The 9th edition of Research.com ranking of the best researchers in the
discipline of Computer Science relies os data
derived from various data sources including OpenAlex and
CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were
gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a
scientist's D-index (Discipline H-index), which
includes exclusively papers and citation
data for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Computer Science research
Our best researchers ranking is a credible
list of leading researchers from the field of
Computer Science, based on a detailed
examination of 166,880 scholars determined
from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the area of
Computer Science, as many as 14402 scholars were
analysed.
What is D-index inclusion threshold for Computer Science
The D-index threshold for including a researcher to be
considered is placed at 30 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Computer Science. The
approval criteria for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, ratio
of the publications made within the given field of study
in addition to the awards and achievements of the scientists. The
D-index threshold for considering best researchers is
set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of researchers
assessed for each discipline whilst
guaranteeing that the top 1% of leading scientists are
added into the ranking. We expect a proximity of
30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification methods
As our main goal is to make sure that only
actual researchers are included in
the ranking we realize that metrics are never
meant to be an absolute tool to assess the
work of researchers. Because of that
we manually inspect each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of credible sources. Although it’s not a
element defining a researcher’s position in
the ranking, the quantity of papers published in
major journals and conference proceedings should form a
credible secondary signal of their contribution to research in a
given discipline. Position in the ranking is
established using every scholar’s D-index
with the help of data collected from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-established bibliometric
databases of this kind open to the scientific community. A
thorough overview of our research procedures
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our mission is to inspire scientists,
entrepreneurs and politicians
worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading
and to offer a way for the entire research community to
find out 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
With 4582 scientists United States ranks in spot 1
in the world.
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scientists in United States is Microsoft (United States) with 249 scientists affiliated with it being features in our Computer Science ranking. It is followed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with 240 researchers. Ranking thirds is University of California, Berkeley with 168 researchers.
Prominent scholars featured in United States are representing Walker Digital (United States), Iona University, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Houston, University of Central Florida, California Institute of Technology, Citadel, Unanimous AI, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Anil K. Jain from Michigan State University is highlighted as the best scientist in United States in our ranking with a D-index of 203. Ranking on the second place in United States is Jiawei Han from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a D-index of 186. The third place in United States is taken by Michael I. Jordan from University of California, Berkeley with a D-index of 176.
The average D-index for the top 10% scholars is 94 against an average of 50 for all 4582 scientists included in the ranking.
The average number of published papers in the field of Computer Science for the top 3% of scientists in the ranking is 599 against an average of 213 for all 4582 scholars.
The average number of citations for the top 3% researchers is 87825 against an average of 17966 for all 4582 scholars.
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