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SANTA MONICA, CA - In celebration of 50 years of publishing groundbreaking research, the June issue of Human Factors features 33 papers that highlight pivotal research and significant discoveries in the field of Human Factors/ergonomics (HF/E). The entire online issue is available without charge from HFES.

For over half a century, HF/E professionals have been making important contributions to the safety and efficiency of systems, environments, tools, and products. As noted by Editor Nancy J. Cooke in the preface to the Golden Anniversary Special Issue, this collection "makes an impressive case for the field's significant but often unrecognized contributions to the usability, effectiveness, and safety of a vast array of modern systems in which technology and humans must interact. Automobiles, aircraft, and power plants are safer; computer hardware and software are easier to use; training and education are more effective; physical work produces fewer injuries" (p. 347). All thanks to the work of HF/E researchers and practitioners.

Following three retrospectives by past Human Factors editors, eight pivotal research areas are identified that laid important foundations for work to follow. Among these is an article focusing on a 1984 paper by Liles and colleagues that, by documenting "work exposure through job observation and measurement" (Marras, p. 394), influenced later studies of the work-related causes of low back pain. Numerous papers published in the journal between 1964 and 1986 - including a pivotal 1970 article on electronic systems maintenance by Nick Bond - have "contributed, ultimately, to more effective maintenance performance" (Harris, p. 375). Two papers (1979 and 1972) on how drivers fixate on and process visual information have been "a cornerstone for myriad driving-related studies" (Shinar, p. 380); such studies - particularly in naturalistic driving scenarios - remain critically important in mitigating errors and accidents ca
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