2026 Niklaus Wirth: 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	46	6666	6474	131	131	206	16477

Niklaus Wirth 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 Niklaus Wirth sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 206 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Niklaus Wirth 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 Niklaus Wirth sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1994 - ACM Fellow For developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL. PASCAL has become pedagogically significant and has provided a foundation for future computer language, systems, and architectural research.
1993 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developing computer languages and systems having pedagogical and pragmatic impact.
1984 - A. M. Turing Award For developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL. PASCAL has become pedagogically significant and has provided a foundation for future computer language, systems, and architectural research.

Overview

Niklaus Wirth is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research has included the development of several influential computer programming languages.

Wirth's recent publication is titled 50 years of Pascal, published in 2021 in the Communications of the ACM.

50 years of Pascal (2021), Communications of the ACM

Throughout their career, Wirth has published primarily in the Communications of the ACM.

Communications of the ACM (1 publication)

Wirth has been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
ACM Fellow, 1994, for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA, and PASCAL, with PASCAL being pedagogically significant and foundational for future research
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1993, for developing computer languages and systems with pedagogical and pragmatic impact
A. M. Turing Award, 1984, for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages including EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA, and PASCAL

Best Publications

Programmieren in Modula-2

Niklaus Wirth

1708
Citations
Program development by stepwise refinement

Niklaus Wirth

1074
Citations
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

Niklaus Wirth

1069
Citations
Algorithms and data structures

Niklaus Wirth

1009
Citations
Pascal user manual and report

Kathleen Jensen;Niklaus Wirth;P. Brinch Hansen;D. Gries

1000
Citations
Programming in Modula-2

N. Wirth

969
Citations
The programming language pascal

N. Wirth

847
Citations
The Programming Language Ada Reference Manual American National Standards Institute, Inc. ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A-1983

G. Goos;J. Hartmanis;D. Barstow;W. Brauer

750
Citations
An axiomatic definition of the programming language PASCAL

C. A. Hoare;N. Wirth

678
Citations
Modula: A language for modular multiprogramming

Niklaus Wirth

478
Citations
Program development by Stepwise Refinement

Niklaus Wirth

390
Citations
Advances in Cryptology Eurocrypt 88

D. Barstow;W. Brauer;P. Brinch Hansen;D. Gries

374
Citations
EULER: a generalization of ALGOL, and its formal definition: Part II

Niklaus Wirth;Helmut Weber

321
Citations
The Programming Language Oberon-2

H. Mossenbock;N. Wirth

303
Citations
What can we do about the unnecessary diversity of notation for syntactic definitions?

Unknown

273
Citations
A contribution to the development of ALGOL

Niklaus Wirth;C. A. R. Hoare

272
Citations
Toward a discipline of real-time programming

Unknown

217
Citations
The programming language Pascal

Niklaus Wirth

209
Citations
PL360, a Programming Language for the 360 Computers

Niklaus Wirth

199
Citations
The Programming Language Oberon-2.

Hanspeter Mössenböck;Niklaus Wirth

196
Citations
Project Oberon: the design of an operating system and compiler

Niklaus Wirth;Jürg Gutknecht

190
Citations
On the Composition of Well-Structured Programs

Niklaus Wirth

182
Citations
The Programming Language Ada Reference Manual

G. Goos;J. Hartmanis;W. Brauer;P. Brinch Hansen

176
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

C. A. R. Hoare Microsoft (United States)

External Links

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