2026 Jesus Favela: 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	36	11151	10834	10	10	311	6403

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Jesus Favela is affiliated with the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada in Mexico. Their research activity primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Psychology, with a particular focus on the application of artificial intelligence and social psychology within technology interaction contexts.

The main areas of study in their work include:

Artificial Intelligence
Social Psychology
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Demography
Applied Psychology

Favela's topics of research cover a range of subjects related to human-technology interaction, including:

AI in Service Interactions
Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Technology Use by Older Adults
Digital Mental Health Interventions
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

The scientist has contributed to a breadth of academic journals and conferences. Favela has published most frequently in:

Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora
SN Computer Science
Communications of the ACM
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research

Selected recent publications include:

Literature Review on Transfer Learning for Human Activity Recognition Using Mobile and Wearable Devices with Environmental Technology, 2020, SN Computer Science
Scoping Review of Healthcare Literature on Mobile, Wearable, and Textile Sensing Technology for Continuous Monitoring, 2021, Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
Monitoring Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia Using Activity Trackers, 2020, Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Gait Activity Classification on Unbalanced Data from Inertial Sensors Using Shallow and Deep Learning, 2020, Sensors
Quality of Privacy (QoP) for the Design of Ubiquitous Healthcare Applications, 2020, Research Portal (King's College London)

Collaboration is a notable component of Favela's research, frequently working with coauthors such as:

Dagoberto Cruz-Sandoval
Mónica Tentori
Irvin Hussein López-Nava
Débora C. Muchaluat-Saade
Luís A. Castro

Best Publications

Dashboards for improving patient care: review of the literature

Dawn Dowding;Rebecca Randell;Peter Gardner;Geraldine Fitzpatrick

427
Citations
Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use

Jesús Favela;Dominique Decouchant

423
Citations
Context-aware mobile communication in hospitals

M.A. Munoz;M. Rodriguez;J. Favela;A.I. Martinez-Garcia

391
Citations
Activity Recognition for the Smart Hospital

D. Sanchez;M. Tentori;J. Favela

262
Citations
Using Augmented Reality to Help Children with Autism Stay Focused

Lizbeth Escobedo;Monica Tentori;Eduardo Quintana;Jesus Favela

236
Citations
Location-aware access to hospital information and services

M.D. Rodriguez;J. Favela;E.A. Martinez;M.A. Munoz

186
Citations
Enriching in-person encounters through social media: A study on family connectedness for the elderly

Raymundo Cornejo;MóNica Tentori;JesúS Favela

169
Citations
An experience in collaborative software engineering education

J. Favela;F. Pena-Mora

152
Citations
Integrating context-aware public displays into a mobile hospital information system

J. Favela;M. Rodriguez;A. Preciado;V.M. Gonzalez

141
Citations
Informal interactions and their implications for online courses

Juan Contreras-Castillo;Jesús Favela;Carmen Pérez-Fragoso;Eduardo Santamaría-del-Angel

137
Citations
Activity-Aware Computing for Healthcare

M. Tentori;J. Favela

131
Citations
An Adaptive, Collaborative Environment to Develop Good Habits in Programming

Aurora Vizcaíno;Juan Contreras;Jesús Favela;Manuel Prieto

119
Citations
Privacy-Aware Autonomous Agents for Pervasive Healthcare

M. Tentori;J. Favela;M.D. Rodriguez

112
Citations
Agent-based ambient intelligence for healthcare

Marcela D. Rodríguez;Jesus Favela;Alfredo Preciado;Aurora Vizcaíno

111
Citations
Activity recognition for context-aware hospital applications: issues and opportunities for the deployment of pervasive networks

Jesus Favela;Monica Tentori;Luis A. Castro;Victor M. Gonzalez

109
Citations
Home-based communication system for older adults and their remote family

Marcela D. Rodríguez;Victor M. Gonzalez;Jesus Favela;Pedro C. Santana

106
Citations
Mobility in hospital work: towards a pervasive computing hospital environment.

Elisa B. Moran;Monica Tentori;Víctor M. Gonzalez;Jesus Favela

89
Citations
Assessing the Use of Instant Messaging in Online Learning Environments.

Juan Contreras-Castillo;Carmen Perez-Fragoso;Jesus Favela

88
Citations
Ambient Awareness to Strengthen the Family Social Network of Older Adults

Raymundo Cornejo;Mónica Tentori;Jesús Favela

81
Citations
Ambient displays for integrating older adults into social networking sites

Raymundo Cornejo;Jesús Favela;Mónica Tentori

79
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Piattini University of Castilla-La Mancha

Chris D. Nugent University of Ulster

Jesse Hoey University of Waterloo

Geraldine Fitzpatrick TU Wien

Cem Ersoy Boğaziçi University

Rafael Kelly Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada

Feniosky Peña-Mora Columbia University

Kay Connelly Indiana University

Vassilis Kostakos University of Melbourne

Stephen S. Intille Northeastern University

External Links

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