2026 Elizabeth F. Churchill: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	64	2639	2559	1307	1258	369	13950

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to human-computer interaction and service to the ACM.
2010 - ACM Distinguished Member
2008 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Elizabeth F. Churchill is affiliated with Google in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on human-computer interaction and extends into interdisciplinary areas including sociology, political science, information systems, infectious diseases, and computer science applications.

The scientist's recent publications include:

"Gender-Inclusive HCI Research and Design: A Conceptual Review," 2020, published in Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction
"Viral Actions: Predicting Video View Counts Using Synchronous Sharing Behaviors," 2021, published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
"InContext: Futuring User-Experience Design Tools," 2022, published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
"T Cell Receptor Sequences Amplified during Severe COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Mimic SARS-CoV-2, Its Bacterial Co-Infections and Host Autoantigens," 2023, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Platform urbanism, urban HCI, and digital civics," 2022, published in interactions

Frequent co-authors include:

Mikael Wiberg
Nova Ahmed
Simone Stumpf
Anicia Peters
Shaowen Bardzell

Publications are often found in the following venues:

interactions
XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students
Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

The main fields of study engaged by Elizabeth F. Churchill include:

Human-Computer Interaction
Sociology and Political Science
Information Systems
Infectious Diseases
Computer Science Applications

Key research topics addressed in their work comprise:

Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Digital Games and Media
Technology Use by Older Adults
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Social Media and Politics
User Authentication and Security Systems

Awards recognizing contributions include:

ACM Fellow (2019) for contributions to human-computer interaction and service to the ACM
ACM Distinguished Member (2010)
ACM Senior Member (2008)

Best Publications

Method and apparatus for embodied conversational characters with multimodal input/output in an interface device

Scott A. Prevost;Timothy W. Bickmore;Joseph W. Sullivan;Elizabeth Churchill

617
Citations
Badges in Social Media: A Social Psychological Perspective

Judd Antin;Elizabeth F. Churchill

565
Citations
Tweet the debates: understanding community annotation of uncollected sources

David A. Shamma;Lyndon Kennedy;Elizabeth F. Churchill

479
Citations
Location-based opportunistic recommendations

Elizabeth Churchill;Shyong (Tony) Lam;Joseph O'Sullivan

433
Citations
Collaborative Virtual Environments: Digital Places and Spaces for Interaction

David N. Snowdon;Alan J. Munro;Elizabeth F. Churchill

421
Citations
Collaborative virtual environments: An introductory review of issues and systems

Elizabeth F. Churchill;Dave Snowdon

342
Citations
Technologies of memory: Key issues and critical perspectives

Nancy Van House;Elizabeth F. Churchill

277
Citations
Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems

Frank E. Ritter;Gordon D. Baxter;Elizabeth F. Churchill

243
Citations
Faceted identity, faceted lives: social and technical issues with being yourself online

Shelly D. Farnham;Elizabeth F. Churchill

224
Citations
Anchored conversations: chatting in the context of a document

Elizabeth F. Churchill;Jonathan Trevor;Sara Bly;Les Nelson

211
Citations
From Human-Human Collaboration to Human-AI Collaboration: Designing AI Systems That Can Work Together with People

Dakuo Wang;Elizabeth Churchill;Pattie Maes;Xiangmin Fan

205
Citations
Friendly search and socially augmented search query assistance layer

Elizabeth F. Churchill;Joseph O'Sullivan;Anthony D. Thrall

202
Citations
Automatic identification of personal insults on social news sites

Sara Owsley Sood;Elizabeth F. Churchill;Judd Antin

201
Citations
Guest Editors' Introduction: Social Networks and Social Networking

E.F. Churchill;C.A. Halverson

201
Citations
Social Networks and Social Networking

Elizabeth F. Churchill;Christine A. Halverson

198
Citations
Stories from Survivors: Privacy & Security Practices when Coping with Intimate Partner Abuse

Tara Matthews;Kathleen O'Leary;Anna Turner;Manya Sleeper

189
Citations
Public and Situated Displays: Social and Interactional Aspects of Shared Display Technologies

K. O'Hara;M. Perry;E. Churchill;D. Russell

184
Citations
System and method for clipping, repurposing, and augmenting document content

Jonathan Helfman;Laurent Denoue;Elizabeth F. Churchill;Lester D. Nelson

175
Citations
The Plasma Poster Network

Elizabeth Churchill;Les Nelson;Laurent Denoue;Paul Murphy

173
Citations
Sharing multimedia content with interactive public displays: a case study

Elizabeth F. Churchill;Les Nelson;Laurent Denoue;Jonathan Helfman

170
Citations
System and method for arranging, manipulating and displaying objects in a graphical user interface

Lester D. Nelson;Elizabeth F. Churchill;David N. Snowdon;Laurent Denoue

169
Citations
Collaborative virtual environments

Elizabeth F. Churchill;David N. Snowdon;Alan J. Munro

162
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Denoue Fuji Xerox (Japan)

Athellina Athsani Yahoo (United Kingdom)

Catherine C. Marshall Texas A&M University

Timothy Bickmore Northeastern University

Lyndon Kennedy Apple (United States)

Shaowen Bardzell Georgia Institute of Technology

Joseph O'Sullivan Wells Fargo (United States)

Diana K. Smetters Google (United States)

Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park

Gene Golovchinsky FX Palo Alto Laboratory

External Links

Wikipedia of Elizabeth F. Churchill Personal website of Elizabeth F. Churchill Google Scholar page

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