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D-Index
40
Citations
8859
World Ranking
9156
National Ranking
3896

William F. Punch 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 William F. Punch sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 120 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William F. Punch 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 William F. Punch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

William F. Punch is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including Wolfgang Banzhaf, Betty H. C. Cheng, Kalyanmoy Deb, Kay E. Holekamp, and Richard E. Lenski.

Their contributions include authorship of a book published by Springer Nature titled Evolution in Action: Past, Present and Future (2020), which has received citations in academic work.

William F. Punch's academic activity is characterized by interdisciplinary engagement that includes co-authoring with researchers from diverse backgrounds. This suggests a collaborative approach spanning multiple domains relevant to evolution and related scientific areas.

  • Wolfgang Banzhaf
  • Betty H. C. Cheng
  • Kalyanmoy Deb
  • Kay E. Holekamp
  • Richard E. Lenski

One significant publication by William F. Punch is:

  • Evolution in Action: Past, Present and Future (2020, Springer Nature)

Best Publications

  • Dimensionality reduction using genetic algorithms

    M.L. Raymer;W.F. Punch;E.D. Goodman;L.A. Kuhn

  • Clustering ensembles: models of consensus and weak partitions

    A. Topchy;A.K. Jain;W. Punch

  • A mixture model for clustering ensembles

    Alexander P. Topchy;Anil K. Jain;William F. Punch

  • Predicting student performance: an application of data mining methods with an educational Web-based system

    B. Minaei-Bidgoli;D. A. Kashy;G. Kortemeyer;W. F. Punch

  • Combining multiple weak clusterings

    A. Topchy;A.K. Jain;W. Punch

  • Further Research on Feature Selection and Classification Using Genetic Algorithms

    William F. Punch;Erik D. Goodman;Min Pei;Lai Chia-Shun

  • Coarse-grain parallel genetic algorithms: categorization and new approach

    Shyh-Chang Lin;W.F. Punch;E.D. Goodman

  • Using genetic algorithms for data mining optimization in an educational web-based system

    Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli;William F. Punch

  • The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities

    Joel Lehman;Jeff Clune;Dusan Misevic;Christoph Adami

  • Predicting conserved water-mediated and polar ligand interactions in proteins using a K-nearest-neighbors genetic algorithm.

    Michael L. Raymer;Paul C. Sanschagrin;William F. Punch;Sridhar Venkataraman

  • Adaptive clustering ensembles

    A. Topchy;B. Minaei-Bidgoli;A.K. Jain;W.F. Punch

  • The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities

    Joel Lehman;Jeff Clune;Dusan Misevic;Christoph Adami

  • Ensembles of partitions via data resampling

    B. Minaei-Bidgoli;A. Topchy;W.F. Punch

  • Method and product for determining salient features for use in information searching

    William F. Punch;Marilyn R. Wulfekuhler;Erik D. Goodman

  • A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling Problem.

    Shyh-Chang Lin;Erik D. Goodman;William F. Punch

  • A Standard GA Approach to Native Protein Conformation Prediction

    Arnold L. Patton;William F. Punch;Erik D. Goodman

  • Faster genetic programming based on local gradient search of numeric leaf values

    Alexander Topchy;W. F. Punch

  • Knowledge discovery in medical and biological datasets using a hybrid Bayes classifier/evolutionary algorithm

    M.L. Raymer;T.E. Doom;L.A. Kuhn;W.F. Punch

  • On ontology-driven document clustering using core semantic features

    Samah Fodeh;Bill Punch;Pang-Ning Tan

  • Parameter-less population pyramid

    Brian W. Goldman;William F. Punch

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik D. Goodman
Erik D. Goodman Michigan State University
Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli
Behrouz Minaei-Bidgoli Iran University of Science and Technology
Simon J. L. Billinge
Simon J. L. Billinge Columbia University
Anil K. Jain
Anil K. Jain Michigan State University
Pang-Ning Tan
Pang-Ning Tan Michigan State University
Kim T. Scribner
Kim T. Scribner Michigan State University
Ashok K. Goel
Ashok K. Goel Georgia Institute of Technology
Hod Lipson
Hod Lipson Columbia University
Deborah A. Kashy
Deborah A. Kashy Michigan State University
François Taddei
François Taddei Université Paris Cité

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