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Ergonomics and Human Factors

Ergonomics and Human Factors is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 6.9k research works in it since 1953. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of ergonomics and sustainability, focusing on human-compatible systems, work systems, sustainable development, environmental technology, and the application of agent-based simulation and digitalization. It delves into topics such as green ergonomics, polymer coatings, and the role of human factors in building design for sustainable work activities.

  • Ergonomics
  • Sustainability
  • Human Factors
  • Green Ergonomics
  • Work Systems
  • Sustainable Development
  • Environmental Technology
  • Agent-Based Simulation
  • Digitalization
  • Polymer Coatings
Research works
6.9k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
699
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ergonomics and Human Factors

Which countries lead Ergonomics and Human Factors research?

By volume, Russia and Indonesia publish the most (315 and 293 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 315 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 293 works
  3. 3 United States 156 works
  4. 4 China 139 works
  5. 5 Germany 95 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 91 works
  7. 7 India 89 works
  8. 8 Italy 76 works
  9. 9 France 72 works
  10. 10 Brazil 53 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.

Russia: 22.8%Indonesia: 21.3%United States: 11.3%China: 10.1%6 others listed: 34.5%23%largest
Russia315 · 22.8%Indonesia293 · 21.3%United States156 · 11.3%China139 · 10.1%6 others listed475 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Ergonomics and Human Factors research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ergonomics and Human Factors research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Purdue University West Lafayette.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 27 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 15 works
  3. 3 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 11 works
  5. 5 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 11 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 University of MariborSlovenia 8 works
  8. 8 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 7 works
  9. 9 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 7 works
  10. 10 National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ergonomics and Human Factors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ergonomics and Human Factors include Hanne Christensen.

  1. 1 Hanne Christensen Denmark 124k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Ergonomics and Human Factors?

The most cited paper in Ergonomics and Human Factors is "An Empirical Evaluation of the System Usability Scale" (Aaron W. Bangor, Philip T. Kortum, James Miller, 2008), with 5,372 citations. Next come "AASM Scoring Manual Updates for 2017 (Version 2.4)" (1,615) and "Level of automation effects on performance, situation awareness and workload in a dynamic control task" (1,092).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Empirical Evaluation of the System Usability Scale Aaron W. Bangor, Philip T. Kortum, James Miller · International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 29 Jul 2008 5,372
2 AASM Scoring Manual Updates for 2017 (Version 2.4) Richard Barnett Berry, Rita Brooks, Charlene E. Gamaldo et al. · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Open access 12 May 2017 1,615
3 Level of automation effects on performance, situation awareness and workload in a dynamic control task Mica Robertson Endsley, DAVID B. KABER · Ergonomics Mar 1999 1,092
4 A strategy for human factors/ergonomics: developing the discipline and profession Jan Dul, Ralph Bruder, Peter Buckle et al. · Ergonomics Open access 15 Feb 2012 924
5 Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering and Design Neville A. Stanton, Paul M. Salmon, Laura A. Rafferty et al. 30 Jan 2006 872
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Where is Ergonomics and Human Factors research done?

The largest centres of Ergonomics and Human Factors research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Bandung (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 101 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 41 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 35 works
  4. 4 BandungIndonesia 30 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 27 works
  6. 6 KyivUkraine 20 works
  7. 7 YogyakartaIndonesia 19 works
  8. 8 SurabayaIndonesia 19 works
  9. 9 SemarangIndonesia 19 works
  10. 10 KharkivUkraine 19 works
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Where is the best place to study Ergonomics and Human Factors?

Among universities, judged by research, Purdue University West Lafayette, Weatherford College and University of Maribor 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%5%10%mean 6.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Weatherford CollegeUniversity of MariborPurdue University We…Bandung Islamic Univ…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 82.65.3%8.4×15 +447.7%
2Weatherford CollegeUnited States 62.19.3%3.7×9 +216.9%
3University of MariborSlovenia 57.76.9%21.7×8 +191.3%
4Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 31.64.6%13.8×11 +1.8%
5Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 28.44.0%33.4×11 -61.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Ergonomics and Human Factors, country by country

Is Ergonomics and Human Factors research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ergonomics and Human Factors.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ergonomics and Human Factors as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0091% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ergonomics and Human Factors over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Ergonomics and Human Factors10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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