339	648	223	640	748	523	187	145	194	254
Mobile Systems	2364	90	167	193	143	139	122	102	99	83	94	82	84	87	78	83	77	78	73	78	64	277
	max/a	7	6	8	5	9	5	5	6	4	6	6	3	4	5	3	4	3	3	4	3
	avg/a	1.18	1.23	1.22	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	1.07
	avg/a50	2.6	3.08	3.24	2.6	3.1	2.42	2.38	2.16	1.66	2.34	2.22	1.86	2.12	1.64	2.02	1.52	1.48	1.52	1.78	1.32
	#a	492	751	825	614	635	516	432	424	349	373	329	341	356	317	328	326	287	266	275	233
Systems: Measurements	1284	26	103	95	108	101	96	82	85	46	44	42	42	45	42	47	69	31	39	34	36	32
	max/a	2	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3
	avg/a	1.03	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	1.1
	avg/a50	1.06	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	1.24
	#a	108	413	382	449	390	373	352	323	168	182	185	177	176	165	165	220	99	135	120	119
Systems: OS	2480	146	180	122	148	136	109	112	107	112	90	93	82	51	72	80	71	71	75	56	46	476
	max/a	7	9	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	7	3	4	3	4	5	4	2	4
	avg/a	1.09	1.23	1.11	1.16	1.11	1.1	1.09	1.1	1.11	1.09	1.1	1.16	1.07	1.1	1.1	1.07	1.12	1.09	1.07	1.11
	avg/a50	2.4	3.76	2.26	2.6	2.38	2.06	2.16	1.94	2.2	1.8	1.96	2.08	1.34	1.6	1.66	1.48	1.66	1.56	1.32	1.38
	#a	895	1064	627	803	738	532	632	487	533	423	467	330	241	302	317	329	276	297	239	172
Systems: Programming Languages	5822	93	107	168	254	291	265	221	221	196	198	184	179	182	203	173	141	138	147	124	117	2118
	max/a	6	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5
	avg/a	1.11	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	1.14
	avg/a50	1.62	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	1.88
	#a	295	347	549	869	935	862	696	658	577	553	575	501	537	550	489	408	352	379	333	313
Systems: Software Engineering	4857	234	375	330	258	254	204	180	158	183	206	160	167	115	116	110	85	111	120	99	94	1212
	max/a	12	10	14	8	7	8	4	5	8	5	6	5	4	5	3	3	5	4	5	3
	avg/a	1.26	1.36	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	1.08
	avg/a50	3.74	5.44	4.12	3.88	3.78	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	1.42
	#a	980	1398	1331	989	967	798	668	564	650	691	477	504	376	364	368	235	331	338	277	264
All Areas	57694	1683	3521	3227	3006	2871	2273	2145	2095	1935	2097	2164	1828	1507	1618	1591	1438	1351	1297	1245	1151	16508
	max/a	13	22	16	15	14	12	20	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	9	11	7	8	7	8
	avg/a	1.26	1.43	1.39	1.39	1.37	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.32	1.36	1.32	1.3	1.28	1.31	1.27	1.29	1.26	1.26	1.27	1.26
	avg/a50	6.66	11.54	9.7	8.86	8.36	7.42	6.8	6.86	6.7	7.06	6.6	6.4	5.32	5.7	5.2	4.94	5.36	4.96	4.74	4.8
	#a	7355	13488	11873	10966	10292	8470	7728	7165	6654	6844	6972	5856	4752	4851	4785	4196	3850	3637	3460	3148

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).