New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Computer Science, Theory & Methods

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4943
2 PeerJ Computer Science2817
3 Cluster Computing-The Journal of Networks Software Tools and Applications2567
4 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security2550
5 Multimedia Tools and Applications2510
6 Information Fusion2382
7 Concurrency and Computation-Practice & Experience2169
8 Journal of Supercomputing2166
9 Future Generation Computer Systems-The International Journal of Escience1916
10 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine1895
11 Theoretical Computer Science1758
12 Proceedings of the Vldb Endowment1569
13 Multimedia Systems1461
14 ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications1299
15 ACM Computing Surveys1292
16 Fuzzy Sets and Systems1264
17 International Journal of Systems Science1200
18 Swarm and Evolutionary Computation1199
19 Image and Vision Computing1175
20 Expert Systems1165
21 Journal of Systems and Software1100
22 IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation937
23 Computer Systems Science and Engineering901
24 Journal of Computational Science883
25 Journal of Big Data822
26 Designs Codes and Cryptography809
27 Statistics and Computing803
28 IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing722
29 IEEE Transactions on Big Data671
30 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking667
31 Computer Journal615
32 Computing601
33 Frontiers of Computer Science598
34 Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing592
35 International Journal of Information Security591
36 Microprocessors and Microsystems488
37 Information Systems Frontiers453
38 Discrete & Computational Geometry445
39 ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization439
40 Information and Computation419
41 IEEE Multimedia368
42 Journal of Symbolic Computation343
43 Journal of Logic and Computation341
44 Computer Science Review322
45 International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation320
46 Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences312
47 International Journal of General Systems258
48 Journal of Computer and System Sciences254
49 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery239
50 Connection Science235
51 International Journal of Quantum Information228
52 Journal of Grid Computing227
53 SIAM Journal on Computing225
54 International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science222
55 Semantic Web214
56 Journal of Web Engineering208
57 Theory of Computing Systems192
58 Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming190
59 Quantum Information & Computation187
60 Big Data Research185
61 Applicable Algebra in Engineering Communication and Computing180
- ACM Transactions on Algorithms180
63 Natural Computing179
- International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications179
65 Foundations of Computational Mathematics174
66 Journal of the ACM170
67 Combinatorics Probability & Computing167
68 Big Data163
- Performance Evaluation163
70 Theory and Practice of Logic Programming156
71 Mathematical Structures in Computer Science153
72 Journal of Cryptology152
73 New Generation Computing149
74 ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems147
75 Parallel Computing145
76 ACM Transactions on Computational Logic115
77 Cryptologia108
78 Journal of Cryptographic Engineering107
79 Journal of Heuristics100
80 Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines97
81 International Journal of Parallel Programming91
82 Malaysian Journal of Computer Science90
83 Artificial Life83
- Formal Methods in System Design83
85 Problems of Information Transmission80
- Distributed Computing80
87 Real-Time Systems71
88 Human-Computer Interaction68
89 Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing63
90 IET Computers and Digital Techniques54
91 Distributed and Parallel Databases48
92 Theory of Computing41
93 Evolutionary Computation23
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