2026 Yolanda Gil: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	62	2856	2772	1411	1359	331	19287

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to geoscience and scientific discovery with intelligent workflow systems
2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016 - ACM Fellow For leadership in advancing the use of artificial intelligence in support of science and for service to the community.
2012 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For significant contributions to intelligent user interfaces, knowledge capture, representations for web-based science, and for leadership in the AI community.

Overview

Yolanda Gil is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, with a particular focus on scientific computing, data management, and artificial intelligence applied to complex systems and environmental studies.

Their recent publications highlight significant contributions across various areas. Notable papers include:

ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
Artificial Intelligence for Modeling Complex Systems: Taming the Complexity of Expert Models to Improve Decision Making (2021, ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems)
Pyleoclim: Paleoclimate Timeseries Analysis and Visualization With Python (2022, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
Sources of Irreproducibility in Machine Learning: A Review (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
Predicting youth at high risk of aging out of foster care using machine learning methods (2021, Child Abuse & Neglect)

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Daniel Garijo, Maximiliano Osorio, Deborah Khider, Varun Ratnakar, and Hernán Vargas. Their publications often appear in venues including arXiv (Cornell University), AI Magazine, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Translational Psychiatry, and ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems.

Yolanda Gil's research covers a substantial range of topics, including:

Scientific Computing and Data Management
Research Data Management Practices
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Their work intersects several subfields of study, notably Information Systems and Management, Artificial Intelligence, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their contributions have been recognized with multiple fellowships and awards, including:

IEEE Fellow (2021) for contributions to geoscience and scientific discovery with intelligent workflow systems
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
ACM Fellow (2016) for leadership in advancing the use of artificial intelligence in support of science and community service
Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2012, for contributions to intelligent user interfaces, knowledge capture, web-based science representations, and leadership in the AI community

Best Publications

Pegasus: A framework for mapping complex scientific workflows onto distributed systems

Ewa Deelman;Gurmeet Singh;Mei-Hui Su;James Blythe

1797
Citations
A survey of trust in computer science and the Semantic Web

Donovan Artz;Yolanda Gil

1051
Citations
The Open Provenance Model core specification (v1.1)

Luc Moreau;Ben Clifford;Juliana Freire;Joe Futrelle

1046
Citations
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

838
Citations
Examining the Challenges of Scientific Workflows

Y. Gil;E. Deelman;M. Ellisman;T. Fahringer

837
Citations
Pegasus: Mapping Scientific Workflows onto the Grid

Ewa Deelman;James Blythe;Yolanda Gil;Carl Kesselman

789
Citations
Mapping Abstract Complex Workflows onto Grid Environments

Ewa Deelman;James Blythe;Yolanda Gil;Carl Kesselman

710
Citations
The Semantic Web – ISWC 2005

Yolanda Gil;Enrico Motta;V. Richard Benjamins;Mark A. Musen

543
Citations
Task scheduling strategies for workflow-based applications in grids

J. Blythe;S. Jain;E. Deelman;Y. Gil

503
Citations
The cognitive atlas: toward a knowledge foundation for cognitive neuroscience.

Russell A. Poldrack;Aniket Kittur;Donald Kalar;Eric Miller

438
Citations
Enhancing reproducibility for computational methods.

Victoria Stodden;Marcia McNutt;David H. Bailey;Ewa Deelman

423
Citations
PRODIGY: an integrated architecture for planning and learning

Jaime Carbonell;Oren Etzioni;Yolanda Gil;Robert Joseph

357
Citations
PROV-DM: The PROV Data Model

Khalid Belhajjame;Reza B'Far;James Cheney;Sam Coppens

323
Citations
Explanation-based learning: a problem solving perspective

Steven Minton;Jaime G. Carbonell;Craig A. Knoblock;Daniel R. Kuokka

315
Citations
Special Issue: The First Provenance Challenge

Luc Moreau;Bertram Ludäscher;Ilkay Altintas;Roger S. Barga

285
Citations
The First Provenance Challenge

Luc Moreau;Bertram Ludaescher;Ilkay Altintas;Roger S. Barga

285
Citations
Wings: Intelligent Workflow-Based Design of Computational Experiments

Yolanda Gil;Varun Ratnakar;Jihie Kim;Joshua Moody

283
Citations
Ten simple rules for the care and feeding of scientific data.

Alyssa Goodman;Alberto Pepe;A.W. Alexander W. Blocker;C.L. Christine L. Borgman

280
Citations
Towards content trust of web resources

Yolanda Gil;Donovan Artz

218
Citations
Artificial intelligence and grids: workflow planning and beyond

Y. Gil;E. Deelman;J. Blythe;C. Kesselman

215
Citations
The Semantic Web - ISWC 2005: 4th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2005, Galway, Ireland, November 6 - 10, 2005, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Yolanda Gil;Enrico Motta;V. Richard Benjamins;Mark Musen

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ewa Deelman University of Southern California

Jim Blythe University of Southern California

Paul Groth University of Amsterdam

Carl Kesselman University of Southern California

Craig A. Knoblock University of Southern California

Karan Vahi University of Southern California

Gaurang Mehta University of Southern California

Oscar Corcho Technical University of Madrid

Carole Goble University of Manchester

Christopher J. Duffy Pennsylvania State University

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