HCI Research Trails draws a citation map of nearly 39,000 HCI papers from 13 venues (CHI, UIST, CSCW, DIS, UbiComp and more), 1981–2026, using JavaScript and WebGL2. Enable both to explore the map, or read how it is built on GitHub.

HCI Research Trails

Color by

Venues

Fields

People & labs

Scope

Appearance

Line alpha .60

Exposure 1

Gamma 2.50

Point size 2.5

Lines

Lineage

Depth 2 hops

Controls

Click a paper — trace its lineage
Right-click a paper — options (DOI, copy)
Drag pan · scroll zoom
Shift+scroll topics only · Alt+scroll time only
Legend chip — focus people (click several)
L — lock the map while you read other papers
← → — step to the nearest paper earlier or later

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