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Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Digital Accessibility for Disabilities is a research topic within Human Factors and Ergonomics. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 23.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on web accessibility, usability evaluation, and the digital disability divide. It explores topics such as the impact of accessibility barriers, user experience for individuals with disabilities, e-government website accessibility, and the social impact of technology on people with disabilities.

  • Web Accessibility
  • Disability Divide
  • Usability Evaluation
  • Accessibility Guidelines
  • Digital Inclusion
  • User Experience
  • E-Government Websites
  • Screen Reader Users
  • Mobile Accessibility
  • Social Impact
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (437 and 124 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 437 works
  2. 2 India 124 works
  3. 3 Brazil 122 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 72 works
  5. 5 Spain 56 works
  6. 6 Canada 40 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 40 works
  8. 8 Germany 37 works
  9. 9 Italy 35 works
  10. 10 China 35 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 43.8%India: 12.4%Brazil: 12.2%United Kingdom: 7.2%6 others listed: 24.3%44%largest
United States437 · 43.8%India124 · 12.4%Brazil122 · 12.2%United Kingdom72 · 7.2%6 others listed242 · 24.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Washington publishes the most Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research, followed by Rochester Institute of Technology and University of California, Irvine.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of WashingtonUnited States 21 works
  2. 2 Rochester Institute of TechnologyUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 University of California, IrvineUnited States 12 works
  4. 4 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 University of North TexasUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 Lublin University of TechnologyPoland 7 works
  7. 7 University of LisbonPortugal 7 works
  8. 8 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 6 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works

Where is Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research done?

The largest centres of Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research in 2022–2025 are Seattle (United States), São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom) and Rochester (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Seattle.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Seattle United States 24 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 19 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 17 works
  4. 4 Rochester United States 15 works
  5. 5 New York United States 14 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 14 works
  7. 7 Irvine United States 12 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 12 works
  9. 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 11 works
  10. 10 College Park United States 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SeattleUS · 23.6 works8.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital Accessibility for Disabilities than the world average.

See Digital Accessibility for Disabilities on the map

Where is the best place to study Digital Accessibility for Disabilities?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Washington, University of California, Irvine and Rochester Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 55.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Washington: 21, 49.1%University of California, Irvine: 12, 83.7%Rochester Institute of Technology: 14, 58.7%University of North Texas: 9, 66.3%University of Maryland, College Park: 10, 21.4%University of Califo…University of North …Rochester Institute …University of Washin…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of WashingtonUnited States 48.749.1%13.5×21 +33.0%
2 University of California, IrvineUnited States 39.983.7%14.0×12 -11.0%
3 Rochester Institute of TechnologyUnited States 36.958.7%74.2×14 +60.8%
4 University of North TexasUnited States 25.966.3%23.2×9 +14.8%
5 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 25.521.4%12.3×10 +112.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Digital Accessibility for Disabilities research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Accessibility for Disabilities.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.