2026 Donald A. Norman: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	86	742	717	390	376	248	106153
Social Sciences and Humanities	97	110	91	54	47	284	139675

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of design principles based on human cognition that enhance the interaction between people and technology.
2001 - ACM Fellow For contributions to human-centered design and computing.
1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donald A. Norman is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Oncology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Design Education and Practice
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
Transportation and Mobility Innovations
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald A. Norman include:

"Changing Design Education for the 21st Century," 2020, published in She ji
"Vulnerable road users and the coming wave of automated vehicles: Expert perspectives," 2021, published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
"Design for a Better World," 2023, published in Research-Technology Management
"Barn-Raising on the Digital Frontier," 2020, published in PubMed
"Defending Against Medical Error: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of John Senders," 2021, published in Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Donald A. Norman include:

Michael W. Meyer
Wilbert Tabone
Joost de Winter
Claudia Ackermann
Jonas Bärgman

The most common publication venues for their research are:

She ji
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Research-Technology Management
PubMed
Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Donald A. Norman has also contributed to book publications, including one titled "Oral History Interview with Don Norman" released by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2022.

Across their career, they have been recognized with several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2011) for development of design principles based on human cognition that enhance the interaction between people and technology
ACM Fellow (2001) for contributions to human-centered design and computing
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1978)

Best Publications

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

17797
Citations
Emotional design : why we love (or hate) everyday things

Donald A. Norman

9011
Citations
The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution

Donald A. Norman

7320
Citations
The psychology of everyday things

Donald A. Norman

6122
Citations
User Centered System Design

D. Norman

5422
Citations
Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine

Donald A. Norman

5060
Citations
User Centered System Design: New Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction

Donald A. Norman;Stephen W. Draper

5038
Citations
Attention to action: willed and automatic control of behavior

Donald A. Norman;Tim Shallice

4315
Citations
On data-limited and resource-limited processes

Donald A Norman;Daniel G Bobrow

3696
Citations
Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology

Peter H. Lindsay;Donald A. Norman

3556
Citations
Some observations on mental models

D. A. Norman

3436
Citations
Affordance, conventions, and design

Donald A. Norman

3042
Citations
Categorization of action slips.

Donald A. Norman

2693
Citations
Direct manipulation interfaces

Edwin L. Hutchins;James D. Hollan;Donald A. Norman

2406
Citations
Representations in Distributed Cognitive Tasks

Jianhui Zhang;Donald A. Norman

1834
Citations
Things that make us smart

Donald Arthur Norman

1539
Citations
Cognitive artifacts

Donald A. Norman

1493
Citations
Memory and attention

Howard Egeth;Donald A. Norman

1431
Citations
Explorations in cognition

Donald A. Norman;David E. Rumelhart

1430
Citations
Toward a theory of memory and attention.

Donald A. Norman

1363
Citations
Attention to Action: Willed and Automatic Control of Behavior Technical Report No. 8006.

Donald A. Norman;Tim Shallice

166
Citations
The Psychology of Everyday Things

Robert Friedel;Donald A. Norman

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Rumelhart Stanford University

Daniel G. Bobrow Palo Alto Research Center

Edwin Hutchins University of California, San Diego

Wayne A. Wickelgren Columbia University

Jonathan Grudin University of Washington

Tim Shallice University College London

Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park

Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)

Andrew Ortony Northwestern University

James D. Hollan University of California, San Diego

External Links

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