Over the years, I have put together a list of journals accepting papers from the area of formal language theory. In this post, I would like to share this list with you.

When you do research, it is useful to keep a list of journals in which you can publish your results. My research specialization is formal languages: a branch of mathematics that formalizes languages and devices that define them strictly rigorously. Such devices include grammars and automata.

The following journals accept papers from this area. For each journal, I include its name, abbreviation, website, impact factor (IF), and possibly additional notes. The journals are ordered by their IF.

Of course, the list below is by no means complete. If you know of a journal that accepts papers from the area of formal language theory and is not present in the list, please, let me know! However, I have no interest in predatory journals.

The Computer Journal (CJ)

• Website: http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org
• IF: 0.888 (2013)
• Notes: –

International Journal of Computer Mathematics (IJCM)

• Website: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gcom20/
• IF: 0.721 (2013)
• Notes: –

Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DMTCS)

• Website: http://www.dmtcs.org/dmtcs-ojs/index.php/dmtcs/
• IF: 0.609 (2013)
• Notes: –

Information and Computation (IaC)

• Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-and-computation/
• IF: 0.604 (2013)
• Notes: –

Kybernetika (K)

• Website: http://www.kybernetika.cz
• IF: 0.563 (2013)
• Notes: –

Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)

• Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/theoretical-computer-science/
• IF: 0.516 (2013)
• Notes: –

Information Processing Letters (IPL)

• Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-processing-letters/
• IF: 0.479 (2013)
• Notes: maximal size of a paper is 9 pages; rapid publication process

Fundamenta Informaticae (FI)

• Website: http://fi.mimuw.edu.pl/index.php/FI/
• IF: 0.479 (2011)
• Notes: –

International Journal of Algebra and Computation (IJAC)

• Website: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijac
• IF: 0.436 (2013)
• Notes: –

Acta Informatica (AI)

• Website: http://www.springer.com/computer/theoretical+computer+science/journal/236
• IF: 0.405 (2013)
• Notes: –

Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS)

• Website: http://www.jucs.org
• IF: 0.401 (2013)
• Notes: –

International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS)

• Website: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijfcs
• IF: 0.326 (2013)
• Notes: –

Computing and Informatics (CaI)

• Website: http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index/
• IF: 0.319 (2013)
• Notes: –

Acta Cybernetica (AC)

• Website: http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/actacybernetica/
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Theory of Computing (ToC)

• Website: http://theoryofcomputing.org/index.html
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Journal of Logic, Language and Information (JLLI)

• Website: http://www.springer.com/philosophy/logic+and+philosophy+of+language/journal/10849
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science (CJTCS)

• Website: http://cjtcs.cs.uchicago.edu
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science (FTTCS)

• Website: http://www.nowpublishers.com/tcs
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics (JALC)

• Website: http://www.jalc.de
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Egyptian Informatics Journal (EIJ)

• Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/egyptian-informatics-journal/
• IF: –
• Notes: –

Journal of Applied Computer Science & Mathematics (JACSM)

• Website: http://jacs.usv.ro
• IF: –
• Notes: submissions only in MS Word

Theoretical and Applied Informatics (TAAI)

• Website: http://taai.iitis.gliwice.pl
• IF: –
• Notes: the last issue is from 2013

Schedae Informaticae (SA)

• Website: http://www.ejournals.eu/Schedae-Informaticae/
• IF: –
• Notes: the last issue is from 2013

Central European Journal of Computer Science (CEJCS)

• Website: http://www.editorialmanager.com/cejcs/
• IF: –
• Notes: appears to be dead (I got no response to my numerous emails in 2014 and 2015)