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it - Information Technology

Methods and Applications of Informatics and Information Technology

Editors-in-Chief: Thomas Liebig and Ethan Fetaya

Language: English

First published: June 20, 1959

Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year

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Starting 2025, it - Information Technology will be transferred to Gold Open Access on a year-by-year basis. All articles will thus appear without delay under the Creative Commons license CCBY 4.0. There will be no publication costs for the authors. The Open Access transformation is based on Subscribe-to-Open. You can find more information about the model here.　

it - Information Technology is a strictly peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is the oldest German journal in the field of information technology. Today, the major aim of it - Information Technology is highlighting issues on ongoing newsworthy areas in information technology and informatics and their application. It aims at presenting the topics with a holistic view. It addresses scientists, graduate students, and experts in industrial research and development.

it - Information Technology is the organ of the faculties Technical Informatics and Computer Science in the Life Sciences of the German Informatics Society (GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.) and faculty Technical Informatics of the Information Technology Society (ITG) within the VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik e.V.).

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Comprehensible introduction of problems related to information technology
Basic and applicative methods
Interdisciplinary approach to IT
High quality peer-review
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History

it - Information Technology was founded as Elektronische Rechenanlagen in 1959. To live up to the changes in the scientific and technological world it changed its name and shape several times. In 1986 it became it - Informationstechnik and it+ti - Informationstechnik und Technische Informatik in 1993. In 2002, the journal got the current name it - Information Technology.

Special Issue: Junior Fellows and Distinguished Dissertation of the GI & AI for Crisis; Guest editors: Ricardo Usbeck, Angelie Kraft, Patrick Westphal

Special Issue: Kleine Fächer Digital; Guest Editors: Tessa Gengnagel, Hubert Mara and Christian Schröter

Special Issue: Solving Boolean Problems and Beyond; Guest Editors: Rolf Drechsler, Görschwin Fey and Oliver Keszöcze

Special Issue: Creative Spaces in Computer Sciences; Guest Editors: Martin Kohler, Ricardo Usbeck and Janick Edinger

Special Issue: iDANES – Insights into Digital Ancient Neareastern Studies, Part 2; Guest Editors: Shai Gordin, Marine Béranger, Timo Homburg and Hubert Mara

Special Issue: iDANES - Insights into Digital Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Part 1; Guest Editors: Shai Gordin, Marine Béranger, Timo Homburg and Hubert Mara

Special Issue: Machine Learning Applications; Guest editors: Natanael Arndt, Paul Molitor, Ricardo Usbeck

Thematic Issue: IoPT: Internet of Processes and Things; Guest Editor: Christoph Pollak; Host Editor: Stefanie Rinderle-Ma

Thematic Issue: Memristive Computing in Germany; Guest Editor: Dietmar Fey; Host Editor: Oliver Keszöcze

Digital Archaeology / Guest Editor: Hubert Mara, Host Editor: Paul Molitor

Quantitative visual computing / Guest Editors: Falk Schreiber, Daniel Weiskopf, Host Editor: Paul Molitor

Approximate Computing / Guest Editor: Oliver Keszocze, Host Editor: Görschwin Fey

Information Security Methodology and Replication Studies / Guest Editors: Steffen Wendzel, Luca Caviglione, Aleksandra Mileva, Jean-Francois Lalande, Wojciech Mazurczyk, Host Editor: Ulrich Flegel

System Correctness under Adverse Conditions / Guest Editors: Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog, Martin Fränzle, Oliver Theel, Paul Kröger, Host Editor: Anne Koziolek

Space Information Technology/ Guest Editor: Frank Dannemann, Host Editor: Görschwin Fey

Physiological Computing / Guest Editors: Thomas Kosch, Miriam Hassib, Host Editor: Andreas Butz

User Interfaces for Automated Vehicles / Guest Editors: Bastian Pfleging, Shadan Sadeghian, Debargha Dey, Host Editor: Andreas Butz

Argumentation Technology / Gastherausgeber: Philipp Cimiano, Matthias Hagen, Benno Stein, Host Editor: Paul Molitor

Internet of Things / Guest Editor: Sebastian Steinhorst, Host Editor: Andreas Herkersdorf

Algorithms for Big Data / Guest Editors: Ulrich Meyer, Ziawasch Abedjan, Host Editor: Paul Molitor

Digital Methods for Intertextuality Studies / Guest Editors: Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, Host Editor: Stefan Conrad

Research Data Management / Guest Editor: Andreas Heuer, Host Editor: Richard Lenz

Digital Health / Guest Editors: Hannes Schlieter, Ali Sunyaev, Rüdiger Breitschwerdt, Martin Sedlmayr

Swarm Intelligence / Guest Editor: Rolf Wanka

Energy Status Data / Guest Editors: Klemens Böhm, Dominik Werle

Hardware Security / Guest Editor: Ilia Polian, Host Editor: Goerschwin Fey

Application of Blockchain Technology / Host Editor: Paul Mueller

Data-Driven Decision Support / Guest Editor: Stefan Thalmann, Host Editor: Ronald Maier

Industry 4.0 / Guest Editor: Harald Schöning, Host Editor: Richard Lenz

Computing Education / Guest Editor: Torsten Brinda

Human Computation / Guest Editors: François Bry, Clemens Schefels and Christoph Wieser

Urban Informatics / Guest Editor: Marcus Foth

Multicore technology in the mobility domains / Guest Editor: Jürgen Becker

Data Integration in Life Sciences / Guest Editor: Hans-Ulrich Prokosch

Modern Database Architectures for Modern Hardware / Guest Editor: Wolfgang Lehner

Vulnerability Analysis / Guest Editor: Konrad Rieck

Recent Trends in Energy Informatics Research / Guest Editors: Sebastian Lehnhoff, Astrid Nieße

Invasive Computing / Guest Editor: Jürgen Teich

Usable privacy and security / Guest Editors: Alexander De Luca and Emanuel von Zezschwitz

Big Data Analytics / Guest Editor: Erhard Rahm

Bioinformatics Challenges of Next Generation Sequencing / Guest Editors: Ivo Grosse and Katrin Hoffmann

Computer Science in Humanities / Guest Editor: Manfred Thaller

Energy Informatics / Sebastian Lehnhoff, Astrid Nieße

Special Issue: From IT Forensics to Forensic Computing / Felix C. Freiling

Special Issue: Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization / Andreas Gladisch, Wolfgang Kellerer

Special Issue: Autonomous Driving / J. Marius Zöllner, Thomas Schamm

Special Issue: Dependable Embedded Systems / Jörg Henkel

Special Issue: Robot Control Architectures / Karsten Berns, Rüdiger Dillmann, Erik Maehle

Special Issue: Visual Analytics / Daniel Keim, Tobias Schreck

Special Issue: Reliably Secure Software Systems / Heiko Mantel

Special Issue: Social Media / Katrin Weller, Markus Strohmaier

Special Issue dedicated to Bernd Becker on the occasion of his 60th birthday: Testing Integrated Circuits / Rolf Drechsler

Special Issue: Architecture of Web Application / René Peinl

Special Issue: Petri Nets in the Biosciences / Ina Koch, Wolfgang Reisig and Falk Schreiber

Business Process Security Analysis – Design Time, Run Time, Audit Time

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it - Information Technology publishes special and thematic issues focussed on important and emerging topics in the field of study. The journal has established a rigorous process to ensure that any special issue manuscripts follow the same high-quality standards and peer review processes as regular manuscripts. For further information on the journal’s peer review policy please see the "Instructions for Authors".

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Recent Special Issues

Journal Impact Factor	1.3	2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	1.4	2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.31	2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
CiteScore	4.4	2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.272	2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.870	2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus)

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Editors-in-Chief
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Liebig , Technical University Dortmund, Germany
Prof. Ethan Fetaya, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Görschwin Fey, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Dr. Ulrich Flegel, Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Oliver Keszöcze, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Richard Lenz, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Paul Müller, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Falk Schreiber, University of Konstanz, Germany
Dr. Christian Schröter, Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz (AdW Mainz), Germany
Dr. Martin Semmann, University of Hamburg, Germany

Editor of Honour
Prof. Dr. Heinz Zemanek †, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Editorial Office
Birgit Zoglmeier
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ITIT.Editorial@degruyter.com

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Additional information

eISSN:

2196-7032

ISSN:

1611-2776

Language:

English

Publisher:

De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Additional information

First published:

June 20, 1959

Publication Frequency:

6 issues per year

eISSN: 2196-7032

ISSN: 1611-2776

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Scientists, graduate students, and experts in industrial research and development

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