Colin M. Gray

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Colin M. Gray is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Mechanical Engineering and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin M. Gray has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Colin M. Gray's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (62 papers), Design Education and Practice (40 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (20 papers). Colin M. Gray is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (62 papers), Design Education and Practice (40 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (20 papers). Colin M. Gray collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Colin M. Gray's co-authors include Yubo Kou, Austin L. Toombs, Shruthi Sai Chivukula, Elizabeth Boling, Martin Siegel, Paul Parsons, Nina Evans, P. Licina, Patricia Fronek and Timothy Geraghty and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Colin M. Gray

135 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. The Dark (Patterns) Side of UX Design
    2018 396 citations Colin M. Gray, Austin L. Toombs et al. profile →

Peers

Colin M. Gray
Hilary Johnson United Kingdom
Michael Sailer Germany
Klaus Opwis Switzerland
Steven M. Smith United States
Shaun K. Kane United States
Gary Bente Germany
Juan E. Gilbert United States
Alissa N. Antle Canada
Cynthia L. Bennett United States
Mikael Wiberg Sweden
Hilary Johnson United Kingdom
Colin M. Gray
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Countries citing papers authored by Colin M. Gray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin M. Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin M. Gray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin M. Gray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin M. Gray based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Colin M. Gray. Colin M. Gray is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Talhouk, Reem, Angelika Strohmayer, Ana Cristina Pires, et al.. (2025). A Feminist Care Ethics Toolkit for Community-Based Design: Bridging Theory and Practice. 1–26. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2025). Engineering Curved Strontium Sulfate Crystals through Biomimetic Crystallization. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(45). 62239–62250.
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Bielova, Nataliia, Cristiana Santos, & Colin M. Gray. (2024). Two worlds apart! Closing the gap between regulating EU consent and user studies. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations
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Lallemand, Carine, et al.. (2024). "My Mother Told Me These Things are Always Fake" - Understanding Teenagers' Experiences with Manipulative Designs. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 1469–1482. 6 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2024). Building an Ethics-Focused Action Plan: Roles, Process Moves, and Trajectories. 1–17. 5 indexed citations
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Nicolau, Hugo, Kyle Montague, Reem Talhouk, et al.. (2024). Fostering Feminist Community-Led Ethics: Building Tools and Connections. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 424–428. 3 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M. & Marisa Exter. (2023). A Design Sprint towards a Four-Year Curriculum in Transdisciplinary Studies. Indiana Magazine of History (Indiana University). 14(1). 70–87. 3 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2023). EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education. TU/e Research Portal. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2023). Emerging Transdisciplinary Perspectives to Confront Dark Patterns. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Chivukula, Shruthi Sai, et al.. (2023). Wrangling Ethical Design Complexity: Dilemmas, Tensions, and Situations. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 179–183. 4 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2023). Dark Patterns and the Emerging Threats of Deceptive Design Practices. Research Publications (Maastricht University). 1–4. 10 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2018). When world(view)s collide: contested epistemologies and ontologies in transdisciplinary education. International journal of engineering education. 34(2). 574–589. 6 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., Colleen M. Seifert, Seda Yılmaz, Shanna Daly, & Richard Gonzalez. (2016). What is the Content of “Design Thinking”? Design Heuristics as Conceptual Repertoire. International journal of engineering education. 32(3). 1349–1355. 16 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2012). Collaboration Creation: Lessons Learned from Establishing an Online Professional Learning Community.. The Electronic Journal of e-Learning. 10(1). 60–75. 16 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M., et al.. (2011). Football Fans in Training (FFIT) Delivery 1 Report. Nanotechnology. 31(27). 275702–275702. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M.. (2003). Review: Just for Fun - The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary. 45(4). 30–30.
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Keeling, Debbie, Eleri Jones, D. Botterill, & Colin M. Gray. (1998). Work-Based Learning, Motivation and the Organisational-Employee Interaction: Implications for Lifelong Learning. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Colin M.. (1997). One-stop care at breast centre another sign of patients' increasing influence.. PubMed Central. 157(10). 1419–20. 6 indexed citations
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Wiarda, Howard J., Joseph R. Duffy, John P. Dunne, et al.. (1974). ROP volume 36 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. The Review of Politics. 36(1). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

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