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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	71
2	Multimedia Tools and Applications	67
3	ACM Transactions on Graphics	59
4	IEEE Transactions on Services Computing	52
-	Journal of Network and Computer Applications	52
6	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	50
7	IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing	49
-	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics	49
9	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	48
10	Journal of Systems and Software	38
11	Computer Science Review	37
12	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	36
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	36
14	Information and Software Technology	35
-	ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications	35
-	Journal of Systems Architecture	35
17	Tsinghua Science and Technology	34
-	Advances in Engineering Software	34
19	Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory	32
-	Virtual Reality	32
21	Image and Vision Computing	31
22	Visual Computer	30
-	Communications of the ACM	30
-	Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience	30
-	Computer Standards & Interfaces	30
26	Empirical Software Engineering	28
27	Computer Graphics Forum	27
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	27
29	SoftwareX	26
-	Computers & Graphics-UK	26
-	Scientific Programming	26
32	ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery From Data	25
33	International Journal of Information Security	24
-	World Wide Web-Internet and Web Information Systems	24
35	ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems	23
-	ACM Transactions on Internet Technology	23
-	Frontiers of Computer Science	23
-	Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering	23
-	IEEE Internet Computing	23
40	IEEE Micro	22
-	Computer-Aided Design	22
42	Computer	21
-	Computational Visual Media	21
44	Software and Systems Modeling	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Games	20
46	Automated Software Engineering	19
-	Entertainment Computing	19
-	IEEE Software	19
49	Mathematical Programming	18
-	IEEE Multimedia	18

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