Communications of the ACM

Papers
(The TQCC of Communications of the ACM is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Persistence programming296
Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery246
Taking Apart to Build Back Up124
Leaving X116
Historic Algorithms Help Unlock Shortest-Path Problem Breakthrough112
3D Modeling Draws on AI109
How Software Bugs led to “One of the Greatest Miscarriages of Justice” in British History102
Unleashing the Power of Deep Learning97
In Memoriam91
Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech66
Not Every AI Problem Is a Data Problem60
AI Multiplies for Drug Discovery55
Virtual and the Future of Conferences47
Is There an End to Forever Chemicals?44
Empowering Virtual Agents With Intelligent Systems41
Tackling Challenges in Implementing Large-Scale Graph Databases39
The Conundrum of LLMs38
Designing an Ethical Tech Developer36
mCaptcha: Replacing Captchas with Rate limiters to Improve Security and Accessibility36
In Memoriam: Richard A. Tapia (1939-2026)35
Show It or Tell It? Text, Visualization, and Their Combination35
On the Implicit Bias in Deep-Learning Algorithms34
Revamping Python for an AI World31
Connecting the Unconnected31
Where Is My Data?28
Considering Trauma in Accessible Design for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities28
Deleting X: Why SIGDOC Left the Platform28
On Expert Testimony28
Rebutting Rebuttals27
After the Complaint26
The Dilemma of Scale25
Orchestrating the Schema24
Neural Networks for Drug Discovery and Design24
The Outlook for Computer Science Education24
General Game Playing24
Simulating Extinct Species24
Quantum Speedup for the Fast Fourier Transform?24
An AI Learning Hierarchy23
A Perspectival Mirror of the Elephant23
What Should We Do when Our Ideas of Fairness Conflict?23
AI Regulation in U.S. States: Lessons Learned and Key Takeaways23
Subfield prestige and gender inequality among U.S. computing faculty23
Machine Unlearning with Minimal Gradient Dependence for High Unlearning Ratios23
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UbiComp/ISWC: Best Practices for Accessible and Equitable Computing Conferences22
The Rise of Computational Thinking in the Age of AI21
Talking about Large Language Models20
The blood price of unrestricted privacy20
‘Upon This Quote I Will Build My Church Thesis’20
Shedding Labels, Sidestepping Limitations, and Self-Fulfillment20
Preprinting in AI Ethics: Toward a Set of Community Guidelines20
Contracting for Artificial Intelligence19
Keeping the Dream Alive: The Power and Promise of Federally Funded Research19
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?19
Computing's grand challenge for sustainability19
Model Counting Meets Distinct Elements19
Women in Computer Science Are Making Strides18
Understanding Mobile App Reviews to Guide Misuse Audits18
Tales of Topological Qubits18
Building and Nurturing AI Development in Vietnam18
Achievement in Microarchitecture18
Scalable Technological Architecture Empowers Small-Scale Smart Farming Solutions17
Preserving the past with immersive technologies17
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The Future Is Reversible17
Dynamic Placement in Refugee Resettlement17
A Quantum Leap in Factoring17
Elevating Security with Arm CCA17
The AI Ethicist's Dirty Hands Problem17
What is Data Science?16
Federal Funding of Public Key Cryptography16
The EU AI Act and the Wager on Trustworthy AI16
Sustainable Quantum Computing16
LaMPost: AI Writing Assistance for Adults with Dyslexia Using Large Language Models16
Multisensory Experiences: Formation, Realization, and Responsibilities16
Trading Bits for Atoms: How Digital Products Are Reshaping the Global Economy16
Building Safer and Interoperable AI systems15
All Sliders to the Right15
Deterministic Record-and-Replay15
You Don’t Know Jack about Bandwidth15
Technical Perspective: Pandemics, Remote Work, and Accessibility15
A Decade of Docker Containers14
From Model Training to Model Raising14
Communicating the Value of Publicly Funded Science14
Let us not put all our eggs in one basket14
To Post or Not to Post: AI Ethics in theAge of Big Tech14
Intelligent futures in task assistance14
Repeat, Reproduce, Replicate14
ACM’s 2026 General Election14
Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity14
Designing an Efficient Tree Index on Disaggregated Memory13
Misinformation Campaigns through WhatsApp and Telegram in Presidential Elections in Brazil13
Mapping the Privacy Landscape for Central Bank Digital Currencies13
The Silent (R)evolution of SAT13
Ethical AI is Not about AI13
Fast Parameterized Preprocessing for Polynomial-Time Solvable Graph Problems12
JIZAI Body: Human-Machine Integration Based on Asian Thought12
AI Authorship Revisited12
The Importance of Distrust in Trusting Digital Worker Chatbots12
KV the Apostate: Faith-Based Computing Versus the Unnatural Science12
We Must Teach Computer Science in Prison12
Public Business and Private Accounts12
DevEX: What Actually Drives Productivity?12
Stablecoins: Why They Are Both Useful and Problematic12
How Many Ways Can You Teach a Robot?12
Trustworthy AI Using Confidential Federated Learning11
Activities of National Institute of Informatics in Japan11
Moltbook and Artificial (Proto) Life11
AI and data science centers in top Indian academic institutions11
From Eye Tracking to AI-Powered Learning11
South Korea's Nationwide Effort for AI Semiconductor Industry11
The End of the Digital Age11
Toward Basing Cryptography on the Hardness of EXP11
U.S. Copyright Office's Questions about Generative AI11
Passing on Passwords11
Fit for People, Fit for Purpose: Designing Tech that Matters11
The Boundary Hunters10
Raising the Dead with AI10
The Infrapolitics of Algorithmic Resistance10
Automatically Translating C to Rust10
Generative AI Requires Broad Labor Policy Considerations10
Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awareness: An Example from India10
A Symbolic Approach to Verifying Quantum Systems10
The Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence10
Comparing Chatbots Trained in Different Languages10
AI Rewrites the Rules of Phishing, Cybercrime9
Machine Learning in Computer Security is Difficult to Fix9
Welcome: Sustainability and Computing Special Section9
The Centrality Fallacy and ACM9
Software Drift9
A Philosopher's Daughter Navigates a Career in AI9
Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Human)9
Computer Science under Trump9
Computational Linguistics Finds its Voice9
Privacy in the Age of AI9
A formal approach to identifying the impact of noise on neural networks9
The First Computer Program9
Deconstructing the Take It Down Act9
Transactions and Serverless are Made for Each Other9
Building a new economy8
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What is the Best Topology of Them All?8
Federal Funding Supports The Flow of Innovation8
Dilemma of the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Landscape8
Jump Snatch8
Lithography Lights a New Path8
Investigating Research Software Engineering: Toward RSE Research8
Can AI Keep Accessible Communication in the Picture?8
Federal Research Investment and Innovation in Information Technology: A Virtuous Cycle8
Balancing Secrecy and Transparency in Bug Bounty Programs8
How Flexible Is CXL's Memory Protection?8
ACM Profits Considered Harmful8
Improving Memory Management, Performance with Rust8
The Gamification of Academia8
A Write-Optimized Distributed B+Tree Index on Disaggregated Memory8
In Memoriam: Vicki L. Hanson8
The Collapse of GPT8
The Fine Line Between Persuasion and Coercion8
Advancements in Weather Prediction7
Superpolynomial Lower Bounds Against Low-Depth Algebraic Circuits7
Shining a Light on the Dark Web7
Beyond the Editorial Analogy: The Future of the First Amendment on the Internet7
Proving Data-Poisoning Robustness in Decision Trees7
The Vulnerability-Adaptive Protection Paradigm7
SI and Binary Prefixes: Clearing the Confusion7
Biomedical Digital Twins7
What Came First, Math or Computing?7
Is It Possible to Control AI Hallucinations?7
Techno-Optimism, Techno-Pessimism, and Techno-Realism7
Announcing the Shaw Prize in Computer Science7
A Quantum Leap in Information Science7
Lost in Afghanistan: Can the World Take ICT4D Seriously?7
How Generative AI Fits into Knowledge Work7
Post-Quantum Cryptography7
‘What I Think about When I Type about Talking’: Reflections on Text-Entry Acceleration Interfaces7
Informatics Higher Education in Europe: A Data Portal and Case Study7
Large Language Models in Software Security Analysis7
Hidden malware ratchets up cybersecurity risks7
More Than Just Algorithms7
Boolean Clashes: Discretionary Decision Making in AI-Driven Recruiting6
When Proofs Meet Programs: An Extension of Dependent Type Theory with Church’s Thesis6
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science6
SRAM Has No Chill: Exploiting Power Domain Separation to Steal On-Chip Secrets6
Continuous Earth Observation of Forest Dynamics and Biodiversity6
Confusing the Map for the Territory6
Driving an innovation contest into crisis6
Pitfalls in Machine Learning for Computer Security6
Exploiting Cross-Layer Vulnerabilities: Off-Path Attacks on the TCP/IP Protocol Suite6
The Pollution of AI6
Computing Divided6
It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'6
50 Years of Queries6
A Rewarding Line of Work6
The Linear Fallacy6
Nand to Tetris: Building a Modern Computer System from First Principles6
The Case for Compact AI6
In Pursuit of Professionalism6
Getting a Handle on Handles6
Is TinyML Sustainable?6
Welcome back!6
The Perils of Leveraging Evil Digital Twins as Security-Enhancing Enablers6
Cylinder Lottery6
The Security Jawbreaker6
AI Is a Harsh Mistress: On Anima Machina, Herd Acceptance, and the Politics of Conscious Machines6
There Was No 'First AI Winter'5
Acting in Self-Defense5
The Generative Genome5
Technical Perspective: Beautiful Symbolic Abstractions for Safe and Secure Machine Learning5
AI Should Challenge, Not Obey5
Age Verification Systems Will Be a Personal Identifiable Information Nightmare5
Taking Flight with Copilot5
Finding an alternate way forward with AI5
Molecular Communications in Blood Vessels: Models, Analysis, and Enabling Technologies5
Poisoning Data to Protect It5
AI Must Be Anti-Ableist and Accessible5
Vendor-Locked DevOps Strategies5
Leveraging Professional Ethics for Responsible AI5
On Program Synthesis and Large Language Models5
Seesaw Gold5
Trust, Governance, and AI Decision Making5
Automatic Generation of Vectorizing Compilers for Customizable Digital Signal Processors5
Ethics and Cultural Background as Key Factors for an Attractive Metaverse5
As Good as a Coin Toss: Human Detection of AI-Generated Content5
Neural Architecture Search as Program Transformation Exploration5
egg: Fast and Extensible Equality Saturation5
Connectivity Is Everything5
The Rise of the AI Co-Pilot: Lessons for Design from Aviation and Beyond5
A Camera the Size of a Grain of Salt Could Change Imaging as We Know It5
Semiconductor Manufacturers Feel the Heat5
Envisioning Recommendations on an LLM-Based Agent Platform5
Data Analytics Anywhere and Everywhere5
Saving Digital Libraries and the Internet Archive5
Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System5
Technical Perspective: Maximum Flow through a Network: A Storied Problem and a Groundbreaking Solution5
Human-AI Cooperation to Tackle Misinformation and Polarization5
Thirsty Fabs5
Remember5
Outsmarting Deepfake Video5
The making of an IT strategy consultant5
Toward Effective AI Support for Developers5
Distributed Latency Profiling through Critical Path Tracing5
Exploring Stereotypes and Biases in Language Technologies in Latin America5
Technical Perspective: Opening the Door to SSD Algorithmics5
Can AI Demonstrate Creativity?5
Why Is the Current XAI Not Meeting the Expectations?5
The Power of 10: New Rules for the Digital World5
Questioning the Criteria for Evaluating Non-Cryptographic Hash Functions4
Mentorship Lessons from Growing a Developing Country Journal4
Faster Integer Programming4
A Fit of Anger4
The BPC Relevance of Common Assessment in the Introductory Sequence4
Challenges in Designing Blockchain for Cyber-Physical Systems4
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