Interaction Studies | Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
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Impact Factor: 1.2 (5-year: 1.7)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.64
CiteScore: 2.0
SNIP: 0.311 SJR: 0.233
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: ANVUR Riviste scientifiche (ANVUR ) ; CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; ERIH PLUS ; Ergonomics Abstracts ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; PsycINFO ; Scopus ; WoS Social Sciences Citation Index ; Zoological Record
Research on physical AI (robots) communicating and interacting with humans are encouraged, as well as studies on socially intelligent and socially assistive robots.
Note that manuscripts that are purely about AI / Machine learning, without elements of human-AI communication and interaction, are out of scope.
The journal welcomes contributions that analyze social behaviour in humans and other animals as well as research into the design and synthesis of robotic, software, AI agents and chatbots, virtual and other artificial systems, including applications such as exploiting human-machine interactions and human-AI interaction for educational or therapeutic purposes. Fields of interest comprise evolutionary biology, AI, artificial life, robotics, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, cognitive modeling, ethology, social and biological anthropology, palaeontology, animal behaviour, linguistics.
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Online-first articlesVolume 26 (2025)
Volume 25 (2024)
Volume 24 (2023)
Volume 23 (2022)
Volume 22 (2021)
Volume 21 (2020)
Volume 20 (2019)
Volume 19 (2018)
Volume 18 (2017)
Volume 17 (2016)
Volume 16 (2015)
Volume 15 (2014)
Volume 14 (2013)
Volume 13 (2012)
Volume 12 (2011)
Volume 11 (2010)
Volume 10 (2009)
Volume 9 (2008)
Volume 8 (2007)
Volume 7 (2006)
Volume 6 (2005)
Volume 5 (2004)
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| Volume 27 (2026): 3 issues; ca. 375 pp. | EUR | EUR | |
| Volume 26 (2025): 3 issues; ca. 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
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Available back-volumes
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| Complete backset (Vols. 5‒25; 2004‒2024) | 63 issues; 10,130 pp. | EUR 6,835.00 | EUR 7,504.00 |
| Volume 25 (2024) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 24 (2023) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 21‒23 (2020‒2022) | 3 issues; avg. 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 20 (2019) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 19 (2018) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 18 (2017) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 17 (2016) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 16 (2015) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 15 (2014) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 14 (2013) | 3 issues; 480 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 5‒13 (2004‒2012) | 3 issues; avg. 485 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Interaction Studies offers online submission .
Before submitting, please consult the guidelines and the Short Guide to EM for Authors .
Calls for papers for thematic issues can be found under the "Call for Papers" tab on this website.
If you are not able to submit online , or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail:
Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn: kerstin.dautenhahnuwaterloo.ca
and
Prof. Angelo Cangelosi: angelo.cangelosimanchester.ac.uk
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Call for Papers
Call for Papers
Please check the deadlines carefully; some of the Calls for Papers on this page may have lapsed.
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Special Issue: Participating in interaction: Human, artificial, and other more-than-human perspectives
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026 -
Special Issue: Language and Interaction across Scales
Submission deadline: 15 September 2025