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IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing

IEEE Computer Society · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN2168-6750eISSN2168-6750

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2015-07-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.142

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.891

Total Worksi

1,301

Total Citationsi

32,397

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications; Computer Science Applications; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Human-Computer Interaction; Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyTwice A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,301

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

2168-6750 / 2168-6750

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

3.1k

2019

115

3.6k

2020

117

2.7k

2021

105

1.9k

2022

118

1.4k

2023

485

2024

247

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 ApplicationsQ1

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Human-Computer InteractionQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsHuman-Computer Interaction

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingPhysical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware SecurityParallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesCryptography and Data SecurityPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionCloud Computing and Resource ManagementLow-power high-performance VLSI design

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing

Is IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing a predatory journal?

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2015-07-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing?

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 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 2.17.

Is IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing?