2026 Wil M. P. van der Aalst: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	181	592	543	22	22	1382	150773
Computer Science	182	10	10	1	1	1364	143381

Wil M. P. van der Aalst 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 Wil M. P. van der Aalst sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 1,364 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wil M. P. van der Aalst 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 Wil M. P. van der Aalst sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 182 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to process mining and workflow processes
2020 - ACM Fellow For contributions to process mining, process management, and data science
2014 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for his impressive foundational contributions to Business Process Management by developing workflow management patterns and the YAWL language for workflow management
Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for his impressive foundational contributions to Business Process Management by developing workflow management patterns and the YAWL language for workflow management
Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for his impressive foundational contributions to Business Process Management by developing workflow management patterns and the YAWL language for workflow management
Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for his impressive foundational contributions to Business Process Management by developing workflow management patterns and the YAWL language for workflow management

Overview

Wil M. P. van der Aalst is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly in Computer Science, Business, Management and Accounting, and Engineering. The scientist's scholarly focus includes various subfields such as Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The primary topics covered in their work include Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Data Quality and Management, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Big Data and Business Intelligence, and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Wil M. P. van der Aalst are:

Gyunam Park
Majid Rafiei
Mahsa Pourbafrani
Sebastiaan J. van Zelst
Daniel Schuster

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Business & Information Systems Engineering
Information Systems
Lecture notes in business information processing
SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers include:

Welcome to the Era of ChatGPT et al., 2023, Business & Information Systems Engineering
Process mining for healthcare: Characteristics and challenges, 2022, Journal of Biomedical Informatics
A Computer Science Perspective on Digital Transformation in Production, 2022, ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
Discovering Object-centric Petri Nets, 2020, Fundamenta Informaticae
Privacy-Preserving Process Mining in Healthcare, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Wil M. P. van der Aalst has contributed to book publications with Springer Science+Business Media, which include titles such as:

Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts (2021)
Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts (2020)
Recent Trends in Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts (2021)

Additionally, works published under the Interdisciplinary Excellence Accelerator Series include:

Internet of Production (2023)
Internet of Production (2023)

The scientist has received several awards including:

IEEE Fellow (2021) for contributions to process mining and workflow processes
ACM Fellow (2020) for contributions to process mining, process management, and data science
Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
Member of Academia Europaea (2011)
Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) for foundational contributions to Business Process Management by developing workflow management patterns and the YAWL language for workflow management

Best Publications

Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems

Wil van der Aalst;Kees van Hee

5372
Citations
Workflow Patterns

W. M. P. Van Der Aalst;A. H. M. Ter Hofstede;B. Kiepuszewski;A. P. Barros

4657
Citations
The application of Petri-nets to workflow management

W.M.P. van der Aalst

4408
Citations
Process mining

Wil Van Der Aalst

3983
Citations
Workflow mining: discovering process models from event logs

W. van der Aalst;T. Weijters;L. Maruster

3131
Citations
Business process management: a survey

Wil M. P. Van Der Aalst;Arthur H. M. Ter Hofstede;Mathias Weske

2402
Citations
Process Mining: Data Science in Action

Wil van der Aalst

2388
Citations
Data Science in Action

Wil van der Aalst

2324
Citations
Business Process Management: A Comprehensive Survey

Wmp Wil Aalst;van der

2163
Citations
YAWL: yet another workflow language

W. M. P. van der Aalst;A. H. M. ter Hofstede

2083
Citations
Process Mining: Discovery, Conformance and Enhancement of Business Processes

Wil M. P. van der Aalst

1928
Citations
Getting the Data

Wil M. P. van der Aalst

1897
Citations
Process Mining Manifesto

Wil van der Aalst;Wil van der Aalst;Arya Adriansyah;Ana Karla Alves de Medeiros;Franco Arcieri

1683
Citations
Workflow mining: a survey of issues and approaches

W. M. P. van der Aalst;B. F. van Dongen;J. Herbst;L. Maruster

1509
Citations
Process Aware Information Systems: Bridging People and Software Through Process Technology

Marlon Dumas;Wil M. van der Aalst;Arthur H. ter Hofstede

1449
Citations
Verification of Workflow Nets

Wil M. P. van der Aalst

1402
Citations
Conformance checking of processes based on monitoring real behavior

A. Rozinat;W. M. P. van der Aalst

1401
Citations
The prom framework: a new era in process mining tool support

B. F. van Dongen;A. K. A. de Medeiros;H. M. W. Verbeek;A. J. M. M. Weijters

1315
Citations
Fuzzy mining: adaptive process simplification based on multi-perspective metrics

Christian W. Günther;Wil M. P. Van Der Aalst

1236
Citations
Business process mining: An industrial application

W. M. P. van der Aalst;H. A. Reijers;A. J. M. M. Weijters;B. F. van Dongen

1171
Citations
YAWL: yet another workflow language (revised version)

W.M.P. van der Aalst;A.H.M. ter Hofstede

74
Citations
Process mining: making knowledge discovery process centric

Wil van der Aalst

24
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede Queensland University of Technology

Massimiliano de Leoni University of Padua

Boudewijn F. van Dongen Eindhoven University of Technology

Marlon Dumas University of Tartu

Marcello La Rosa University of Melbourne

Dirk Fahland Eindhoven University of Technology

Michael Rosemann Queensland University of Technology

Moe Thandar Wynn Queensland University of Technology

Jan Mendling Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Fabrizio Maria Maggi Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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