ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH) publishes papers of significant and lasting value in all areas relating to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in support of Cultural Heritage. The journal encourages the submission of manuscripts that demonstrate innovative use of technology for the discovery, analysis, interpretation and presentation of cultural material, as well as manuscripts that illustrate applications in the Cultural Heritage sector that challenge the computational technologies and suggest new research opportunities in computer science. It is published on a quarterly basis.

The field Cultural Heritage spans many distinct sub-areas, which may be divided into two major classifications: tangible heritage, such as the discovery, documentation, organization, interpretation and communication of artifacts, monuments, sites, museums, and collections (including digital archives, catalogues and libraries); and intangible heritage, such as music, performance, storytelling, and mythology. In addition, the increasing volume of digital cultural artifacts and collections is becoming an important body of heritage content in its own right. Submissions that have led to actual cultural applications are particularly welcomed.

Topics include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

    On-site and remotely sensed data collection
    Enhanced 2D media for CH
    3D digital artifact capture, representation and manipulation
    Tools for reconstruction and processing of digital representations
    Metadata, classification schema, ontologies and semantic processing for CH multimedia repositories
    Analytic tools to assist scholars' research on collections or artifacts
    ICT assistance in monitoring and restoration
    Augmentation of physical collections with digital presentations
    Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies for virtual and digital museums
    Human-Computer interfaces for virtual and digital museums
    Story-telling and other forms of communication, multimedia systems
    Serious games
    Web-based and mobile technologies for CH
    Long term preservation of digital artifacts
    Provenance, copyright and IPR
    Digital capture and annotation of intangible heritage (performance, audio, dance, oral heritage)
    ICT technologies in support of creating new cultural experiences or digital artifacts
    Applications (e.g. in Education and Tourism)