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Acta Informatica

Springer New York · Germany · Est. 1962

ISSN1432-0525

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

339

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 302d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.319

H-Indexi

101

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.948

Total Worksi

1,938

Total Citationsi

55,345

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Acta Informatica provides international dissemination of original papers in all areas covering the mathematical foundations of Computer Science

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

FrequencyMonthly, 1997-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,938

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-0525

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

212

2019

118

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ3

Information SystemsQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Formal Methods in VerificationLogic, programming, and type systemssemigroups and automata theoryAlgorithms and Data CompressionDNA and Biological ComputingLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeDistributed systems and fault toleranceAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesPetri Nets in System ModelingNatural Language Processing Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Acta Informatica

Is Acta Informatica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Informatica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Informatica?

Acta Informatica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.61.

Is Acta Informatica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Informatica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Informatica?