Alan F. Blackwell

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Alan F. Blackwell is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Software. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan F. Blackwell has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 40 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 38 papers in Software. Recurrent topics in Alan F. Blackwell's work include Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (36 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (26 papers) and Interactive and Immersive Displays (26 papers). Alan F. Blackwell is often cited by papers focused on Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (36 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (26 papers) and Interactive and Immersive Displays (26 papers). Alan F. Blackwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Alan F. Blackwell's co-authors include Margaret Burnett, Zhen Bai, David J. Ward, David Mackay, P. John Clarkson, Nathan Crilly, Marian Petre, Thomas R. G. Green, George Coulouris and Eleanor F. Toye and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and ACM Computing Surveys.

In The Last Decade

Alan F. Blackwell

159 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The state of the art in end-user software engineering 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan F. Blackwell United Kingdom 31 1.2k 810 772 764 696 173 3.7k
Fabio Paternò Italy 32 2.0k 1.6× 735 0.9× 346 0.4× 961 1.3× 1.0k 1.5× 257 4.0k
Scott Klemmer United States 38 2.1k 1.7× 335 0.4× 1.6k 2.1× 1.1k 1.5× 1.5k 2.2× 134 5.7k
Björn Hartmann United States 40 1.9k 1.6× 327 0.4× 2.3k 3.0× 1.2k 1.6× 1.4k 2.0× 103 5.6k
Marian Petre United Kingdom 30 554 0.5× 649 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 397 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 162 4.1k
Alistair Sutcliffe United Kingdom 41 1.8k 1.5× 610 0.8× 295 0.4× 629 0.8× 2.0k 2.9× 232 6.1k
Maria Francesca Costabile Italy 25 800 0.7× 226 0.3× 353 0.5× 499 0.7× 648 0.9× 139 2.3k
Gina Venolia United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 385 0.5× 547 0.7× 420 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 61 3.0k
Clayton Lewis United States 23 1.2k 1.0× 187 0.2× 510 0.7× 285 0.4× 754 1.1× 99 3.0k
Tom Yeh United States 28 880 0.7× 180 0.2× 710 0.9× 975 1.3× 478 0.7× 101 3.2k
Andrew Begel United States 33 391 0.3× 483 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 203 0.3× 2.2k 3.2× 101 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan F. Blackwell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2025). Making relations: Re-imagining AI through crafted and embodied knowledge systems in Moana Oceania. Big Data & Society. 12(2).
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Singh, Jatinder, et al.. (2024). Meaningful Transparency for Clinicians: Operationalising HCXAI Research with Gynaecologists. 1268–1281. 2 indexed citations
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Westerlaken, Michelle, et al.. (2024). Justice-oriented Design Listening: Participatory Ecoacoustics with a Ghanaian Forest Community. 1–12. 4 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2023). Domain-Specific Probabilistic Programming with Multiverse Explorer. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 15. 124–132. 1 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2017). A Systematic Literature Review of Cognitive Dimensions.. PPIG. 3. 2 indexed citations
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Vuylsteke, Alain, et al.. (2016). The End-User Programming Challenge of Data Wrangling.. PPIG. 25. 1 indexed citations
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Church, Luke, et al.. (2015). An empirical investigation of code completion usage by professional software developers.. PPIG. 14. 6 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2014). Learning Syntax as Notational Expertise when using DrawBridge. PPIG. 7. 8 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2011). A Principled Approach to Developing New Languages for Live Coding. New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 381–386. 11 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2011). Tracking Virtuosity and Flow in Computer Music. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2011. 9 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F. & Cecily Morrison. (2010). A Logical Mind, not a Programming Mind: Psychology of a Professional End-User.. PPIG. 16. 8 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F.. (2006). Metaphors we Program By: Space, Action and Society in Java. PPIG. 8. 7 indexed citations
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Earl, Chris, Claudia Eckert, Louis L. Bucciarelli, et al.. (2005). Comparative study of design with application to engineering design. Open Research Online (The Open University). 2060. 3 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F., et al.. (2001). Designing a Programming Language for Home Automation.. PPIG. 7. 8 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F. & Thomas R. G. Green. (2000). A Cognitive Dimensions questionnaire optimised for users.. PPIG. 10. 66 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F. & Thomas R. G. Green. (1999). Investment of attention as an analytic approach to cognitive dimensions.. PPIG. 5. 35 indexed citations
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Petre, Marian & Alan F. Blackwell. (1998). A glimpse of expert programmers' mental imagery.. PPIG. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Alan F.. (1996). Metaphor or Analogy: how should we see programming abstractions.. PPIG. 8. 8 indexed citations
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Petre, Marian, et al.. (1996). Cognitive Questions in Software Visualisation. 7 indexed citations

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