Heather L. O’Brien

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Heather L. O’Brien is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather L. O’Brien has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Heather L. O’Brien's work include Knowledge Management and Sharing (5 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers) and Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (4 papers). Heather L. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Knowledge Management and Sharing (5 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 papers) and Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (4 papers). Heather L. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Heather L. O’Brien's co-authors include Elaine G. Toms, Paul Cairns, Mark Hall, Sonya Symons, Luanne Freund, Nicole Askin, Lori McCay‐Peet, Stina Westman, Julia Bullard and Keith van Rijsbergen and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Information Processing & Management and Library & Information Science Research.

In The Last Decade

Heather L. O’Brien

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

A practical approach to measuring user engagement with the refined user engagement scale (UES) and new UES short form

2018 538 citations Heather L. O’Brien, Paul Cairns et al. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies profile →
The development and evaluation of a survey to measure user engagement

2009 453 citations Heather L. O’Brien, Elaine G. Toms Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather L. O’Brien Canada	11	426	352	242	205	183	19	1.4k
Heather L. O'Brien Canada	16	668 1.6×	294 0.8×	363 1.5×	208 1.0×	107 0.6×	40	1.7k
Helmut Hlavacs Austria	23	340 0.8×	378 1.1×	117 0.5×	157 0.8×	113 0.6×	99	1.8k
Les Nelson United States	20	507 1.2×	468 1.3×	203 0.8×	170 0.8×	188 1.0×	41	1.5k
Stephen Voida United States	23	448 1.1×	811 2.3×	395 1.6×	167 0.8×	285 1.6×	75	1.8k
Maurits Kaptein Netherlands	18	409 1.0×	321 0.9×	153 0.6×	83 0.4×	120 0.7×	65	1.3k
Ulrike Pfeil United Kingdom	18	577 1.4×	349 1.0×	192 0.8×	78 0.4×	158 0.9×	35	1.4k
Silvia Gabrielli Italy	21	185 0.4×	488 1.4×	120 0.5×	103 0.5×	209 1.1×	81	1.5k
William Albert United States	10	194 0.5×	433 1.2×	188 0.8×	85 0.4×	164 0.9×	21	1.3k
Siân Lindley United Kingdom	27	566 1.3×	1.3k 3.8×	198 0.8×	139 0.7×	308 1.7×	82	2.3k
Florian Brühlmann Switzerland	16	526 1.2×	299 0.8×	147 0.6×	816 4.0×	108 0.6×	36	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather L. O’Brien

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19 of 19 papers shown

O’Brien, Heather L., Paul Cairns, & Mark Hall. (2018). A practical approach to measuring user engagement with the refined user engagement scale (UES) and new UES short form. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 112. 28–39. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Brien, Heather L., et al.. (2017). A scoping review of individual differences in information seeking behavior and retrieval research between 2000 and 2015. Library & Information Science Research. 39(3). 244–254. 31 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L. & Lori McCay‐Peet. (2017). Asking "Good" Questions. 27–36. 11 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L., et al.. (2016). Investigating the Role of User Engagement in Digital Reading Environments. 71–80. 15 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L., et al.. (2016). What makes online news interesting? Personal and situational interest and the effect on behavioral intentions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 53(1). 1–6. 8 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L., Nicola Ferro, Hideo Joho, et al.. (2016). System And User Centered Evaluation Approaches in Interactive Information Retrieval (SAUCE 2016). Padua Research Archive (University of Padova). 337–340. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L., Luanne Freund, & Stina Westman. (2014). What motivates the online news browser? News item selection in a social information seeking scenario.. Information Research. 19. 13 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L., et al.. (2013). Mixed‐methods approach to measuring user experience in online news interactions. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 64(8). 1543–1556. 54 indexed citations

O’Brien, Heather L. & Elaine G. Toms. (2012). Examining the generalizability of the User Engagement Scale (UES) in exploratory search. Information Processing & Management. 49(5). 1092–1107. 120 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L.. (2011). Exploring user engagement in online news interactions. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 48(1). 1–10. 38 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L., et al.. (2011). Exploring technology through the design lens. 583–590. 3 indexed citations

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Bullard, Julia & Heather L. O’Brien. (2011). Online synchronous interviewing of the info-savvy. 649–650. 2 indexed citations

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Freund, Luanne, et al.. (2010). Supporting semantic navigation. 359–364. 5 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L. & Elaine G. Toms. (2010). Is there a universal instrument for measuring interactive information retrieval?. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 335–340. 20 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L. & Elaine G. Toms. (2009). The development and evaluation of a survey to measure user engagement. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 61(1). 50–69. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, Heather L.. (2009). Exploring engagement in the qualitative research process. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 46(1). 1–4. 2 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L.. (2007). Exploring information systems research approaches: Readings and reflections. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(14). 2402–2403. 6 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L. & Sonya Symons. (2005). The information behaviors and preferences of undergraduate students. Research Strategies. 20(4). 409–423. 29 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Heather L. & Elaine G. Toms. (2005). Engagement as process in human‐computer interactions. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 42(1). 4 indexed citations

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