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D-Index
63
Citations
14728
World Ranking
2770
National Ranking
160

Norman W. Paton 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 Norman W. Paton sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 354 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Norman W. Paton 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 Norman W. Paton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Norman W. Paton is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within computer science, with a focus on data quality and management, semantic web and ontologies, advanced database systems and queries, cloud computing and resource management, topic modeling, software-defined networks and 5G, as well as big data and business intelligence.

Their publication record includes contributions to a range of frequent venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Expert Systems with Applications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACM Computing Surveys
  • Journal of Grid Computing

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Scalable Virtual Machine Migration using Reinforcement Learning", 2022, Journal of Grid Computing
  • "Dataset Discovery and Exploration: A Survey", 2023, ACM Computing Surveys
  • "Data Preparation: A Technological Perspective and Review", 2023, SN Computer Science
  • "Holding a Conference Online and Live due to Covid-19", 2021, ACM SIGMOD Record
  • "Holding a Conference Online and Live due to COVID-19", 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Norman W. Paton has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Alvaro A. A. Fernandes
  • Jiaoyan Chen
  • Zhenyu Wu
  • Rizos Sakellariou
  • Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

Their work largely falls under the main field of computer science, with subfields such as artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, management science and operations research, information systems, and management information systems.

Norman W. Paton was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A common open representation of mass spectrometry data and its application to proteomics research

    Patrick G A Pedrioli;Jimmy K Eng;Robert Hubley;Mathijs Vogelzang

  • Active database systems

    Norman W. Paton;Oscar Díaz

  • The minimum information about a proteomics experiment (MIAPE)

    Chris F. Taylor;Chris F. Taylor;Norman W. Paton;Norman W. Paton;Kathryn S. Lilley;Kathryn S. Lilley;Pierre Alain Binz;Pierre Alain Binz

  • The Design and Implementation of Grid Database Services in OGSA-DAI

    Mario Antonioletti;Malcolm P Atkinson;Robert M Baxter;Andrew Borley

  • TAMBIS: Transparent Access to Multiple Bioinformatics Information Sources

    Patricia G. Baker;Andy Brass;Sean Bechhofer;Carole A. Goble

  • Active Rules in Database Systems

    Norman W. Paton;F. Schneider;D. Gries

  • An ontology for bioinformatics applications.

    Patricia G. Baker;Carole A. Goble;Sean Bechhofer;Norman W. Paton

  • A proposed framework for the description of plant metabolomics experiments and their results

    Helen Ann Jenkins;Nigel William Hardy;Manfred Beckmann;John Draper

  • A systematic approach to modeling, capturing, and disseminating proteomics experimental data.

    Chris F. Taylor;Norman W. Paton;Kevin L. Garwood;Paul D. Kirby

  • Rule Management in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach

    Oscar Díaz;Norman W. Paton;Peter M. D. Gray

  • Transparent access to multiple bioinformatics information sources

    C. A. Goble;R. Stevens;G. Ng;S. Bechhofer

  • Object-oriented databases: a semantic data model approach

    Peter M. D. Gray;Krishnarao G. Kulkarni;Norman W. Paton

  • Teallach: a model-based user interface development environment for object databases

    Tony Griffiths;Peter J Barclay;Norman W Paton;Jo McKirdy

  • Conceptual modelling of genomic information.

    Norman W. Paton;Shakeel A. Khan;Andrew Hayes;Fouzia Moussouni

  • Data access and integration in the ISPIDER proteomics grid

    Lucas Zamboulis;Hao Fan;Khalid Belhajjame;Jennifer Siepen

  • Teallach: a model-based user interface development environment for object databases

    T. Griffiths;P.J. Barclay;J. McKirdy;N.W. Paton

  • Distributed Query Processing on the Grid

    Jim Smith;Anastasios Gounaris;Paul Watson;Norman W. Paton

  • User interface modeling in UMLi

    P.P. da Silva;N.W. Paton

  • CADRE: the Central Aspergillus Data REpository.

    J. E. Mabey;M. J. Anderson;Peter F. Giles;Crispin J. Miller

  • Web Service Grids: an evolutionary approach

    Malcolm Atkinson;David DeRoure;Alistair Dunlop;Geoffrey Fox

  • Distributed Query Processing on the Grid

    Jim Smith;Paul Watson;Anastasios Gounaris;Norman W. Paton

  • The design and implementation of Grid database services in OGSA-DAI: Research Articles

    Mario Antonioletti;Malcolm Atkinson;Rob Baxter;Andrew Borley

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvaro A. A. Fernandes
Alvaro A. A. Fernandes University of Manchester
Carole Goble
Carole Goble University of Manchester
Stephen G. Oliver
Stephen G. Oliver University of Cambridge
Rizos Sakellariou
Rizos Sakellariou University of Manchester
Andrew R. Jones
Andrew R. Jones University of Liverpool
Sean Bechhofer
Sean Bechhofer University of Manchester
Malcolm Atkinson
Malcolm Atkinson University of Edinburgh
Simon J. Hubbard
Simon J. Hubbard Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Douglas B. Kell
Douglas B. Kell University of Liverpool
Pedro Mendes
Pedro Mendes University of Connecticut

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