About the Journal
About Informatica
Informatica (Print ISSN 0350-5596, Online ISSN 1854-3871) is an international, peer-reviewed journal based in Europe. It publishes scholarly work in computer science, informatics, and related areas, serving researchers and practitioners across academic and applied computing.
What we publish
The journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions such as:
- Research / Regular articles reporting original scientific results
- Technical papers reporting novel research or technical advances
- Overview / Survey papers synthesizing a subarea of computing
- Position papers presenting well-argued scientific perspectives
- PhD thesis summaries (short format) and Student papers (where appropriate)
(Full details about article categories, length limits, and submission requirements are provided in Aims & Scope and Guide for Authors.)
Publishing model and frequency
The journal is published by the Slovenian Society Informatika (SSI). Informatica publishes four regular issues per year (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter). The online edition provides free, immediate open access to the journal’s content (including the content of the print issues), and articles are available online upon publication.
The journal may also publish additional online-only issues when appropriate.
History
Informatica was established in 1977 and has been published continuously since then. The journal was originally published by the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana. Beginning with Volume 17, Informatica became a fully international journal publishing papers in English.
Partnerships and support
Informatica is published by the Slovenian Society Informatika in cooperation with national research institutions and programs, and it is supported through national co-financing programs for scientific periodical publications.
The journal also maintains links with professional and scientific communities, including (among others) ACM Slovenia and relevant national societies in AI, pattern recognition, cognitive science, mathematics/physics, and control systems, as well as international professional bodies such as IFIP. These include:
- ACM Slovenia
- Slovenian Society for Pattern Recognition
- Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society
- Slovenian Society for Cognitive Science
- Slovenian Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers
- Automatic Control Society of Slovenia
- Slovenian Academy of Engineering
- International Federation for Information Processing
About the Slovenian Society Informatika (SSI)
The Slovenian Society Informatika (Slovensko društvo INFORMATIKA) is a non-profit professional association connecting experts and interested individuals across information technology and informatics in industry, universities, and public administration.
Founded in 1972 (following an IFIP congress held in Ljubljana), SSI today has around 300 members and publishes both a professional magazine (Uporabna informatika) and the scientific journal Informatica.
SSI organizes professional events and community activities in Slovenia and internationally, and serves as Slovenia’s member society in IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing).
(For SSI membership and society activities, see the SSI website.)
