The ''Journal of Universal Computer Science'' is a monthly

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covering all aspects of

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History

The journal was established in 1994 and is published by the J.UCS Consortium, formed by nine research organisations. The

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are Muhammad Tanvir Afzal (

Capital University of Science & Technology Capital University of Science & Technology abbreviated as (CUST) () is a federally chartered, private university located in Islamabad, Pakistan and offers various undergraduate, post-graduate and doctorate levels programs with a strong emphasis ...

), Wolf-Tilo Balke (

Leibniz University Hannover Leibniz University Hannover (), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public university, public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six period ...

), Christian Gütl (

Graz University of Technology Graz University of Technology (, short TU Graz) is a public research university located in Styria, Austria. It was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria and is the oldest science and technology research and educational institute in Austria. ...

), Rocael Hernández Rizzardini ( Galileo University), Matthias Jarke (

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...

), Stefanie Lindstaedt (Graz University of Technology), Peter Serdyukov (

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), and Klaus Tochtermann (Graz University of Technology).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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/Engineering, Computing & Technology,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 1.066.

References

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