The 9th edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the
discipline of Computer Science relies os data
combined from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and
CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were
acquired on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a scholar’s
D-index (Discipline H-index), which takes into account only
publications and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Computer Science research
Our best researchers ranking is a reliable
account of leading scholars from the area of
Computer Science, created using a thorough
study of 166,880 researchers discovered
from multiple bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of
Computer Science, as many as 14402 scientists were
examined.
What is D-index acceptance threshold for Computer Science
The D-index threshold for accepting a researcher to be
considered is placed at 30 if
most of their publications are in the field of Computer Science. The
inclusion factors for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index,
ratio of the publications made within the selected
discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the
scholars. The D-index threshold for listing top
researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scientists estimated for each
scientific field whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
best researchers are considered into the ranking.
We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scholar’s
general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification practices
Since our leading goal is to ensure that only
credible scientists are included in
our ranking we realize that numbers are never
supposed to be an absolute measure to evaluate the
contributions of scientists. This is why
we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a
element defining a scholar’s position in
our ranking, the quantity of documents published in
well-known journals and conference proceedings should be a
valuable secondary indication of their contribution to research in a
selected field of study. Position in the ranking is
established using each scholar’s D-index
using information collected from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-known bibliometric
databases of this kind accessible to the research community. A
thorough overview of our research procedures
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our objective is to inspire scholars,
businessmen and politicians
worldwide to examine where leading experts are heading
and to give an opportunity for the whole scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
areas of study, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Computer Science
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest
number of leading scientists in the world is Microsoft (United States) with
249 scientists affiliated with it being features in
our Computer Science ranking.
It is followed by Google (United States) with
240 scientists.
Ranking thirds is Carnegie Mellon University with 168
scholars.
Prominent scientists featured in the world are affiliated with Walker Digital (United States), Sichuan University, Technology Innovation Institute, Iona University, Luleå University of Technology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Paul Sabatier University, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Central Florida, University of Houston.
Professor Anil K. Jain from Michigan State University is listed as the best scientist in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 203. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is Yoshua Bengio from University of Montreal with a D-index of 200. The third place in the world is taken by Jiawei Han from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a D-index of 186.
The average D-index for the top 5% scientists is 102 in comparison to an average of 48 for all scholars listed in Research.com ranking.
The average number of published articles in the discipline of Computer Science for the top 5% of researchers in the ranking is 552 against an average of 243 for all scholars.
The average number of citations for the top 3% scientists is 76055 against an average of 15105 for all scholars.
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