Rolf Molich

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rolf Molich is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Molich has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 17 papers in Information Systems and 4 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in Rolf Molich's work include Usability and User Interface Design (20 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (12 papers) and Persona Design and Applications (6 papers). Rolf Molich is often cited by papers focused on Usability and User Interface Design (20 papers), Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (12 papers) and Persona Design and Applications (6 papers). Rolf Molich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Germany. Rolf Molich's co-authors include Jakob Nielsen, Joseph S. Dumas, Carolyn Snyder, Niels Ebbe Jacobsen, Morten Hertzum, Susan Farrell, Robin Jeffries, Chauncey Wilson, Randolph G. Bias and Robert W. Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Behaviour and Information Technology and interactions.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Molich

28 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces

1990 1.8k citations Jakob Nielsen, Rolf Molich profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rolf Molich United States	14	1.5k	893	461	440	324	31	2.9k
Hugh Beyer United Kingdom	16	1.7k 1.1×	818 0.9×	627 1.4×	304 0.7×	335 1.0×	29	3.4k
Karen Holtzblatt United States	20	2.0k 1.3×	902 1.0×	753 1.6×	360 0.8×	405 1.3×	58	4.1k
Morten Hertzum Denmark	33	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	753 1.6×	642 1.5×	266 0.8×	176	3.8k
A. J. Bernheim Brush United States	33	1.3k 0.9×	807 0.9×	621 1.3×	472 1.1×	681 2.1×	92	3.3k
Cathleen Wharton United States	11	1.1k 0.7×	602 0.7×	297 0.6×	351 0.8×	215 0.7×	16	1.9k
Harold Thimbleby United Kingdom	23	864 0.6×	585 0.7×	367 0.8×	452 1.0×	247 0.8×	214	2.9k
Nigel Bevan United Kingdom	22	1.1k 0.7×	703 0.8×	322 0.7×	369 0.8×	200 0.6×	59	2.2k
Ronald M. Baecker Canada	28	1.5k 1.0×	725 0.8×	574 1.2×	491 1.1×	688 2.1×	95	3.8k
Jesper Kjeldskov Denmark	29	2.1k 1.4×	471 0.5×	671 1.5×	384 0.9×	608 1.9×	168	3.6k
Clayton Lewis United States	23	1.2k 0.8×	754 0.8×	352 0.8×	399 0.9×	285 0.9×	99	3.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (2013). You say "disaster", i say "no problem". 301–306. 2 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (2010). Rent a Car in Just 0, 60, 240 or 1,217 Seconds? - Comparative Usability Measurement, CUE-8. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 6(1). 8–24. 9 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf. (2010). A critique of how to specify the participant group size for usability studies: a practitioner's guide by Macefield. Journal of Usability Studies archive. 5(3). 124–128. 16 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf & Chauncey Wilson. (2008). Tips and tricks for avoiding common problems in usability test facilitation. 2379–2382. 9 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, Robin Jeffries, & Joseph S. Dumas. (2007). Making usability recommendations useful and usable. Journal of Usability Studies archive. 2(4). 162–179. 21 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (2007). Recommendations on recommendations. 1921–1924. 2 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf & Joseph S. Dumas. (2006). Comparative usability evaluation (CUE-4). Behaviour and Information Technology. 27(3). 263–281. 58 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, Susan Dray, & David A. Siegel. (2004). Tips and tricks for a better international usability test. 1606–1607. 4 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (2003). Politics and usability. 694–694. 1 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf & Robin Jeffries. (2003). Comparative expert reviews. 2 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf & Chauncey Wilson. (2003). New tips and tricks for a better usability test. 878–878. 1 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (2003). Comparative usability evaluation. Behaviour and Information Technology. 23(1). 65–74. 114 indexed citations

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Redish, Janice, et al.. (2002). Usability in practice. 885–890. 38 indexed citations

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Hertzum, Morten, Niels Ebbe Jacobsen, & Rolf Molich. (2002). Usability inspections by groups of specialists. 662–663. 35 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, Brenda Laurel, Carolyn Snyder, Whitney Quesenbery, & Chauncey Wilson. (2001). Ethics in HCI. 217–218. 15 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Jakob, Rolf Molich, & Bruce Tognazzini. (1999). Current issues in web design. 161–161. 1 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf, et al.. (1999). Comparative evaluation of usability tests. 3 indexed citations

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Molich, Rolf & Jakob Nielsen. (1990). Improving a human-computer dialogue. Communications of the ACM. 33(3). 338–348. 439 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Jakob & Rolf Molich. (1989). Teaching user interface design based on usability engineering. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 21(1). 45–48. 14 indexed citations

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Bjørner, Dines, et al.. (1981). Metodikker og værktøjer til konstruktion af programmel (KOMET). 1 indexed citations

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