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Crestfield Academic Press · Open access journal
Journal of Integrated and Intelligent Computing
A peer-reviewed journal for research on intelligent methods and the integrated computing systems that run them, from algorithms and software to embedded systems, networks and cloud platforms.
Call for papers
Submissions open on 4 January 2027. Papers received by 28 February 2027 are considered for Volume 1, Issue 1 (April 2027). See the timeline
About the journal
Where intelligent methods meet working systems
The journal publishes original research and review articles on intelligent computing and on the design, integration and evaluation of computing systems, with a particular interest in work that connects methods with the hardware, software and networks that run them.
Many advances in artificial intelligence are reported in isolation from the hardware, software, networks and organisations they depend on. The journal welcomes papers that close that gap: methods evaluated in realistic systems, systems built around learning components, and studies that measure accuracy together with cost, energy, latency, robustness and trust. Core computer science and systems papers with no AI component are equally welcome.
Every article is free to read on publication, receives a DOI, and shows its received, revised, accepted and published dates. Editorial decisions rest with the editors alone and follow the policies of Crestfield Academic Press, which are based on COPE guidance.
Aims and scope
Topics the journal covers
Submissions should make a clear contribution to computing, with or without an AI component. Papers that combine two or more of these areas, or that report evidence from deployed systems, are especially welcome.
- Machine learning and deep learningNew models, training methods, theory, and rigorous empirical evaluation.
- Intelligent and autonomous systemsAgents, planning, decision support, robotics and human–AI collaboration.
- Integrated and embedded systemsEmbedded, real-time and cyber-physical systems, IoT platforms, hardware–software co-design and accelerators.
- Software engineering and systems integrationSoftware architecture, interoperability, middleware, verification, DevOps and large-scale system integration.
- Computer networks and communicationsNetwork architectures and protocols, software-defined and programmable networks, wireless, mobile and 5G/6G networks, IoT networking, measurement and performance.
- Distributed, edge and cloud computingCloud-native and serverless systems, edge and fog computing, parallel and high-performance computing, federated computing.
- Data science and knowledge systemsData engineering, databases, knowledge graphs, reasoning and information retrieval.
- AI systems engineeringEfficient and hardware-aware AI, MLOps, benchmarking and reproducibility.
- Language, vision and multimodal computingNatural language processing, computer vision, speech and multimodal models.
- Trustworthy and secure computingSecurity, privacy, dependability, robustness, fairness and explainability, including network and cloud security.
- Computational intelligence and applicationsFuzzy, evolutionary and hybrid methods; applications in health, industry, cities and finance.
Journal sections
- Intelligent ComputingMachine learning, intelligent and autonomous systems, language and vision, computational intelligence
- Integrated and Embedded SystemsEmbedded, real-time and cyber-physical systems, IoT, hardware–software co-design
- Networks, Cloud and Software SystemsComputer networks and communications; distributed, edge and cloud computing; software engineering and integration; data systems
- Trustworthy ComputingSecurity, privacy, dependability, robustness and explainability
Replication studies, well-founded negative results, data sets and software with a substantial research contribution are considered on the same terms as other research articles.
Launch timeline
From call for papers to the first issue
Volume 1 begins in April 2027. Accepted articles are published online as soon as they are ready and then grouped into the quarterly issue.
- Editorial board appointedThe Editor-in-Chief and founding editorial board are announced on this page.
- Call for papers opensThe online submission system opens, with the author guidelines. The author templates are available now.
- Deadline for Volume 1, Issue 1Later submissions are welcome at any time and are considered for the next issue.
- First articles onlineEach accepted article is published with its DOI within about two weeks of acceptance.
- Volume 1, Issue 1 publishedThe first issue is completed and archived.
- Volume 1, Issue 2Submissions are open continuously.
- Volume 1, Issue 3From 2028, four issues a year: January, April, July and October.
From submission to publication: target times
Targets for the launch period. Every article shows its received, revised, accepted and published dates, so these times can be checked.
About 4 weeksEditorial check (within one week), peer review by at least two reviewers, first decision and the authors' revision
About 1 weekRevised manuscript to final decision
About 2 weeksAcceptance to online publication, including copy-editing and proofs
About 7 to 9 weeks in totalfrom submission to publication for papers that need one round of revision
| Issue | Published | Papers considered |
|---|---|---|
| Issue 1 | April 2027 | Submitted from 4 January to 28 February 2027 |
| Issue 2 | July 2027 | Accepted after Issue 1 closes, to the end of June 2027 |
| Issue 3 | October 2027 | Accepted from July to the end of September 2027 |
Editorial board
Founding editors
The Editor-in-Chief and the founding editorial board will be listed here, with their affiliations, as appointments are confirmed.
Researchers with a strong publication record in the journal's areas are invited to express interest in serving as associate editors, board members or reviewers.
Contact the editorial office
Pre-submission enquiries, editorial board interest and questions about the call for papers:
editorial@crestfieldpress.comGeneral enquiries: contact@crestfieldpress.com