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, spanning a global audience.

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H-Index: 74
i10-Index: 160
Total Citations: 33,706
Citing Countries: 0

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 0 countries.

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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.

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