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103
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318
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Tim Finin 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 Tim Finin sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 599 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim Finin 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 Tim Finin sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 States Leader Award
  • 2018 - ACM Fellow For contributions to theory and practice of knowledge sharing in distributed systems and the World-Wide Web
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For significant contributions to the theory and practice of knowledge sharing in multiagent systems and on the Web, and for sustained service to the AI community.

Overview

Tim Finin is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research lies primarily within Computer Science, with a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. The main topics covered in their work include Topic Modeling, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Data Quality and Management, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Information and Cyber Security, and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.

They have published multiple papers, with recent notable works including:

  • "Wikipedia as an Ontology for Describing Documents" (2021), published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "CASIE: Extracting Cybersecurity Event Information from Text" (2020), published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Creating Cybersecurity Knowledge Graphs From Malware After Action Reports" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "Reinforcement Quantum Annealing: A Hybrid Quantum Learning Automata" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Managing cybersecurity at the grassroots: Evidence from the first nationwide survey of local government cybersecurity" (2020), published in Journal of Urban Affairs

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Anupam Joshi, Milton Halem, Ramin Ayanzadeh, John E. Dorband, and Francis Ferraro.

They have contributed extensively to publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium), Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, IEEE Access, and Scientific Reports.

Tim Finin's work has been recognized with honors such as being named an ACM Fellow in 2018, which cited their contributions to the theory and practice of knowledge sharing in distributed systems and the World-Wide Web. They were also named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 2013, recognizing their significant contributions to multiagent systems and the Web, as well as their sustained service to the AI community.

Best Publications

  • Why we twitter: understanding microblogging usage and communities

    Akshay Java;Xiaodan Song;Tim Finin;Belle Tseng

  • KQML as an agent communication language

    Tim Finin;Richard Fritzson;Don McKay;Robin McEntire

  • KQML as an agent communication language

    Tim Finin;Yanis Labrou;James Mayfield

  • Enabling technology for knowledge sharing

    Robert Neches;Richard Fikes;Tim Finin;Tom Gruber

  • An ontology for context-aware pervasive computing environments

    Harry Chen;Tim Finin;Anupam Joshi

  • An Ontology for Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Environments

    Harry Chen;Tim Finin;Anupam Joshi

  • Swoogle: a search and metadata engine for the semantic web

    Li Ding;Tim Finin;Anupam Joshi;Rong Pan

  • SOUPA: standard ontology for ubiquitous and pervasive applications

    H. Chen;F. Perich;T. Finin;A. Joshi

  • A policy language for a pervasive computing environment

    L. Kagal;T. Finin;Anupam Joshi

  • Agent communication languages: the current landscape

    Y. Labrou;T. Finin;Yun Peng

  • A Proposal for a new KQML Specification

    Tim Finin;Yannis Labrou

  • Specification of the KQML Agent-Communication Language

    Timothy W. Finin;Joseph W. Weber;Gio Wiederhold

  • The DARPA knowledge sharing effort: progress report

    Ramesh S. Patil;Richard E. Fikes;Peter F. Patel-Schneider;Don McKay

  • The Semantic Web - ISWC 2008

    Amit P. Sheth;Steffen Staab;Michael Dean;Massimo Paolucci

  • A policy based approach to security for the semantic web

    Lalana Kagal;Tim Finin;Anupam Joshi

  • Annotating Named Entities in Twitter Data with Crowdsourcing

    Tim Finin;William Murnane;Anand Karandikar;Nicholas Keller

  • UMBC_EBIQUITY-CORE: Semantic Textual Similarity Systems

    Lushan Han;Abhay L. Kashyap;Tim Finin;James Mayfield

  • KQML - A Language and Protocol for Knowledge and Information Exchange

    Tim Finin;Richard Fritzson;Donald P McKay;Robin McEntire

  • User Models in Dialog Systems

    S. Carberry;J. G. Carbonell;D. N. Chin;R. Cohen

  • Trust-based security in pervasive computing environments

    L. Kagal;T. Finin;A. Joshi

  • Swoogle: A semantic web search and metadata engine

    Li Ding;Tim Finin;Anupam Joshi;Rong Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Anupam Joshi
Anupam Joshi University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Yelena Yesha
Yelena Yesha University of Miami
Yun Peng
Yun Peng University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Yannis Labrou
Yannis Labrou Verisign Inc.
Dipanjan Chakraborty
Dipanjan Chakraborty IBM (United States)
Pascal Hitzler
Pascal Hitzler Kansas State University
Tim Oates
Tim Oates University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Suzanne M. Carbotte
Suzanne M. Carbotte Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Peter H. Wiebe
Peter H. Wiebe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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