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31607
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722
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James A. Landay 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 James A. Landay sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 278 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James A. Landay 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 James A. Landay sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - ACM Fellow For contributions to human-computer interaction, with a focus on user interface design tools and ubiquitous computing.

Overview

James A. Landay is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and psychology, with a significant focus on human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and social psychology.

Their recent publications include:

  • Personal identifiability of user tracking data during observation of 360-degree VR video, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • End-User Audits: A System Empowering Communities to Lead Large-Scale Investigations of Harmful Algorithmic Behavior, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Calm Commute, 2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • Beyond Being Real: A Sensorimotor Control Perspective on Interactions in Virtual Reality, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • An Image of Society, 2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Elizabeth L. Murnane
  • Sarah L. Billington
  • Lucy Zhang Bencharit
  • Basma Altaf
  • Isabella P. Douglas

Common publication venues where James A. Landay has contributed are:

  • Building and Environment
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

The main fields of study in their work are:

  • Computer Science
  • Psychology

Their contributions include subfields such as:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

Research topics covered by their work include:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Place Attachment and Urban Studies
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
  • Technology Use by Older Adults

James A. Landay was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2016 for contributions to human-computer interaction, focusing on user interface design tools and ubiquitous computing.

Best Publications

  • Activity sensing in the wild: a field trial of ubifit garden

    Sunny Consolvo;David W. McDonald;Tammy Toscos;Mike Y. Chen

  • Design requirements for technologies that encourage physical activity

    Sunny Consolvo;Katherine Everitt;Ian Smith;James A. Landay

  • prefuse: a toolkit for interactive information visualization

    Jeffrey Heer;Stuart K. Card;James A. Landay

  • The design of eco-feedback technology

    Jon Froehlich;Leah Findlater;James Landay

  • An architecture for privacy-sensitive ubiquitous computing

    Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • Theory-driven design strategies for technologies that support behavior change in everyday life

    Sunny Consolvo;David W. McDonald;James A. Landay

  • The Mobile Sensing Platform: An Embedded Activity Recognition System

    T. Choudhury;S. Consolvo;B. Harrison;J. Hightower

  • UbiGreen: investigating a mobile tool for tracking and supporting green transportation habits

    Jon Froehlich;Tawanna Dillahunt;Predrag Klasnja;Jennifer Mankoff

  • Interactive sketching for the early stages of user interface design

    James A. Landay;Brad A. Myers

  • MyExperience: a system for in situ tracing and capturing of user feedback on mobile phones

    Jon Froehlich;Mike Y. Chen;Sunny Consolvo;Beverly Harrison

  • The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience

    Douglas K. Van Duyne;James Landay;Jason I. Hong

  • Sketching interfaces: toward more human interface design

    J.A. Landay;B.A. Myers

  • An infrastructure approach to context-aware computing

    Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • Designing the user interface for multimodal speech and pen-based gesture applications: state-of-the-art systems and future research directions

    Sharon Oviatt;Phil Cohen;Lizhong Wu;John Vergo

  • SATIN: a toolkit for informal ink-based applications

    Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • Flowers or a robot army?: encouraging awareness & activity with personal, mobile displays

    Sunny Consolvo;Predrag Klasnja;David W. McDonald;Daniel Avrahami

  • DENIM: finding a tighter fit between tools and practice for Web site design

    James Lin;Mark W. Newman;Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • High-Fidelity or Low-Fidelity, Paper or Computer? Choosing Attributes when Testing Web Prototypes:

    Miriam Walker;Leila Takayama;James A. Landay

  • Sitemaps, storyboards, and specifications: a sketch of Web site design practice

    Mark W. Newman;James A. Landay

  • Enabling always-available input with muscle-computer interfaces

    T. Scott Saponas;Desney S. Tan;Dan Morris;Ravin Balakrishnan

  • The Mobile Sensing Platform: An Embedded Activity Recognition System The MSP is a small wearable device designed for embedded activity recognition with the aim of broadly supporting context-aware ubiquitous computing applications.

    Tanzeem Choudhury;Sunny Consolvo;Beverly Harrison;Jeffrey Hightower

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason Hong
Jason Hong Carnegie Mellon University
Scott R. Klemmer
Scott R. Klemmer University of California, San Diego
Sunny Consolvo
Sunny Consolvo Google (United States)
Yang Li
Yang Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jon E. Froehlich
Jon E. Froehlich University of Washington
David W. McDonald
David W. McDonald University of Washington
Beverly L. Harrison
Beverly L. Harrison Microsoft (United States)
Predrag Klasnja
Predrag Klasnja University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeff A. Bilmes
Jeff A. Bilmes University of Washington
James Fogarty
James Fogarty University of Washington

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