Ruth West

992 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 686 citations indexed

About

Ruth West is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Human-Computer Interaction and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth West has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 686 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 5 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ruth West's work include Augmented Reality Applications (4 papers), Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (3 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (3 papers). Ruth West is often cited by papers focused on Augmented Reality Applications (4 papers), Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (3 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (3 papers). Ruth West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Ruth West's co-authors include Deborah Estrin, Mark Hansen, Sasank Reddy, Katie Shilton, Jeff Burke, Min Mun, Eric Howard, Péter Boda, Nathan Yau and Jeffrey A. Goldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Medical Physics, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and Future Generation Computer Systems.

In The Last Decade

Ruth West

24 papers receiving 651 citations

Hit Papers

PEIR, the personal environmental impact report, as a plat... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. PEIR, the personal environmental impact report, as a platform for participatory sensing systems research
    2009 481 citations Sasank Reddy, Katie Shilton 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
Ruth West United States 6 337 215 157 155 152 29 686
Nathan Yau United States 5 291 0.9× 188 0.9× 136 0.9× 165 1.1× 169 1.1× 8 647
Eric Howard United States 5 300 0.9× 204 0.9× 148 0.9× 108 0.7× 136 0.9× 10 559
Péter Boda Finland 4 289 0.9× 189 0.9× 136 0.9× 109 0.7× 138 0.9× 17 513
Idalides Vergara-Laurens United States 9 541 1.6× 226 1.1× 147 0.9× 90 0.6× 278 1.8× 20 694
Delphine Christin Germany 13 444 1.3× 165 0.8× 222 1.4× 74 0.5× 401 2.6× 31 860
Marco Zappatore Italy 14 125 0.4× 76 0.4× 88 0.6× 80 0.5× 104 0.7× 74 524
Alberto Rosi Italy 12 63 0.2× 162 0.8× 38 0.2× 153 1.0× 101 0.7× 35 575
Tingxin Yan United States 7 301 0.9× 154 0.7× 262 1.7× 150 1.0× 129 0.8× 11 665
Martin Wirz Switzerland 13 128 0.4× 248 1.2× 157 1.0× 161 1.0× 56 0.4× 22 545

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth West

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth West

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ruth West. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ruth West. The network helps show where Ruth West may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth West

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clune, Thomas L., Leslie R. Lait, Matthias Zwicker, et al.. (2023). Using XR for Improving Scientific Discovery with Numerical Weather Models. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 1537–1540.
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Stanley, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). A state of the art and scoping review of embodied information behavior in shared, co-present extended reality experiences. Electronic Imaging. 34(12). 298–1. 3 indexed citations
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Grimm, Cindy, et al.. (2021). Developing and Validating a Computer-Based Training Tool for Inferring 2D Cross-Sections of Complex 3D Structures. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 65(3). 508–528. 5 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2020). AI, Arts & Design: Questioning Learning Machines. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 11. 4 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2020). Editorial. AI, Arts & Design: Questioning Learning Machines. Artnodes. 4 indexed citations
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Grimm, Cindy, et al.. (2017). Inferring cross-sections of 3D objects. 1–4. 7 indexed citations
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Grimm, Cindy, et al.. (2016). Where do experts look while doing 3D image segmentation. 171–174. 4 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2016). Eliciting Tacit Expertise in 3D Volume Segmentation. 59–66. 4 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2015). DataRemix: Designing the Datamade. Leonardo. 48(5). 466–467. 2 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2013). Collaborative imaging of urban forest dynamics: augmenting re-photography to visualize changes over time. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8649. 86490L–86490L. 3 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2013). Collaborative rephotography. 1–1. 6 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2012). MetaTree: augmented reality narrative explorations of urban forests. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8289. 82890G–82890G. 4 indexed citations
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Goldman, Jeffrey A., Katie Shilton, Jeffrey A Burke, et al.. (2009). Participatory Sensing: A Citizen-Powered Approach to Illuminating the Patterns that Shape our World. Medical Physics. 18(1). 67–72. 105 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (2009). Sensate abstraction: hybrid strategies for multi-dimensional data in expressive virtual reality contexts. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7238. 72380I–72380I. 2 indexed citations
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Schulze, Jürgen P., et al.. (2007). Bridging the resolution gap. 121–121.
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West, Ruth. (2007). ATLAS in Silico. 225–225.
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Smalheiser, Neil R., Vetle I. Torvik, Amanda Bischoff‐Grethe, et al.. (2006). Collaborative development of the Arrowsmith two node search interface designed for laboratory investigators.. PubMed. 1(1). 8–8. 24 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, Jeff Burke, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, et al.. (2005). Both and Neither: in silico v1.0, Ecce Homology. Leonardo. 38(4). 286–293. 4 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (1985). Alternative Medicine: A Bibliography of Books in English. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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West, Ruth, et al.. (1969). A SELECTED, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CIVIL, INDUSTRIAL, AND SCIENTIFIC USES FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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