Karen Cheng
List of John Benjamins publications in which Karen Cheng is involved.
Articles
2022 “This figure could be better, but how?”: Advancing design critique in STEM research labs Information Visualization, Meirelles, Isabel, Marian Dörk and Yanni Loukissas (eds.), pp. 85–101 | Article
This paper considers whether scientists can improve their visual design abilities by participating in critiques. In design education, a critique is a class session where designers present their work-in-progress and receive feedback from faculty, peers, and invited critics. In this study, we show… read more
2017 Proving the value of visual design in scientific communication Information Visualization, Meirelles, Isabel and Katherine Gillieson (eds.), pp. 80–95 | Article
This study examines how scientists respond to visual design in scientific communications. Specifically, we determine the impact of visual design on the Graphical Abstract (GA), an overview figure that attracts potential readers and visually summarizes what a paper is about. We show that GAs… read more