User Research

User Research is a systematic investigative process within user-centered design disciplines that uniquely focuses on understanding users' behaviors, needs, and contexts through empirical methods to inform and validate design decisions.

6.1K

Publications

434.7K

Citations

13.4K

Authors

2.9K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Design ThinkingHuman-centered DesignInteraction DesignProduct DesignUser Experience Design

Children

Accessibility StudiesInformation Architecture EvaluationUser Interviews

Publications

6.1K

Co-creation and the new landscapes of design

Elizabeth Sanders, Pieter Jan Stappers · CoDesign · 2008 · 5.1K citations · Full text

Arts, Design, Design Theory +13

User acceptance of information technology: system characteristics, user perceptions and behavioral impacts

Fred D. Davis · International Journal of Man-Machine Studies · 1993 · 4.7K citations · Full text

Business, Information Systems, Information Technology +17

Lead Users: A Source of Novel Product Concepts

Eric von Hippel · Management Science · 1986 · 4.6K citations

Management, Marketing, Marketing Management +12

Predicting User Intentions: Comparing the Technology Acceptance Model with the Theory of Planned Behavior

Kieran Mathieson · Information Systems Research · 1991 · 4.2K citations

Computing, Information Systems, Information Technology +14

Uses and Gratifications Research

Elihu Katz, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch · Public Opinion Quarterly · 1973 · 3.7K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +15

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Authors

13.4K

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Virpi Roto
Aalto University, Finland
23 publications · 3.1K citations
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Marc Hassenzahl
University of Siegen, Germany
19 publications · 6.7K citations
18
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Kasper Hornbæk
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
18 publications · 2.2K citations
17
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Lorrie Faith Cranor
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
17 publications · 1.7K citations
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Ann Blandford
University College London, United Kingdom
19 publications · 1.1K citations
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Institutions

2.9K

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Venues

Computers in Human Behavior
70 publications · 9.7K citations
46
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International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
74 publications · 7.6K citations
38
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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
48 publications · 7.7K citations
34
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Interacting with Computers
56 publications · 5.3K citations
33
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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
JASIST · 52 publications · 3.3K citations
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