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Cliff B. Jones publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

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 Cliff B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 362 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Cliff B. Jones D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

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 Cliff B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 1995 - ACM Fellow A longstanding originator and promoter of formal and rigorous methods for software design and construction, especially the Vienna Development Method (VDM).

Overview

Cliff B. Jones is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their research spans several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, and Software.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Formal Methods in Verification
  • Distributed Systems and Fault Tolerance
  • Logic, Programming, and Type Systems
  • Real-Time Systems Scheduling
  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Embedded Systems Design Techniques
  • Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

Recent publications by Cliff B. Jones include:

  • The Transition from VDL to VDM, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Atomic Manifesto, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Three Early Formal Approaches to the Verification of Concurrent Programs, 2023, published in Minds and Machines
  • The Development and Deployment of Formal Methods in the UK, 2022, published in Formal Aspects of Computing
  • Extending rely-guarantee thinking to handle real-time scheduling, 2023, published in Formal Methods in System Design

Cliff B. Jones frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Alan Burns
  • Ian J. Hayes
  • Larissa Meinicke
  • David Lomet
  • Jayadev Misra

Their research is often published in venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Minds and Machines
  • TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • Value in Health

Awards received by Cliff B. Jones include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), 2003
  • ACM Fellow, 1995, recognized for originating and promoting formal and rigorous methods for software design and construction, especially the Vienna Development Method (VDM)

Best Publications

  • Systematic software development using VDM

    C B Jones

  • Tentative steps toward a development method for interfering programs

    C. B. Jones

  • Why software fails

    Capers Jones

  • Software development: A rigorous approach

    Cliff B. Jones

  • Specification and Design of (Parallel) Programs

    Cliff B. Jones

  • Formal Specification and Software Development

    D Bjørner;CB Jones

  • Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality

    Capers Jones

  • The Vienna Development Method: The Meta-Language

    Dines Bjørner;Cliff B. Jones

  • Systematic software development using VDM (2nd ed.)

    Cliff B. Jones

  • Development methods for computer programs including a notion of interference

    CB Jones

  • Assessment and control of software risks

    Capers Jones

  • Specifications are not (necessarily) executable

    Ian Hayes;C. B. Jones

  • Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices

    Capers Jones

  • A logic covering undefinedness in program proofs

    H. Barringer;J. H. Cheng;C. B. Jones

  • Mural: A Formal Development Support System

    P. A. Lindsay;C. B. Jones;K. D. Jones;R. D. Moore

  • An Invitation to Formal Methods

    J.P. Bowen;R.W. Butler;D.L. Dill;R.L. Glass

  • Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality

    Capers Jones

  • Essays in computing science

    C. A. R. Hoare;C. B. Jones

  • Verified software: a grand challenge

    C. Jones;P. O'Hearn;J. Woodcock

  • An Early Program Proof by Alan Turing

    F.L. Morris;C.B. Jones

  • A pi-Calculus Semantics for an Object-Based Design Notation

    Cliff B. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Romanovsky
Alexander Romanovsky Newcastle University
Brian Randell
Brian Randell Newcastle University
Alan Bundy
Alan Bundy University of Edinburgh
Michael Butler
Michael Butler University of Southampton
Jim Woodcock
Jim Woodcock University of York
Gerhard Weikum
Gerhard Weikum Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Zhiming Liu
Zhiming Liu South China Normal University
David B. Lomet
David B. Lomet Microsoft (United States)
Alan Burns
Alan Burns University of York
Chris Kilsby
Chris Kilsby Newcastle University

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