ACM Open

 

All MobileHCI 2027 papers will be published under ACM Open.

 

In 2027, ACM transitioned to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from

ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary

options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model

or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 3000 institutions already part of

ACM Open, the majority (~76%) of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require

APCs from authors or conferences.

 

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to

publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out

whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions

in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Keep in mind that waivers

are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

 

The rates are:

● $500 APC for ACM/SIG members

● $750 for non-members

 

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, there is the possibility

to apply for a financial hardship waiver.

 

 

Preparing the Submission

 

Novelty

The submission must be original work. It cannot have been published elsewhere nor be

under concurrent review for publication by another conference or journal. Out-of-scope

papers will be desk-rejected.

 

Length

Submissions between 5000 and 8000 words are encouraged. Submissions above 12000

words will be desk-rejected if their excessive length is not justified. Submissions under

5000 words are considered short papers. Concise and succinct writing is strongly

encouraged, shorter, more focused papers are encouraged and will be reviewed

appropriately. References and the appendix do not count toward the paper length.

Reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a submission relative to its

length, so papers with a length disproportionate to their contribution will likely be

rejected. The abstract has to be a paragraph of 150 words or less.

 

Formatting

Papers must be in English.

 

Authors are required to use the single-column ACM Manuscript template. Submission

preparation is described on the ACM Primary Template website

(https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template).

 

For LaTeX, the correct templates (Overleaf or LaTeX templates) can be found on ACM’s

Preparing your article for LaTeX page using \documentclass[manuscript, screen, review]

{acmart}.

 

For Word, the correct submission template can be found on ACM’s Preparing your article

for Word page i.e., “submission template.”

 

The TAPS workflow we use is described on ACM’s TAPS workflow page:

https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-workflow .

 

All references must be complete, accurate, accessible, and conform to the ACM Publication

Format.

 

Anonymity

All submissions need to be fully anonymized. This includes any appendices or

supplemental material as well as a potential acknowledgments section. Citations to the

authors’ own previous work are NOT allowed to be anonymized. This allows reviewers to

ensure all previous research has been taken into account. However, authors should refer

to their own prior work in the third person. For example, “Smith et al. [1] did … ” instead

of “We did … [1]”. Papers that violate the anonymization policy, including within the

supplemental materials or external links to datasets, code repositories, etc., will be desk-

rejected.

 

Supplementary Materials

All videos and supplementary material must be anonymized. Videos can be of any length

and should include closed captions and audio descriptions; see Accessible Presentation

Guide. Other supplementary material may include, for example, survey text, experimental

protocols, source code, and data, all of which can help others replicate the work. Authors

should submit any non-video supplementary material as a single .zip file, including a

README file with a description of the materials. Reviewers should be able to access the

contribution of the paper solely based on the main PDF submission. That is, the paper

submission must stand independently without the supplementary material.

 

Accessibility

Authors are required to follow SIGCHI’s Guide to an Accessible Submission. If authors have

questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions, please contact the Diversity

Chairs via diversity2027@mobilehci.acm.org early in the writing process (the closer to the

deadline, the less time the team will have to respond to individual requests). Papers

flagged as inaccessible by a reviewer will be reassigned. Note that while we strive to match

the best reviewer to each paper – the best reviewers for the work may not be able to

review an inaccessible submission.

 

Use of Generative AI

Authors must adhere to the ACM Policy on Authorship regarding the use of generative AI

in submissions. Authors are responsible for all content produced (including plagiarism,

misrepresentation, or fabrication) by these tools and must disclose their use.

 

ACM Publications Policy

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you

and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new

Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged

violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and

may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per

ACM Publications Policy.

 

ACM will investigate alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy. They

may result in a full retraction of the paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per

ACM Publications Policy.

 

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the

publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the

start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our

published authors. We are committed to improving author discoverability, ensuring proper

attribution and contributing to ongoing community efforts around name normalization;

your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.

 

 

Submitting

 

Review Responsibility

Everyone is welcome to submit. By submitting to MobileHCI 2027, all qualified authors

also agree to contribute to the review process.

 

Submission Platform

Submissions are facilitated via the Precision Conference System (PCS). Authors may submit

and edit their materials until the submission deadline. Should authors encounter any

difficulties, technical problems, or questions about this process, please contact the Papers

Chairs via papers2027@mobilehci.acm.org .

 

In PCS (https://new.precisionconference.com/), first click “Submissions” at the top of the

page. From the “Society” dropdown menu, select “SIGCHI.” Then, from the “Conference/

journal” dropdown menu, select “MobileHCI 2027.” Finally, from the “Track” dropdown

menu, select the “MobileHCI 2027 papers” option. After selecting all three dropdown

options, press “Go.” In the table below, authors will see a new entry for MobileHCI with an

“Edit submission” option; press this and enter all the required details.

 

Metadata Integrity

Changes in author names are not allowed after the submission deadline; there are no

exceptions. Changes to the order of authors are allowed only before the camera-ready

deadline. The metadata is crucial to the integrity of the review process and author

representation. If any of the authors needs to be added or removed after the

submission deadline, authors would need to withdraw their submissions/papers.

Minor changes to the title and abstract are permitted during the revision period.

 

Selection Process

We use a refereed process, i.e., an editorial board and a set of external reviewers will

review the submitted papers. The editorial board members will make decisions for any

submitted papers as either accepted, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejected. These

notifications will be sent to the corresponding authors. If the initial decision is “minor

revisions” or “major revision,” the paper authors will have time for the revision cycle to

address the required changes. After resubmission, the final decision on the revised papers

will be sent to the authors. Please note that for “major revision” submissions, the external

reviewers may check all the required changes. Reviewing will be conducted in a double-

anonymous fashion, i.e., reviewers and authors are anonymous to each other.

 

 

Upon Acceptance

 

Publication

The paper publication is archival, i.e., accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital

Library as part of the Proceedings of ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI).

ACM will send authors a copyright form, which they have to complete. Once completed,

authors will be provided with the ACM copyright information, which authors of accepted

papers are required to sign and put on their papers. Authors are required to submit their

camera-ready version through the submission system and process it according to the

publication instructions (https://mobilehci.acm.org/2027/publication-instructions/).

 

The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM

Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of the conference.

 

Presentation Format

Upon acceptance, we will invite authors to present their papers at the conference.

 

Conference Registration

For each accepted paper, at least one author must register (full registration) for the

MobileHCI 2027 conference by the early bird registration deadline.

 

Demo

The Demo Chairs might invite authors of accepted papers to participate in the demo

session. For this, authors have to submit an additional document describing the technical

requirements for the demo.