The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies publishes research on the design and use of interactive computer technology. Research areas relevant to the journal include:

• Adaptive user interfaces
• Affective computing
• Ageing and digital technologies
• Computational interaction
• Computer mediated communication
• Computer supported cooperative work
• Computers and accessibility
• Conversational user interfaces
• Design and evaluation of interactive technologies
• Digital games and play
• Digital health systems
• Empirical studies of user behaviour
• Ethical aspects in the design of interactive systems
• HCI evaluation methodologies
• HCI for development
• HCI theory
• Human-AI interaction
• Intelligent tutoring systems
• Interaction techniques
• Mobile computing
• Multimodal interaction techniques
• Pervasive computing
• Privacy and security in regard to HCI
• Social computing
• Sustainable and critical computing
• Ubiquitous computing
• User experience and usability
• Virtual/Augmented/Mixed/Extended reality
• Visualization
• Wearable computers