Since April 2006 international journal of the ICSTI «Information and Innovations” has been issued. Its appearance was conditioned on further development of the ICSTI activity in the field of information on innovation technologies. The main objective of the journal is to inform about processes taking place in science, technology and innovations in the ICSTI member states and other countries of the world, to boost entrepreneurial, innovation and technology activities, to develop stable international contacts and expand cooperation of the ICSTI members and interested partners. The journal addresses challenges facing national systems of scientific and technical information, national innovation systems and their interaction, global tendencies of innovation processes. Considerable attention is focused on small and medium enterprises and information support to commercialization of innovation projects, technologies, and products. Every issue contains illustrated descriptions of new, occasionally unique products, technologies, engineering solutions, projects and results of basic research developed and obtained by the leading laboratories, manufacturing enterprises and companies in the ICSTI member countries. There are 20—25 projects in various fields of science and technology represented in each issue. Contacts between developers and prospective customers are established directly by the Editorial Board of the journal. Contact information is free of charge for subscribers interested in. We regularly publish materials dedicated to current the ICSTI activities, events taking place in its headquarters, the national organizations, activities of international structures in the field of innovations and technology transfer. The journal conception is based, in particular, on the experience of "F&F Consulting Co.", which published the journal “Russia and the World: Science and Technology” during 1993—2005 under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The journal has been registered in the Federal Service of Supervision of Legislation in Mass Communications and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Russian Federation (Registration Certificate ПИ №ФС77-27294 of 22 February 2007), ISSN 1994-2443. On the matter of subscription, please, contact: International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) 21-B, Kuusinen Street, 125252, Moscow, Russia Phone:   +7-499-1986430, +7-499-1987025 Fax:   +7-499-9430089 E-mail:   info@icsti.su