Sean Rintel

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sean Rintel is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Rintel has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 30 papers in Social Psychology and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sean Rintel's work include Team Dynamics and Performance (16 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (14 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (13 papers). Sean Rintel is often cited by papers focused on Team Dynamics and Performance (16 papers), Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (14 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (13 papers). Sean Rintel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Sean Rintel's co-authors include Jeffery Pittam, Daniel Angus, Janet Wiles, Advait Sarkar, Lev Tankelevitch, Abigail Sellen, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Joan Mulholland, Brennan Jones and Stuart Reeves and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Education, Journal of Vocational Behavior and Human Communication Research.

In The Last Decade

Sean Rintel

72 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI 2024 2026 2025 2024 2025 20 40 60
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. The Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI
    2024 71 citations Lev Tankelevitch, Advait Sarkar et al. profile →
  2. The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers
    2025 64 citations Advait Sarkar, Lev Tankelevitch 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
Sean Rintel United Kingdom 18 397 258 247 172 166 77 1.1k
Michael Kerres Germany 19 306 0.8× 358 1.4× 194 0.8× 101 0.6× 89 0.5× 97 2.3k
Zhonggen Yu China 33 313 0.8× 392 1.5× 261 1.1× 515 3.0× 146 0.9× 137 3.4k
Andri Ioannou Cyprus 21 255 0.6× 211 0.8× 180 0.7× 111 0.6× 36 0.2× 108 1.7k
Hyo‐Jeong So South Korea 26 238 0.6× 548 2.1× 189 0.8× 148 0.9× 52 0.3× 98 3.4k
Alastair J. Gill United Kingdom 19 195 0.5× 269 1.0× 291 1.2× 475 2.8× 123 0.7× 40 1.2k
Theo Bastiaens Germany 25 195 0.5× 289 1.1× 382 1.5× 123 0.7× 53 0.3× 71 3.0k
Päivi Häkkinen Finland 28 124 0.3× 220 0.9× 299 1.2× 106 0.6× 64 0.4× 74 2.6k
Denise Whitelock United Kingdom 26 142 0.4× 162 0.6× 128 0.5× 180 1.0× 38 0.2× 130 2.0k
Karl M. Kapp United States 8 257 0.6× 654 2.5× 189 0.8× 130 0.8× 41 0.2× 22 2.6k
Hans van der Meij Netherlands 25 160 0.4× 150 0.6× 129 0.5× 197 1.1× 87 0.5× 98 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Rintel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Rintel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Rintel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Rintel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Rintel 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 Sean Rintel. Sean Rintel 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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Lee, Mina, Jake M. Hofman, Sylvia Vitello, et al.. (2025). Effects of LLM use and note-taking on reading comprehension and memory: A randomised experiment in secondary schools. Computers & Education. 243. 105514–105514.
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Rogelberg, Steven G., et al.. (2024). Virtual voices: Exploring individual differences in chat and verbal participation in virtual meetings. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 152. 104015–104015. 4 indexed citations
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Tankelevitch, Lev, et al.. (2024). The Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI. 1–24. 71 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tankelevitch, Lev, Kori Inkpen, John Tang, et al.. (2024). Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meetings. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8(CSCW2). 1–39. 2 indexed citations
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Vivacqua, Adriana S., Susanne Boll, Marios Constantinides, et al.. (2023). Reflecting on Hybrid Events: Learning from a Year of Hybrid Experiences. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1–4. 11 indexed citations
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Tang, John, Kori Inkpen, Sasa Junuzovic, et al.. (2023). Perspectives: Creating Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid Meeting Experiences. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 7(CSCW2). 1–25. 13 indexed citations
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Rintel, Sean, et al.. (2022). Meeting (the) Pandemic: Videoconferencing Fatigue and Evolving Tensions of Sociality in Enterprise Video Meetings During COVID-19. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). 32(2). 347–383. 21 indexed citations
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Rintel, Sean, et al.. (2021). What was Hybrid? A Systematic Review of Hybrid Collaboration and\n Meetings Research. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations
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Jones, Brennan, et al.. (2021). XRmas: Extended Reality Multi-Agency Spaces for a Magical Remote Christmas. 203–207. 7 indexed citations
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Kuzminykh, Anastasia & Sean Rintel. (2020). Classification of Functional Attention in Video Meetings. 1–13. 29 indexed citations
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Lustig, Caitlin, et al.. (2020). Stuck in the middle with you: The Transaction Costs of Corporate Employees Hiring Freelancers. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 4(CSCW1). 1–28. 15 indexed citations
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Jetter, Hans-Christian, et al.. (2019). Hybrid Collaboration – Moving Beyond Purely Co-Located or Remote Collaboration. Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI). 5 indexed citations
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Viller, Stephen, et al.. (2015). SonicAIR. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 22(4). 1–23. 14 indexed citations
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Rintel, Sean, et al.. (2015). Ad hoc adaptability in video-calling.
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Fitzgerald, Richard & Sean Rintel. (2013). From lifeguard to bitch: How a story character becomes a promiscuous category in a couple's video call. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 40(2). 101–118. 6 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Richard & Sean Rintel. (2013). From lifeguard to bitch: The problem of promiscuous categories in story telling via video chat by a long-distance couple. Australian journal of communication. 40(2). 1 indexed citations
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Rintel, Sean. (2011). The evolution of fail pets: Strategic whimsy and brand awareness in error messages. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 759. 1 indexed citations
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Rintel, Sean & Jeffery Pittam. (1997). Strangers in a Strange Land Interaction Management on Internet Relay Chat. Human Communication Research. 23(4). 507–534. 87 indexed citations

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