# 🚀 Planning an HCI submission this year? CHI is hot—but it’s not the whole game ✨

Joanne

CHI remains the flagship venue in the HCI field. It draws researchers from diverse disciplines, consistently puts humans at the center, and amplifies research impact through high quality papers, compelling keynotes, and extensive doctoral consortia. Yet CHI isn’t the entirety of the HCI landscape. It’s just the heart of a much broader ecosystem. Here’s a quick-look field guide

Six flagship international HCI conferences

Acronym	What makes it shine	Ideal authors	Home page
UIST	Hardware & novel interface tech; demo heavy culture	System / device researchers	https://uist.acm.org/2025/
SIGGRAPH	Graphics core plus dazzling VR/AR & 3-D interaction showcases	Graphics, visual interaction & art-tech hybrids	https://www.siggraph.org/
MobileHCI	Interaction in mobile, wearable & ubiquitous contexts	Ubicomp oriented, real world applications	https://mobilehci.acm.org/2024/
CSCW	Collaboration, remote work & social media at scale	Socio-technical & social computing teams	https://cscw.acm.org/2025/
DIS	Creative, cultural & critical interaction design	UX, speculative & experience driven scholars	https://dis.acm.org/2025/
CHI	Broadest scope, human centred ethos, highest brand value	Any HCI sub field	https://chi2026.acm.org/

Four high-impact HCI journals

Journal	Focus	Good for	Home page
ACM TOCHI	Major theoretical / methodological breakthroughs	Large, mature studies needing depth	https://dl.acm.org/journal/tochi
IJHCS <br>(International Journal of Human-Computer Studies)	Cognition → innovation → UX	Theory blended with applications	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies
CHB <br>(Computers in Human Behavior)	Psychological & behavioural angles on HCI	Quant-heavy user studies & surveys	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computers-in-human-behavior
IJHCI <br>(International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction)	Cognitive, creative, health-related themes	Breadth from conceptual to applied work	https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hihc20

️ Conference vs. journal: choosing the right vehicle

Conferences prize speed: decision to publication can be mere months, papers are concise, and novelty is king.
Journals prize depth: multiple revision rounds, no strict length cap, and a focus on long term influence.

When a conference is smarter

🧪 Fresh prototypes or phenomena that need rapid peer feedback
Face-to-face networking with collaborators and recruiters
️ Time-sensitive results where a decision within months matters

🧭 When a journal pays off

Data and theory fully polished and deserving full exposition
Citation slow burn for tenure or promotion dossiers
Ready for iterative reviews to reach an authoritative version

Take-away

If CHI is the main stage , UIST, SIGGRAPH, MobileHCI, CSCW & DIS are the satellite arenas ️;
TOCHI, IJHCS, CHB & IJHCI serve as deep archives .
Match your study’s maturity, urgency and career goals to the venue, follow the links above,
and—once you’ve dropped in those shiny images—let the best audience discover your work. Happy submitting!

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