Leaderboards/Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Kelly Mack
University of Washington
2
Fernando H. F. Botelho
United Nations Children's Fund
3
Şevval Seray Macakoğlu
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
4
Maurício Fontana de Vargas
McGill University
5
Frank Elavsky
Carnegie Mellon University
6
Crescentia Jung
Cornell University
7
Jonathan Zong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8
Navid Salehnamadi
University of California, Irvine
9
Yi-Hao Peng
National Taiwan University
10
Venkatesh Potluri
University of Michigan

Rising Stars Papers

1
“They only care to show us the wheelchair”: disability representation in text-to-image AI models
Unknown Journal|2024
52 cit.
2
Co-Designing QuickPic: Automated Topic-Specific Communication Boards from Photographs for AAC-Based Language Instruction
Unknown Journal|2024
25 cit.
3
MatplotAlt: A Python Library for Adding Alt Text to Matplotlib Figures in Computational Notebooks
Computer Graphics Forum|2025
8 cit.
4
Tactile Vega-Lite: Rapidly Prototyping Tactile Charts with Smart Defaults
Unknown Journal|2025
7 cit.
5
"It's like Goldilocks:" Bespoke Slides for Fluctuating Audience Access Needs
Unknown Journal|2024
6 cit.
6
Modeling Accessibility: Characterizing What We Mean by “Accessible”
Unknown Journal|2025
4 cit.
7
Accessibility Heuristics for Vibe Coding Interfaces
Unknown Journal|2025
2 cit.
8
Classification analysis of prediction skill among ensemble members in MJO subseasonal predictions—based on the results of the CAMS-CSM subseasonal prediction system
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters|2024
1 cit.
9
Toward <i>Softer</i> ware: Enabling Personalization of Interactive Data Representations for Users With Disabilities
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications|2025
1 cit.
10
Understanding How Accessibility Practices Impact Teamwork in Mixed-Ability Teams that Collaborate Virtually
Unknown Journal|2026
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kristen Shinohara
Rochester Institute of Technology
2
Yasmine N. Elglaly
Western Washington University
3
Catharina Gustavsson
Dalarna University
4
Amy Pavel
University of California, Berkeley
5
Katherine R. Gordon
Boys Town National Research Hospital
6
P. G. Ramachandran
IBM (United States)
7
Erik Jakobs
Pennsylvania State University
8
Mohamed Koutheaïr Khribi
National Engineering School of Tunis
9
Pascale Bilodeau
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
10
Sanpalei N. Lyngdoh
Texas Tech University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Disability digital divide: survey of accessibility of eHealth services as perceived by people with and without impairment
BMC Public Health|2023
74 cit.
2
GenAssist: Making Image Generation Accessible
Unknown Journal|2023
56 cit.
3
Enhancing UX Evaluation Through Collaboration with Conversational AI Assistants: Effects of Proactive Dialogue and Timing
Unknown Journal|2024
36 cit.
4
Beyond HCI: The Need for Accessibility Across the CS Curriculum
Unknown Journal|2024
31 cit.
5
Diffscriber: Describing Visual Design Changes to Support Mixed-Ability Collaborative Presentation Authoring
Unknown Journal|2022
26 cit.
6
Accessibility Feedback in Mobile Application Reviews: A Dataset of Reviews and Accessibility Guidelines
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts|2022
23 cit.
7
The Landscape of Accessibility Skill Set in the Software Industry Positions
Unknown Journal|2022
21 cit.
8
Development and Evaluation of eHealth Services Regarding Accessibility: Scoping Literature Review
Journal of Medical Internet Research|2023
20 cit.
9
Co-Designing with Extreme Users: A Framework for User Participation in Design Processes
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research|2023
20 cit.
10
COMPA: Using Conversation Context to Achieve Common Ground in AAC
Unknown Journal|2024
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
S. Anand
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health
2
Richard E. Ladner
University of Washington
3
Hermann Maurer
University of Turku
4
C. Lee Giles
Princeton University
5
Ian Jacobs
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
6
Simon Harper
University of Manchester
7
Hongxin Zhao
UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels
8
Jacob O. Wobbrock
University of Washington
9
Sergio Luján‐Mora
University of Alicante
10
Robert H. Logie
University of Edinburgh

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Journal of Universal Computer Science
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2020
3.4k cit.
2
The aligned rank transform for nonparametric factorial analyses using only anova procedures
Unknown Journal|2011
2.7k cit.
3
Accessibility of information on the web
Nature|1999
1.4k cit.
4
Improving Generalization with Active Learning
Machine Learning|1994
1.3k cit.
5
User-defined gestures for surface computing
Unknown Journal|2009
1.3k cit.
6
Parallel Prefix Computation
Journal of the ACM|1980
1.3k cit.
7
Propositional dynamic logic of regular programs
Journal of Computer and System Sciences|1979
1.2k cit.
8
State Ownership and Firm Innovation in China: An Integrated View of Institutional and Efficiency Logics
Administrative Science Quarterly|2016
1.2k cit.
9
Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial
The Lancet|2015
1.1k cit.
10
CiteSeer
Unknown Journal|1998
1k cit.

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