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Andrew Sears 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 Andrew Sears sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew Sears 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 Andrew Sears sits on this spectrum.

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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

  • 2014 - Hellman Fellow
  • 2010 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Andrew Sears is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the social sciences and arts and humanities, focusing primarily on African studies, language, and political science.

The main fields of study for Andrew Sears include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities

Their subfields of research cover:

  • Anthropology
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Political Science and International Relations

Andrew Sears's academic work addresses key topics such as:

  • African Studies and Geopolitics
  • Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
  • African history and culture analysis

One of their recent papers is titled "Kathleen Bickford Berzock (ed.), Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time. Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa; Alisa LaGamma (ed.), Sahel. Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara", published in 2021 in the DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals).

Their publications have appeared in:

  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

The profile of coauthors indicates no frequent collaborators in their work.

Andrew Sears has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Hellman Fellow, 2014
  • ACM Distinguished Member, 2010

Best Publications

  • The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging applications

    Juliele A. Jacko;Andrew Sears

  • High precision touchscreens: design strategies and comparisons with a mouse

    Andrew Sears;Ben Shneiderman

  • A review and a framework of handheld computer adoption in healthcare.

    Yen Chiao Lu;Yan Xiao;Andrew Sears;Julie A. Jacko

  • Heuristic Walkthroughs: Finding the Problems Without the Noise

    Andrew Sears

  • Split menus: effectively using selection frequency to organize menus

    Andrew Sears;Ben Shneiderman

  • Automated stress detection using keystroke and linguistic features: An exploratory study

    Lisa M. Vizer;Lina Zhou;Andrew Sears

  • Investigating touchscreen typing: the effect of keyboard size on typing speed

    Andrew Sears;Doreen Revis;Janet Swatski;Rob Crittenden

  • Representing users in accessibility research

    Andrew Sears;Vicki L. Hanson

  • Capturing the effects of context on human performance in mobile computing systems

    Leon Barnard;Ji Soo Yi;Julie A. Jacko;Andrew Sears

  • Layout appropriateness: a metric for evaluating user interface widget layout

    A. Sears

  • Improving touchscreen keyboards: design issues and a comparison with other devices

    Andrew Sears

  • Touchscreen Interfaces for Alphanumeric Data Entry

    Catherine Plaisant;Andrew Sears

  • Physical disabilities and computing technologies: an analysis of impairments

    Andrew Sears;Mark Young

  • How do people tap when walking? An empirical investigation of nomadic data entry

    Min Lin;Rich Goldman;Kathleen J. Price;Andrew Sears

  • An empirical comparison of use-in-motion evaluation scenarios for mobile computing devices

    Leon Barnard;Ji Soo Yi;Julie A. Jacko;Andrew Sears

  • AIDE: a step toward metric-based interface development tools

    Andrew Sears

  • Testing and evaluation

    Andrew Sears

  • The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications (Human Factors and Ergonomics Series)

    Andrew Sears;Julie A. Jacko

  • Data Entry for Mobile Devices Using Soft Keyboards: Understanding the Effects of Keyboard Size and User Tasks

    Andrew Sears;Ying Zha

  • The effect of network delay and media on user perceptions of web resources

    Julie A. Jacko;Andrew L. Sears;Michael S. Borella

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki L. Hanson
Vicki L. Hanson Association for Computing Machinery
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park
Lina Zhou
Lina Zhou University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Enrico Pontelli
Enrico Pontelli New Mexico State University
Catherine Plaisant
Catherine Plaisant University of Maryland, College Park
Dongsong Zhang
Dongsong Zhang University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Mary Czerwinski
Mary Czerwinski Microsoft (United States)
Björn Schuller
Björn Schuller Imperial College London
Jacob O. Wobbrock
Jacob O. Wobbrock University of Washington
Krzysztof Z. Gajos
Krzysztof Z. Gajos Harvard University

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