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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	72
2	Multimedia Tools and Applications	69
3	ACM Transactions on Graphics	60
4	IEEE Transactions on Services Computing	53
5	Journal of Network and Computer Applications	51
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	51
7	IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing	50
8	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics	49
9	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	48
10	Computer Science Review	40
11	Journal of Systems and Software	38
12	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	37
13	ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications	36
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	36
15	Advances in Engineering Software	35
16	Information and Software Technology	34
-	Tsinghua Science and Technology	34
-	Journal of Systems Architecture	34
19	Virtual Reality	33
20	Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory	32
-	Image and Vision Computing	32
22	Visual Computer	31
23	Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience	30
24	Communications of the ACM	29
-	Computer Standards & Interfaces	29
26	Computer Graphics Forum	28
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	28
-	Empirical Software Engineering	28
29	SoftwareX	27
-	Scientific Programming	27
31	International Journal of Information Security	25
-	ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery From Data	25
33	ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems	24
-	Computers & Graphics-UK	24
-	Frontiers of Computer Science	24
-	Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering	24
-	IEEE Internet Computing	24
38	World Wide Web-Internet and Web Information Systems	23
39	ACM Transactions on Internet Technology	22
-	IEEE Micro	22
-	Computer-Aided Design	22
42	Computational Visual Media	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Games	21
44	Software and Systems Modeling	20
-	Computer	20
46	Automated Software Engineering	19
-	Entertainment Computing	19
-	IEEE Software	19
49	Mathematical Programming	18
-	IT Professional	18

-	Software-Practice & Experience	18
52	International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval	17
-	ACM Transactions on the Web	17
-	IEEE Multimedia	17
55	IEEE Security & Privacy	16
-	Journal of Software-Evolution and Process	16
-	Journal of Web Semantics	16
-	ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems	16
-	Computer Journal	16
60	Journal of the ACM	15
-	SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences	15
-	IEEE Embedded Systems Letters	15
63	Science of Computer Programming	14
-	International Journal of Electronic Commerce	14
-	Requirements Engineering	14
66	Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision	13
-	Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds	13
-	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications	13
-	IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems	13
70	Software Quality Journal	12
-	ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software	12
-	ACM Transactions on Storage	12
-	Computer Aided Geometric Design	12
-	Computer Science and Information Systems	12
-	Journal of Computer Science and Technology	12
76	International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer	11
-	Journal of Computer Languages	11
-	Journal of Web Engineering	11
-	Optimization Methods & Software	11
-	Sigmod Record	11
-	Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International	11
82	IET Software	10
-	ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems	10
-	Mathematical Programming Computation	10
-	Algorithmica	10
-	Graphical Models	10
87	ACM Transactions on Database Systems	9
-	Theory and Practice of Logic Programming	9
-	BIT Numerical Mathematics	9
-	Formal Aspects of Computing	9
91	International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering	8
-	International Journal of Web and Grid Services	8
-	Information Visualization	8
-	Software Testing Verification & Reliability	8
-	ACM Transactions on Applied Perception	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	Journal of Functional Programming	5
-	Fundamenta Informaticae	5
102	ICGA Journal	3
-	International Journal of Web Services Research	3