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IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2168-7161eISSN2168-7161

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.368

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.555

Total Worksi

1,415

Total Citationsi

42,999

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC) is dedicated to the multidisciplinary field of cloud computing. It is committed to the publication of articles that present innovative research ideas, application results, and case studies in cloud computing, focusing on key technical issues related to theory, algorithms, systems, applications, and performance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Frequency4

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,415

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous

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?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-7161 / 2168-7161

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous

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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

108

4.4k

2019

144

4.5k

2020

131

3.2k

2021

106

2.3k

2022

1.3k

2023

112

1.1k

2024

102

343

2025

160

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

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

Information SystemsQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsHardware and ArchitectureSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingCryptography and Data SecurityCloud Data Security SolutionsPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataCaching and Content DeliverySoftware-Defined Networks and 5GBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityDistributed and Parallel Computing SystemsSoftware System Performance and Reliability

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing

Is IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing: 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 IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing?

IEEE Transactions on Cloud 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 3.33.

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

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