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Sara Irina Fabrikant

Sara Irina Fabrikant

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Computer Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5494
World Ranking
11667
National Ranking
198

Sara Irina Fabrikant 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 Sara Irina Fabrikant sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 141 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sara Irina Fabrikant 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 Sara Irina Fabrikant sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sara Irina Fabrikant is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has conducted extensive research within the field of Computer Science, focusing on subfields including Automotive Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Geography, Planning and Development, Human-Computer Interaction, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research spans several main topics which incorporate:

  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Geographic Information Systems Studies
  • Data Visualization and Analytics
  • Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with the scientist include Christopher Hilton, Sara Lanini-Maggi, Armand Kapaj, Bingjie Cheng, and Ian T. Ruginski.

Publications from this researcher commonly appear in several established venues:

  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science
  • Abstracts of the ICA
  • Journal of Location Based Services
  • Frontiers in Communication
  • UC Santa Barbara

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • "Digital health and the COVID-19 epidemic: an assessment framework for apps from an epidemiological and legal perspective" (2020), published in Swiss Medical Weekly
  • "Adapting mobile map application designs to map use context: a review and call for action on potential future research themes" (2022), published in Cartography and Geographic Information Science
  • "The effect of landmark visualization in mobile maps on brain activity during navigation: A virtual reality study" (2022), published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • "Effects of Uncertainty Visualization on Map-Based Decision Making Under Time Pressure" (2020), published in Frontiers in Computer Science
  • "Toward flexible visual analytics augmented through smooth display transitions" (2021), published in Visual Informatics

Best Publications

  • Space, time and visual analytics

    Gennady Andrienko;Natalia Andrienko;Urska Demsar;Doris Dransch

  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interactive Map Interface Designs: A Case Study Integrating Usability Metrics with Eye-Movement Analysis

    Arzu Coltekin;Benedikt Heil;Simone Garlandini;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Spatialization Methods: A Cartographic Research Agenda for Non-geographic Information Visualization

    André Skupin;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Thinking about the weather: How display salience and knowledge affect performance in a graphic inference task.

    Mary Hegarty;Matt S. Canham;Sara I. Fabrikant

  • Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of visual variables for geographic information visualization

    Simone Garlandini;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Geovisualization of dynamics, movement and change: key issues and developing approaches in visualization research

    Gennady Andrienko;Natalia Andrienko;Jason Dykes;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Formalizing Semantic Spaces For Information Access

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Barbara P. Buttenfield

  • Exploring the efficiency of users' visual analytics strategies based on sequence analysis of eye movement recordings

    A. Coltekin;S. I. Fabrikant;Martin Lacayo

  • Cognitively Inspired and Perceptually Salient Graphic Displays for Efficient Spatial Inference Making

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Stacy Rebich Hespanha;Mary Hegarty

  • The Role of Map Animation for Geographic Visualization

    Mark Harrower;Sara Fabrikant

  • Novel Method to Measure Inference Affordance in Static Small-Multiple Map Displays Representing Dynamic Processes

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Stacy Rebich-Hespanha;Natalia Andrienko;Gennady Andrienko

  • Testing the First Law of Cognitive Geography on Point-Display Spatializations

    Daniel R. Montello;Sara Irina Fabrikant;Marco Ruocco;Richard S. Middleton

  • THEMATIC RELEVANCE AND PERCEPTUAL SALIENCE OF DYNAMIC GEOVISUALIZATION DISPLAYS

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Kirk Goldsberry

  • Bundled Visualization of DynamicGraph and Trail Data

    Christophe Hurter;Ozan Ersoy;Sara Irina Fabrikant;Tijmen R. Klein

  • Introduction: Cognitive Issues in Geographic Information Visualization

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Amy Lobben

  • Cognitively Plausible Information Visualization

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;André Skupin

  • Spatialized Browsing in Large Data Archives

    Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Making Useful and Useable Geovisualization: Design and Evaluation Issues.

    Sven Fuhrmann;Paula Ahonen-Rainio;Robert M. Edsall;Sara I. Fabrikant

  • How does navigation system behavior influence human behavior

    Annina Brügger;Kai-Florian Richter;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • The Distance–Similarity Metaphor in Network-Display Spatializations

    Sara Irina Fabrikant;Daniel R. Montello;Marco Ruocco;Richard S. Middleton

  • Digital health and the COVID-19 epidemic: an assessment framework for apps from an epidemiological and legal perspective.

    Kerstin Noelle Vokinger;Vasileios Nittas;Claudia M Witt;Sara Irina Fabrikant

  • Space and time

    G. Andrienko;N. Andrienko;H. Schumann;C. Tominski

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Montello
Daniel R. Montello University of California, Santa Barbara
Gennady Andrienko
Gennady Andrienko Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems
Natalia Andrienko
Natalia Andrienko Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems
Michael Hässig
Michael Hässig University of Zurich
Jason Dykes
Jason Dykes City, University of London
Stephen G. Kobourov
Stephen G. Kobourov University of Arizona
Mary Hegarty
Mary Hegarty University of California, Santa Barbara
Daniel Erni
Daniel Erni University of Duisburg-Essen
Menno-Jan Kraak
Menno-Jan Kraak University of Twente

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