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ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1556-4665eISSN1556-4703

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.719

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.039

Total Worksi

541

Total Citationsi

12,030

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Theory & Methods; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Control and Systems Engineering; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications541

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?

1556-4665 / 1556-4703

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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

221

2019

311

2020

2021

2022

322

2023

332

2024

154

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 Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)SoftwareControl and Systems Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Software Engineering MethodologiesDistributed systems and fault toleranceSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceCloud Computing and Resource ManagementPeer-to-Peer Network TechnologiesService-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingCaching and Content DeliveryDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

Is ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive 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 Autonomous and Adaptive Systems?

ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive 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 2.72.

Is ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.