2026 Karel Brookhuis: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	49	4251	4087	86	81	383	10903

Overview

Karel Brookhuis is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans across several interconnected fields including Psychology and Engineering, with an emphasis on both Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Their scholarly work also extends into Social Psychology and Automotive Engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to transportation and human factors.

The main topics addressed in Brookhuis's research include:

Traffic and Road Safety
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
Sleep and related disorders
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
Urban Transport and Accessibility
Older Adults Driving Studies
Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Brookhuis has published research frequently in the following venues:

European journal of transport and infrastructure research
Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental
Healthcare
Ergonomics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brookhuis include:

Opportunities of advanced driver assistance systems towards overtaking (2020), European journal of transport and infrastructure research
Behavioural effects of Advanced Cruise Control Use (2020), European journal of transport and infrastructure research
The influence of alcohol (0.5‰) on the control and manoeuvring level of driving behaviour, finding measures to assess driving impairment: A simulator study (2020), Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Product liability for ADAS; legal and human factors perspectives (2020), European journal of transport and infrastructure research
Immune Responses after Heavy Alcohol Consumption: Cytokine Concentrations in Hangover-Sensitive and Hangover-Resistant Drinkers (2021), Healthcare

Frequent collaborators working alongside Brookhuis include:

Dick de Waard
Aurora J.A.E. van de Loo
Joris C. Verster
Joke H. van Dijken
Janet Veldstra

Best Publications

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods

Neville Stanton;Alan Hedge;Hal W. Hendrick;Eduardo Salas

1028
Citations
State of science: mental workload in ergonomics

Mark S. Young;Karel A. Brookhuis;Christopher D. Wickens;Peter A. Hancock

958
Citations
The effects of mobile telephoning on driving performance

Karel A. Brookhuis;Gerbrand de Vries;Dick de Waard

858
Citations
Monitoring drivers' mental workload in driving simulators using physiological measures

Karel A. Brookhuis;Dick de Waard

512
Citations
Behavioural impacts of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems - an overview.

Karel A. Brookhuis;Dick de Waard;Wiel H. Janssen

399
Citations
A human factors perspective on automated driving

M. Kyriakidis;J.C.F. de Winter;N Stanton;T. Bellet

357
Citations
Behavioural adaptation to driving with an adaptive cruise control (ACC)

Marika Hoedemaeker;Karel A. Brookhuis

286
Citations
MEASURING DRIVING PERFORMANCE BY CAR-FOLLOWING IN TRAFFIC

Karel A. Brookhuis;Dick de Waard;Ben Mulder

247
Citations
The interaction between driving and in-vehicle information systems: comparison of results from laboratory, simulator and real-world studies

Jorge Santos;Natasha Merat;Sandra Mouta;Karel A. Brookhuis

214
Citations
ASSESSING DRIVER STATUS - A DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT ON THE ROAD

Dick de Waard;Karel A. Brookhuis

207
Citations
Criteria for driver impairment

Karel A. Brookhuis;Dick de Waard;Stephen H. Fairclough

205
Citations
Driver behavior in an emergency situation in the Automated Highway System

D. De Waard;M. van der Hulst;M Hoedemaeker;K.A. Brookhuis

193
Citations
Lane change manoeuvres and safety margins

W. van Winsum;de Dick Waard;Karel Brookhuis

187
Citations
Assessment of drivers' workload: performance, subjective and physiological indices

K.A. Brookhuis;D. De Waard

186
Citations
EFFECT OF ROAD LAYOUT AND ROAD ENVIRONMENT ON DRIVING PERFORMANCE, DRIVERS' PHYSIOLOGY AND ROAD APPRECIATION

Dick de Waard;M. Jessurun;F. J. Steyvers;P. T. Raggatt

185
Citations
Mobile phone use while cycling: Incidence and effects on behaviour and safety

Dick de Waard;Paul Schepers;Wieke Ormel;Karel A. Brookhuis

171
Citations
Limiting speed, towards an intelligent speed adapter (ISA)

Karel A. Brookhuis;Dick de Waard

166
Citations
A comparison of different ways to approximate time-to-line crossing (TLC) during car driving

W van Winsum;Karel Brookhuis;de Dick Waard

164
Citations
Driving with a Congestion Assistant; mental workload and acceptance.

Karel A. Brookhuis;Cornelie J. G. van Driel;Cornelie J. G. van Driel;Tineke Hof;Bart van Arem;Bart van Arem

161
Citations
Do young novice drivers overestimate their driving skills more than experienced drivers? Different methods lead to different conclusions

S. De Craen;D. A. M. Twisk;Marjan Paula Hagenzieker;H. Elffers

139
Citations
Handbook of driving simulation for engineering, medicine and psychology

Karel Brookhuis;de Dick Waard

5
Citations
CRITERIA FOR DRIVER IMPAIRMENT

K Brookhuis

0
Citations