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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	67
2	Multimedia Tools and Applications	65
3	Journal of Network and Computer Applications	56
4	ACM Transactions on Graphics	53
5	IEEE Transactions on Services Computing	51
6	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	48
7	IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing	47
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	47
9	IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics	46
10	Computer Science Review	38
11	Journal of Systems and Software	37
12	Information and Software Technology	36
13	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	35
-	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	35
-	Journal of Systems Architecture	35
16	ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications	34
17	Tsinghua Science and Technology	33
-	Advances in Engineering Software	33
19	Communications of the ACM	32
20	Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory	31
-	Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience	31
-	Virtual Reality	31
23	Computer Standards & Interfaces	30
-	Image and Vision Computing	30
25	Visual Computer	29
26	Scientific Programming	27
-	Empirical Software Engineering	27
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	27
29	ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems	26
-	Computer Graphics Forum	26
31	Frontiers of Computer Science	25
-	World Wide Web-Internet and Web Information Systems	25
33	SoftwareX	24
-	ACM Transactions on Internet Technology	24
-	Computers & Graphics-UK	24
-	Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering	24
37	ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery From Data	23
38	International Journal of Information Security	22
-	IEEE Internet Computing	22
40	IEEE Micro	21
-	Computer-Aided Design	21
42	Software and Systems Modeling	20
-	Computer	20
-	Computational Visual Media	20
-	IEEE Software	20
46	IEEE Transactions on Games	19
47	Automated Software Engineering	18
-	Entertainment Computing	18
-	IT Professional	18
50	Mathematical Programming	17

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