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D-Index
38
Citations
6706
World Ranking
10177
National Ranking
4285

William H. Gates 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 H. Gates sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 55 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Gates 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 H. Gates 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: 38 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% 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

  • 2010 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1930 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. Gates is primarily affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their professional endeavors are linked to this institution, with no additional affiliations or institutions noted.

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with several awards, indicating engagement with the scientific and broader intellectual community over many decades. Notable honors include the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2010, recognizing contributions in relevant fields. Earlier distinctions include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) twice, in 1981 and again in 1930.

Although there are no recent publications or frequent co-authors recorded, the awards and affiliations provide insight into a sustained presence in the scientific or technological community, particularly connected to advancements associated with Microsoft.

Details related to main fields of study, subfields, or main topics of work were not provided. Similarly, there is no data on published books or recurring publication venues.

Best Publications

  • Personal data mining

    Raymond E. Ozzie;William H. Gates;Gary W. Flake;Thomas F. Bergstraesser

  • Bounds for sorting by prefix reversal

    William H. Gates;Christos H. Papadimitriou

  • Hardware architecture for cloud services

    William H. Gates;Gary W. Flake;William J. Bolosky;Nishant V. Dani

  • Data security in an off-premise environment

    Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer;William H. Gates;Raymond E Ozzie;Thomas F. Bergstraesser

  • Marketplace for cloud services resources

    Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer;William H. Gates;Gary W. Flake;William J. Bolosky

  • Remote management of resource license

    Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer;William H. Gates;Thomas F. Bergstraesser;Lili Cheng

  • Wearable wireless power transmitter

    Philip Andrew Eckhoff;William Gates;Peter L. Hagelstein;Roderick A. Hyde

  • Access management in an off-premise environment

    Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer;William H. Gates;Lili Cheng;Daniel S. Glasser

  • Desktop search from mobile device

    Raymond E. Ozzie;Eric J. Horvitz;William H. Gates;Joshua T. Goodman

  • Aggregated resource license

    Nishant V. Dani;William H. Gates;Thomas F. Bergstraesser;Lili Cheng

  • Context-sensitive query enrichment

    Marc E. Davis;Matthew G. Dyor;William Gates;Xuedong Huang

  • Employment of offline behavior to display online content

    Gary W. Flake;William H. Gates;Eric J. Horvitz;Joshua T. Goodman

  • Enhanced voice conferencing with history

    Richard T. Lord;Robert W. Lord;Nathan P. Myhrvold;Clarence T. Tegreene

  • Reputation data for entities and data processing

    Gary W. Flake;Eric J. Horvitz;John C. Platt;Joshua T. Goodman

  • Off-premise encryption of data storage

    Raymond E Ozzie;William H. Gates;Thomas F. Bergstraesser;Lili Cheng

  • Using offline activity to enhance online searching

    Gary W. Flake;William H. Gates;Eric J. Horvitz;Joshua T. Goodman

  • Rights management in a cloud

    William H. Gates;Ira L. Snyder;Thomas F. Bergstraesser;Arnold N. Blinn

  • Web-based targeted advertising in a brick-and-mortar retail establishment using online customer information

    Xuedong D. Huang;William H. Gates;Eric J. Horvitz;Joshua T. Goodman

  • Entity-specific search model

    Christopher D. Payne;Eric J. Horvitz;Alexander G. Gounares;Susan T. Dumais

  • Context-based search, retrieval, and awareness

    Susan T. Dumais;Kyle G. Peltonen;Anoop Gupta;Bradly A. Brunell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary W. Flake
Gary W. Flake Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Alexander G. Gounares
Alexander G. Gounares Microsoft (United States)
Eric Horvitz
Eric Horvitz Microsoft (United States)
Joshua T. Goodman
Joshua T. Goodman Microsoft (United States)
Clarence T. Tegreene
Clarence T. Tegreene Microsoft (United States)
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer Microsoft (United States)
Lili Cheng
Lili Cheng Microsoft (United States)
Jordin T. Kare
Jordin T. Kare Microsoft (United States)
Victoria Y. H. Wood
Victoria Y. H. Wood Microsoft (United States)

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