2026 Per Ola Kristensson: 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	53	4896	4761	294	292	213	9398

Per Ola Kristensson 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 Per Ola Kristensson sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 213 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Per Ola Kristensson 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 Per Ola Kristensson sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Per Ola Kristensson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Computer Science. Their research spans multiple subfields and topics primarily related to human-computer interaction and immersive technologies.

Kristensson has published extensively with a total output reflecting a strong focus on Human-Computer Interaction (70 publications), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (40 publications), Cognitive Neuroscience (20 publications), Social Psychology (14 publications), and Artificial Intelligence (11 publications).

The main topics covered in their work include:

Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Interactive and Immersive Displays
Augmented Reality Applications
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Data Visualization and Analytics
Human Pose and Action Recognition

Regular collaborators in research and publications include John J. Dudley, Jens Grubert, Verena Biener, Eyal Ofek, and Michel Pahud. Kristensson's frequent publication venues feature arXiv (Cornell University) with 30 papers, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics with 15 papers, Apollo (University of Cambridge) with 6 papers, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction with 3 papers, and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction also with 3 contributions.

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of Kristensson's research:

"Inclusive Immersion: a review of efforts to improve accessibility in virtual reality, augmented reality and the metaverse," 2023, Virtual Reality
"AeroVR: An immersive visualisation system for aerospace design and digital twinning in virtual reality," 2020, The Aeronautical Journal
"Investigating Positive and Negative Qualities of Human-in-the-Loop Optimization for Designing Interaction Techniques," 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"Quantifying the Effects of Working in VR for One Week," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"Gesture Spotter: A Rapid Prototyping Tool for Key Gesture Spotting in Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Best Publications

SHARK2: a large vocabulary shorthand writing system for pen-based computers

Per-Ola Kristensson;Shumin Zhai

518
Citations
Shorthand writing on stylus keyboard

Shumin Zhai;Per-Ola Kristensson

497
Citations
Dexmo: An Inexpensive and Lightweight Mechanical Exoskeleton for Motion Capture and Force Feedback in VR

Xiaochi Gu;Yifei Zhang;Weize Sun;Yuanzhe Bian

347
Citations
A Review of User Interface Design for Interactive Machine Learning

John J. Dudley;Per Ola Kristensson

336
Citations
Memorability of pre-designed and user-defined gesture sets

Miguel A. Nacenta;Yemliha Kamber;Yizhou Qiang;Per Ola Kristensson

331
Citations
System and method for recognizing word patterns in a very large vocabulary based on a virtual keyboard layout

Per-Ola Kristensson;Jingtao Wang;Shumin Zhai

291
Citations
System and method for issuing commands based on pen motions on a graphical keyboard

Shumin Zhai;Per-Ola Kristensson

271
Citations
Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes

Vivek Dhakal;Anna Maria Feit;Per Ola Kristensson;Antti Oulasvirta

223
Citations
The word-gesture keyboard: reimagining keyboard interaction

Shumin Zhai;Per Ola Kristensson

196
Citations
I did that! Measuring users' experience of agency in their own actions

David Coyle;James Moore;Per Ola Kristensson;Paul Fletcher

186
Citations
A versatile dataset for text entry evaluations based on genuine mobile emails

Keith Vertanen;Per Ola Kristensson

175
Citations
System and method for improving text input in a shorthand-on-keyboard interface

Per-Ola Kristensson;Shumin Zhai

165
Citations
An Evaluation of Space Time Cube Representation of Spatiotemporal Patterns

P.O. Kristensson;N. Dahlback;D. Anundi;M. Bjornstad

159
Citations
Inclusive Immersion: a review of efforts to improve accessibility in virtual reality, augmented reality and the metaverse

Unknown

158
Citations
The potential of dwell-free eye-typing for fast assistive gaze communication

Per Ola Kristensson;Keith Vertanen

158
Citations
How do People Type on Mobile Devices?: Observations from a Study with 37,000 Volunteers

Kseniia Palin;Anna Maria Feit;Sunjun Kim;Per Ola Kristensson

157
Citations
Improving two-thumb text entry on touchscreen devices

Antti Oulasvirta;Anna Reichel;Wenbin Li;Yan Zhang

153
Citations
Shapewriter on the iphone: from the laboratory to the real world

Shumin Zhai;Per Ola Kristensson;Pengjun Gong;Michael Greiner

150
Citations
Performance and User Experience of Touchscreen and Gesture Keyboards in a Lab Setting and in the Wild

Shyam Reyal;Shumin Zhai;Per Ola Kristensson

147
Citations
The Office of the Future: Virtual, Portable, and Global

Jens Grubert;Eyal Ofek;Michel Pahud;Per Ola Kristensson

146
Citations
VelociTap: Investigating Fast Mobile Text Entry using Sentence-Based Decoding of Touchscreen Keyboard Input

Keith Vertanen;Haythem Memmi;Justin Emge;Shyam Reyal

130
Citations
Text Entry in Immersive Head-Mounted Display-Based Virtual Reality Using Standard Keyboards

Jens Grubert;Lukas Witzani;Eyal Ofek;Michel Pahud

128
Citations
Relaxing stylus typing precision by geometric pattern matching

Per-Ola Kristensson;Shumin Zhai

111
Citations
Foundational Issues in Touch-Surface Stroke Gesture Design

Shumin Zhai;Per Ola Kristensson;Caroline Appert

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shumin Zhai Google (United States)

Eyal Ofek Microsoft (United States)

Hrvoje Benko Facebook (United States)

Stephen Brewster University of Glasgow

Giuseppe Carenini University of British Columbia

Vicki L. Hanson Association for Computing Machinery

David J. C. MacKay University of Cambridge

Jörg Müller Heinz Sielmann Foundation

Otmar Hilliges ETH Zurich

Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge

External Links

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