Les Ainsworth

970 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 684 citations indexed

About

Les Ainsworth is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Ainsworth has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 684 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Social Psychology, 1 paper in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 1 paper in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Les Ainsworth's work include Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (1 paper), Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (1 paper) and Quality Function Deployment in Product Design (1 paper). Les Ainsworth is often cited by papers focused on Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (1 paper), Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (1 paper) and Quality Function Deployment in Product Design (1 paper). Les Ainsworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Les Ainsworth's co-authors include Barry Kirwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Ergonomics, Medical Entomology and Zoology and Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting.

In The Last Decade

Les Ainsworth

4 papers receiving 557 citations

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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 Guide To Task Analysis: The Task Analysis Working Group

1992 653 citations Barry Kirwan, Les Ainsworth Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Les Ainsworth United Kingdom	4	294	173	128	115	73	4	684
David Meister United States	14	247 0.8×	160 0.9×	121 0.9×	76 0.7×	75 1.0×	58	639
Asaf Degani United States	16	546 1.9×	173 1.0×	141 1.1×	56 0.5×	137 1.9×	55	1.1k
Sheue‐Ling Hwang Taiwan	19	474 1.6×	293 1.7×	303 2.4×	87 0.8×	104 1.4×	93	1.1k
Kara A. Latorella United States	11	441 1.5×	113 0.7×	91 0.7×	201 1.7×	40 0.5×	32	911
Leena Norros Finland	15	277 0.9×	247 1.4×	179 1.4×	90 0.8×	63 0.9×	81	788
Kevin B. Bennett United States	15	548 1.9×	126 0.7×	37 0.3×	78 0.7×	95 1.3×	59	994
Anne S. Mavor United States	7	249 0.8×	63 0.4×	52 0.4×	178 1.5×	39 0.5×	16	737
Catherine Harvey United Kingdom	18	568 1.9×	160 0.9×	99 0.8×	108 0.9×	204 2.8×	57	892
Dong-Han Ham South Korea	13	185 0.6×	156 0.9×	134 1.0×	81 0.7×	52 0.7×	40	608
Richard McMaster United Kingdom	9	683 2.3×	248 1.4×	124 1.0×	35 0.3×	78 1.1×	21	992

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Ainsworth

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Ainsworth, Les, et al.. (1998). Issues of quality and practicability in task analysis: preliminary results from two surveys. Ergonomics. 41(11). 1607–1617. 21 indexed citations

2.

Ainsworth, Les, et al.. (1995). Task-based contributions to the design and assessment of the man-machine interfaces for a pressurized water reactor. Ergonomics. 38(3). 462–474. 7 indexed citations

3.

Kirwan, Barry & Les Ainsworth. (1992). A Guide To Task Analysis: The Task Analysis Working Group. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Ainsworth, Les. (1982). An RSM Investigation of Defect Rate and Other Variables Which Influence Inspection. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting. 26(10). 868–872. 3 indexed citations

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