信息学报提供有关程序、计算系统和信息结构的设计和分析的正式方法以及理论计算机科学的相关领域（如自动机理论、计算机科学中的逻辑和算法）的文章的国际传播。感兴趣的主题包括：?编程语言的语义?并行、分布式、反应式和移动系统的模型和建模语言?时间、混合和概率系统的模型和建模语言?规范、程序分析和验证?模型检查和定理证明?模态逻辑、时态逻辑、一阶和高阶逻辑及其变体?约束逻辑、SAT/SMT求解技术?数据库、半结构化数据和有限模型理论的理论方面?人工智能、知识表示、描述逻辑的理论方面?自动控制理论、形式语言、术语和图形重写?基于游戏的模型，综合?类型理论，类型计算?代数、代数和分类方法?性能、可靠性和可靠性分析的正式方面?信息和网络安全基础?并行、分布式和随机算法?算法的设计和分析?网络和通信协议的基础
Acta Informatica provides international dissemination of articles on formal methods for the design and analysis of programs, computing systems and information structures, as well as related fields of Theoretical Computer Science such as Automata Theory, Logic in Computer Science, and Algorithmics.Topics of interest include:? semantics of programming languages? models and modeling languages for concurrent, distributed, reactive and mobile systems? models and modeling languages for timed, hybrid and probabilistic systems? specification, program analysis and verification? model checking and theorem proving? modal, temporal, first- and higher-order logics, and their variants? constraint logic, SAT/SMT-solving techniques? theoretical aspects of databases, semi-structured data and finite model theory? theoretical aspects of artificial intelligence, knowledge representation, description logic? automata theory, formal languages, term and graph rewriting? game-based models, synthesis? type theory, typed calculi? algebraic, coalgebraic and categorical methods? formal aspects of performance, dependability and reliability analysis? foundations of information and network security? parallel, distributed and randomized algorithms? design and analysis of algorithms? foundations of network and communication protocols