About the Journal

International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Science (IJSECS) (E-ISSN: 2776-3242 | P-ISSN: 2776-4869) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by Lembaga Komunitas Informasi Teknologi Aceh (KITA), Indonesia. The journal is published triannually three times a year in April, August, and December.

Manuscripts are accepted and published exclusively in English, complete with structured English abstracts, keywords, and Romanized references to ensure global discoverability. All published papers are permanently archived and assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) via Crossref. Complete indexing and abstracting records are available on the Abstracting & Indexing page.

International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Science (IJSECS) serves as a premier scholarly forum for disseminating cutting-edge theoretical, methodological, and experimental research in software engineering, computer science, and interdisciplinary computing applications. The journal bridges foundational algorithmic research with real-world software architecture, intelligent systems, and enterprise digital transformation.

This journal is published regularly three times a year (triannually)—once every four months—in April, August, and December. Each issue features a curated collection of peer-reviewed research articles, literature reviews, and technical communications covering the full spectrum of software engineering and computer science. Authors are encouraged to monitor the Announcements page for ongoing call-for-papers schedules.

This journal accepts and publishes full-text manuscripts written exclusively in English. Every submission must include an English title, structured English abstract, English keywords, and Romanized bibliographic references adhering to the journal template. Manuscripts must be written in clear, grammatically accurate academic English; submissions written in other languages or requiring extensive language editing will be returned prior to peer review.

Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere. Every submission undergoes a rigorous double-blind peer review conducted by at least two (2) independent external reviewers with verified expertise in the field. Editors and editorial board members are never involved in editorial decisions regarding manuscripts they have authored or where a competing interest exists.

On average, authors can expect an initial desk decision within 2 weeks, a peer review cycle of 4 weeks, a total submission-to-acceptance timeframe of approximately 6 weeks, and online publication within 2 weeks of acceptance. Every published article explicitly records its complete genesis dates (Received, Revised, Accepted, and Published).

This journal periodically publishes Special Issues focusing on emerging, high-impact research themes within software engineering and computer science. Special Issues are coordinated by qualified Guest Editors under the direct supervision of the Editor-in-Chief, who retains final authority over all acceptance decisions. All Special Issue submissions undergo the exact same double-blind peer review process by independent external reviewers as regular issues.

Special Issue proposals must include:

• A clear title and concise rationale outlining the proposed computational or engineering theme;
• Relevance to the journal’s scope and contemporary international research priorities;
• Full names, institutional affiliations, and verified academic and ORCID profiles of proposed Guest Editors;
• A proposed milestone schedule for call-for-papers, peer review, and publication.

Special Issue proposals should be submitted to the editorial office via the Contact Information page.

This journal enforces a strict zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism, self-plagiarism (text recycling), data fabrication, redundant publication, and citation manipulation. Every submitted manuscript is screened prior to peer review using iThenticate, Turnitin, and Copyleaks.

This journal recognizes the supportive role of generative Artificial Intelligence tools in academic writing while upholding strict research transparency. The following rules govern all submissions:

• Mandatory Disclosure: Authors must include an explicit declaration prior to the References stating whether AI-assisted technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grammarly AI, DeepL, QuillBot) were used during manuscript preparation, specifying the tool name, version, and purpose.
• Prohibition of AI Authorship: In accordance with COPE standards, AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because software entities cannot bear legal or ethical accountability for published work.
• Permitted & Prohibited Scope: AI assistance is permitted strictly for language polishing, grammar refinement, and translation support. AI must never be used to fabricate empirical data, generate fictitious citations, or manipulate scientific figures and conclusions.
• Human Accountability: Human authors retain full legal and academic responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content in their manuscript.
• Confidentiality in Peer Review: Reviewers and editors are strictly prohibited from uploading confidential manuscripts to public AI platforms during the evaluation process.

This journal provides immediate, irrevocable, and permanent Gold Open Access to all published articles without any embargo period. In full compliance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of Open Access, users have the free, irrevocable, worldwide right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

To sustain open-access dissemination, professional copyediting, Crossref DOI registration, similarity screening, and long-term digital archiving, an Article Processing Charge (APC) applies only after a manuscript is formally accepted following peer review. There are no charges for submission or peer review (IDR 0 / Free). Full details on fee schedules and waiver policies are available on the Publication Fees (APC) page.

Authors who publish in this journal retain unrestricted copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions. By submitting and publishing, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish the work as the original publisher. All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, commercial reuse, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are properly credited.

Every published article is assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registered through Crossref upon publication to guarantee persistent global citation linking and metadata discoverability.

This journal is committed to the permanent preservation and long-term accessibility of its published scholarship through distributed digital archiving networks:

• LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe): Enables participating research libraries to collect, preserve, and restore decentralized archival copies.
• CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS): Guarantees long-term digital preservation across global dark archives.
• PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN): Provides automated, decentralized preservation for OJS-hosted content.

Repository & Self-Archiving Policy (Zero Embargo): Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit all versions of their paper—including the Preprint (submitted version), the Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM / Postprint), and the Version of Record (Publisher’s PDF)—in institutional repositories, thematic open archives, or personal academic websites immediately upon publication without any embargo period, provided the published source and Crossref DOI are cited.

This journal is owned, managed, and published by Lembaga Komunitas Informasi Teknologi Aceh (KITA), Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The Publisher provides the administrative, financial, and technical OJS infrastructure required to sustain publication quality, strict editorial independence, and long-term digital preservation.

All editorial operations—including authorship criteria (CRediT taxonomy), conflict of interest disclosures, research funding transparency, and post-publication corrections or retractions—are governed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Comprehensive policies are detailed on our Publication Ethics page.

• Founding & Online Launch (2021): International Journal of Software Engineering and Computer Science (IJSECS) was established in early 2021 as an open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly platform for software engineering and computer science research under Lembaga Komunitas Informasi Teknologi Aceh (KITA) (originally accessible at https://journal.lembagakita.org/index.php/ijsecs).
• Initial National Accreditation – SINTA 4 (2022): Officially accredited at SINTA 4 in September 2022 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, valid from Volume 1 Number 1 (2021) through Volume 5 Number 2 (2025).
• Triannual Schedule Adoption (2023): Adopted a regular triannual publication schedule, releasing three issues annually in April, August, and December.
• National Re-Accreditation Upgrade – SINTA 3 (2025): Upgraded from SINTA 4 to SINTA 3 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, valid through 2029.
• Domain Migration & OJS 3.5 Upgrade (2026): Migrated its official portal domain from .org to .com (now accessible at https://journal.lembagakita.com/ijsecs) and completed an infrastructure upgrade to Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.5, enhancing platform security, global metadata interoperability, and editorial workflow efficiency.
• Persistent Identifiers – ROR & ORCID (2026): Integrated ROR ID (Research Organization Registry) to standardize institutional affiliation metadata alongside phased mandatory ORCID iD verification for authors.
• Standardized Template & Mandatory Disclosures (Target 2027): Introduces an updated article template effective from 2027 onward, featuring complete article genesis dates (Received, Revised, Accepted, Published), strict PDF-to-web metadata synchronization, and four mandatory author declarations (AI usage, CRediT author contributions, funding sources, and competing interests).