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ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1550-4859eISSN1550-4867

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.975

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.227

Total Worksi

1,188

Total Citationsi

36,385

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications; Computer Networks and Communications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,188

Publisher OrgAssociation for Computing Machinery

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1550-4859 / 1550-4867

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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

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

1.3k

2019

983

2020

1.3k

2021

127

2.5k

2022

125

1.4k

2023

103

755

2024

139

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.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and Communications

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksIndoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksMobile Ad Hoc NetworksIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingSecurity in Wireless Sensor NetworksOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant NetworksWireless Networks and ProtocolsDistributed Sensor Networks and Detection AlgorithmsUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Is ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks: 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 Sensor Networks?

ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 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 3.14.

Is ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks?