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Journals & Periodicals

Internet Links for Professional Journals & Periodicals

Journals & Periodicals

This page focuses attention on Professional Journals and Periodicals in our varied disciplines. While the journals and periodicals are categorized below, there is often overlap between disciplines. You might want to look at more than one category.

Other pages on this site discuss each discipline in greater detail. This page is an attempt to include all of the major journals and periodicals.

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Internet Links

As a service to our professional community, we are pleased to bring you a great starting place for locating journals and periodicals focused on each of our disciplines.

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• Human Factors / Engineering Psychology
• User Interface Design / HCI
• Workplace Ergonomics / Safety
• Website Design / Computing

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Human Factors

• American Psychological Association PsychNET (SM) is the home page for the American Psychological Association. This is the home of PsychNET that permits great searches of the literature.
• Cognitive Science is the official journal of the Cognitive Science Society.
• CSTG is the newsletter of the HFES Computer Systems Technical Group (CSTG).
• Ergonomics in Design is published by the Ergonomics Society intended to serve the needs of practicing human factors engineers and ergonomists who are concerned with the usability of products, systems, and environments. It provides up-to-date demonstrations of the importance of ergonomics principles in design and implementation.
• Human Factors is the premier publication of the Society. Human Factors is a peer-reviewed journal presenting original papers of scientific merit that contribute to the understanding and advancement of the systematic consideration of people in relation to machines, systems, and environments.
• IIE Transactions published by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the journal is composed of four Focused Issues: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Scheduling and Logistics.
• Industrial Engineer is a monthly magazine designed exclusively for managers and engineers responsible for reducing operating costs, increasing efficiency and boosting productivity in business, industry and government.
• International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing focuses on topics such as: job design, productivity, and human factors as it applies to manufacturing.
• Internetworking is the newsletter of the ITG (Internet Technical Group) is a place to publish web usability research, opinions, reviews and a wide variety of other items of interest to ITG members.
• International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics covers the following areas: industrial and occupational ergonomics, design of systems, tools and equipment, human performance measurement and modeling, human productivity, humans in technologically complex systems, and safety.
• Personal and Ubiquitous Computing focuses on the design and evaluation of new generations of handheld and mobile information appliances.

User Interface Design

• ACM Interactions is ACM's bi-monthly magazine for designers of interactive products.
• ACM Journal of Computer Documentation an interactive Bulletin Web Site. You not only can read about the latest developments at SIGCHI you can participate in those developments via discussions, letters to the editor, and your own articles.
• ACM SIGCHI Bulletin provides a forum on documentation and user support for computer products and systems.
• ACM Transactions On Computer-Human Interactions (TOCHI) this archival journal publishes original research that spans the field of human-computer interaction.
• Behaviour & Information Technology contains a wide range of topics about Information Technology R & D.
• Cognition, Technology & Work focuses on the practical issues of human interaction with technology in the context of work and in particular how human cognition affects, and is affected by work and working conditions.
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is The Journal of Collaborative Computing and is devoted to innovative research in computer supported cooperative work.
• Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) is a novel kind of scientific journal, with a radically new approach to reviewing procedures, communication between peers, information services within a research community, and even to the very concept of scientific publication.
• HCI Letters published by HCRIN, this is an international journal which carries rapid research communications for the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research community.
• Hot Topics! is a monthly online publication for academics, professionals and students alike. The intention of this publication is to position Human Computer Interaction in a broad context.
• Human-Computer Interaction is a journal of theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues of user science and of system design.
• Information Technology & People is a journal that stands for continuous innovation of social and organizational strategies in the design and use of information technology, from the network to the desktop.
• Information Visualization is a central forum for all aspects of information visualization and its applications.
• Interacting With Computers acts as an international forum for the discussion of HCI issues.
• Interfaces is the quarterly magazine for members of the British HCI Group, with features, events, reviews and jobs.
• The International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction addresses the cognitive, social, health, and ergonomic aspects of work with computers.
• The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies/Knowledge Acquisition is a scholarly journal published monthly by Elsevier. It encompasses a wide range of topics relating to computers and people.
• International Journal of Speech Technology is a research journal that focuses on speech technology and its applications. It promotes research and description on all aspects of speech input and output, including theory, experiment, testing, base technology, applications.
• Journal of Organizational and End User Computing formerly the Journal of End User Computing is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association. It provides a forum to information technology educators, researchers, and practitioners to advance the practice and understanding of organizational and end user computing.
• The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) serves as a forum for new research in information transfer and communication processes in general, and in the context of recorded knowledge in particular. Concerns include the generation, recording, distribution, storage, representation, retrieval, and dissemination of information, as well as its social impact and management of information agencies.
• Personal and Ubiquitous Computing has published some of the most innovative international research contributions on the design and evaluation of new generations of handheld and mobile information appliances.
• Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems is the journal of the IRIS Association (Information Systems Research in Scandinavia). The roots of the journal can be found in the tradition of annual IRIS conference.
• The SIGCHI Bulletin is a quarterly publication of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction.
• Technical Communication Online is the online version of the Journal of the Society for Technical Communications.
• Usability Interface is the quarterly publication of the STC Usability SIG. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide technical communicators with up-to-date and in-depth information on how they can apply usability design and testing techniques to their products.
• Usability News is a free web newsletter that is produced by the Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL). The SURL team specializes in software/website user interface design research, human-computer interaction research, and usability testing and research.
• User Experience is a publication of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) that contains significant and unique articles dealing with the broad field of usability and the user experience.
• User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI) provides an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of new research results on interactive computer systems that can be adapted or adapt themselves to their current users, and on the role of user models in the adaptation process.
• The Voice is the official publication of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA). It contains a wide range of articles about usability.

Workplace Ergonomics / Safety

• Annals of Occupational Hygiene is a research journal on hazards and risks to health resulting from work. The journal is particularly interested in recognition, quantification, management and control of risk. It includes papers on basic mechanisms, human aspects and technology, and on environmental risks to humans when these are work-related. Published papers originate from all over the world, with about 60% from continental Europe and North America.
• Applied Ergonomics is aimed at ergonomists and all those interested in applying ergonomics/human factors in the design, planning and management of technical and social systems at work or leisure.
• Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine provides contact with physicians, life scientists, bioengineers, and medical specialists working in both basic medical research and in its clinical applications.
• CTDNews workplace solutions for repetitive stress injuries offers a newsletter about the latest ergonomics tips and solutions to improve the safety of the workplace, prevent employee injuries and keep workers' compensation costs in check.
• Clinical Biomechanics is an international multidisciplinary journal of musculoskeletal biomechanics. The journal explores all facets of musculoskeletal biomechanics with an emphasis on clinical management.
• Ergonomics is the official Journal of the Ergonomics Society and the International Ergonomics Association.
• Ergonomics Abstracts is a focused, comprehensive, and international abstracting service, spanning the world of ergonomics and human factors.
• Human Movement Science provides a forum for presenting, and bringing together, psychological, neurophysiological and biomechanical/biophysical research on human movement.
• International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics covers the following areas: industrial and occupational ergonomics, design of systems, tools and equipment, human performance measurement and modeling, human productivity, humans in technologically complex systems, and safety.
• The Journal of Applied Biomechanics (JAB) is a quarterly journal devoted to the study of human biomechanics in sport, exercise, and rehabilitation.
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering covers Artificial Organs and Prostheses; Bioinstrumentation and Measurements; Bioheat Transfer; Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Bioprocess Engineering; Cellular Mechanics; Design and Control of Biological Systems; Physiological Systems.
• Journal of Biomechanics publishes reports of original and substantial findings using the principles of mechanics to explore biological problems.
• Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene is the official journal of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology publishes empirical and conceptual papers which aim to increase understanding of people and organizations at work. Papers include: industrial, organizational, engineering, vocational and personnel psychology, as well as behavioural aspects of industrial relations, ergonomics, human factors and industrial sociology.
• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology publishes empirical and conceptual papers which aim to increase understanding of people and organizations at work. Papers include: industrial, organizational, engineering, vocational and personnel psychology, as well as behavioural aspects of industrial relations, ergonomics, human factors and industrial sociology.
• Journal of Safety Research is an interdisciplinary publication that provides for the exchange of ideas and data developed through research experience in all areas of safety including traffic, industry, farm, home, school and public.
• Occupational Hazards is a magazine covering occupational safety, health, and loss prevention.
• Occupational Health & Safety is a magazine for practical advice on how to keep the workplace safe from hazards and in full compliance with ever-changing laws and regulations. They also have a free newsletter.
• Occupational Medicine covers work-related injury and illness, accident and illness prevention, health promotion, occupational disease, health education, the establishment and implementation of health and safety standards, monitoring of the work environment, and the management of recognized hazards.
• Occupational Safety & Health Reporter contains full news coverage and documentation of federal and state occupational safety and health programs, standards, legislation, regulations, enforcement, and court and agency decisions, rely on the resource that OSHA officials themselves use.
• Professional Safety is the official publication of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
• Safety + Health is a magazine published by the National Safety Council.
• Safety Science serves as an international medium for research in the science and technology of human safety. It extends from safety of people at work to other spheres, such as transport, leisure and home, as well as every other field of man's hazardous activities.
• The Scandinavian Journal of Work is meant for all readers interested in original research or reviews of original research in the fields of occupational and environmental health. It is multidisciplinary and publishes articles on the ergonomic, epidemiologic, hygienic, medical, physical, physiological, psychological, sociological, and toxicologic aspects of the interaction between work, the environment and health.
• Sound and Vibration The Noise and Vibration Control Magazine is concerned with noise and vibration control, automotive NVH, dynamic measurements, modal analysis, machinery reliability, acoustical engineering and dynamic testing.
• Spine is an international, peer-reviewed, bi-weekly periodical that considers for publication original articles in the field of spine. It is the leading subspecialty journal for the treatment of spinal disorders.
• Standardization News (SN) is the official monthly magazine of ASTM. It is the only publication that provides you with a complete picture of the world's standards development process while giving you a voice in that process.
• The Synergist is a magazine published by The American Industrial Hygienist Association (AIHA) with the objective is to present information that is newsworthy and of general interest in industrial hygiene.
• Universal Access in the Information Society is an international, interdisciplinary refereed journal that solicits original research contributions addressing the accessibility, usability, and, ultimately, acceptability of Information Society Technologies by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and through any media and device.

Website Design / Computing

• ACM Communications Every month Communications brings its readers the latest in technology trends as written by the very creators and innovators of those technologies.
• ACM TechNews is intended as an objective news digest for busy IT Professionals.
• ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions the primary emphasis has been on results of broad application, but the journal considers original work focused on specific domains, on special requirements, on ethical issues -- the full range of design, development, and use of interactive systems.
• ACM Transactions on Graphics the purpose is to further the development of computer graphics by encouraging high-quality research in the field and disseminating that research rapidly and widely.
• ACM TOIS Transactions on Information Systems considers the design, performance, and evaluation of computer systems that facilitate the presentation of information in a variety of media, as well as underlying technologies that support these systems.
• ACM TOSEM the purpose of the Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology is to publish original and significant results in all areas of software engineering research.
• Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape.
• Communications of the ACM (CACM) is a monthly publication of ACM discussing computing and user interface design topics.
• Computer is the flagship publication of the IEEE Computer Society, publishes peer-reviewed technical content that covers all aspects of computer science, computer engineering, technology, and applications.
• Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (CMC) highlights content from past issues of the monthly magazine and provides the latest news in many areas of the online world, including information technology, knowledge management, and e-business.
• D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues.
• Empirical Software Engineering focuses on the collection and analysis of data and experience that can be used to characterize, evaluate and reveal relationships between software engineering artifacts. The journal focuses on the collection and analysis of data and experience that can be used to characterize, evaluate and reveal relationships between software engineering artifacts.
• IT&Society is a web-based scholarly journal devoted to the scientific analysis of the social impact of information technology on society, with special emphasis on quantitative survey analysis.
• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications bridges the theory and practice of computer graphics.
• IEEE Intelligent Systems is a bimonthly publication of the IEEE Computer Society, covers new tools, techniques, concepts, and current research and development activities in intelligent systems.
• IEEE Internet Computing helps computer scientists and engineers use the ever-expanding resources of the Internet.
• IEEE MultiMedia covers technical information on a broad range of issues in multimedia systems and applications.
• IEEE Software is designed to build the community of leading and future software practitioners. The magazine delivers reliable, useful, leading-edge software development information to keep engineers and managers abreast of rapid technology change.
• The Information Society (TIS) is a forum for leading edge analysis of the impacts, policies, system concepts, and methodologies related to information technologies and changes in society and culture. Some of the key information technologies include computers and telecommunications; the sites of social change include homelife, workplaces, schools, communities and diverse organizations, as well as new social forms in cyberspace.
• Journal of Digital Information publishes papers on the management, presentation, and uses of information in digital environments.
• Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH) is designed to provide a multi-disciplinary forum to present and discuss research, development and applications of multimedia and hypermedia in education.
• Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research into the implications of technologies for organizational structure and dynamics, the technological advances needed to keep pace with organizational changes, and emerging technological possibilities for improving organizational productivity.
• netWorker is an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) publication focuses on the craft of network computing.
• The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia is designed to provide a focus for research and a source of information on the practical and theoretical developments in hypermedia, hypertext, interactive multimedia and related technologies.
• PsychNology Journal is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary on-line journal publishing contributions on the relationship between humans and technology.
• Requirements Engineering provides a focus for the dissemination of new results about the elicitation, representation and validation of requirements of software intensive information systems or applications.
• Ubiquity is a Web-based publication of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), dedicated to fostering critical analysis and in-depth commentary on issues relating to the nature, constitution, structure, science, engineering, technology, practices and paradigms of the IT profession.

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