Augmenting Scientific Papers with Just-in-Time, Position-Sensitive Definitions of Terms and Symbols

@article{Head2021AugmentingSP,
  title={Augmenting Scientific Papers with Just-in-Time, Position-Sensitive Definitions of Terms and Symbols},
  author={Andrew Head and Kyle Lo and Dongyeop Kang and Raymond Fok and Sam Skjonsberg and Daniel S. Weld and Marti A. Hearst},
  journal={Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  year={2021}
}
  • Andrew Head, Kyle Lo, Marti A. Hearst
  • Published 29 September 2020
  • Computer Science
  • Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Despite the central importance of research papers to scientific progress, they can be difficult to read. Comprehension is often stymied when the information needed to understand a passage resides somewhere else—in another section, or in another paper. In this work, we envision how interfaces can bring definitions of technical terms and symbols to readers when and where they need them most. We introduce ScholarPhi, an augmented reading interface with four novel features: (1) tooltips that… 
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