Journal profile
International Journal of Virtual Reality
ISSN 1081-1451 · Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology · France
International Journal of Virtual Reality: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Virtual Reality is published by Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques and Interactive and Immersive Displays, together about 46.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IJVR is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes (since 1995!) original research in the areas of immersive technologies and their uses: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, globally called “XR”. International Journal of Virtual Reality solicits contributions describing original research results in all fields of “X Reality” (XR). Papers may come from any area of XR activity, from academia or industry. IJVR seeks contributions addressing, for example: Health: Surgery, Handicap, Healthcare, Training, Education, Medicine, Mental health, Addiction, Phobia, … Human Centered Experience: Presence, Self-presence, Virtual embodiment, Incarnation, Cognition, Earth day/ethic, Ethical issues in VR/AR/MR, Transhumanism, Social experience, Education, Culture, Human factors, Perception, Teleoperation and telepresence, Virtual humans and avatars, Multi-user and distributed VR/AR/MR, Living in a virtual collaborative world, User eXperience, 3D interaction for VR/AR/MR, 3DUI metaphors for VR/AR/MR, … Design & Creativity: Engineering design, Sharing ideas, Cocreation, Live scenarios, Data viz, Training, Content creation, Interactive 3D production, 360 acquisition Systems, Volumetric Scanning & Reconstruction, Immersive Storytelling, Modeling and simulation, Arts, Engineering Design, Ideation, Creativity, Links to CAD software, … Industry 4.0: Training, Maintenance, CAD, Practical cases, … New technology & Cross technology: Artificial intelligence, IoT, BIM, Big data, Hard & Soft dedicated to XR, Multimodal interfaces, Advanced or experimental display technology (e.g. Light Fields), Immersive projection technology, Computer graphics techniques, Visual, Audio, Tactile interfaces, Emerging related technologies, Robotics, 3D Print, Drones, Light field, Low Tech VR, Ubiquitous Computing, Tracking and sensing, Input devices for VR/AR/MR, Locomotion and navigation in virtual environments, Haptics, Sensors, … IJVR has a commitment to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically immediately upon receipt. All published papers are freely available online. Our philosophy is open access, because we believe that scientific publications should be made freely available to international academia and private research. We also know that it is often constraining for a laboratory or author to pay a sum of money to the publisher to disseminate a paper. IJVR is supported by the world's leading players in virtual reality and augmented reality thanks to our un
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Simon RICHIRPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 6, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Italy 1, Australia 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Virtual Reality Applications and ImpactsComputer Science20.4%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization TechniquesComputer Science14.2%
- Interactive and Immersive DisplaysComputer Science12%
- Simulation and Modeling ApplicationsEngineering9.7%
- 3D Shape Modeling and AnalysisEngineering6%
- Augmented Reality ApplicationsComputer Science5.6%
- Teleoperation and Haptic SystemsEngineering4.4%
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 323 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 159 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 347 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 386 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 385 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 369 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 344 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- literature reviews
Article types accepted1
- research papersIJVR accepts research papers which present primary and unpublished studies, with a maximum word count of 8,000.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Data availability
Names and email addresses used exclusively for stated journal purposes. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright on any article in IJVR is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction provided the original work is properly cited. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Copyright retained by authors under Creative Commons license permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction with proper citation. Model summary
Copyright on any article in IJVR is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction provided the original work is properly cited (see Open Access Policy section)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1081-1451
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Virtual Reality
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Virtual Reality?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Virtual Reality?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Virtual Reality based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (6), United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Virtual Reality?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Virtual Reality is indexed in DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Virtual Reality open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Virtual Reality is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .