Computer Science, Software Engineering: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	83
2	Multimedia Tools and Applications	64
3	IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing	56
-	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics	56
-	ACM Transactions on Graphics	56
6	Journal of Network and Computer Applications	52
7	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	51
8	Computer Science Review	50
9	IEEE Transactions on Services Computing	48
10	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	45
11	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	43
12	Advances in Engineering Software	41
-	Journal of Systems and Software	41
14	ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications	40
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	40
16	Information and Software Technology	37
17	Tsinghua Science and Technology	36
-	Image and Vision Computing	36
19	Journal of Systems Architecture	35
20	International Journal of Information Security	34
21	Visual Computer	33
22	Virtual Reality	32
-	Empirical Software Engineering	32
24	Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory	30
-	Frontiers of Computer Science	30
-	ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery From Data	30
-	Computer Standards & Interfaces	30
28	Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience	29
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	29
30	ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems	28
-	Communications of the ACM	28
32	SoftwareX	27
33	Computer Graphics Forum	25
34	Computers & Graphics-UK	24
-	IEEE Micro	24
-	Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering	24
37	ACM Transactions on Internet Technology	23
38	Computational Visual Media	22
-	Computer-Aided Design	22
40	Computer	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Games	21
42	Software-Practice & Experience	20
-	World Wide Web-Internet and Web Information Systems	20
-	IEEE Internet Computing	20
-	IEEE Software	20
46	Software and Systems Modeling	19
-	Automated Software Engineering	19
-	Entertainment Computing	19
-	Mathematical Programming	19
-	ACM Transactions on the Web	19

51	ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems	18
-	Computer Journal	18
-	IT Professional	18
54	IEEE Embedded Systems Letters	17
-	International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval	17
-	Journal of Web Semantics	17
57	IEEE Security & Privacy	16
-	Journal of the ACM	16
-	Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds	16
-	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications	16
-	Requirements Engineering	16
62	SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences	15
63	Software Quality Journal	14
-	International Journal of Electronic Commerce	14
-	Journal of Computer Science and Technology	14
-	Journal of Software-Evolution and Process	14
67	ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software	13
-	ACM Transactions on Storage	13
-	Computer Aided Geometric Design	13
-	Science of Computer Programming	13
-	Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International	13
-	IEEE Multimedia	13
-	Scientific Programming	13
74	Journal of Web Engineering	12
75	International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer	11
-	Optimization Methods & Software	11
-	BIT Numerical Mathematics	11
-	IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems	11
-	Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision	11
-	Mathematical Programming Computation	11
81	ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems	10
-	Computer Science and Information Systems	10
-	IET Software	10
-	Journal of Computer Languages	10
-	Sigmod Record	10
-	ACM Transactions on Applied Perception	10
-	Algorithmica	10
-	Graphical Models	10
-	Information Visualization	10
90	International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering	9
-	Software Testing Verification & Reliability	9
-	Programming and Computer Software	9
93	ACM Transactions on Database Systems	8
-	International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining	8
-	Formal Aspects of Computing	8
-	International Journal of Wavelets Multiresolution and Information Processing	8
97	Random Structures & Algorithms	7
-	Theory and Practice of Logic Programming	7
99	International Journal of Web and Grid Services	6
100	Fundamenta Informaticae	5
101	Journal of Functional Programming	4
-	International Journal of Web Services Research	4
103	ICGA Journal	3