Personal and Ubiquitous Computing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1997. It covers original research on ubiquitous and pervasive computing, ambient intelligence, and handheld, wearable and mobile information devices, with a focus on user experience and interaction design issues. The journal publishes a mixture of issues themed on specific topics, or organised around scientific workshops, and original research papers.
Google Scholar reports the h-index as 36 (h-median:57). According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.498 (5-year IF 1.461).
PUC has a team of 23 Editors and an editorial board of 26 academic and commercial researchers. The editor-in-chief is Peter Thomas (Manifesto Group). The journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Peter Thomas Manifesto Group / Brunel University / The Leasing FoundationEDITORS
Stephen Brewster University of Glasgow, UKAnind K. Dey Carnegie Mellon University, USAHans-W. Gellersen Lancaster University, UKLars Erik Holmquist Södertörn University, SwedenMatt Jones University of Wales, Swansea, UKJofish Kaye, Yahoo Labs, USChris Schmandt MIT Media Lab, USRob Macredie Brunel University, UKPhil Stenton BBC, UKAlan Chamberlain, University of Nottingham, UKAlbrecht Schmidt, University of Stuttgart, GermanyAlexandra Weilenmann, University of Gothenburg, SwedenBin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaEija Kaasinen, VTT, FinlandLi Bo, Samsung Research AmericaEmilia Barakova, Eindhoven University of Technology, NetherlandsEnrico Rukzio, Lancaster University, UKGillian Hayes, UC Irvine, USAMark Dunlop University of Glasgow, UKMikael Wiberg, Umeå University, SwedenYunchuan Sun, Beijing Normal University, ChinaZhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaEDITORIAL BOARD
Bert Arnrich, Bogazici University, TurkeyTilde Bekker, Eindhoven University of Technology, The NetherlandsVictoria Bellotti, Xerox PARC, USARongfang Bie, Beijing Normal University, ChinaMark Billinghurst, University of Washington, USAJose Bravo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, SpainLuca Chittaro, Universita di Udine, ItalyPaul Dourish, University of California, USAGheorghita Ghinea, Brunel University, UKKaramjit S. Gill, University of Wales, Newport, UKKostas Karpouzis, University of the Aegean, GreeceJames Katz, Bellcore, USARichard Ling, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Telenor R&D, NorwayPatti Maes, MIT Media Laboratory, USATom Martin, Virginia Tech, USAFriedemann Mattern, ETH Zurich Inst Informationssyteme, SwitzerlandJohn McCarthy, University College Cork, IrelandJose M. Noguera, University of Jaen, SpainJong Hyuk Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), KoreaReza Rawassizadeh, Dartmouth College, UKBoon-Chong Seet, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandElhadi M Shakshuki, Acadia University, CanadaYasuyuki Sumi, Kyoto University, JapanHarold Thimbleby, UCC, UKChai-Wen Tsai, Ming Chuan University, TaiwanBieke Zaman, KU Leuven - iMINDS, BelgiumAbstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, Academic Search, Compendex, Computer Science Index, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology, Digital Bibliography & Library Project, Ergonomics Abstracts, Inspec, io-port.net, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus.
