Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are planning for a hybrid conference and will accommodate online presentations where needed.
ACM HT – Hypertext and Social Media conference – is a premium venue for high-quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, linked open data and knowledge graphs, information exploration and visualisation, dynamic and computed hypermedia, as well applications for digital arts, culture, and humanities.
ACM HT is sponsored by ACM SIGWEB. The proceedings are published by the ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library.
We acknowledge that some research might be influenced by constraints imposed by Covid-19 (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies). Thus, we welcome submissions introducing novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways.
All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. Papers will be accessible from the HT ‘22 web site through ACM OpenToc Service for one year after publication in the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there.
ACM HT is co-located and collaborates with the ACM UMAP conference. HT takes place one week before UMAP, and uses the same submission dates and formats. We expect authors to submit their Web-related work without a focus on personalization to HT and invite authors to submit research on personalized systems to UMAP. The two conferences will organize one shared track on personalized recommender systems (same track chairs and PC, see the track description).
Tracks
Social Web content, language and network
Track chair: Marcelo Armentano (ISISTAN Research Institute, Argentina)

Digital humanities, culture and society
Track chair: Jessica Rubart (Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)

Information exploration and visualisation
Track chair: Claus Atzenbeck (Hof University, Germany)

Personalized Recommender Systems*
Track Chairs: Osnat ‘Ossi’ Mokryn (University of Haifa, Israel), Eva Zangerle (University of Innsbruck, Austria) and Markus Zanker (University of Bolzano, Italy)



(*) This is a joint track between ACM Hypertext and ACM UMAP (same track chairs, overlapping PC). Authors planning to contribute to this track can submit to either conference, depending on their broader interest in either Hypertext or UMAP. Papers will be presented at the conference the paper was submitted to, but attendees will be able to join the sessions of both the UMAP conference and the Hypertext conference. Track chairs will invite selected submissions to be extended for a special issue in New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (Taylor & Francis).
Submission and Review Process
Papers will be submitted through EasyChair.
All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically.
Content expectations
Reviewers will evaluate papers based on their significance, originality, rigor, and contribution to the field. Papers that are out of scope, incomplete, or lack sufficient evidence to support the basic claims, may be rejected without full review.
Papers should report on original and substantial contributions of lasting value. Described work should concern theory and/or practice of HT. Moreover, papers showcasing innovative use of HT and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying HT technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome.
Evaluations of proposed solutions/applications must be commensurate with the claims made in the paper. Depending on the intended contribution, this may include simulation studies, offline evaluations, A/B tests, or controlled user experiments.
Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. We recognize that user data may be proprietary or confidential, but we encourage the sharing of (anonymized, cleaned) data sets, data collection procedures, and code.
Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for HT and beyond should be explicitly discussed. A discussion of the ethical considerations behind / implications of the presented work and/or its intended application is expected where appropriate. This includes an acknowledgment of ethical considerations for papers that include human-subjects research.
Length and formatting
The maximum length is 14 pages (excluding references) using the template indicated below (new ACM single column format). We encourage papers of any length up to 14 pages; reviewers will be asked to comment on whether the length is appropriate for the contribution. Shorter papers should generally report on advances that can be described, set into context, and evaluated concisely; they are not “work-in-progress” reports but rather complete reports on a smaller or simpler-to-describe but complete research work. Longer papers should reflect more complex innovations or studies and should have a thorough discussion of related work. Appendices count toward the page limit—we recommend that supplementary material is linked to an external source using an anonymized URL.
Each accepted paper will be included in the conference proceedings and presented at the conference.
Papers must be formatted as a single-column manuscript according to the new workflow for ACM publications. The templates and instructions are available here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow.
Available templates include:
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LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column):
https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart-primary.zip -
Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column):
https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-template/pnrfvrrdbfwt -
MS Word:
https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx
Note: Accepted papers will be subject to a further revision to meet the requirements of camera-ready format required by ACM. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use a recent version Microsoft Word(Windows: Word 2007 or above, Mac: Word 2011 or above; other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be provided after acceptance. This might include instructions to prepare a video of the accepted contribution.
Authors are strongly encouraged to provide “alt text” (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author as well as it broadens the reader base for the author’s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures.
Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com for both LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries.
Accepted papers will be later submitted to ACM’s new production platform where authors will be able to review PDF and HTML output formats before publication. Extended versions of selected papers presented at the conference could be selected to appear in different special issues in international journals according to the specific tracks (see the below for details).
HT uses a double blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors’ own prior work should be made in the third person. Failure to anonymize your submission results in the desk-rejection of your paper.
Ethical Review and Human-Subjects Research Considerations
HT expects papers to include a discussion of the ethical considerations behind / implications of the presented work and/or its intended application where appropriate. HT further expects all authors to comply with ethical standards and regulatory guidelines associated with human subjects research, including research involving human participants and research using personally identifiable data. Papers reporting on such human subjects research must include a statement identifying any regulatory review the research is subject to (and identifying the form of approval provided), or explaining the lack of required review.
The ACM Code of Ethics gives the HT program committee the right to (desk-)reject papers that perpetuate harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes/implications that clearly disadvantage minoritized communities. Reviewers will be asked to consider whether the research was conducted in compliance with professional ethical standards and applicable regulatory guidelines.
Important Dates
- Paper Abstracts: February 10, 2022 (mandatory)
- Full paper: February 17, 2022
- Notification: April 11, 2022
Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth)
Program Chair
Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy