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9751
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4386
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2046

Niklas Elmqvist 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 Niklas Elmqvist sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 224 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Niklas Elmqvist 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 Niklas Elmqvist sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2013 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Niklas Elmqvist is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research domain predominantly spans computer science, with a focus on various subfields and topics in data visualization and analytics.

The main fields of study for Elmqvist include:

  • Computer Science

Within this broad field, their subfields of study cover:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Sociology and Political Science

Elmqvist has contributed extensively to key topics such as:

  • Data Visualization and Analytics
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Video Analysis and Summarization
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Multimedia Communication and Technology
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Statistics Education and Methodologies

They have authored numerous papers in notable publication venues. Frequent venues where Elmqvist's work has appeared include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Information Visualization
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • interactions

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Elmqvist include:

  • ReLive: Bridging In-Situ and Ex-Situ Visual Analytics for Analyzing Mixed Reality User Studies (2022), published at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Towards Understanding Sensory Substitution for Accessible Visualization: An Interview Study (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • The Reality of the Situation: A Survey of Situated Analytics (2023), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Roslingifier: Semi-Automated Storytelling for Animated Scatterplots (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • StoryFacets: A design study on storytelling with visualizations for collaborative data analysis (2021), published in Information Visualization

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Elmqvist include:

  • Sungbok Shin
  • Peter Butcher
  • Panagiotis D. Ritsos
  • Andrea Batch
  • Pramod Chundury

Elmqvist has been recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), holding distinctions such as ACM Distinguished Member (2018) and ACM Senior Member (2013).

Best Publications

  • Rolling the Dice: Multidimensional Visual Exploration using Scatterplot Matrix Navigation

    N. Elmqvist;P. Dragicevic;J.-D. Fekete

  • Hierarchical Aggregation for Information Visualization: Overview, Techniques, and Design Guidelines

    N. Elmqvist;J.-D. Fekete

  • Collaborative visualization: definition, challenges, and research agenda

    Petra Isenberg;Niklas Elmqvist;Jean Scholtz;Daniel Cernea

  • Graphical Perception of Multiple Time Series

    W Javed;B McDonnel;N Elmqvist

  • Fluid interaction for information visualization

    Niklas Elmqvist;Andrew Vande Moere;Hans-Christian Jetter;Daniel Cernea

  • Exploring the design space of composite visualization

    Waqas Javed;Niklas Elmqvist

  • A Taxonomy of 3D Occlusion Management for Visualization

    N. Elmqvist;P. Tsigas

  • ZAME: Interactive Large-Scale Graph Visualization

    N. Elmqvist;Thanh-Nghi Do;H. Goodell;N. Henry

  • Graphdice: a system for exploring multivariate social networks

    A. Bezerianos;F. Chevalier;P. Dragicevic;N. Elmqvist

  • Visualization beyond the Desktop--the Next Big Thing

    Jonathan C. Roberts;Panagiotis D. Ritsos;Sriram Karthik Badam;Dominique Brodbeck

  • Patterns for visualization evaluation

    Niklas Elmqvist;Ji Soo Yi

  • TimeMatrix: Analyzing Temporal Social Networks Using Interactive Matrix-Based Visualizations

    Ji Soo Yi;Niklas Elmqvist;Seungyoon Lee

  • Visualizing for the Non-Visual: Enabling the Visually Impaired to Use Visualization

    Jinho Choi;Sanghun Jung;Deok Gun Park;Jaegul Choo

  • Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 6th Edition

    Ben Shneiderman;Catherine Plaisant;Maxine S. Cohen;Steven Jacobs

  • ReLive: Bridging In-Situ and Ex-Situ Visual Analytics for Analyzing Mixed Reality User Studies

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  • Supporting Comment Moderators in Identifying High Quality Online News Comments

    Deokgun Park;Simranjit Sachar;Nicholas Diakopoulos;Niklas Elmqvist

  • Toward Visualization for Games: Theory, Design Space, and Patterns

    B. Bowman;N. Elmqvist;T. J. Jankun-Kelly

  • The human touch: How non-expert users perceive, interpret, and fix topic models

    Tak Yeon Lee;Alison Smith;Kevin D. Seppi;Niklas Elmqvist

  • PolyChrome: A Cross-Device Framework for Collaborative Web Visualization

    Sriram Karthik Badam;Niklas Elmqvist

  • Distributed User Interfaces: State of the Art

    Niklas Elmqvist

  • 20 Years of Four HCI Conferences: A Visual Exploration

    Nathalie Henry;Howard Goodell;Niklas Elmqvist;Jean-Daniel Fekete

  • DataMeadow: A Visual Canvas for Analysis of Large-Scale Multivariate Data

    N. Elmqvist;J. Stasko;P. Tsigas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Daniel Fekete
Jean-Daniel Fekete French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Philippas Tsigas
Philippas Tsigas Chalmers University of Technology
Karthik Ramani
Karthik Ramani Purdue University West Lafayette
David S. Ebert
David S. Ebert University of Oklahoma
Ross Maciejewski
Ross Maciejewski Arizona State University
Fanny Chevalier
Fanny Chevalier University of Toronto
Pierre Dragicevic
Pierre Dragicevic French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Pourang Irani
Pourang Irani University of Manitoba
Nicholas Diakopoulos
Nicholas Diakopoulos Northwestern University
Catherine Plaisant
Catherine Plaisant University of Maryland, College Park

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