Ramana Rao

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ramana Rao is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ramana Rao has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Ramana Rao's work include Data Visualization and Analytics (14 papers), Video Analysis and Summarization (8 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (6 papers). Ramana Rao is often cited by papers focused on Data Visualization and Analytics (14 papers), Video Analysis and Summarization (8 papers) and Personal Information Management and User Behavior (6 papers). Ramana Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Ramana Rao's co-authors include Stuart K. Card, Peter Pirolli, John Lamping, James E. Pitkow, David Rosenblitt, Thomas W. Malone, Kenneth R. Grant, Kum‐Yew Lai, Jock D. Mackinlay and W. C. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A and Journal of Knowledge Management.

In The Last Decade

Ramana Rao

32 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.

A focus+context technique based on hyperbolic geometry for visualizing large hierarchies

1995 533 citations John Lamping, Ramana Rao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ramana Rao United States	18	1.5k	799	751	445	432	33	2.6k
Danyel Fisher United States	31	1.7k 1.1×	781 1.0×	784 1.0×	678 1.5×	447 1.0×	82	3.9k
Frank Shipman United States	30	908 0.6×	901 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	957 2.2×	159 0.4×	163	3.1k
Jeffrey Nichols United States	28	781 0.5×	675 0.8×	784 1.0×	941 2.1×	188 0.4×	115	2.8k
Marc H. Brown United States	19	967 0.6×	564 0.7×	686 0.9×	279 0.6×	188 0.4×	46	2.4k
Kim Marriott Australia	37	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	433 0.6×	1.0k 2.3×	290 0.7×	195	3.8k
Mira Dontcheva United States	34	2.0k 1.3×	762 1.0×	886 1.2×	521 1.2×	188 0.4×	76	3.8k
Nathaniel Good United States	14	588 0.4×	401 0.5×	678 0.9×	387 0.9×	247 0.6×	25	1.8k
Zhicheng Liu United States	24	1.8k 1.2×	809 1.0×	239 0.3×	174 0.4×	424 1.0×	73	2.4k
Alex Endert United States	29	2.1k 1.4×	923 1.2×	220 0.3×	502 1.1×	333 0.8×	98	2.8k
John Lamping United States	16	623 0.4×	666 0.8×	441 0.6×	216 0.5×	173 0.4×	31	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ramana Rao

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

All Works

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Rao, Ramana, et al.. (2025). Voice of Help: AI-Driven Mental Health Assessment and Suicide Prevention through Text and Speech. 1–6.

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Kumar, Santosh, Kaustava Bhattacharyya, Ramana Rao, et al.. (2017). Corrosion Characteristics of Ni-Based Hardfacing Alloy Deposited on Stainless Steel Substrate by Laser Cladding. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 48(6). 2915–2926. 11 indexed citations

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Franco, Horacio, Victor Abrash, Kristin Precoda, et al.. (2007). The SRI EduSpeak System: Recognition and Pronunciation Scoring for Language Learning. 48 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana. (2004). From IR to Search, and Beyond. Queue. 2(3). 66–73. 7 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana. (1999). Reflections: seegomanifesto. interactions. 6(5). 64–64. 1 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana. (1996). Cuando la información salta a la vista. 58(168). 452–459. 1 indexed citations

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Pirolli, Peter, James E. Pitkow, & Ramana Rao. (1996). Silk from a sow's ear. 118–125. 258 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana, et al.. (1996). The Hyperbolic Browser: A Focus+Context Technique for Visualizing Large Hierarchies. Journal of Visual Languages & Computing. 7(1). 33–55. 214 indexed citations

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Lamping, John & Ramana Rao. (1996). Visualizing large trees using the hyperbolic browser. 388–389. 42 indexed citations

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Pirolli, Peter & Ramana Rao. (1996). Table lens as a tool for making sense of data. 4 indexed citations

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Lamping, John, Ramana Rao, & Peter Pirolli. (1995). A focus+context technique based on hyperbolic geometry for visualizing large hierarchies. 401–408. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mackinlay, Jock D., Ramana Rao, & Stuart K. Card. (1995). An organic user interface for searching citation links. 67–73. 92 indexed citations

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Lamping, John & Ramana Rao. (1994). Laying out and visualizing large trees using a hyperbolic space. 13–14. 130 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana, et al.. (1994). Protofoil. 180–185. 17 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana, Daniel M. Russell, & Jock D. Mackinlay. (1993). System components for embedded information retrieval from multiple disparate information sources. 23–33. 10 indexed citations

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Johnson, W. C., et al.. (1993). Bridging the paper and electronic worlds. 507–512. 114 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana, et al.. (1992). The information grid. 23–32. 26 indexed citations

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Rao, Ramana, et al.. (1990). A guided tour of the Common Lisp interface manager. IV(1). 17–37. 6 indexed citations

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Mackay, Wendy E., et al.. (1989). How do experienced information lens users use rules?. 211–216. 41 indexed citations

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Malone, Thomas W., Kenneth R. Grant, Kum‐Yew Lai, Ramana Rao, & David Rosenblitt. (1987). Semistructured messages are surprisingly useful for computer-supported coordination. ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 5(2). 115–131. 227 indexed citations

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