Ryan P. McMahan

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ryan P. McMahan is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan P. McMahan has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 29 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ryan P. McMahan's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (46 papers), Augmented Reality Applications (17 papers) and Interactive and Immersive Displays (17 papers). Ryan P. McMahan is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (46 papers), Augmented Reality Applications (17 papers) and Interactive and Immersive Displays (17 papers). Ryan P. McMahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ryan P. McMahan's co-authors include Doug A. Bowman, Eric D. Ragan, David J. Zielinski, Rachael Brady, Régis Kopper, Siroberto Scerbo, Chengyuan Lai, Tao Ni, Chris North and Annie S. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications of the ACM and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Ryan P. McMahan

71 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Virtual Reality: How Much Immersion Is Enough?

2007 887 citations Doug A. Bowman, Ryan P. McMahan Computer profile →

Peers

Ryan P. McMahan

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Hai‐Ning Liang China

Niels Christian Nilsson Denmark

Tabitha C. Peck United States

Rolf Nordahl Denmark

Valentin Schwind Germany

Mar González-Franco United States

Holger Regenbrecht New Zealand

Gerard Jounghyun Kim South Korea

Stefania Serafin Denmark

Sabarish V. Babu United States

Hai‐Ning Liang China

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927 ×1.2

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571 ×0.9

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340 ×0.8

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346 ×1.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan P. McMahan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2025). The Importance of Cueing While Visually Searching a 360 Degree Environment for Multiple Targets in the Presence of Distractors. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech). 1–11.

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Middleton, Michael, Yunmei Liu, David Kaber, et al.. (2025). AdaptiveCoPilot: Design and Testing of a NeuroAdaptive LLM Cockpit Guidance System in both Novice and Expert Pilots. 656–666. 2 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2024). Unlocking Understanding: An Investigation of Multimodal Communication in Virtual Reality Collaboration. 1–16. 5 indexed citations

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Bonfert, Michael, Ryan P. McMahan, Frank Steinicke, et al.. (2024). The Interaction Fidelity Model: A Taxonomy to Communicate the Different Aspects of Fidelity in Virtual Reality. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(12). 7593–7625. 7 indexed citations

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Ragan, Eric D., et al.. (2024). Precueing Compound Tasks in Virtual and Augmented Reality. 1070–1071. 1 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2024). Cross-Domain Gender Identification Using VR Tracking Data. 180–189. 1 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2024). Cultural Reflections in Virtual Reality: The Effects of User Ethnicity in Avatar Matching Experiences on Sense of Embodiment. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 30(11). 7408–7418. 2 indexed citations

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Kelley, Brendan, et al.. (2024). Addressing Human Factors Related to Artificial Intelligence Integrated Visual Cueing. 209–213. 1 indexed citations

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González-Franco, Mar, et al.. (2023). VALID: a perceptually validated Virtual Avatar Library for Inclusion and Diversity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 16 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2022). Carousel: Improving the Accuracy of Virtual Reality Assessments for Inspection Training Tasks. 1–10. 2 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2020). A Formative Evaluation Methodology for VR Training Simulations. 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). 125–132. 9 indexed citations

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Tandon, Animesh, Barbara Burkhardt, Maria Batsis, et al.. (2018). Sinus Venosus Defects. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 12(5). 921–924. 38 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2017). FIJI: A Framework for the Immersion-Journalism Intersection. 4. 59 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2017). Augmented Reality exhibits of constructive art: 8th annual 3DUI Contest. 253–253. 1 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2016). AFFECT: Altered-Fidelity Framework for Enhancing Cognition and Training. 3. 18 indexed citations

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Tang, Fei, Ryan P. McMahan, & Tandra T. Allen. (2014). Development of a low-cost tactile sleeve for autism intervention. 35–40. 19 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., Doug A. Bowman, David J. Zielinski, & Rachael Brady. (2012). Evaluating Display Fidelity and Interaction Fidelity in a Virtual Reality Game. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 18(4). 626–633. 273 indexed citations

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Ni, Tao, Doug A. Bowman, Chris North, & Ryan P. McMahan. (2011). Design and evaluation of freehand menu selection interfaces using tilt and pinch gestures. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 69(9). 551–562. 48 indexed citations

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McMahan, Ryan P., et al.. (2010). Evaluating natural interaction techniques in video games. 11–14. 39 indexed citations

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Bowman, Doug A. & Ryan P. McMahan. (2007). Virtual Reality: How Much Immersion Is Enough?. Computer. 40(7). 36–43. 887 indexed citations breakdown →

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