ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction is the peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of human-robot interaction published by the Association for Computing Machinery, open access since its 2018 rebranding from the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.0《ACM 人机交互汇刊》（ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction）是美国计算机学会出版的人机交互同行评审跨学科期刊，2018 年由《Journal of Human-Robot Interaction》更名而来并保持开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 7.0。

Scope

• The journal is devoted to the interdisciplinary field of human-robot interaction该刊专注于人机交互这一跨学科领域。
• It examines how people interact with robots and robotic technologies, how to improve those interactions and how to enable new ones期刊考察人与机器人及机器人技术的互动方式、如何改进这类互动以及如何催生新的互动形式。
• The impact of such interaction on an organisation or on society is within scope这类互动对组织或社会的影响属于其范围。
• It brings together researchers from robotics, artificial intelligence, human factors, psychology, design, haptics and mechatronics期刊汇集来自机器人学、人工智能、人因、心理学、设计、触觉学与机电一体化的研究者。
• Publication preference is given to articles that contribute to the state of the art or advance general knowledge期刊优先发表推进领域前沿或扩充一般知识的文章。
• Accepted papers must be written to be intelligible to a wide range of audiences and achieve a high standard of scholarship录用论文须面向广泛读者群体且清晰可读，并达到较高的学术水准。

History

• The journal traces its origin to the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, founded in 2012 by Sara Kiesler of Carnegie Mellon University and Michael Goodrich of Brigham Young University该刊源于 2012 年由（Carnegie Mellon University）的（Sara Kiesler）与（Brigham Young University）的（Michael Goodrich）创办的《Journal of Human-Robot Interaction》。
• In July 2017 ACM announced that the journal would become an ACM publication from January 2018 and be rebranded as the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction2017 年 7 月（ACM）宣布该刊自 2018 年 1 月起成为其出版物，并更名为《ACM 人机交互汇刊》。
• It became ACM's first robotics journal and continued to be open access to foster the widest possible readership它成为（ACM）首本机器人学期刊，并延续开放获取以争取最广泛的读者。
• All issues are available in the ACM Digital Library, and the journal is published under electronic ISSN 2573-9522全部卷期均可在（ACM Digital Library）获取，期刊电子 ISSN 为 2573-9522。
• The human-robot interaction field has grown substantially since 2012, driving the journal's expansion自 2012 年以来人机交互领域显著增长，推动了期刊的发展。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.5 in 2024 to 7.0 in 2025, ranking 9th among 48 robotics journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index其影响因子由 2024 年的 5.5 升至 2025 年的 7.0，在（Emerging Sources Citation Index）的 48 种机器人学期刊中列第 9 位。

Editors

• The journal is edited under the ACM publications programme, and the founding editors of its predecessor title were Sara Kiesler and Michael Goodrich该刊在（ACM）出版体系下编辑，其前身刊物的创刊编辑为（Sara Kiesler）与（Michael Goodrich）。
• Its editorial leadership and review processes continue the model established by the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction其编辑领导与评审流程延续《Journal of Human-Robot Interaction》确立的模式。
• The journal states a commitment to excellence, sustainability and inclusion in its scholarship and review processes期刊声明在学术与评审过程中坚持卓越、可持续与包容。
• Submitted articles must achieve a high standard of scholarship and advance or challenge existing understandings投稿文章须达到较高学术水准，并推进或挑战既有认识。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed and all content is published open access稿件经同行评审，全部内容以开放获取方式发表。