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 2024-01-17.

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	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	<3
Systems: Architecture	6408	407	321	319	303	270	256	226	228	222	206	194	163	159	157	159	142	110	137	102	111	2114
	max/a	11	12	14	10	10	11	7	8	10	6	10	5	6	5	10	6	5	6	5	5
	avg/a	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	1.22
	avg/a50	4.54	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	2.4
	#a	1996	1548	1457	1344	1118	974	966	859	812	694	705	551	538	523	481	456	364	442	310	360
Systems: Networks	2250	167	133	114	118	81	80	82	83	82	82	76	61	59	62	59	65	63	66	53	58	572
	max/a	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4
	avg/a	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	1.18
	avg/a50	3.14	2.6	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	1.68
	#a	1002	738	599	609	421	442	411	365	401	378	342	266	241	256	250	230	233	207	162	185
Systems: Security	7329	945	705	643	473	436	369	364	325	300	280	251	218	157	142	130	127	122	108	93	94	960
	max/a	15	13	10	10	11	9	11	12	9	10	9	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	5	6
	avg/a	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	1.23
	avg/a50	7.44	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	1.94
	#a	3412	2516	2362	1783	1679	1361	1367	1124	1003	927	777	701	474	456	384	357	355	303	242	208
Systems: Databases	7891	253	470	480	429	281	255	268	276	311	287	261	197	233	246	213	229	198	155	178	176	2357
	max/a	7	14	11	12	8	6	6	6	8	10	5	5	7	8	8	6	7	5	5	6
	avg/a	1.18	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	1.29
	avg/a50	3.5	5.28	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	2.98
	#a	1230	1813	1891	1666	1152	1037	953	1025	1143	945	928	654	722	747	617	689	569	440	500	476
Systems: Design	9594	546	425	409	451	183	210	377	170	319	294	271	271	258	220	216	231	229	252	233	220	3582
	max/a	18	9	11	9	6	5	11	8	9	10	11	7	8	9	6	6	8	6	7	8
	avg/a	1.3	1.28	1.29	1.28	1.16	1.14	1.27	1.19	1.32	1.27	1.3	1.25	1.21	1.26	1.23	1.18	1.24	1.27	1.27	1.26
	avg/a50	5.44	4.38	4.84	4.38	2.6	2.5	4.02	2.82	4.52	3.72	3.92	3.4	3.06	2.9	2.8	2.72	2.98	3.2	3.26	3.16
	#a	2110	1601	1538	1642	689	766	1233	641	993	966	839	856	770	582	588	668	633	662	609	557
Embedded Systems	2066	25	60	72	58	70	66	61	83	86	88	63	58	70	66	77	73	72	76	68	73	643
	max/a	3	6	6	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
	avg/a	1.09	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	1.06
	avg/a50	1.18	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	1.3
	#a	97	209	260	189	239	195	212	252	287	268	212	211	224	194	219	226	215	224	190	237
Systems: HPC	4169	161	205	58	118	156	212	47	150	145	366	158	59	171	205	141	55	49	60	67	68	1444
	max/a	9	11	4	3	10	4	2	7	7	8	6	3	4	5	4	3	2	3	3	3
	avg/a	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	1.04
	avg/a50	3.12	2.7	1.26	1.6	2.66	2.4	1.22	2.54	2.5	3.24	2.42	1.22	2.36	2.22	2.22	1.18	1.08	1.2	1.38	1.26
	#a	933	936	259	428	820	868	182	726	605	1339	648	223	640	748	523	187	145	194	254	304
Mobile Systems	2240	133	193	143	139	122	102	99	83	94	82	84	87	78	83	77	78	73	78	64	71	203
	max/a	6	8	5	9	5	5	6	4	6	6	3	4	5	3	4	3	3	4	3	5
	avg/a	1.17	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	1.15
	avg/a50	2.52	3.24	2.58	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	1.68
	#a	626	825	615	635	516	432	424	349	373	329	341	356	317	328	326	287	266	275	233	229
Systems: Measurements	1258	103	95	108	101	96	82	85	46	44	42	42	45	42	47	69	31	39	34	36	39	0
	max/a	5	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4
	avg/a	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	1.17
	avg/a50	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	1.4
	#a	413	382	449	390	373	352	323	168	182	185	177	176	165	165	220	99	135	120	119	118
Systems: OS	3496	245	184	212	200	187	188	171	170	137	137	115	92	107	104	102	105	127	114	70	66	597
	max/a	11	7	8	5	6	6	4	4	3	5	7	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	5	4
	avg/a	1.23	1.15	1.17	1.13	1.15	1.15	1.14	1.16	1.12	1.12	1.16	1.1	1.1	1.11	1.11	1.13	1.11	1.09	1.16	1.18
	avg/a50	4.02	2.78	3.18	2.78	2.62	2.82	2.38	2.4	2.26	2.26	2.44	1.8	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.98	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.82
	#a	1444	926	1100	1042	873	962	746	752	599	646	458	395	431	392	409	378	416	375	245	230
Systems: Programming Languages	5729	107	168	254	291	265	221	221	196	198	184	179	182	203	173	141	138	147	124	117	102	2015
	max/a	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3
	avg/a	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	1.1
	avg/a50	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	1.48
	#a	347	549	869	935	862	696	658	577	553	575	501	537	550	489	408	352	379	333	313	243
Systems: Software Engineering	4623	375	330	258	254	204	180	158	183	206	160	167	115	116	110	85	111	120	99	94	86	1139
	max/a	10	13	8	7	8	4	5	8	5	6	5	4	5	3	3	5	4	5	3	3
	avg/a	1.35	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	1.06
	avg/a50	5.32	4.1	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	1.32
	#a	1407	1333	989	967	798	668	564	650	691	477	504	376	364	368	235	331	338	277	264	256
All Areas	57053	3467	3289	3070	2935	2351	2221	2159	1993	2144	2208	1861	1548	1653	1615	1469	1385	1349	1303	1175	1164	15626
	max/a	23	17	15	14	12	20	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	11	9	9	8	8	9
	avg/a	1.43	1.4	1.39	1.38	1.32	1.33	1.31	1.34	1.36	1.32	1.3	1.29	1.31	1.28	1.29	1.27	1.27	1.28	1.26	1.27
	avg/a50	11.22	10.0	9.08	8.4	7.5	7.06	6.96	6.94	7.16	6.62	6.44	5.4	5.7	5.34	4.96	5.46	5.02	4.84	4.86	5.08
	#a	13420	12066	11185	10518	8728	7957	7366	6800	6963	7110	5954	4864	4951	4836	4261	3926	3732	3560	3211	3146

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).