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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	ACM Transactions on Graphics	60
2	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	51
3	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation	49
4	ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology	38
5	IEEE Transactions on Reliability	37
-	Journal of Systems and Software	37
7	Advances in Engineering Software	36
8	Information and Software Technology	35
-	Tsinghua Science and Technology	35
10	Image and Vision Computing	32
11	Visual Computer	31
12	Computer Standards & Interfaces	30
13	Communications of the ACM	29
-	Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation	29
15	Computer Graphics Forum	28
16	Scientific Programming	27
17	Computers & Graphics-UK	24
18	Computer-Aided Design	23
-	IEEE Micro	23
20	Computer	20
21	Automated Software Engineering	19
-	IEEE Software	19
23	Mathematical Programming	18
24	Software-Practice & Experience	17
25	Computer Journal	16
26	Journal of the ACM	14
-	Science of Computer Programming	14
-	Requirements Engineering	14
29	Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision	13
30	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications	12
-	Journal of Computer Science and Technology	12
-	ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software	12
-	Computer Aided Geometric Design	12
-	IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems	12
-	Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International	12
-	Software Quality Journal	12
37	Optimization Methods & Software	11
-	Sigmod Record	11
39	ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems	10
-	Formal Aspects of Computing	10
-	Algorithmica	10
-	BIT Numerical Mathematics	10
43	International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering	9
-	ACM Transactions on Database Systems	9
45	Software Testing Verification & Reliability	8
-	Programming and Computer Software	8
47	Random Structures & Algorithms	7
-	International Journal of Wavelets Multiresolution and Information Processing	7
49	Fundamenta Informaticae	5
-	Journal of Functional Programming	5