Gordon Plotkin: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Gordon Plotkin's h-index is 74 (160 i10-index, 33,706+ total citations across 322+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of September 2026. Gordon Plotkin is affiliated with Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.
Gordon Plotkin is a researcher affiliated with Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 33,706 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Gordon Plotkin's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 322 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 74
- i10-Index
- 160
- Total Citations
- 33,706
- Citing Countries
- 76
As of September 2026.
Gordon Plotkin has an h-index of 74 and 33,706 total citations across 322 publications, with research cited by institutions in 76 countries.
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A structural approach to operational semantics
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The researcher established foundational frameworks for lambda calculus semantics and logic programming, creating seminal theoretical structures that define modern computational logic and functional programming paradigms.
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About Gordon Plotkin's research
Gordon Plotkin is a researcher at Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Their work has been cited 33,706 times across 322 publications (h-index 74), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “A structural approach to operational semantics” (1981), has accumulated 5,309 citations. Other influential works include “A framework for defining logics” (1993) with 2,129 citations and “Call-by-name, call-by-value and the λ-calculus” (1975) with 1,913 citations.
Citations of Gordon Plotkin's research come primarily from United States, United Kingdom and France, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
