Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Human-Automation Interaction and Safety is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the interaction between humans and automation systems, particularly in the context of driving and autonomous vehicles. It covers topics such as trust in automation, driver distraction, mental workload, situation awareness, and user acceptance of autonomous vehicles.

Trust
Automation
Driver Distraction
Mental Workload
Situation Awareness
Autonomous Vehicles
Human Factors
Cognitive Load
Driver Behavior
User Acceptance

Research works: 32k
In the world top 10%: 3.2k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +45%
Largest producer: United States

Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Which countries lead Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 1.6k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 2.3k works
2 China 1.6k works
3 Germany 813 works
4 United Kingdom 448 works
5 Japan 372 works
6 India 372 works
7 Italy 299 works
8 Australia 286 works
9 Canada 270 works
10 France 260 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 States2,257 · 32.3%China1,605 · 23.0%Germany813 · 11.6%United Kingdom448 · 6.4%6 others listed1,859 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research?

By volume in 2022-now, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres publishes the most Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research, followed by Delft University of Technology and United States Department of Defense.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 89 works
2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 82 works
3 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 74 works
4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 70 works
5 Tongji UniversityChina 69 works
6 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 62 works
7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 57 works
8 University of MichiganUnited States 55 works
9 Technical University of MunichGermany 53 works
10 Virginia TechUnited States 49 works

Who are the leading researchers in Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Human-Automation Interaction and Safety include Robert John Tibshirani, Farshad Farzadfar and Martin McKee.

1 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
2 Farshad Farzadfar Iran 298k citations
3 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
4 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
5 David C. Schwebel United States 210k 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 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

The most cited paper in Human-Automation Interaction and Safety is "Development of NASA-TLX (Task Load Index): Results of Empirical and Theoretical Research" (Sandra G. Hart, Lowell E. Staveland, 1988), with 14,841 citations. Next come "Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness in Dynamic Systems" (8,747) and "An Empirical Evaluation of the System Usability Scale" (5,372).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Development of NASA-TLX (Task Load Index): Results of Empirical and Theoretical Research Sandra G. Hart, Lowell E. Staveland · Advances in psychology Book chapter	1988	14,841
2	Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness in Dynamic Systems Mica Robertson Endsley · Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society	Mar 1995	8,747
3	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
4	Humans and Automation: Use, Misuse, Disuse, Abuse Raja Parasuraman, Victor A. Riley · Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society	Jun 1997	4,414
5	Nasa-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX); 20 Years Later Sandra G. Hart · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting	Oct 2006	4,276

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Where is Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research done?

The largest centres of Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Munich (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ingolstadt, Daytona and Cranfield.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 361 works
2 ShanghaiChina 168 works
3 TokyoJapan 149 works
4 MunichGermany 108 works
5 Xi'anChina 107 works
6 SeoulSouth Korea 104 works
7 NanjingChina 101 works
8 DelftNetherlands 88 works
9 LondonUnited Kingdom 82 works
10 CologneGermany 78 works

Where it is the local speciality

IngolstadtDE · 22.4 works55×
DaytonaUS · 29.0 works44×
CranfieldGB · 26.3 works22×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human-Automation Interaction and Safety than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Delft University of Technology and Nanyang Technological University 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	81.8	25.2%	5.0×	36	+570.8%
2	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands	76.3	17.5%	14.9×	82	+21.9%
3	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	75.0	27.0%	5.1×	33	+57.6%
4	Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia	70.9	20.3%	11.2×	31	+15.2%
5	Tsinghua UniversityChina	68.7	16.4%	3.7×	70	+101.6%
6	Politecnico di TorinoItaly	67.3	28.4%	5.2×	19	+107.1%
7	RMIT UniversityAustralia	66.2	33.0%	3.7×	12	+5.8%
8	Tongji UniversityChina	65.7	14.6%	5.5×	69	+177.8%
9	Wuhan University of TechnologyChina	64.9	22.4%	5.1×	33	+151.7%
10	Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States	64.3	13.4%	8.0×	62	+91.4%
11	University of MichiganUnited States	63.5	12.6%	4.4×	56	+35.3%
12	Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States	63.4	15.1%	8.7×	30	+68.4%
13	Clemson UniversityUnited States	62.6	15.5%	17.1×	41	+26.3%
14	Virginia TechUnited States	62.0	11.2%	10.7×	49	+36.9%
15	University of WaterlooCanada	61.1	21.0%	5.9×	27	+11.9%
16	City University of Hong KongChina	61.1	28.1%	2.2×	10	+35.0%
17	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom	60.7	19.5%	4.9×	23	-2.0%
18	University of FloridaUnited States	59.6	17.4%	3.3×	29	+23.8%
19	Southeast UniversityChina	59.2	17.4%	2.7×	33	+182.6%
20	Shenzhen UniversityChina	59.1	30.3%	1.6×	10	+20.3%
21	Beihang UniversityChina	58.8	14.1%	5.3×	48	+88.8%
22	Hasselt UniversityBelgium	58.4	16.3%	15.2×	10	+99.3%
23	Universität UlmGermany	58.0	15.8%	12.3×	21	+9.6%
24	Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway	57.7	14.2%	5.1×	24	+13.4%
25	Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands	57.6	12.9%	8.6×	25	+74.0%
26	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	57.5	22.9%	2.2×	12	+70.8%
27	Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States	57.1	8.5%	9.3×	47	+33.6%
28	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	55.7	18.3%	4.3×	29	+9.9%
29	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	55.3	19.3%	2.4×	17	+125.0%
30	Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom	55.2	10.0%	24.0×	26	+52.1%
31	Chang'an UniversityChina	55.0	14.5%	8.3×	26	+32.8%
32	Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom	54.8	18.5%	14.0×	15	+40.3%
33	University of PatrasGreece	54.8	20.7%	4.6×	10	+215.1%
34	Arizona State UniversityUnited States	54.4	8.3%	6.2×	33	+42.2%
35	The University of SydneyAustralia	54.1	18.3%	1.4×	14	+392.7%
36	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States	52.6	12.5%	3.0×	23	+65.4%
37	Monash UniversityAustralia	52.3	15.8%	3.1×	25	-0.1%
38	National Technical University of AthensGreece	52.1	18.2%	6.5×	14	+30.2%
39	KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden	52.0	14.0%	5.0×	16	+123.9%
40	University of BolognaItaly	51.9	14.0%	2.8×	19	+122.6%
41	Hefei University of TechnologyChina	51.3	23.0%	2.2×	10	+281.4%
42	The University of MelbourneAustralia	51.2	26.1%	1.1×	10	+56.6%
43	Technical University of MunichGermany	49.7	6.9%	7.3×	52	-18.7%
44	National University of SingaporeSingapore	49.6	14.6%	1.3×	13	+46.7%
45	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	47.8	22.2%	2.7×	9	-
46	University of Hong KongChina	47.1	20.3%	1.2×	9	+519.0%
47	Civil Aviation Flight University of ChinaChina	45.2	13.2%	36.1×	20	+593.1%
48	University of Central FloridaUnited States	44.5	10.9%	10.3×	31	-34.7%
49	University of Technology SydneyAustralia	43.1	17.0%	2.2×	8	+86.0%

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 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, country by country

Is Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

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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 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

Fractional works of Human-Automation Interaction and Safety 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.

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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Which countries lead Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

What are the most cited papers in Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

Where is Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Human-Automation Interaction and Safety?

Is Human-Automation Interaction and Safety research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion