The Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce a new journal in computer science area. It is the "International Journal of Software and Informatics"(ISSN 1673-7288), which will have its first issue published before end of this year. Its editor-in-chief is Prof. Ruqian Lu of Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Its associate editors are Prof. Barry Boehm of University of Southern California and Prof. Mingshu Li of Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its editorial board is still being put together. Due to its genuinely international character, two thirds of the editorial members will come from outside of mainland China. It is also expected that two thirds of the published papers are submitted by non mainland China authors.

Just as its name reveals, IJSI is an international journal for publishing papers in software and broad areas of informatics. IJSI has an editorial board consisting of internationally well known experts. IJSI welcomes from all over the world original papers in all areas of Software and Informatics. IJSI will focus on theoretical foundation and practical research of software techniques; other areas of computer science will also be considered. IJSI topics will be organized partially different from those commonly appearing in other computer science publications and educational courses. Specifically, IJSI will establish dedicated sections for emerging research areas that have been recognized internationally. For the start, the topics of IJSI will include eight areas.
* Computer software
* Theoretical computer science
* Network and information security
* Formal methods
* Artificial intelligence and pattern recognition
* Multi-Media techniques
* Border areas (including quantum informatics; bioinformatics; neuro-informatics; cognitive science; etc.)
* Computer aided applications

Each submission should be marked with the area to which it belongs. The topics are not invariant. They will be renewed with time. The targeted readers of IJSI are mainly faculties, technical staffs, and students in universities and research institutions, while readers in broader IT industry and computer application field may also be benefited.

For the start, International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI) is a quarterly journal. It publishes four issues in the year. The number of issues may be increased with the increase of submissions.