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Virtual Worlds

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Years of issue
2024-2026
journal names
Virtual Worlds
Publications
125
Citations
810
h-index
15
Publications
125
Citations
793
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (35 publications)
United Kingdom (22 publications)
Greece (11 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Virtual Worlds
28 citations, 3.46%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
21 citations, 2.59%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
21 citations, 2.59%
IEEE Access
18 citations, 2.22%
Electronics (Switzerland)
14 citations, 1.73%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
14 citations, 1.73%
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
13 citations, 1.6%
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
13 citations, 1.6%
Virtual Reality
11 citations, 1.36%
Heritage
10 citations, 1.23%
Frontiers in Virtual Reality
9 citations, 1.11%
Future Internet
8 citations, 0.99%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
8 citations, 0.99%
Buildings
8 citations, 0.99%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.74%
Sensors
6 citations, 0.74%
Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services
6 citations, 0.74%
Medical Advancements in Aging and Regenerative Technologies
6 citations, 0.74%
Brain Sciences
5 citations, 0.62%
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
5 citations, 0.62%
BMC Nursing
5 citations, 0.62%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
5 citations, 0.62%
Displays
4 citations, 0.49%
Education Sciences
4 citations, 0.49%
Frontiers in Education
4 citations, 0.49%
Multimedia Tools and Applications
4 citations, 0.49%
SSRN Electronic Journal
4 citations, 0.49%
Computers in Human Behavior Reports
4 citations, 0.49%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
4 citations, 0.49%
Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities
4 citations, 0.49%
Interactive Learning Environments
3 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Psychology
3 citations, 0.37%
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
3 citations, 0.37%
Current Forestry Reports
3 citations, 0.37%
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
3 citations, 0.37%
Healthcare
3 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Human Computer Studies
3 citations, 0.37%
Scientific Reports
3 citations, 0.37%
Education and Information Technologies
3 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Medicine
3 citations, 0.37%
Heliyon
3 citations, 0.37%
Bioengineering
3 citations, 0.37%
Encyclopedia
3 citations, 0.37%
Systems
3 citations, 0.37%
Information Systems Engineering and Management
3 citations, 0.37%
American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education
2 citations, 0.25%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
2 citations, 0.25%
Information (Switzerland)
2 citations, 0.25%
Anatomical Sciences Education
2 citations, 0.25%
Nurse Educator
2 citations, 0.25%
Cogent Education
2 citations, 0.25%
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
2 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers of Architectural Research
2 citations, 0.25%
Automation in Construction
2 citations, 0.25%
Computers and Graphics
2 citations, 0.25%
E3S Web of Conferences
2 citations, 0.25%
Nurse Education Today
2 citations, 0.25%
TechTrends
2 citations, 0.25%
Procedia Computer Science
2 citations, 0.25%
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2 citations, 0.25%
SAE Technical Papers
2 citations, 0.25%
Remote Sensing
2 citations, 0.25%
Thinking Skills and Creativity
2 citations, 0.25%
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
2 citations, 0.25%
Materials
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
2 citations, 0.25%
Nursing Reports
2 citations, 0.25%
Smart Cities
2 citations, 0.25%
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
2 citations, 0.25%
JMIR Serious Games
2 citations, 0.25%
Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio
2 citations, 0.25%
IEEE Transactions on Games
2 citations, 0.25%
Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics
2 citations, 0.25%
Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
2 citations, 0.25%
Springer Series in Design and Innovation
2 citations, 0.25%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
1 citation, 0.12%
Machines
1 citation, 0.12%
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
1 citation, 0.12%
Micromachines
1 citation, 0.12%
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
1 citation, 0.12%
Cognition, Technology and Work
1 citation, 0.12%
Foreign Language Annals
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Surgical Education
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Media Psychology
1 citation, 0.12%
Teaching and Learning in Nursing
1 citation, 0.12%
Reseaux
1 citation, 0.12%
Studies in Computational Intelligence
1 citation, 0.12%
Frontiers in Surgery
1 citation, 0.12%
ACM Computing Surveys
1 citation, 0.12%
HERD
1 citation, 0.12%
Nature Communications
1 citation, 0.12%
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds
1 citation, 0.12%
Applied Economics
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Cultural Heritage
1 citation, 0.12%
International Journal of Engineering Business Management
1 citation, 0.12%
International Journal of Management Education
1 citation, 0.12%
Information Technology and Tourism
1 citation, 0.12%
Anthropological Review
1 citation, 0.12%
Psychology and Marketing
1 citation, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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MDPI
189 citations, 23.33%
Springer Nature
141 citations, 17.41%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
108 citations, 13.33%
Elsevier
92 citations, 11.36%
IGI Global
48 citations, 5.93%
Taylor & Francis
33 citations, 4.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
30 citations, 3.7%
Frontiers Media S.A.
28 citations, 3.46%
Wiley
27 citations, 3.33%
SAGE
18 citations, 2.22%
Emerald
16 citations, 1.98%
JMIR Publications
8 citations, 0.99%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.62%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.62%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.37%
American Physiological Society
2 citations, 0.25%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
2 citations, 0.25%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
2 citations, 0.25%
SAE International
2 citations, 0.25%
Izmir Akademi Dernegi
2 citations, 0.25%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.12%
Oxford University Press
1 citation, 0.12%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.12%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
1 citation, 0.12%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.12%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
Optica Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.12%
MIT Press
1 citation, 0.12%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
1 citation, 0.12%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1 citation, 0.12%
Fuji Technology Press
1 citation, 0.12%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.12%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1 citation, 0.12%
Publishing House Science
1 citation, 0.12%
A and V Publications
1 citation, 0.12%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.12%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.12%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.12%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.12%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.12%
Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEE Japan)
1 citation, 0.12%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.12%
Kazakh-British Technical University
1 citation, 0.12%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.12%
Namik Kemal University
1 citation, 0.12%
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
7 publications, 5.6%
Auburn University
6 publications, 4.8%
Cyprus University of Technology
3 publications, 2.4%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 2.4%
University of Nottingham
3 publications, 2.4%
Georgia Institute of technology
3 publications, 2.4%
Mississippi State University
3 publications, 2.4%
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Cyprus
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Twente
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Naples Federico II
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Antwerp
2 publications, 1.6%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.6%
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
2 publications, 1.6%
Italian Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Newcastle Australia
2 publications, 1.6%
Charles Sturt University
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 1.6%
Clemson University
2 publications, 1.6%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Peloponnese
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Western Macedonia
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 1.6%
University of Utah
2 publications, 1.6%
University of York
2 publications, 1.6%
Duke-NUS Medical School
2 publications, 1.6%
National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology
2 publications, 1.6%
Universidad de Colima
2 publications, 1.6%
California State University, Fresno
2 publications, 1.6%
Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics
1 publication, 0.8%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.8%
Marmara University
1 publication, 0.8%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
1 publication, 0.8%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Genoa
1 publication, 0.8%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.8%
Monash University Malaysia
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Lorraine
1 publication, 0.8%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 0.8%
Geneva University Hospitals
1 publication, 0.8%
Parthenope University of Naples
1 publication, 0.8%
Polytechnic University of Milan
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.8%
Polytechnic University of Turin
1 publication, 0.8%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.8%
University College London
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Dundee
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
1 publication, 0.8%
Arab Open University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.8%
Royal Holloway University of London
1 publication, 0.8%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.8%
Edinburgh Napier University
1 publication, 0.8%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.8%
Drexel University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.8%
Feng Chia University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Messina
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Brescia
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 0.8%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.8%
Auckland University of Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.8%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.8%
La Trobe University
1 publication, 0.8%
Swinburne University of Technology
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Tasmania
1 publication, 0.8%
The Alfred Hospital
1 publication, 0.8%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.8%
American University in Cairo
1 publication, 0.8%
Walter Sisulu University
1 publication, 0.8%
Hanyang University
1 publication, 0.8%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
1 publication, 0.8%
Inje University
1 publication, 0.8%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.8%
Boston Children's Hospital
1 publication, 0.8%
Chosun University
1 publication, 0.8%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.8%
National Technical University of Athens
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.8%
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1 publication, 0.8%
Democritus University of Thrace
1 publication, 0.8%
University of the West of England
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Science and Technology of China
1 publication, 0.8%
Koforidua Technical University
1 publication, 0.8%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.8%
Eastern Michigan University
1 publication, 0.8%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 0.8%
Universidad de Sevilla
1 publication, 0.8%
Simon Fraser University
1 publication, 0.8%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.8%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.8%
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USA, 35, 28%
USA
35 publications, 28%
United Kingdom, 22, 17.6%
United Kingdom
22 publications, 17.6%
Greece, 11, 8.8%
Greece
11 publications, 8.8%
Australia, 7, 5.6%
Australia
7 publications, 5.6%
Italy, 7, 5.6%
Italy
7 publications, 5.6%
Germany, 5, 4%
Germany
5 publications, 4%
Canada, 5, 4%
Canada
5 publications, 4%
Singapore, 4, 3.2%
Singapore
4 publications, 3.2%
China, 3, 2.4%
China
3 publications, 2.4%
Portugal, 3, 2.4%
Portugal
3 publications, 2.4%
Chile, 3, 2.4%
Chile
3 publications, 2.4%
Cyprus, 2, 1.6%
Cyprus
2 publications, 1.6%
Mexico, 2, 1.6%
Mexico
2 publications, 1.6%
Netherlands, 2, 1.6%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.6%
Japan, 2, 1.6%
Japan
2 publications, 1.6%
France, 1, 0.8%
France
1 publication, 0.8%
Belgium, 1, 0.8%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.8%
Brazil, 1, 0.8%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.8%
Iran, 1, 0.8%
Iran
1 publication, 0.8%
Ireland, 1, 0.8%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.8%
Spain, 1, 0.8%
Spain
1 publication, 0.8%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.8%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.8%
Malaysia, 1, 0.8%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.8%
New Zealand, 1, 0.8%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.8%
Norway, 1, 0.8%
Norway
1 publication, 0.8%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.8%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.8%
Romania, 1, 0.8%
Romania
1 publication, 0.8%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.8%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.8%
Turkey, 1, 0.8%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.8%
Switzerland, 1, 0.8%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.8%
South Africa, 1, 0.8%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.8%
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