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• New SACJ website

  2026-05-22

  Link to the new SACJ website for submissions and the latest issues:  sacj.org.za

   

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• Notification of new issue and new site

  2023-12-14

  A new issue of South African Computer Journal has been published.
  Link: https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacj/issue/current

  This is also a notification to all SACJ users that we are moving the journal to a new platform. We will keep the old site up and running until the back issues have been migrated to the new platform and DOIs have been updated to link to the new location. All existing submissions will be processed to completion on the old site. The old site has been closed for submissions and all new submissions should be made on the new site.

  Direct link to the old site: https://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/
  Direct link to the new site: https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacj/
  The SACJ URL (https://www.sacj.org.za/) will soon resolve to the new site.

  Prof Katherine Malan

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  Prof Katherine Malan
  Editor: South African Computer Journal (SACJ)
  Email: sacj.editor@gmail.com

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• SACJ new URL and new issue published

  2023-07-31

  We are pleased to announce that SACJ has a new URL (https://www.sacj.org.za/)

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• SACJ joins Khulisa Journals

  2022-12-05

  SACJ has joined Khulisa Journals (https://journals.assaf.org.za/) and we will be moving the journal to be hosted on their platform with a new URL (www.sacj.org.za) in 2023.

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• Editor-in-Chief Elect

  2021-05-27

  Katherine Malan joins the editorial team as Editor-in-Chief elect. She will be a regular editor up to taking office in time for the July 2022 issue,

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• iThenticate plagiarism checking

  2020-08-11

  All submissions to SACJ are now checked for similarity to published sources using iThenticate.

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• COVID 19 unpredictable delays

  2020-04-03

  We hope all our readers, authors, reviewers and editors make it through this difficult time; we will try to keep operating to our usual schedule but can’t predict how things will go.

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• SACJ on Twitter

  2020-01-06

  South African Computer Journal is on Twitter – follow @SouthComputer and retweet to get articles seen.

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• SACJ upgrade to Open Journal Systems 3.1.2.2

  2019-12-02

  We have previously been running on OJS 2.x, which has had some limitations, e.g., only allowing ORCiD IDs to use http rather than https URLs. We hope the update will generally improve performance and functionality.

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• Accreditation status

  2019-02-14

  South African Computer Journal is still listed at Scopus. Read More Read more about Accreditation status

• Please add an ORCID to your profile

  2018-03-27

  An ORCID is a unique author identifier that is easy to set up an increasingly widely used – see https://orcid.org Read More Read more about Please add an ORCID to your profile

• DHET recognizes SACJ’s Scopus membership

  2018-02-05

  SACJ is on the latest list of accredited journals listed by Scopus, published by the DHET. Read More Read more about DHET recognizes SACJ’s Scopus membership

• Submissions: PDF only please

  2017-11-03

  Please submit any article that must he be reviewed in PDF. If it is accepted we will request an editable version. Read More Read more about Submissions: PDF only please

• Submissions: PDF only please

  2017-11-03

  Please submit all articles that must he be reviewed in PDF. If it is accepted we will request an editable version. Read More Read more about Submissions: PDF only please

• SACJ revised paper templates

  2017-04-11

  You can find revised versions of the MS Word and LaTeX templates at author guidelines. Please do submission for review in PDF format. Read More Read more about SACJ revised paper templates

• Indexing by Scopus

  2016-03-25

  As of 25 March 2016, SACJ has been accepted for indexing in Scopus. It will take a while before the content is indexed. Read More Read more about Indexing by Scopus

• End of an era

  2015-12-10

  A change to volume and number from 2016. Read More Read more about End of an era

• Plagiarism

  2015-07-20

  Reviewers have started complaining of finding plagiarism in papers so we have started screening papers before they go for review. Please make sure you understand what plagiarism is before submitting a paper. Read More Read more about Plagiarism

• Entering the DOI world

  2015-02-05

  SACJ is planning on allocating a DOI for each paper. You should from now on include a DOI whenever it is available in any references you cite. Read More Read more about Entering the DOI world

• Online ISSN 2313-7835

  2014-09-18

  SACJ has both a print ISSN 1015-7999 and an online ISSN 2313-7835. Read More Read more about Online ISSN 2313-7835

• Special issues

  2014-03-09

  The ICT4D special issue call for papers closed with 12 submissions. Read More Read more about Special issues

• Policy change: publication charges

  2012-06-27

  As of 1 July 2012, papers submitted will attract a publication charge, to cover administration and typesetting costs, payable when the paper is accepted. Read More Read more about Policy change: publication charges

• SACJ44 published on Web Site

  2010-08-02

  SACJ44 was the last issue of SACJ also published on paper. Read More Read more about SACJ44 published on Web Site