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ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · United States

ISSN0164-0925eISSN1558-4593
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.62
H-Indexi
141
SNIPi
1.523
Total Worksi
1,290
Total Citationsi
108,459
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.49
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyBimonthly, July 1993-
StatusActive
Total Publications1,290
Publisher OrgAssociation for Computing Machinery
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0164-0925 / 1558-4593
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
30
345
2019
14
165
2020
21
303
2021
25
166
2022
21
185
2023
14
58
2024
22
10
2025
13
2
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Logic, programming, and type systemsFormal Methods in VerificationParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesDistributed systems and fault toleranceSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques

Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems

Is ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems?

ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.49.

Is ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems?

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Software.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref