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David D. Woods

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1976
Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyOccupational Health and Safety ResearchComplex Systems and Decision MakingAI-based Problem Solving and PlanningRisk and Safety Analysis

Publications

382

Citations

20,397

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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David D. Woods studies how people, teams, and automated systems cope with complexity and failure in safety-critical settings such as healthcare, aviation, disaster response, and infrastructure. His work focuses on resilience engineering—understanding how systems adapt, degrade, or recover under stress—and on how humans supervise and interact with automation and AI. Students would engage with topics like cognitive systems engineering, human-automation teamwork, and organizational preparedness for unexpected events.

Resilience engineeringHuman-automation interactionCognitive systems engineeringSafety and risk in complex systemsAdaptation to disruption and disaster

Publication output has declined markedly from around 21 papers per year in 2017 to roughly 3-4 per year in recent years, suggesting a slowing pace of output over the last decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 21 publications21172018: 15 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making×7
  • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting×5
  • Environment Systems & Decisions×2
  • SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology×2
  • Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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