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IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

IEEE Computer Society · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1045-9219eISSN1558-2183

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.866

H-Indexi

200

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.281

Total Worksi

6,518

Total Citationsi

259,578

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Parallel and distributed systems are the most advanced computing systems. They are the backbone of almost all the advancements of modern sciences and engineering and the heart of the digital world. TPDS is the flagship journal of IEEE in parallel and distributed system research. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems publishes the latest research relating to parallel and distributed systems such as models of computation, data-intensive parallel algorithms, scalability of algorithms, and data structures.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyMonthly, <1993- >

StatusActive

Total Publications6,518

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IEEE Computer Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1045-9219 / 1558-2183

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

190

6.2k

2019

237

9.2k

2020

316

10k

2021

220

4.3k

2022

201

3.9k

2023

177

1.3k

2024

202

340

2025

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.

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ1

Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

Signal ProcessingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Theory & MethodsEngineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Hardware and ArchitectureComputational Theory and MathematicsSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesInterconnection Networks and SystemsCloud Computing and Resource ManagementAdvanced Data Storage TechnologiesDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Is IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems?

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed 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 3.29.

Is IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.