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Communications of the ACM

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · United States · Est. 1942

ISSN1557-7317

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.54

H-Indexi

431

SNIPi

3.343

Total Worksi

16,052

Total Citationsi

1,203,276

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Communications of the ACM is the leading publication for the computing and information technology fields. The journal aims to explore the transformative impact of information technology on various sectors including business and education.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1942

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,052

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?

1557-7317

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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

296

8.4k

2019

293

21k

2020

321

15k

2021

295

3.2k

2022

281

2023

284

2.1k

2024

259

791

2025

170

188

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Hardware & ArchitectureComputer Science, Software EngineeringComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesAlgorithms and Data CompressionDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsInformation Systems Education and Curriculum DevelopmentLogic, programming, and type systemsSoftware Engineering ResearchBig Data and Business IntelligenceAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesDistributed systems and fault toleranceTeaching and Learning Programming

Frequently asked questions about Communications of the ACM

Is Communications of the ACM a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communications of the ACM: 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 Communications of the ACM?

Communications of the ACM 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 3.25.

Is Communications of the ACM indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communications of the ACM is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.