2026 I. Scott MacKenzie: 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	69	1962	1900	72	66	182	21181

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

I. Scott MacKenzie is affiliated with York University in Canada and has built a research profile primarily in the fields of Computer Science and Neuroscience. Their work notably bridges areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Cognitive Neuroscience, supported by a substantial number of publications in these domains.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Social Psychology, and Control and Systems Engineering. Their research topics cover a range of subjects such as Interactive and Immersive Displays, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, Usability and User Interface Design, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Hand Gesture Recognition Systems, and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by I. Scott MacKenzie are the following:

Push, Tap, Dwell, and Pinch: Evaluation of Four Mid-air Selection Methods Augmented with Ultrasonic Haptic Feedback (2022), Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
GIMIS: Gaze Input with Motor Imagery Selection (2020), ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
Mid-Air Gestural Interaction with a Large Fogscreen (2023), Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Shaping Perceptions and Inspiring Future Neurosurgeons: The Value of a Hands-On Simulated Aneurysm Clipping Workshops at a Student-Organized Neurosurgical Conference (2024), Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
Comparison of One-handed and Two-handed Text Entry in Virtual Reality Using Handheld Controllers (2023), AHFE international

Collaborations have included frequent co-authors such as Mathieu Raynal, John Paulin Hansen, Sadasivan Puthusserypady, Saurabh Garg, and Maria Francesca Roig-Maimó. These partnerships reflect ongoing research interactions spanning multiple projects and publications.

I. Scott MacKenzie's work has been published predominantly in venues such as Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, and AHFE international. Multiple contributions to the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction indicate a focus on computing and interaction design research within that platform.

Best Publications

Fitts' law as a research and design tool in human-computer interaction

I. Scott MacKenzie

2157
Citations
Towards a standard for pointing device evaluation, perspectives on 27 years of Fitts' law research in HCI

R. William Soukoreff;I. Scott MacKenzie

1285
Citations
Phrase sets for evaluating text entry techniques

I. Scott MacKenzie;R. William Soukoreff

965
Citations
Extending Fitts' law to two-dimensional tasks

I. Scott MacKenzie;William Buxton

939
Citations
Text Entry for Mobile Computing: Models and Methods,Theory and Practice

I. Scott MacKenzie;R. William Soukoreff

779
Citations
A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks

I. Scott MacKenzie;Abigail Sellen;William A. S. Buxton

713
Citations
Accuracy measures for evaluating computer pointing devices

I. Scott MacKenzie;Tatu Kauppinen;Miika Silfverberg

610
Citations
The design and evaluation of a high-performance soft keyboard

I. Scott MacKenzie;Shawn X. Zhang

604
Citations
Lag as a determinant of human performance in interactive systems

I. Scott MacKenzie;Colin Ware

594
Citations
Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective

I. Scott MacKenzie

538
Citations
Metrics for text entry research: an evaluation of MSD and KSPC, and a new unified error metric

R. William Soukoreff;I. Scott MacKenzie

497
Citations
Predicting text entry speed on mobile phones

Miika Silfverberg;I. Scott MacKenzie;Panu Korhonen

482
Citations
Testing pointing device performance and user assessment with the ISO 9241, Part 9 standard

Sarah A. Douglas;Arthur E. Kirkpatrick;I. Scott MacKenzie

426
Citations
Movement time prediction in human-computer interfaces

I. Scott MacKenzie

386
Citations
Measuring errors in text entry tasks: an application of the Levenshtein string distance statistic

R. William Soukoreff;I. Scott MacKenzie

336
Citations
KSPC (Keystrokes per Character) as a Characteristic of Text Entry Techniques

I. Scott MacKenzie

333
Citations
Theoretical upper and lower bounds on typing speed using a stylus and a soft keyboard

R. William Soukoreff;I. Scott Mackenzie

328
Citations
LetterWise: prefix-based disambiguation for mobile text input

I. Scott MacKenzie;Hedy Kober;Derek Smith;Terry Jones

310
Citations
Text entry using soft keyboards

I. Scott Mackenzie;Shawn X. Zhang;R. William Soukoreff

308
Citations
Text Entry Systems: Mobility, Accessibility, Universality

I. Scott MacKenzie;Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii

251
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William Buxton Microsoft (United States)

Wolfgang Stuerzlinger Simon Fraser University

Steffen Staab University of Stuttgart

Michael Jenkin York University

Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)

Edward Cutrell Microsoft (United States)

Robert J. K. Jacob Tufts University

Jacob O. Wobbrock University of Washington

Derek J. Smith University of Cambridge

Hedy Kober Yale University

External Links

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