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ACM Inroads

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · United States · Est. 1991

ISSN2153-2184

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.234

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,178

Total Citationsi

9,305

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

ACM Inroads focuses on undergraduate curricular recommendations in computing. The journal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), which recognizes excellence in computer science and information technology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,178

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

2153-2184

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

368

2019

454

2020

146

2021

114

2022

161

2023

2024

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)Q3

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teaching and Learning ProgrammingInformation Systems Education and Curriculum DevelopmentOnline Learning and AnalyticsExperimental Learning in EngineeringMathematics, Computing, and Information ProcessingScientific Computing and Data ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesGender and Technology in EducationSoftware Engineering Research

Frequently asked questions about ACM Inroads

Is ACM Inroads a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ACM Inroads: it is indexed in 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 Inroads?

ACM Inroads is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.234.

Is ACM Inroads indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACM Inroads is indexed in Scopus.