10 Year (1988–1997) Review of the Publishing Trends in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Abstract

Over the last ten years there has been a large growth in the amount of research conducted addressing human factors (HF) issues. Much of this research has been published based on lectures, poster presentations, and symposiums held at the annual meeting of the HFES. The research presented at this meeting has several advantages over research published in journals. The research presented tends to be recently conducted when compared to research in journal articles. The meeting also supplies a venue for personal interaction between scientists to discuss research interests in HF. The first purpose of this paper is to supply a descriptive summary of the research published in the proceedings over the last ten years. The second purpose is to supply a resource for HF students from which specific information regarding academic programs and their areas of focus, which companies are performing HF research, and where potential funding may be found.