About this journal

Aims and scope

The International Journal of Computers and Applications (IJCA) is a unique platform for publishing novel ideas, research outcomes and fundamental advances in most of the aspects of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Computer Applications. This is a peer-reviewed international journal with a vision to provide the academic and industrial community a platform for presenting original research ideas and applications.

Areas in Computer Science and Engineering applications are broadly classified as:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software Engineering
  • Networking and Security
  • Algorithm and Complexity
  • Human Computer Interaction

While most of the topics are welcome, papers related to hardware design, integrated systems and circuits, computer architecture, microprocessor, antenna design, signal processing and those with particular inclination to plant science, agriculture, and social sciences, will not be considered.

IJCA welcomes four types of papers in addition to the regular research papers within its scope:

(a) Papers for which all results could be easily reproducible. For such papers, the authors will be asked to upload “instructions for reproduction”, possibly with the source codes or stable URLs (from where the codes could be downloaded).

(b) Papers with negative results. For such papers, the experimental setting and negative results must be presented in detail. Also, why the negative results are important for the research community must be explained clearly. The rationale behind this kind of paper is that this would help researchers choose the correct approaches to solve problems and avoid the (already worked out) failed approaches.

(c) Detailed report, case study and literature review articles about innovative software / hardware, new technology, high impact computer applications and future development with sufficient background and subject coverage.

(d) Special issue papers focusing on a particular theme with significant importance or papers selected from a relevant top-ranked conference with sufficient improvement and new material to differentiate from the papers published in a conference proceedings. Conferences ranked on CORE ranking (for CS field) can only apply for such a Special Issue: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 26K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.728 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.408 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 2 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 109 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 6% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, United International University, Bangladesh

Associate Editors

Mehrdad Ahmadi Kamarposhti, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Mohiuddin Ahmed, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Adnan Anwar, Deakin University, Australia
Djallel Eddine Boubiche, University of Batna 2, Algeria
Luca Caviglione, Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI)(CNR), Italy
Xiaochun Cheng, Swansea University, UK
Homero Toral Cruz, University of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Mehdi Gheisari, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Dalvan Griebler, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mohamed Guerroumi, USTHB University, Algeria
Jude Hemanth, Karunya University, India
Md. Akbar Hossain, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Mohamed lahby, University Hassan II, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Casablanca, Morocco
Ibrahim Kamel, Sharjah University, UAE
Deepika Koundal, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), India
Dazhou Li, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, China
Houssem Mansouri, Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 University, Algeria
Rafael Martínez-Peláez, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy
Jin Nakazato, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Sk Md Obaidullah, Aliah University, Kolkata, India
S. G. Ponnambalam, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Fasel Qadir, University of Kashmir, India
Leonardo Regano, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy,
Farrukh Saleem, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Sobhan Sarkar, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India
Riaz Ahmed Shaikh, University of East Anglia, UK
Jie Shen, University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA
Eugenio Vocaturo, University of Calabria, Italy
Xianglin Wei, Nanjing Telecommunication Technology Research Institute, China
Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA
Shiwen Zhang, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China
Fa Zhu, Nanjing Forestry University, China
Tianqing Zhu, City University of Macao, China
Marco Zuppelli, IMATI-CNR, Italy

Abstracting and indexing

The International Journal of Computers and Applications is indexed and abstracted in:

British Library
CLOCKSS
CrossRef
EBSCO - Applied Science & Technology Source
EBSCO - STM Source
Ei Compendex/ Engineering Village (Elsevier)
Excellence in Research for Australia
Google Scholar
Inspec (The IET)
Microsoft Academic
Portico
ProQuest - ProQuest Central
ProQuest - SciTech Premium Collection
ProQuest - Technology Collection
SCImago (Elsevier)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
WorldCat Local (OCLC)
Zetoc


Prior to 2015, the International Journal of Computers and Applications was published by ACTA Press.

Open access

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  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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