Katta Spiel

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Katta Spiel is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Katta Spiel has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Katta Spiel's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (63 papers), Digital Games and Media (19 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (18 papers). Katta Spiel is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (63 papers), Digital Games and Media (19 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (18 papers). Katta Spiel collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Belgium. Katta Spiel's co-authors include Christopher Frauenberger, Kathrin Gerling, Os Keyes, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Anna Williams, Émeline Brulé, Oliver L. Haimson, Vero Vanden Abeele, Judith Good and Eva Hornecker and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

In The Last Decade

Katta Spiel

97 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Development and validation of the player experience inven... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. Development and validation of the player experience inventory: A scale to measure player experiences at the level of functional and psychosocial consequences
    2019 191 citations Katta Spiel, Kathrin Gerling et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katta Spiel Austria 29 1.4k 665 617 387 316 104 2.5k
Christopher Frauenberger Austria 29 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.5× 383 0.6× 729 1.9× 311 1.0× 95 2.7k
Anne Marie Piper United States 34 1.5k 1.1× 671 1.0× 806 1.3× 435 1.1× 995 3.1× 99 3.8k
Judith Good United Kingdom 26 749 0.5× 646 1.0× 299 0.5× 669 1.7× 164 0.5× 113 2.2k
Alissa N. Antle Canada 31 1.9k 1.4× 600 0.9× 345 0.6× 711 1.8× 155 0.5× 163 3.3k
Hilary Johnson United Kingdom 29 526 0.4× 553 0.8× 200 0.3× 342 0.9× 94 0.3× 106 2.4k
Juan Pablo Hourcade United States 25 986 0.7× 491 0.7× 268 0.4× 880 2.3× 116 0.4× 111 2.2k
Stacy Branham United States 20 670 0.5× 491 0.7× 322 0.5× 79 0.2× 211 0.7× 55 1.8k
Vicki L. Hanson United States 31 906 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 265 0.4× 163 0.4× 699 2.2× 130 3.0k
Janet C. Read United Kingdom 28 1.6k 1.2× 259 0.4× 530 0.9× 1.1k 2.8× 124 0.4× 211 3.1k
Sarah Parsons United Kingdom 30 519 0.4× 2.0k 3.1× 375 0.6× 1.4k 3.5× 229 0.7× 120 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Katta Spiel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katta Spiel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katta Spiel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Katta Spiel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Katta Spiel 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 Katta Spiel. Katta Spiel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tsaknaki, Vasiliki, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Sarah Homewood, et al.. (2025). Body Politics: Unpacking Tensions and Future Perspectives for Body-Centric Design Research in HCI. IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen). 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, et al.. (2025). Building Solidarity Amid Hostility: Experiences of Fat People in Online Communities. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 9(1). 1–27.
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Gerling, Kathrin, Katta Spiel, Dmitry Alexandrovsky, et al.. (2024). Representation of Invisible Disability: Exploring the Lived Experience of Teenagers with ADHD to Inform Game Design. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 31(5). 1–26.
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Spiel, Katta, et al.. (2024). Experiencing Deaf Tech: A Deep Dive into the Concept of DeafWatch. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, et al.. (2024). Cyber toy stories: The broken promises and broken parts of interactive sex toys. Sexualities. 28(4). 1544–1565. 2 indexed citations
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Bauer, Christine, et al.. (2023). How can we can create an equitable CHI. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, et al.. (2023). How to Ethically Engage Fat People in HCI Research. 117–121. 9 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta. (2023). Practicing Humility: Design as Response, Not as Solution. Postdigital Science and Education. 6(1). 25–31. 12 indexed citations
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Keyes, Os, et al.. (2020). Reimagining (Women’s) Health. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 27(4). 1–42. 71 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, et al.. (2020). Between Pleasure and Power: Game Design Patterns In Clickbait Ludoporn. 3 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, Os Keyes, Anna Williams, et al.. (2020). "I am just terrified of my future" Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research. 1–16. 100 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, Christopher Frauenberger, Os Keyes, & Geraldine Fitzpatrick. (2019). Agency of Autistic Children in Technology Research—A Critical Literature Review. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 26(6). 1–40. 169 indexed citations
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Frauenberger, Christopher, et al.. (2018). Thinking OutsideTheBox - Designing Smart Things with Autistic Children. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 35(8). 666–678. 48 indexed citations
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Mirza-Babaei, Pejman, et al.. (2018). Games and Play SIG Engaging Small Developer Communities. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Alharthi, Sultan A., Katta Spiel, William A. Hamilton, Elizabeth Bonsignore, & Phoebe O. Toups Dugas. (2018). Collaborative Mixed Reality Games. 447–454. 3 indexed citations
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Spiel, Katta, Christopher Frauenberger, & Geraldine Fitzpatrick. (2016). Experiences of autistic children with technologies. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. 11. 50–61. 41 indexed citations

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