Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction is an open access journal on digital interaction through several senses at once, published by MDPI.《Multimodal Technologies and Interaction》是一份聚焦经由多种感官同时进行的数字交互的开放获取期刊，由 MDPI 出版。

It was launched in 2017 and gathers work on the technologies that acquire and reproduce content for interaction.该刊于 2017 年创办，汇集为交互而获取与再现内容的技术方面的工作。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of computer science, cybernetics.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在计算机科学-控制论类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes multimodal interaction as its subject, and it asks how a system speaks to more than one sense at once.该刊以多模态交互为题材，追问系统如何同时诉诸不止一种感官。

• Human to computer interaction is named, and the journal carries work on how a person directs a machine.人机交互被点名，该刊刊载人如何指挥机器的工作。

• Human to robot interaction is treated, and the journal admits work on how a person and a machine share a space.人机（器人）交互得到处理，该刊收载人与机器如何共处一空间的工作。

• Animal to computer interaction is named, and the journal takes work on how another species is brought into a loop.动物-计算机交互被点名，该刊收载另一物种如何被纳入回路的工作。

• Visual content is treated, and the journal carries work on how an image or a display is made and read.视觉内容得到处理，该刊刊载图像或显示如何被制作与读取的工作。

• Tactile content is named, and the journal admits work on how a touch is produced and felt.触觉内容被点名，该刊收载触感如何被产生与感受的工作。

• Sonic content is part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how a sound carries meaning in an interface.听觉内容属于收稿范围，该刊收载声音如何在界面中承载意义的工作。

• Taste and smell are treated, and the journal carries work on the harder senses to reproduce.味觉与嗅觉得到处理，该刊刊载较难再现的感官方面的工作。

• Technology that acquires content is named, and the journal admits work on a new sensor or a new capture method.获取内容的技术被点名，该刊收载新传感器或新采集方法方面的工作。

• Technology that reproduces content is treated, and the journal takes work on a new actuator or display.再现内容的技术得到处理，该刊收载新致动器或显示器方面的工作。

• User experience is named, and the journal carries work on how an interface is judged by the person who uses it.用户体验被点名，该刊刊载界面如何被使用者评判的工作。

• Interaction design is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on how a scheme is worked out before it is built.交互设计属于收稿范围，该刊收载方案在被建造之前如何被拟定的工作。

• Evaluation is treated, and the journal takes work that measures what an interface does to a task.评估得到处理，该刊收载衡量界面对任务所作之事的工作。

• Virtual and augmented settings are named, and the journal carries work on how a sense of presence is built.虚拟与增强情境被点名，该刊刊载临场感如何被建立的工作。

• Accessibility is treated, and the journal admits work on how an interface is made usable by a wider range of people.无障碍得到处理，该刊收载界面如何被做得为更广人群所用的工作。

• Articles, reviews, research notes and short communications are all taken, and the journal sets out the structure each should follow.论文、综述、研究札记与短讯均予收载，该刊列出各类应遵循的结构。

• The journal is meant to join engineering and the human sciences, and it takes work from either side.该刊意在联结工程学与人文科学，两侧的工作均予收载。

History

• The journal was launched in 2017, and it set out to publish work on how several senses are brought into one interface.该刊于 2017 年创办，意在发表关于多种感官如何被纳入同一界面的工作。

• Its founding editor came from a laboratory that studies how people and machines meet, and the title grew out of that field.其创始主编来自一个研究人与机器如何相遇的实验室，该刊自那一领域生长出来。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 10 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 10 卷。

• Twelve issues are gathered into a year in the present arrangement, and the journal keeps a monthly rhythm.按现行安排该刊每年汇集十二期，保持月刊节奏。

• Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。

• The impact figure has risen in recent editions, standing at 2.4 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子在近期各版中上升，2023 年为 2.4，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in the directory of open access journals.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与开放获取期刊目录收录。

• Its papers are also listed in a large computing bibliography, and in PubMed on a selective basis.其论文亦被一份大型计算书目收录，并以择选方式列入 PubMed。

• Special issues are assembled around a theme, and the journal gathers work on such subjects as novel interfaces for games.该刊围绕主题编成专刊，汇集诸如面向游戏的新颖界面一类题目的工作。

Editors

• Mark Billinghurst of the University of South Australia and the University of Auckland is editor-in-chief, and his own field is augmented reality.南澳大利亚大学与奥克兰大学的（Mark Billinghurst）担任主编，其本人领域为增强现实。

• The founding editor led the title in its early years, and he later handed the office to the present holder.创始主编在该刊早年主持之，其后将该职交给现任者。

• A body of editors and an editorial board are drawn from several countries, and the journal names members from Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas.一组编辑与一个编委会从数个国家遴请，该刊列出亚洲、欧洲、大洋洲与美洲的成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Work that involves human participants is held to the usual standards, and the journal asks that approval and consent be recorded.涉及人类参与者的研究须达到惯常标准，该刊要求记录批准与同意情况。

• A study that puts a system before users is asked to report what the users did, not only what the authors expected.把系统交到用户面前的研究须报告用户实际所做，而非作者所预想。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and an enquiry may be made before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，在动笔之前可先行询问。

• Data sharing is encouraged, and the journal points to the publisher's policy that governs it.该刊鼓励数据共享，并指明出版方约束此事的政策。

• The journal is read by interaction designers and by computer scientists, by psychologists and by engineers, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有交互设计者与计算机科学家，也有心理学家与工程师，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a laboratory prototype toward a product is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把实验室样机带向产品的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since an interface that failed to help is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为无助于事的界面同样值得记录。

• Work on a head worn display is treated, and the journal carries papers on how a scene is placed before the eyes.头戴显示器方面的工作得到处理，该刊刊载场景如何被置于眼前的工作。

• Work on haptic feedback is named, and the journal admits papers on how a machine lets a hand know it has touched something.触觉反馈方面的工作被点名，该刊收载机器如何让手知道已触到某物的论文。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on a brain computer interface is named, and the journal carries papers on how an intention is read from a signal.脑机接口方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载意图如何自信号中被读取的论文。

• Work on a conversational agent is treated, and the journal asks how a spoken exchange is made to feel natural.对话式智能体方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问口语往来如何被做得自然。

• Work that weighs an interface against its cost and its effort is welcomed, and the journal carries papers on what the design buys.把界面与其成本、投入相权衡的工作受到欢迎，该刊刊载这一设计换得何物的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。