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An exciting journal which advances our understanding of extended reality to develop new technologies and find applications for society.

Frontiers in Virtual Reality is a multidisciplinary journal that explores the entire breadth of extended reality. The journal is led by Field Chief Editor Dr. Mel Slater (University of Barcelona, Spain) and explores a...

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Mel Slater

University of Barcelona

Spain

Editor-in-Chief

Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Albert Rizzo

Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Virtual Reality in Medicine

Anthony Steed

University College London

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Technologies for VR

Carolina Cruz-Neira

University of Central Florida

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Virtual Reality in Industry

MYUNGHWAN YUN

Seoul National University

Republic of Korea

Specialty Chief Editor

Haptics

Mark Billinghurst

University of South Australia

Australia

Specialty Chief Editor

Augmented Reality

Amela Sadagic

Naval Postgraduate School

United States

Associate Editor

Virtual Reality in Industry

Amy C Banic

University of Wyoming

United States

Associate Editor

Technologies for VR

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About the journal

Scope

Frontiers in Virtual Reality is a multidisciplinary journal that explores the entire breadth of extended reality. The journal is led by Field Chief Editor Dr. Mel Slater (University of Barcelona, Spain) and explores all the possibilities relating to virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (ESCI), and the DOAJ, among others, Frontiers in Virtual Reality advances our understanding of extended reality to develop new technologies and find enabling applications for society. The journal welcomes submissions in the following areas of virtual reality research: augmented reality haptics technologies for VR virtual reality and human behaviour virtual reality in industry virtual reality in medicine. In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 9: industry, innovation, and infrastructure. Frontiers in Virtual Reality is committed to advancing developments in the field by communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Aims

Frontiers in Virtual Reality is a multidisciplinary journal that explores the entire breadth of extended reality.

The journal is led by Field Chief Editor Dr. Mel Slater (University of Barcelona, Spain) and explores all the possibilities relating to virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (ESCI), and the DOAJ, among others, Frontiers in Virtual Reality advances our understanding of extended reality to develop new technologies and find enabling applications for society.

The journal welcomes submissions in the following areas of virtual reality research:

augmented reality

haptics

technologies for VR

virtual reality and human behaviour

virtual reality in industry

virtual reality in medicine.

In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 9: industry, innovation, and infrastructure.

Frontiers in Virtual Reality is committed to advancing developments in the field by communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/about

ISSN
2673-4192
Editor-in-Chief
Mel Slater (University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) — Field Chief Editor
Established
2026

Sections

  • Augmented Reality

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/augmented-reality

  • Haptics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/haptics

  • Technologies for VR

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/technologies-for-vr

  • Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/virtual-reality-and-human-behaviour

  • Virtual Reality in Industry

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/virtual-reality-in-industry

  • Virtual Reality in Medicine

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/sections/virtual-reality-in-medicine

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Review
  • Methods
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Perspective
  • Clinical Trial
  • Case Report
  • Data Report
  • Brief Research Report
  • General Commentary
  • Opinion
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • Registered Report
  • Technology and Code
  • FAIR² Data

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 2,195 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Clinical Trial, Registered Report, Technology and Code
  • - Category B: CHF 1,750 — Mini Review, Perspective, Case Report, Data Report, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Peer review

  • Official peer-review process: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Publication ethics

  • Policies and publication ethics: https://www.frontiersin.org/guidelines/policies-and-publication-ethics

Indexing

  • Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
  • CNKI Scholar
  • CLOCKSS
  • Crossref
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences GoOA
  • Dimensions
  • OpenAIRE
  • EBSCO
  • Digital Biography & Library Project (dblp)
  • DOAJ
  • Scopus
  • PsycINFO
  • Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Google Scholar
  • ProQuest

Affiliated societies

  • Committee on Publication Ethics

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/about

Instructions for authors

Accepted article types

  • Original Research (fee category A)
  • Systematic Review (fee category A)
  • Methods (fee category A)
  • Review (fee category A)
  • Mini Review (fee category B)
  • Policy and Practice Reviews (fee category A)
  • Hypothesis and Theory (fee category A)
  • Perspective (fee category B)
  • Clinical Trial (fee category A)
  • Case Report (fee category B)
  • Data Report (fee category B)
  • Brief Research Report (fee category B)
  • General Commentary (fee category B)
  • Opinion (fee category B)
  • Correction (fee category C)
  • Editorial (fee category C)
  • Registered Report (fee category A)
  • Technology and Code (fee category A)
  • FAIR² Data

Author guidelines

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/for-authors/author-guidelines

Peer review

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Journal metrics

Citation score
7.9
Impact indicator
2.5
Articles
50
Total views
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Citations
14,620

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
3.9
CiteScore
7.9
Citations
14620
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-22.