2026 Derek Sleeman: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	34	12223	11867	778	765	178	4608

Overview

Derek Sleeman is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Decision Sciences, with a focus on several subfields and topics related to Artificial Intelligence and decision-making processes.

The main fields of study for Sleeman include:

Computer Science
Decision Sciences

Their subfields of study cover:

Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
General Decision Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Health Informatics

In terms of research topics, Sleeman has contributed significantly to areas such as:

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Machine Learning and Data Classification
Forecasting Techniques and Applications
Machine Learning in Healthcare
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Their recent publications illustrate an active engagement with AI applied to clinical decision-making and human judgment. Notable papers include:

The Impact of Inconsistent Human Annotations on AI driven Clinical Decision Making, 2023, npj Digital Medicine
To differ is human: A reflective commentary on "Noise. A Flaw in Human Judgment", by D. Kahneman, O. Sibony & C.R. Sunstein (2021). London: William Collins, 2022, Applied Cognitive Psychology
The Impact of Inconsistent Human Annotations on AI driven Clinical Decision Making, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)
Groups of experts often differ in their decisions: What are the implications for AI and machine learning? A commentary on Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, by Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein (2021), 2023, AI Magazine

Frequent collaborators in Sleeman's research include:

Aneeta Sylolypavan
Honghan Wu
Malcolm Sim
Ken Gilhooly

Their work has been published across various venues such as:

npj Digital Medicine
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Research Square (Research Square)
AI Magazine

Best Publications

Predicting recovery in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury by using admission variables and physiological data: a comparison between decision tree analysis and logistic regression.

Peter J D Andrews;Derek H Sleeman;Patrick F X Statham;Andrew McQuatt

310
Citations
Towards more intelligent teaching systems

J.R. Hartley;D.H. Sleeman

257
Citations
An Attempt to Understand Students' Understanding of Basic Algebra.

Derek H. Sleeman

204
Citations
UMFE: a user modelling front-end subsystem

D. Sleeman

195
Citations
Better knowledge management through knowledge engineering

A. Preece;A. Flett;D. Sleeman;D. Curry

165
Citations
ALGEBRA STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF EQUIVALENCE OF EQUATIONS

Ruth M. Steinberg;D. H. Sleeman;David Ktorza

165
Citations
Studies of diagnosis and remediation with high school algebra students

Derek H. Sleeman;Anthony E. Kelly;R. Martinak;Robert D. Ward

156
Citations
A Summary of Misconceptions of High School Basic Programmers

Ralph T. Putnam;D. Sleeman;Juliet A. Baxter;Laiani K. Kuspa

149
Citations
Modelling student's problem solving

Derek H. Sleeman;M. J. Smith

148
Citations
The challenges of teaching computer programming

Derek Sleeman

143
Citations
OntoSearch: An Ontology Search Engine

Yi Zhang;Wamberto Weber Vasconcelos;Derek H. Sleeman

121
Citations
A fine-grained approach to resolving unsatisfiable ontologies

Joey Sik Chun Lam;Derek Sleeman;Jeff Z. Pan;Wamberto Vasconcelos

114
Citations
Pixie: a shell for developing intelligent tutoring systems

D. Sleeman

113
Citations
Pascal and High School Students: A Study of Errors:

D. Sleeman;Ralph T. Putnam;Juliet Baxter;Laiani Kuspa

111
Citations
Image annotation with Photocopain

Mischa M. Tuffield;Stephen Harris;David P. Dupplaw;Ajay Chakravarthy

106
Citations
ONTOSEARCH2: SEARCHING AND QUERYING WEB ONTOLOGIES

Jeff Z. Pan;Edward Thomas;Derek Sleeman

106
Citations
Scientific discovery and simplicity of method

Herbert A. Simon;Raúl E. Valdés-Pérez;Derek H. Sleeman

88
Citations
Inferring (Mal) Rules from Pupil's Protocols.

Derek H. Sleeman

82
Citations
The impact of inconsistent human annotations on AI driven clinical decision making

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79
Citations
The determination of SCF LCAO solutions for open shell configurations

Derek H. Sleeman

71
Citations
Learning from solution paths: an approach to the credit assignment problem

Derek Sleeman;Pat Langley;Tom M. Mitchell

64
Citations
Book review: Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology

Derek Sleeman

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alun Preece Cardiff University

Jeff Z. Pan University of Edinburgh

Gary Wills University of Southampton

Timothy J. Norman University of Southampton

Nigel Shadbolt University of Oxford

Pat Langley Stanford University

Haym Hirsh Cornell University

Tom M. Mitchell Carnegie Mellon University

Yorick Wilks Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Lu-Yun Lian University of Liverpool

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