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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	76
2	Multimedia Tools and Applications	63
3	ACM Transactions on Graphics	62
4	IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing	57
5	Journal of Network and Computer Applications	53
6	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics	52
7	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	51
8	IEEE Transactions on Services Computing	50
9	Computer Science Review	48
10	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	43
11	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	41
12	Journal of Systems and Software	40
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	40
14	Advances in Engineering Software	39
15	ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications	38
16	Information and Software Technology	37
17	Tsinghua Science and Technology	35
-	Image and Vision Computing	35
-	Journal of Systems Architecture	35
20	Virtual Reality	33
21	International Journal of Information Security	32
-	Visual Computer	32
23	Communications of the ACM	30
24	Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory	29
-	Computer Graphics Forum	29
-	Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience	29
-	Empirical Software Engineering	29
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	29
-	ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery From Data	29
30	Frontiers of Computer Science	28
-	SoftwareX	28
-	ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems	28
-	Computer Standards & Interfaces	28
34	IEEE Micro	23
-	Computers & Graphics-UK	23
-	Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering	23
-	IEEE Internet Computing	23
38	IEEE Transactions on Games	22
-	Computational Visual Media	22
40	ACM Transactions on Internet Technology	21
-	Computer	21
-	Computer-Aided Design	21
43	Software-Practice & Experience	20
-	World Wide Web-Internet and Web Information Systems	20
45	Entertainment Computing	19
-	Mathematical Programming	19
-	Software and Systems Modeling	19
-	IEEE Software	19
-	IT Professional	19
50	Automated Software Engineering	18

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