Amanda Lazar

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Amanda Lazar is a scholar working on Demography, Human-Computer Interaction and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Amanda Lazar has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Demography, 42 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 18 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Amanda Lazar's work include Technology Use by Older Adults (48 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (40 papers) and AI in Service Interactions (11 papers). Amanda Lazar is often cited by papers focused on Technology Use by Older Adults (48 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (40 papers) and AI in Service Interactions (11 papers). Amanda Lazar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Amanda Lazar's co-authors include Anne Marie Piper, Alisha Pradhan, Hilaire J. Thompson, George Demiris, Leah Findlater, David H. Nguyen, Christian Koehler, Theresa Jean Tanenbaum, Emma Dixon and Gazihan Alankuş and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

In The Last Decade

Amanda Lazar

79 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Why we use and abandon smart devices

2015 290 citations Amanda Lazar, Christian Koehler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amanda Lazar United States	28	1.0k	968	522	435	421	84	2.8k
Anne Marie Piper United States	34	1.5k 1.4×	995 1.0×	472 0.9×	378 0.9×	323 0.8×	99	3.8k
Tracy L. Mitzner United States	25	295 0.3×	1.4k 1.5×	466 0.9×	612 1.4×	628 1.5×	83	2.9k
Kathrin Gerling Belgium	28	1.2k 1.1×	504 0.5×	158 0.3×	251 0.6×	227 0.5×	145	2.7k
Eun Kyoung Choe United States	28	1.4k 1.3×	443 0.5×	186 0.4×	167 0.4×	561 1.3×	73	2.8k
Vero Vanden Abeele Belgium	28	889 0.8×	366 0.4×	104 0.2×	261 0.6×	263 0.6×	133	2.3k
Daniel A. Epstein United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	552 0.6×	162 0.3×	166 0.4×	654 1.6×	82	2.6k
David Coyle Ireland	33	674 0.6×	206 0.2×	351 0.7×	732 1.7×	817 1.9×	105	3.9k
Gavin Doherty Ireland	35	680 0.6×	231 0.2×	365 0.7×	703 1.6×	660 1.6×	127	3.9k
Wei Peng United States	36	766 0.7×	391 0.4×	602 1.2×	1.1k 2.5×	827 2.0×	115	6.0k
Kelly Caine United States	27	603 0.6×	308 0.3×	390 0.7×	186 0.4×	382 0.9×	100	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Amanda Lazar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amanda Lazar

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Wang, Lining, Young‐Ho Kim, Bongshin Lee, et al.. (2025). From Verbal Reports to Personalized Activity Trackers: Understanding the Challenges of Ground Truth Data Collection with Older Adults in the Wild. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 9(2). 1–33.

Su, Norman Makoto, Eun Kyoung Choe, Hernisa Kacorri, et al.. (2025). Tracking and its Potential for Older Adults with Memory Concerns. PubMed. 2025. 1–15.

Pradhan, Alisha, et al.. (2025). Understanding entangled human-technology-world relations: use of intelligent voice assistants by older adults. Information Research an international electronic journal. 30(iConf). 1049–1063.

Chung, Jane, et al.. (2025). Developing the ASSIST Survey to Guide a Smart Speaker–Based Chronic Disease Management Intervention for Underserved Older Adults. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 18(4). 211–220. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Young‐Ho, Bongshin Lee, Margaret Danilovich, et al.. (2024). Redefining Activity Tracking Through Older Adults' Reflections on Meaningful Activities. 1–15. 3 indexed citations

Pradhan, Alisha, et al.. (2024). Sustaining the Usefulness and Appeal of an Older Adult-led Makerspace through Developing and Adapting Resources. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CSCW1). 1–29. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Ge, et al.. (2024). Exploring Videoconferencing for Older Adults with Cognitive Concerns Using a Dramaturgical Lens. PubMed. 2024. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

Lazar, Amanda, et al.. (2023). Understanding Context to Capture when Reconstructing Meaningful Spaces for Remote Instruction and Connecting in XR. 1–18. 6 indexed citations

Jelen, Ben, Amanda Lazar, Christina Harrington, Alisha Pradhan, & Katie A. Siek. (2023). Speaking from Experience: Co-designing E-textile Projects with Older Adult Fiber Crafters. Rose-Hulman Scholar (Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology). 1–22. 7 indexed citations

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Dixon, Emma, et al.. (2022). The Human Need for Equilibrium: Qualitative Study on the Ingenuity, Technical Competency, and Changing Strategies of People With Dementia Seeking Health Information. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(8). e35072–e35072. 4 indexed citations

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Berridge, Clara, et al.. (2022). Control Matters in Elder Care Technology: Evidence and Direction for Designing It In. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 2022. 1831–1848. 16 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Alisha & Amanda Lazar. (2021). Hey Google, Do You Have a Personality? Designing Personality and Personas for Conversational Agents. 1–4. 25 indexed citations

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Su, Norman Makoto, Amanda Lazar, & Lilly Irani. (2021). Critical Affects. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5(CSCW1). 1–27. 27 indexed citations

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Lazar, Amanda, et al.. (2021). How Content Authored by People with Dementia Affects Attitudes towards Dementia. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5(CSCW2). 1–32. 8 indexed citations

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Chi, Nai‐Ching, et al.. (2017). Pilot testing a digital pet avatar for older adults. Geriatric Nursing. 38(6). 542–547. 35 indexed citations

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Lazar, Amanda, George Demiris, & Hilaire J. Thompson. (2016). Evaluation of a multifunctional technology system in a memory care unit: Opportunities for innovation in dementia care. Informatics for Health and Social Care. 41(4). 373–386. 26 indexed citations

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Lazar, Amanda, Christian Koehler, Theresa Jean Tanenbaum, & David H. Nguyen. (2015). Why we use and abandon smart devices. 635–646. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chung, Jane, Blaine Reeder, Amanda Lazar, et al.. (2014). Exploring an informed decision-making framework using in-homesensors: older adults' perceptions. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics. 21(2). 73–77. 6 indexed citations

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Lazar, Amanda, Hilaire J. Thompson, & George Demiris. (2014). A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology for Reminiscence Therapy. Health Education & Behavior. 41(1_suppl). 51S–61S. 147 indexed citations

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Reeder, Blaine, et al.. (2013). Framing the evidence for health smart homes and home-based consumer health technologies as a public health intervention for independent aging: A systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 82(7). 565–579. 120 indexed citations

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