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Philip Wadler 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 Philip Wadler sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 217 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philip Wadler 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 Philip Wadler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2007 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the theory of programming languages.
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Philip Wadler is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with a research focus that encompasses several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, and Software.

The main topics covered in Wadler's research include:

  • Logic, programming, and type systems
  • Formal Methods in Verification
  • Semigroups and automata theory
  • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Distributed systems and fault tolerance

Wadler has contributed to a range of recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Programming language foundations in Agda, 2020, Science of Computer Programming
  • Featherweight go, 2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
  • Blame and coercion: Together again for the first time, 2021, Journal of Functional Programming
  • Towards Races in Linear Logic, 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Leibniz equality is isomorphic to Martin-Löf identity, parametrically, 2020, Journal of Functional Programming

Frequent co-authors in Wadler's work include:

  • Donald Sannella
  • Michael Fourman
  • Haoran Peng
  • Wen Kokke
  • Manuel M. T. Chakravarty

Philip Wadler's publications have appeared in several recurring venues such as:

  • Journal of Functional Programming
  • Science of Computer Programming
  • Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

In addition to articles, Wadler has authored works in academic books. One example is a publication titled Introduction to Computation (2021) published under the series Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science.

Recognition of Wadler's contributions includes awards such as:

  • ACM Fellow (2007), noted for contributions to the theory of programming languages
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005)

Best Publications

  • Programming Languages and Systems

    Philip Wadler;Robert Bruce Findler

  • Featherweight Java: a minimal core calculus for Java and GJ

    Atsushi Igarashi;Benjamin C. Pierce;Philip Wadler

  • Report on the programming language Haskell: a non-strict, purely functional language version 1.2

    Paul Hudak;Simon Peyton Jones;Philip Wadler;Brian Boutel

  • Comprehending monads

    Philip Wadler

  • Imperative functional programming

    Simon L. Peyton Jones;Philip Wadler

  • How to make ad-hoc polymorphism less ad hoc

    P. Wadler;S. Blott

  • The essence of functional programming

    Philip Wadler

  • Deforestation: transforming programs to eliminate trees

    Philip Wadler

  • Theorems for free

    Philip Wadler

  • Formal Methods for Components and Objects

    Ezra Cooper;Sam Lindley;Philip Wadler;Jeremy Yallop

  • Monads for Functional Programming

    Philip Wadler

  • Making the future safe for the past: adding genericity to the Java programming language

    Gilad Bracha;Martin Odersky;David Stoutamire;Philip Wadler

  • Pizza into Java: translating theory into practice

    Martin Odersky;Philip Wadler

  • Linear Types can Change the World

    Philip Wadler

  • A call-by-need lambda calculus

    Zena M. Ariola;John Maraist;Martin Odersky;Matthias Felleisen

  • A history of Haskell: being lazy with class

    Paul Hudak;John Hughes;Simon Peyton Jones;Philip Wadler

  • Links: web programming without tiers

    Ezra Cooper;Sam Lindley;Philip Wadler;Jeremy Yallop

  • Propositions as sessions

    Philip Wadler

  • A statically safe alternative to virtual types

    K. B. Bruce;M. Odersky;P. Wadler

  • How to replace failure by a list of successes a method for exception handling, backtracking, and pattern matching in lazy functional languages

    Philip Wadler

  • Report on the Programming Language Haskell, A Non-strict, Purely Functional Language.

    Paul Hudak;Simon L. Peyton Jones;Philip Wadler;Brian Boutel

  • The call-by-need lambda calculus

    John Maraist;Martin Odersky;Philip Wadler

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Jones
Simon Jones Microsoft (United States)
Martin Odersky
Martin Odersky École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
James Cheney
James Cheney University of Edinburgh
Jeremy G. Siek
Jeremy G. Siek Indiana University
Paul Hudak
Paul Hudak Yale University
John Hughes
John Hughes Chalmers University of Technology
Robert Bruce Findler
Robert Bruce Findler Northwestern University
Amal Ahmed
Amal Ahmed Northeastern University
Benjamin C. Pierce
Benjamin C. Pierce University of Pennsylvania
Nobuko Yoshida
Nobuko Yoshida University of Oxford

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