About the Journal

The Journal of Usability Studies (JUS) is a peer-reviewed, international, online publication dedicated to promoting and enhancing the practice, research, and education of usability engineering.

The journal aims to provide usability practitioners and researchers with a forum to share:

• Empirical findings and case studies
• Emerging methods and tools
• Reports of good practices in usability engineering
• Approaches and case studies in usability education and training
• Opinions and experiences regarding the practice and education of usability engineering

Call for Papers

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts addressing various aspects of quantitative and qualitative usability studies that have some generalization value for any interactive product.

This can include (but is not limited to):

• empirical findings of usability studies (but not the full usability reports)
• comparative studies between usability methods, approaches, methods, and techniques for planning and conducting usability tests
• newly defined and tested usability metrics
• data analysis approaches
• academic research that has strong practical and applicable implications to design and testing
• critical or thought/discussion papers challenging and questioning practices and proposing innovative ideas and approaches
• reporting the design and implementation of teaching or training approaches
• descriptions and discussions of automated, computerized tools for usability data collection and testing
• the empirical development and implementation of usability standards and guidelines.

"Usability studies" can include:

• experiments
• laboratory studies
• field studies
• contextual inquiries
• ethnographic studies
• expert or heuristic evaluations
• model-based evaluations
• other techniques

 

 

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Contacting the Journal

To contact JUS, send an email to:

• jus@upassoc.org

The Journal of Usability Studies is ISSN 1931-3357

Advisory and Editorial Boards

Working with the Editor in Chief, the Advisory board sets the overall direction for the Journal of Usability Studies.

• Ginny Redish
• Arnie Lund
• Jakob Nielsen
• Jeff Rubin

The Editorial Board manages peer reviews and selects articles for publication. Editorial Board members are appointed for a two year term. The inaugural board includes:

• Avi Parush, Editor in Chief
• Bob Bailey
• Carol Barnum
• Randolph Bias
• Elizabeth Buie
• Gilbert Cockton
• Laura Downey
• Joe Dumas
• Doug Gillan
• Kasper Hornbaek
• William Hudson
• Caroline Jarrett
• James R. Lewis
• Gitte Lindgaard
• Mary Beth Rettger
• Carol Righi
• Carolyn Snyder
• Sarah J. Swierenga
• Mary Theofanos
• Tom Tullis
• Carl Zetie