Social Interaction

Welcome to volume 6, issue 4. Since the launch of Social Interaction in 2018, the journal has maintained its frequency of high-quality publications. We, as co-editors, have been delighted with the success that the journal has achieved within the community of interaction researchers worldwide. Since its launch, there have been in the region of 90,000 views of the journal’s articles each year, exceeding our expectations by far. This high number is no doubt based on the quality of the papers, which is facilitated by the engagement from our review board and the reviewers in general, and by those who have stepped up to guest edit special issues. We would like to express our gratitude to the community that enables this journal to continue to thrive.

Going forward, we are very happy to welcome Spencer Hazel, Newcastle University, to act as a new co-editor. Spencer is a central figure in the EMCA community and has pushed forward our understandings of the multimodal organization of social interaction. Welcome on board, Spencer!

The journal is based on an open access ideology, and has no permanent financial support to cover running costs. We have so far been lucky in securing funding from national and international agencies. However, to keep the costs down and to minimize the vulnerability of being dependent on external funding, we can no longer accommodate costs for proofreading. For this reason, we request that authors – at their own expense – have their papers proofread prior to submitting the final version. It’s not a decision we have taken lightly, and we are aware of the bias it imposes on the research community.

A main goal for 2024 is to have Social Interaction indexed in all relevant records so that authors can get a clear picture of their impact factor. In the past, we have tried, but it has turned out to be a larger piece of work than anticipated. With Spencer on board, we hope we can achieve this goal in the near future.