Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI)

This comprehensive ranking features scientific conferences from the field of Computer Science, curated to offer a reliable and insightful resource for researchers, academics, and industry professionals. Developed by Research.com—one of the leading websites for science research across all major fields since 2014—this ranking leverages trusted data on scientific contributions and conference impact.

The position of each conference within this list is determined using a unique bibliometric score, meticulously created by Research.com. This score is calculated based on the estimated h-index as well as the number of leading scientists who have participated in the conference during the three most recent years. By employing these rigorous criteria, the ranking reflects both the ongoing influence and the scholarly reputation of the conferences evaluated.

Impact Score values for this ranking were gathered as of 2024-11-27. The evaluation process encompassed an in-depth review of more than 2,742 conferences, with each candidate selected following detailed inspection and systematic analysis. This involved a thorough examination of over 148,739 scientific documents published over the past three years, authored by 13,184 leading and respected scientists within the domain of Computer Science.

This extensive and data-driven methodology ensures that only the most impactful and prominent Computer Science conferences are featured. For those interested in a deeper understanding of the metrics and procedures used to compute these ranking scores, comprehensive details are available on our Methodology Page.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing at Programming Language Design and Implementation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alex Aiken (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Martin Vechev (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Rajiv Gupta (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rastislav Bodik (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Martin Rinard (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at Programming Language Design and Implementation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Microsoft (162 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• IBM (97 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (76 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Carnegie Mellon University (67 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (54 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 18.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.84% of all publications and 29.89% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.