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applied_cryptography,2026,7476,0.0011313557624816895 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2020,153, autonomous_scientific_discovery,2021,176,0.0012611150741577148 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2022,179,0.0012031793594360352 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2023,334,0.0011719465255737305 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2024,387,0.0008219480514526367 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2025,634,0.0015412569046020508 autonomous_scientific_discovery,2026,754,0.0030105113983154297 blockchain,2018,4075, blockchain,2019,5746,0.0005881786346435547 blockchain,2020,6366,0.00034350156784057617 blockchain,2021,7327,0.00013393163681030273 blockchain,2022,8623,7.742643356323242e-05 blockchain,2023,10872,0.0002580881118774414 blockchain,2024,11849,0.0005131363868713379 blockchain,2025,13097,0.0005317926406860352 blockchain,2026,7577,0.0006111860275268555 cloud_computing,2018,6467, cloud_computing,2019,6375,6.628036499023438e-05 cloud_computing,2020,5907,8.112192153930664e-05 cloud_computing,2021,5996,9.840726852416992e-05 cloud_computing,2022,5708,0.00012576580047607422 cloud_computing,2023,6278,0.00021588802337646484 cloud_computing,2024,7214,0.0005791187286376953 cloud_computing,2025,8919,0.001031041145324707 cloud_computing,2026,5265,0.0007224678993225098 compilers,2018,610, compilers,2019,581,0.0011998414993286133 compilers,2020,641,0.0004468560218811035 compilers,2021,606,0.0005481243133544922 compilers,2022,566,0.0004069209098815918 compilers,2023,620,0.00035500526428222656 compilers,2024,687,0.00047284364700317383 compilers,2025,671,0.0011199712753295898 compilers,2026,512,0.0027031898498535156 computational_biology,2018,9883, computational_biology,2019,11711,0.00013458728790283203 computational_biology,2020,14402,0.000823974609375 computational_biology,2021,15545,9.97781753540039e-05 computational_biology,2022,15964,8.356571197509766e-05 computational_biology,2023,16825,0.00016671419143676758 computational_biology,2024,18997,0.0003212094306945801 computational_biology,2025,22333,0.0004730224609375 computational_biology,2026,17999,0.0009129643440246582 computational_complexity,2018,2839, computational_complexity,2019,3032,0.0002670884132385254 computational_complexity,2020,2966,0.00017976760864257812 computational_complexity,2021,2949,0.0002211928367614746 computational_complexity,2022,2820,0.0002072453498840332 computational_complexity,2023,2864,0.0001266002655029297 computational_complexity,2024,3215,0.0003790855407714844 computational_complexity,2025,3506,0.0005419254302978516 computational_complexity,2026,3389,0.002340972423553467 computer_architecture,2018,15224, computer_architecture,2019,14828,9.41157341003418e-05 computer_architecture,2020,13789,7.474422454833984e-05 computer_architecture,2021,13665,9.322166442871094e-05 computer_architecture,2022,12966,9.918212890625e-05 computer_architecture,2023,14183,6.759166717529297e-05 computer_architecture,2024,15139,0.0002962350845336914 computer_architecture,2025,17408,0.0006620883941650391 computer_architecture,2026,10721,0.0017458796501159668 computer_graphics,2018,7450, computer_graphics,2019,7139,0.00010138750076293945 computer_graphics,2020,7010,0.0001748204231262207 computer_graphics,2021,6959,0.0001131296157836914 computer_graphics,2022,6742,0.00013577938079833984 computer_graphics,2023,7821,0.0001533031463623047 computer_graphics,2024,8806,0.0002993345260620117 computer_graphics,2025,10148,0.0005748867988586426 computer_graphics,2026,7949,0.0006890296936035156 computer_networks,2018,47136, computer_networks,2019,47237,8.875131607055664e-05 computer_networks,2020,44149,0.0001266002655029297 computer_networks,2021,43438,0.00010007619857788086 computer_networks,2022,42395,0.00010389089584350586 computer_networks,2023,45660,0.00013971328735351562 computer_networks,2024,47838,0.000387728214263916 computer_networks,2025,52031,0.0006129741668701172 computer_networks,2026,27677,0.0009319782257080078 computer_vision,2018,48891, computer_vision,2019,58306,0.0004290342330932617 computer_vision,2020,60747,0.00014466047286987305 computer_vision,2021,71495,0.0002903938293457031 computer_vision,2022,75190,8.195638656616211e-05 computer_vision,2023,89842,0.00029462575912475586 computer_vision,2024,103029,0.0004177093505859375 computer_vision,2025,115171,0.0008973479270935059 computer_vision,2026,75785,0.0014344453811645508 cybersecurity,2018,20295, cybersecurity,2019,22401,5.4001808166503906e-05 cybersecurity,2020,23297,0.00010520219802856445 cybersecurity,2021,24476,8.64267349243164e-05 cybersecurity,2022,25277,6.628036499023438e-05 cybersecurity,2023,30125,0.00019407272338867188 cybersecurity,2024,37625,0.0005081892013549805 cybersecurity,2025,47816,0.0006440281867980957 cybersecurity,2026,34908,0.0010759830474853516 database_systems,2018,12317, database_systems,2019,12911,6.61611557006836e-05 database_systems,2020,11967,7.82012939453125e-05 database_systems,2021,11976,7.742643356323242e-05 database_systems,2022,11811,3.2901763916015625e-05 database_systems,2023,12711,0.00013959407806396484 database_systems,2024,13338,0.0003140568733215332 database_systems,2025,14737,0.0005966424942016602 database_systems,2026,11274,0.0006576180458068848 deep_learning_architectures,2018,8284, deep_learning_architectures,2019,10871,0.0002595186233520508 deep_learning_architectures,2020,13370,0.00017219781875610352 deep_learning_architectures,2021,16346,0.0001652240753173828 deep_learning_architectures,2022,17510,0.00013893842697143555 deep_learning_architectures,2023,20271,0.00014126300811767578 deep_learning_architectures,2024,23488,0.000382840633392334 deep_learning_architectures,2025,26862,0.000697016716003418 deep_learning_architectures,2026,18862,0.0017584562301635742 distributed_computing,2018,8840, distributed_computing,2019,9068,0.00011426210403442383 distributed_computing,2020,8622,8.630752563476562e-05 distributed_computing,2021,8291,7.778406143188477e-05 distributed_computing,2022,7894,0.00011551380157470703 distributed_computing,2023,8415,0.0001119375228881836 distributed_computing,2024,8984,0.00034368038177490234 distributed_computing,2025,10625,0.0006721019744873047 distributed_computing,2026,7564,0.001786351203918457 edge_computing,2018,3774, edge_computing,2019,4891,0.00015491247177124023 edge_computing,2020,5186,0.0003097653388977051 edge_computing,2021,6015,0.00018650293350219727 edge_computing,2022,6705,0.00010484457015991211 edge_computing,2023,7350,0.00029456615447998047 edge_computing,2024,8324,0.0005742907524108887 edge_computing,2025,9180,0.0009709000587463379 edge_computing,2026,5212,0.0006044507026672363 federated_learning,2018,130, federated_learning,2019,181,0.002472102642059326 federated_learning,2020,236,0.005462765693664551 federated_learning,2021,513,0.006606400012969971 federated_learning,2022,715,0.00044023990631103516 federated_learning,2023,1062,0.0004500150680541992 federated_learning,2024,1325,0.0005602240562438965 federated_learning,2025,1491,0.0004897117614746094 federated_learning,2026,1180,0.0016917586326599121 formal_verification,2018,3779, formal_verification,2019,3343,0.00016188621520996094 formal_verification,2020,3255,0.00010728836059570312 formal_verification,2021,3371,0.0001016855239868164 formal_verification,2022,3017,0.00010192394256591797 formal_verification,2023,3397,0.00014907121658325195 formal_verification,2024,3320,0.00015181303024291992 formal_verification,2025,3676,0.0006346702575683594 formal_verification,2026,3748,0.0010836124420166016 foundation_models,2021,181, foundation_models,2022,259,0.000798642635345459 foundation_models,2023,450,0.0013004541397094727 foundation_models,2024,837,0.0010425448417663574 foundation_models,2025,1464,0.0008286237716674805 foundation_models,2026,2071,0.0020837783813476562 generative_ai,2018,557, generative_ai,2019,885,0.0007423758506774902 generative_ai,2020,1091,0.0002529025077819824 generative_ai,2021,1480,0.00022619962692260742 generative_ai,2022,1608,0.00035130977630615234 generative_ai,2023,2846,0.0025615692138671875 generative_ai,2024,5677,0.004411637783050537 generative_ai,2025,9702,0.0017720460891723633 generative_ai,2026,10346,0.002142965793609619 hci,2018,25357, hci,2019,27246,4.279613494873047e-05 hci,2020,26907,6.753206253051758e-05 hci,2021,27022,9.000301361083984e-05 hci,2022,28925,4.583597183227539e-05 hci,2023,33875,8.600950241088867e-05 hci,2024,41220,0.0003154277801513672 hci,2025,48141,0.0004354715347290039 hci,2026,37726,0.0007017850875854492 information_retrieval,2018,8367, information_retrieval,2019,8623,0.00021386146545410156 information_retrieval,2020,8392,0.0001823902130126953 information_retrieval,2021,8631,9.572505950927734e-05 information_retrieval,2022,8782,0.00022804737091064453 information_retrieval,2023,9844,0.00019615888595581055 information_retrieval,2024,11188,0.0005098581314086914 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multimodal_ai,2023,1492,0.0004547238349914551 multimodal_ai,2024,2638,0.0008806586265563965 multimodal_ai,2025,5066,0.0012086033821105957 multimodal_ai,2026,5838,0.001779794692993164 nlp,2018,17403, nlp,2019,19636,0.0002048015594482422 nlp,2020,21947,0.00039309263229370117 nlp,2021,24158,0.00015425682067871094 nlp,2022,24684,0.00011050701141357422 nlp,2023,28616,0.00019317865371704102 nlp,2024,32609,0.0004767775535583496 nlp,2025,35943,0.00044536590576171875 nlp,2026,27177,0.0012892484664916992 operating_systems,2018,1192, operating_systems,2019,1261,0.0005978941917419434 operating_systems,2020,1154,0.0005458593368530273 operating_systems,2021,1126,0.00033664703369140625 operating_systems,2022,979,0.00021159648895263672 operating_systems,2023,1071,0.00028014183044433594 operating_systems,2024,1107,0.00043487548828125 operating_systems,2025,1157,0.0012345314025878906 operating_systems,2026,885,0.0015346407890319824 privacy_preserving_computation,2018,2148, privacy_preserving_computation,2019,2335,0.00020945072174072266 privacy_preserving_computation,2020,2987,0.0008411407470703125 privacy_preserving_computation,2021,3308,0.0003661513328552246 privacy_preserving_computation,2022,3557,0.00032895803451538086 privacy_preserving_computation,2023,4215,0.000512540340423584 privacy_preserving_computation,2024,5610,0.0005964040756225586 privacy_preserving_computation,2025,7285,0.0007647871971130371 privacy_preserving_computation,2026,5367,0.0009846687316894531 programming_languages,2018,3308, programming_languages,2019,3444,0.0002231001853942871 programming_languages,2020,3187,0.00017154216766357422 programming_languages,2021,3195,0.00017940998077392578 programming_languages,2022,3036,0.0001900196075439453 programming_languages,2023,3210,0.00010275840759277344 programming_languages,2024,3190,0.00023502111434936523 programming_languages,2025,3438,0.0006345510482788086 programming_languages,2026,2883,0.0013189315795898438 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