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Samson Abramsky 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 Samson Abramsky sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 248 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Samson Abramsky 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 Samson Abramsky sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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

  • 2014 - ACM Fellow For contributions to domains in logical form, game semantics, categorical quantum mechanics, and contextual semantics.
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Samson Abramsky is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on Computer Science. Their research specializes in several subfields, notably Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Geometry and Topology, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Logic, Programming, and Type Systems
  • Advanced Algebra and Logic
  • Advanced Topology and Set Theory
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

They have published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Bulletin of Symbolic Logic
  • Fundamenta Informaticae

Selected recent papers by Samson Abramsky are:

  • Structure and Power: an Emerging Landscape, 2022, Fundamenta Informaticae
  • The Logic of Contextuality, 2021, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Arboreal Categories: An Axiomatic Theory of Resources, 2023, Logical Methods in Computer Science
  • Combining contextuality and causality: a game semantics approach, 2024, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

They often collaborate with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Luca Reggio
  • Nihil Shah
  • Rui Soares Barbosa
  • Jouko Väänänen
  • Amy Searle

Samson Abramsky's work has been recognized through numerous awards and honors, including:

  • ACM Fellow in 2014 for contributions to logical form, game semantics, categorical quantum mechanics, and contextual semantics
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2004
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2000
  • Member of Academia Europaea since 1993

Best Publications

  • Domain theory

    Samson Abramsky;Achim Jung

  • A categorical semantics of quantum protocols

    S. Abramsky;B. Coecke

  • Computational interpretations of linear logic

    Samson Abramsky

  • Domain theory in logical form

    Samson Abramsky

  • The lazy lambda calculus

    Samson Abramsky

  • Full Abstraction for PCF

    Samson Abramsky;Radha Jagadeesan;Pasquale Malacaria

  • Games and full completeness for multiplicative linear logic

    Samson Abramsky;Radha Jagadeesan

  • Abstract interpretation of declarative languages

    Samson Abramsky;Chris Hankin

  • Handbook of logic in computer science (vol. 2): background: computational structures

    S. Abramsky;Dov M. Gabbay;S. E. Maibaum

  • A categorical semantics of quantum protocols

    Samson Abramsky;Bob Coecke

  • Full abstraction in the lazy lambda calculus

    Samson Abramsky;C.-H. Luke Ong

  • Observation equivalence as a testing equivalence

    S. Abramsky

  • Quantales‚ Observational Logic and Process Semantics

    Samson Abramsky;Steven Vickers

  • A fully abstract game semantics for general references

    S. Abramsky;K. Honda;G. McCusker

  • Semantics of Interaction: an introduction to Game Semantics

    Samson Abramsky

  • Concurrent games and full completeness

    S. Abramsky;P.-A. Mellies

  • New foundations for the geometry of interaction

    Samson Abramsky;Radha Jagadeesan

  • A domain equation for bisimulation

    Samson Abramsky

  • CATEGORICAL QUANTUM MECHANICS

    Samson Abramsky;Bob Coecke

  • Strictness analysis for higher-order functions

    Geoffrey L. Burn;Chris Hankin;Samson Abramsky

  • Geometry of Interaction and linear combinatory algebras

    Samson Abramsky;Esfandiar Haghverdi;Philip Scott

  • Retracting Some Paths in Process Algebra

    Samson Abramsky

  • Linearity, Sharing and State: A Fully Abstract Game Semantics for Idealized Algol with Active Expressions

    Samson Abramsky;Guy McCusker

  • Full Abstraction for PCF (extended abstract)

    Samson Abramsky;Pasquale Malacaria;Radha Jagadeesan

  • Games and Full Completeness for Multiplicative Linear Logic (Extended Abstract)

    Samson Abramsky;Radha Jagadeesan

  • Handbook of logic in computer science.

    Samson Abramsky;Dov M. Gabbay;Thomas S. E. Maibaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Radha Jagadeesan
Radha Jagadeesan DePaul University
Dov M. Gabbay
Dov M. Gabbay University of Luxembourg
Chris Hankin
Chris Hankin Imperial College London
Erol Gelenbe
Erol Gelenbe Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics
Prakash Panangaden
Prakash Panangaden McGill University
Susan Stepney
Susan Stepney University of York
Vladimiro Sassone
Vladimiro Sassone University of Southampton
Peter Bruza
Peter Bruza Queensland University of Technology
Andrew Adamatzky
Andrew Adamatzky University of the West of England
Paul G. Spirakis
Paul G. Spirakis University of Liverpool

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