About the Journal
The Conference Proceedings Journal is based on the proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT (ICAIIT) — an international forum for researchers, development engineers, academics, and practitioners working with information technologies and their applications across scientific, engineering, industrial, economic, environmental, educational, and other domains.
ICAIIT considers Information Technologies not only as an independent scientific and technological discipline, but also as a methodology and enabling technology for research and innovation in other fields. The journal therefore welcomes both research focused directly on information technologies and interdisciplinary studies in which IT-based methods, technologies, models, tools, or systems form a substantive part of the research methodology, analysis, development, or solution.
The application domain of a study does not have to be an IT discipline. Research in engineering, natural and life sciences, healthcare, education, economics, energy, environmental studies, social sciences, and other fields may be considered within the scope of ICAIIT when information technologies play a substantial methodological role. Such applications may include, for example, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analysis and processing, computational and mathematical modelling, software and digital-system development, statistical methods, simulation, optimisation, digital sensing and measurement, automation, intelligent systems, and other IT-based approaches.
Aims and Scope
The journal aims to disseminate research demonstrating the development, application, evaluation, and practical use of information technologies and IT-based methodologies. It promotes interdisciplinary research in which information technologies contribute to scientific discovery, engineering development, digital transformation, innovation, decision-making, automation, and practical problem-solving.
All submissions are assessed for originality, methodological rigor, relevance to the journal's scope, and the substantive role of IT in the research. This scope requirement applies uniformly to regular issues, conference-related issues, and special issues published under the ICAIIT title.
| ISSN (online) | 2199-8876 |
| Publisher | Anhalt University of Applied Sciences |
| Language | English |
| Review type | Double-blind peer review |
| Licence | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Self-archiving | Authors may publish postprints and the publisher's version |
| Publishing frequency | 1 conference-based issue (April) + 1 publication-only issue (November) + 3–4 special issues per year, from 2025; twice yearly 2023–2024; annually before 2023 |
| First issue | 2013 |
Publication Schedule
The International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT (ICAIIT) is held once a year in March in Köthen, Germany. It provides an international forum for presenting and discussing recent research, innovative solutions, and practical applications of information technologies and IT-based methodologies across different scientific and applied domains.
The peer-reviewed papers accepted for presentation at the annual March conference are subsequently published in the April issue of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Innovations in IT. Attendance and presentation at the annual conference are required for papers published through this conference-based issue.
The journal also publishes a November issue dedicated to publication-only submissions. This issue is open to researchers from all countries whose manuscripts are aligned with the ICAIIT scope. Conference attendance or presentation is not required for publication in the November issue.
In addition to these two regular issues, the journal publishes special issues throughout the year, presenting selected papers from international conferences, universities, research institutions, and other academic organisations for which a dedicated ICAIIT special issue is prepared.
Papers included in a special issue are first reviewed by the organisers of the contributing conference following the same double-blind peer review standard required by ICAIIT, and are then checked against the journal's scope requirement before selection for publication. Participation in or presentation at the annual ICAIIT conference is not required for publication in a special issue. Special issues appear 3–4 times per year and are published under the same DOI, ISBN, and ISSN identifiers as the regular issues.
Thematic diversity among contributing conferences is welcomed. A special issue may therefore include research from engineering, natural sciences, life sciences, healthcare, education, economics, energy, environmental studies, and other fields, provided that information technologies or IT-based methodologies constitute a substantive part of the research. See Special Issues — Scope and Topics below for how this is applied in practice.
This publication model allows ICAIIT to serve as a common platform for interdisciplinary research while maintaining a consistent methodological focus on the application and development of information technologies.
The publication is submitted for indexing in recognised international databases, including Scopus, Google Scholar, ROAD, and DOAJ. Proceedings of ICAIIT 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021 were indexed by Clarivate Analytics (CPCI-S / Web of Science). Proceedings of ICAIIT 2018–2025 have been successfully indexed in Scopus.
Topics and Research Topics
The journal covers 9 main topics. Each topic integrates a cluster of related subjects drawn from the full scope of the conference proceedings:
- 1Communication Technologies and Networks
- 2Electronic Hardware, Circuits and Embedded Systems
- 3Data Transport, Distributed Systems, Computing Infrastructures and Cybersecurity
- 4Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science
- 5Control, Automation, Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems
- 6Statistical Modelling, Mathematical Methods and Scientific Computing
- 7Digital Learning and Educational Technologies
- 8Digital Economy, Business Informatics and Information Systems
- 9Power and Energy Systems
The journal also welcomes case studies, surveys, reviews, and technical notes that advance knowledge across the above topics. All submissions are assessed for originality and methodological rigor through double-blind peer review. A full description of each topic is provided further below under “Research Topics — Detailed Overview”.
Special Issues — Scope and Topics
Special issues published under the ICAIIT title may be dedicated to conferences with different scientific and thematic profiles. The thematic structure of each special issue is determined individually, based on the programme and research areas of the contributing conference.
The topics of a special issue do not have to reproduce the nine main topics of the regular ICAIIT issues. They may be formulated differently in order to accurately reflect the scientific profile of the contributing conference.
Accordingly, special issues may cover research in areas such as:
- engineering and applied sciences;
- natural and life sciences;
- healthcare and biomedical research;
- environmental and energy systems;
- economics, finance, and business;
- education and digital learning;
- communication and network technologies;
- artificial intelligence and intelligent systems;
- computational science and mathematical modelling;
- automation, robotics, and control;
- cybersecurity and digital technologies;
- and other interdisciplinary fields.
The application field itself does not determine eligibility for publication. The decisive criterion is whether the research develops, applies, evaluates, or substantially relies on information technologies or IT-based methodologies.
For example, research in environmental science may be considered when it uses machine learning, data analytics, computational modelling, remote sensing, or digital monitoring. Research in healthcare may be considered when it applies AI, medical image processing, decision-support systems, data analytics, or other IT-based methods. Similarly, engineering, economics, education, energy, chemistry, biology, and other fields may fall within the scope when IT constitutes a substantive methodological component.
Thus, contributing conferences may retain their own scientific identity while their selected contributions are integrated into the ICAIIT publication framework through a common methodological principle (see the About Special Issues).
Call for Papers — Journal Publication 2026 (November)
We invite authors to submit their papers for Special Issue 3 of the Proceedings of the ICAIIT 2026, Volume 14(5). This special issue is scheduled for release on November 30, 2026. Journal publication is available without conference participation (Publication-Only track).
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers reporting original and previously unpublished work. Only full papers received before the deadline will be considered for review. The review process is double-blind — please do not include any author information in your submission.
Call for Papers — Journal Publication 2027 (April)
We invite authors to submit their papers for Special Issue 2 of the Proceedings of the ICAIIT 2027, Volume 15(2). This special issue is scheduled for release on April 22, 2027. Open for submissions from all authors — publication without conference presentation.
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers reporting original and previously unpublished work. Only full papers received before the deadline will be considered for review. The review process is double-blind — please do not include any author information in your submission.
Appendix: General Call for Participation for the March 13, 2025 conference can be found here.
Research Topics — Detailed Overview
Below is a full description of each of the 9 research topics accepted for publication. Each topic covers a broad cluster of related subjects. Research may address different application domains, provided that information technologies, IT-based methods, digital systems, computational approaches, or data-driven techniques constitute a substantive part of the research methodology.