The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Pentland sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 766 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Pentland sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 149 D-Index — 100th percentile
100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.
Alex Pentland is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research intersects multiple fields, primarily within Social Sciences and Computer Science, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Transportation, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems, and Artificial Intelligence.
They have published extensively across various venues, with particularly frequent contributions to:
Their most cited recent papers include:
The main topics of their research work address:
Frequent collaborators include:
Alex Pentland has also published books through The MIT Press, specifically:
Among their recognitions is membership in the National Academy of Engineering, awarded in 2014 for contributions to computer vision and technologies for measuring human social behavior.
Matthew Turk;Alex Pentland
M.A. Turk;A.P. Pentland
C.R. Wren;A. Azarbayejani;T. Darrell;A.P. Pentland
David M. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Lada Adamic;Sinan Aral;Sinan Aral
Nathan Eagle;Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Alex P. Pentland
Guy Zyskind;Oz Nathan;Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
Nathan Eagle;Alex Sandy Pentland;David Lazer
B. Moghaddam;A. Pentland
N.M. Oliver;B. Rosario;A.P. Pentland
A. Pentland;R. W. Picard;S. Sclaroff;S. Sclaroff
T. Starner;J. Weaver;A. Pentland
Alex Paul Pentland
M. Brand;N. Oliver;A. Pentland
Gerard George;Martine R. Haas;Alex Pentland
Alexander P. Pentland;Rosalind W. Picard;Stan Sclaroff
I.A. Essa;A.P. Pentland
T. Starner;A. Pentland
A. Pentland;R. Fletcher;A. Hasson
Baback Moghaddam;Tony Jebara;Alex Pentland
Nuria Oliver;Barbara Rosario;Alex Pentland
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