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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	ACM Transactions on Graphics	57
2	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	48
3	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	44
4	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	34
-	Journal of Systems and Software	34
6	Information and Software Technology	33
7	Communications of the ACM	32
8	Advances in Engineering Software	31
9	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	30
10	Tsinghua Science and Technology	29
-	Visual Computer	29
12	Computer Graphics Forum	28
13	Computer Standards & Interfaces	27
-	Image and Vision Computing	27
15	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	26
-	Scientific Programming	26
17	Computers & Graphics-UK	23
18	IEEE Software	22
19	Computer-Aided Design	21
20	Computer	20
-	IEEE Micro	20
22	Software-Practice & Experience	19
23	Computer Journal	17
-	Mathematical Programming	17
25	Automated Software Engineering	16
26	ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software	15
27	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications	14
-	Journal of the ACM	14
29	Science of Computer Programming	13
30	Requirements Engineering	12
-	Journal of Computer Science and Technology	12
32	Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision	11
33	Software Quality Journal	10
-	ACM Transactions on Database Systems	10
-	Algorithmica	10
-	IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems	10
-	Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International	10
-	Sigmod Record	10
39	BIT Numerical Mathematics	9
-	Computer Aided Geometric Design	9
-	ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems	9
-	Optimization Methods & Software	9
43	Formal Aspects of Computing	8
44	International Journal of Wavelets Multiresolution and Information Processing	7
-	Programming and Computer Software	7
-	Software Testing Verification & Reliability	7
-	International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering	7
-	Random Structures & Algorithms	7
49	Fundamenta Informaticae	6
50	Journal of Functional Programming	3