Sharon McDonald

1.8k total citations
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sharon McDonald is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Information Systems and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon McDonald has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 13 papers in Information Systems and 10 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Sharon McDonald's work include Usability and User Interface Design (13 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (7 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (6 papers). Sharon McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Usability and User Interface Design (13 papers), Personal Information Management and User Behavior (7 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (6 papers). Sharon McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Sharon McDonald's co-authors include Rosemary J. Stevenson, Helen M. Edwards, Leif I. Solberg, Gordon Mosser, Gilbert Cockton, Shirley Young, John Tait, Yvonne Wærn, Jon Oberlander and Alistair Knott and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Knowledge-Based Systems and Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

In The Last Decade

Sharon McDonald

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sharon McDonald United Kingdom 18 281 262 216 161 156 47 1.2k
Virginia A. Diehl United States 9 363 1.3× 218 0.8× 131 0.6× 205 1.3× 84 0.5× 16 1.1k
Craig H. Ganoe United States 19 354 1.3× 254 1.0× 141 0.7× 134 0.8× 55 0.4× 49 1.2k
Robert L. Mack United States 17 350 1.2× 200 0.8× 177 0.8× 153 1.0× 146 0.9× 47 1.3k
William Albert United States 10 433 1.5× 234 0.9× 85 0.4× 188 1.2× 82 0.5× 21 1.3k
Kraig Finstad United States 8 247 0.9× 147 0.6× 100 0.5× 202 1.3× 107 0.7× 11 1.1k
Peter Jan Schellens Netherlands 15 222 0.8× 123 0.5× 124 0.6× 85 0.5× 170 1.1× 39 1.0k
Manfred Thüring Germany 18 579 2.1× 266 1.0× 145 0.7× 195 1.2× 188 1.2× 44 1.7k
Heather L. O'Brien Canada 16 294 1.0× 215 0.8× 208 1.0× 363 2.3× 123 0.8× 40 1.7k
Deborah J. Mayhew United States 9 520 1.9× 319 1.2× 100 0.5× 116 0.7× 68 0.4× 17 1.2k
Patricia Wright United Kingdom 20 216 0.8× 115 0.4× 175 0.8× 67 0.4× 191 1.2× 69 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sharon McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sharon McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharon McDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sharon McDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sharon McDonald 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 Sharon McDonald. Sharon McDonald 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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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2024). One size does not fit all: exploring the cybersecurity perspectives and engagement preferences of UK-Based small businesses. Information Security Journal A Global Perspective. 34(1). 15–49. 4 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2022). It Won’t Happen to Me: Surveying SME Attitudes to Cyber-security. Journal of Computer Information Systems. 63(2). 397–409. 19 indexed citations
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McGarry, Kenneth & Sharon McDonald. (2018). Complex network theory for the identification and assessment of candidate protein targets. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 97. 113–123. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, Gerald A., et al.. (2018). Investigation of the use of inertial sensing equipment for the measurement of hip flexion and pelvic rotation in horse riders. Comparative Exercise Physiology. 14(2). 99–110. 5 indexed citations
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Edwards, Helen, et al.. (2017). E-Commerce Readiness of SMEs in Developing Countires: A Model-Driven Systematic Literature Review. Sunderland Repository (University of Sunderland). 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Helen M., et al.. (2013). Design requirements for persuasive technologies to motivate physical activity in adolescents: a field study. Behaviour and Information Technology. 33(9). 968–986. 14 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2013). Thinking-aloud about web navigation. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 57(1). 2037–2041. 4 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2012). The impact of two different think-aloud instructions in a usability test: a case of just following orders?. Behaviour and Information Technology. 33(2). 163–183. 32 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2010). Keep talking. 581–590. 20 indexed citations
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Schuettpelz, Laura G., et al.. (2009). Pilocytic astrocytoma in a child with Noonan syndrome. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 53(6). 1147–1149. 23 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon & Helen M. Edwards. (2007). Who should test whom?. Communications of the ACM. 50(1). 66–71. 25 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2006). Modified contextual design as a field evaluation method. Sunderland Repository (University of Sunderland). 437–440. 16 indexed citations
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Young, Shirley, Helen M. Edwards, Sharon McDonald, & J.B. Thompson. (2005). Personality characteristics in an XP team. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 30(4). 1–7. 17 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon & John Tait. (2004). Advances in Information Retrieval: 26th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2004, Sunderland, UK, April 5-7, 2004, Proceedings. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon, et al.. (2001). Evaluating a content based image retrieval system. Sunderland Repository (University of Sunderland). 34. 232–240. 20 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rosemary J., Alistair Knott, Jon Oberlander, & Sharon McDonald. (2000). Interpreting pronouns and connectives: Interactions among focusing, thematic roles and coherence relations. Language and Cognitive Processes. 15(3). 225–262. 61 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon & Rosemary J. Stevenson. (1999). Spatial versus conceptual maps as learning tools in hypertext. 8(1). 43–64. 34 indexed citations
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Solberg, Leif I., Gordon Mosser, & Sharon McDonald. (1997). The Three Faces of Performance Measurement: Improvement, Accountability, and Research. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 23(3). 135–147. 158 indexed citations
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McDonald, Sharon & Rosemary J. Stevenson. (1996). Disorientation in hypertext: the effects of three text structures on navigation performance. Applied Ergonomics. 27(1). 61–68. 112 indexed citations

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