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Researcher · Simon Fraser University · Canada

William Odom

William Odom publishes mostly in Human-Computer Interaction, Demography and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Interactive and Immersive Displays and Technology Use by Older Adults.

ORCID 0000-0002-2824-9292 OpenAlex
World rank
#64,507
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,872
of 183,316
Works
144
Citations
5.2k
Citations per work
35.9
h-index
39
i10-index 91Top 3% in Human-Computer Interaction
William Odom

What does William Odom research?

William Odom's work is mostly in Computer Science (53%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (3%).

Physical Sciences: 81 works · 56.1% of their workComputer Science: 76 works · 52.7% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 76 works · 52.7% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 3.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 33 works · 22.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 31 works · 21.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 21 works · 14.9% of their workDemography: 14 works · 9.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 8 works · 5.4% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 works · 3.2% of their workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 works · 3.2% of their workDecision Sciences: 5 works · 3.2% of their workInformation Systems and Management: 5 works · 3.2% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam Odom144works
Physical Sciences56%Social Sciences21%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science7652.7%
    2. Engineering53.4%
  2. Everything else3322.6%
    1. Social Sciences2114.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting53.2%
    3. Decision Sciences53.2%
  1. 1Human-Computer Interaction53% of their works
  2. 2Demography10% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science5% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems and Management3% of their works
  6. 6Management of Technology and Innovation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William Odom's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Participatory Design, Design Research, User Experience, User-Centered Design, Interaction Techniques, Tangible User Interfaces, Older Adults and Technology Use.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Participatory Design1382 topics
  2. Design Research1251 topic
  3. User Experience1251 topic
  4. User-Centered Design462 topics
  5. Interaction Techniques421 topic
  6. Tangible User Interfaces421 topic
  7. Older Adults371 topic
  8. Technology Use371 topic
  9. Data-Driven331 topic
  10. Personas331 topic
  11. Energy Consumption141 topic
  12. Mobile Devices141 topic
  13. Human-Computer Interaction131 topic
  14. Information Overload131 topic
  15. Interruptions131 topic
  16. Open Innovation131 topic
  17. Usability131 topic
  18. User-Centric Design131 topic

Where does William Odom work?

William Odom's main affiliation in the publication record is Simon Fraser University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does William Odom have?

OpenAlex counts 144 works and 5,167 citations for William Odom, an h-index of 39, ranking #64,507 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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