Kyle Rector

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kyle Rector is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyle Rector has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 9 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kyle Rector's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (13 papers), Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (7 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (7 papers). Kyle Rector is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (13 papers), Spreadsheets and End-User Computing (7 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (7 papers). Kyle Rector collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Kyle Rector's co-authors include Margaret Burnett, Magdalena Bałazińska, Evan Welbourne, Leilani Battle, K. Lance Gould, Julie A. Kientz, Richard E. Ladner, Cynthia L. Bennett, Rachel Bellamy and Scott Fleming and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

In The Last Decade

Kyle Rector

39 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.

Building the Internet of Things Using RFID: The RFID Ecosystem Experience

2009 461 citations Evan Welbourne, Leilani Battle et al. IEEE Internet Computing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyle Rector United States	18	374	342	326	252	221	40	1.4k
Sergio F. Ochoa Chile	23	515 1.4×	326 1.0×	529 1.6×	95 0.4×	214 1.0×	175	1.9k
Mario Muñoz-Organero Spain	25	278 0.7×	85 0.2×	258 0.8×	188 0.7×	311 1.4×	105	1.7k
Luigi De Russis Italy	19	146 0.4×	213 0.6×	163 0.5×	87 0.3×	111 0.5×	95	1.1k
Thomas Grechenig Austria	17	394 1.1×	284 0.8×	143 0.4×	85 0.3×	94 0.4×	156	1.1k
Carmelo Ardito Italy	19	412 1.1×	652 1.9×	86 0.3×	131 0.5×	308 1.4×	96	1.6k
Tamara Denning United States	17	408 1.1×	204 0.6×	210 0.6×	104 0.4×	92 0.4×	30	1.1k
Carmen Santoro Italy	19	385 1.0×	703 2.1×	169 0.5×	63 0.3×	113 0.5×	82	1.5k
Janne Lindqvist United States	24	727 1.9×	308 0.9×	220 0.7×	75 0.3×	202 0.9×	80	1.9k
Htet Htet Aung United States	15	802 2.1×	551 1.6×	206 0.6×	316 1.3×	335 1.5×	28	1.9k
Jane Yung-jen Hsu Taiwan	24	357 1.0×	330 1.0×	360 1.1×	148 0.6×	137 0.6×	140	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kyle Rector

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kyle Rector

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Rector, Kyle, et al.. (2024). Opportunities and Challenges in Using Tangible, Teleoperated Voice Agents in Kid-Driven Moments in Play Among Families with Neurodivergent Children. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CSCW1). 1–25. 1 indexed citations

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Kearney, Joseph K., et al.. (2023). Do Simulated Augmented Reality Overlays Influence Street-Crossing Decisions for Non-Mobility-Impaired Older and Younger Adult Pedestrians?. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 66(5). 1520–1530. 3 indexed citations

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Shade, Marcia, Kyle Rector, & Kevin Kupzyk. (2021). Voice Assistant Reminders and the Latency of Scheduled Medication Use in Older Adults With Pain: Descriptive Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research. 5(9). e26361–e26361. 7 indexed citations

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Lieberman, Lauren J., et al.. (2021). Determining a Taxonomy of Accessible Phrases During Exercise Instruction for People with Visual Impairments for Text Analysis. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Shade, Marcia, et al.. (2020). Voice Assistant Reminders for Pain Self-Management Tasks in Aging Adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 46(10). 27–33. 16 indexed citations

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Hourcade, Juan Pablo, et al.. (2019). Exploring the Opportunities for Technologies to Enhance Quality of Life with People who have Experienced Vision Loss. 1–8. 7 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle. (2018). Enhancing Accessibility and Engagement for Those with Disabilities. IEEE Pervasive Computing. 17(1). 9–12. 5 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle, et al.. (2017). Design and Real-World Evaluation of Eyes-Free Yoga. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 9(4). 1–25. 28 indexed citations

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Ladner, Richard E. & Kyle Rector. (2017). Making your presentation accessible. interactions. 24(4). 56–59. 3 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle, et al.. (2017). Eyes-Free Art. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 1(3). 1–21. 37 indexed citations

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Matsen, Frederick A., et al.. (2015). Measurement of active shoulder motion using the Kinect, a commercially available infrared position detection system. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 25(2). 216–223. 28 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle, Lauren R. Milne, Richard E. Ladner, Batya Friedman, & Julie A. Kientz. (2015). Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges with Exercise Technologies for People who are Blind or Low-Vision. 203–214. 42 indexed citations

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Bragg, Danielle, Kyle Rector, & Richard E. Ladner. (2015). A User-Powered American Sign Language Dictionary. 1837–1848. 24 indexed citations

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Hailpern, Joshua, Sitaram Asur, & Kyle Rector. (2014). AttachMate. 107–116. 3 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle & Joshua Hailpern. (2014). MinEMail. 783–792. 7 indexed citations

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Kay, Matthew, Kyle Rector, Sunny Consolvo, et al.. (2013). PVT-Touch: Adapting a Reaction Time Test for Touchscreen Devices. 43 indexed citations

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Rector, Kyle, Cynthia L. Bennett, & Julie A. Kientz. (2013). Eyes-free yoga. 1–8. 86 indexed citations

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Burnett, Margaret, Laura Beckwith, Susan Wiedenbeck, et al.. (2011). Gender pluralism in problem-solving software. Interacting with Computers. 23(5). 450–460. 69 indexed citations

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Welbourne, Evan, et al.. (2009). Building the Internet of Things Using RFID: The RFID Ecosystem Experience. IEEE Internet Computing. 13(3). 48–55. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lawrance, Joseph, et al.. (2008). Can information foraging pick the fix? A field study. 57–64. 8 indexed citations

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