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56
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20235
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3963
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1885

Colin Ware 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 Colin Ware sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 253 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Colin Ware 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 Colin Ware sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Colin Ware is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans areas within computer science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on computer vision and pattern recognition, oceanography, ecology, ocean engineering, and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their scholarly work has appeared in multiple publication venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The primary research topics Colin Ware addresses include data visualization and analytics, underwater acoustics research, marine animal studies overview, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, underwater vehicles and communication systems, color science and applications, and maritime navigation and safety.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Thomas Butkiewicz, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christos Kastrisios, Larry A. Mayer, and Paul Johnson.

Recent publications authored by Colin Ware cover a range of topics and publication forums:

  • "Rainbow Colormaps Are Not All Bad," 2023, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • "A global geographic grid system for visualizing bathymetry," 2020, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems

Additional notable papers from coauthors associated with similar research fields include studies on marine mammals and bathymetric data quality:

  • "The effect of group size on individual behavior of bubble-net feeding humpback whales in the southern Gulf of Maine," 2022, Marine Mammal Science
  • "Deep dives and high tissue density increase mean dive costs in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)," 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Textures for coding bathymetric data quality sectors on electronic navigational chart displays: design and evaluation," 2022, Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Colin Ware's publications are frequently found in such venues as IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Marine Mammal Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Cartography and Geographic Information Science.

Best Publications

  • Information Visualization: Perception for Design

    Colin Ware

  • Visual Thinking for Design

    Colin Ware

  • Exploration and virtual camera control in virtual three dimensional environments

    Colin Ware;Steven Osborne

  • Lag as a determinant of human performance in interactive systems

    I. Scott MacKenzie;Colin Ware

  • An evaluation of an eye tracker as a device for computer input2

    Colin Ware;Harutune H. Mikaelian

  • Fish tank virtual reality

    Colin Ware;Kevin Arthur;Kellogg S. Booth

  • Evaluating stereo and motion cues for visualizing information nets in three dimensions

    Colin Ware;Glenn Franck

  • Cognitive measurements of graph aesthetics

    Colin Ware;Helen Purchase;Linda Colpoys;Matthew McGill

  • Color sequences for univariate maps: theory, experiments and principles

    C. Ware

  • Evaluating 3D task performance for fish tank virtual worlds

    Kevin W. Arthur;Kellogg S. Booth;Colin Ware

  • Reaching for objects in VR displays: lag and frame rate

    Colin Ware;Ravin Balakrishnan

  • Using the bat: a six dimensional mouse for object placement

    C. Ware;D. R. Jessome

  • The DragMag image magnifier

    Colin Ware;Marlon Lewis

  • Thoughts on User Studies: Why, How and When

    R Kosara;C G Healey;Interrante;D H Laidlaw

  • User Studies: Why, How, and When?

    Robert Kosara;Christopher G. Healey;Victoria Interrante;David H. Laidlaw

  • Visualizing graphs in three dimensions

    Colin Ware;Peter Mitchell

  • Moticons: detection, distraction and task

    Lyn Bartram;Colin Ware;Tom Calvert

  • Zooming versus multiple window interfaces: Cognitive costs of visual comparisons

    Matthew D. Plumlee;Colin Ware

  • Rotating virtual objects with real handles

    Colin Ware;Jeff Rose

  • Viewing a graph in a virtual reality display is three times as good as a 2D diagram

    C. Ware;G. Franck

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry A. Mayer
Larry A. Mayer University of New Hampshire
Ari S. Friedlaender
Ari S. Friedlaender University of California, Santa Cruz
Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pourang Irani
Pourang Irani University of Manitoba
Kira Barton
Kira Barton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James Ahrens
James Ahrens Los Alamos National Laboratory
David H. Laidlaw
David H. Laidlaw Brown University
Kellogg S. Booth
Kellogg S. Booth University of British Columbia
Louis L. Whitcomb
Louis L. Whitcomb Johns Hopkins University
James V. Gardner
James V. Gardner University of New Hampshire

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