Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Computer Science Applications journal rankings 2016
22 ranked journals · Subfield in Computer Science
Computer Science Applications has 22 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR rose 0.43 on 2015 to 2.02, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 3.08. The top three are The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, and British Journal of Educational Technology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Computer Science (11)
- Artificial Intelligence405
- Information Systems210
- Computer Networks and Communications129
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition120
- Computational Theory and Mathematics103
- Computer Science Applications22
- Human-Computer Interaction19
- Hardware and Architecture15
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design10
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
22 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningOAAthabasca University Press · Canada | 5.81Q1 | 4.76 0.99 up from 2015 | 257 | 100% | — | ||
2Journal of Research on Technology in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.04Q1 | 4.21 0.63 down from 2015 | 45 | 6% | — | ||
3British Journal of Educational TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.81Q1 | 3.32 0.34 up from 2015 | 371 | 28% | $4,250 | ||
4ACM Transactions on Computing EducationAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 4.45Q1 | 4.33 0.02 up from 2015 | 62 | 19% | — | ||
5IEEE Transactions on Learning TechnologiesInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.02Q1 | 3.60 0.23 up from 2015 | 117 | 35% | $2,645 | ||
6Journal of Learning AnalyticsOASociety for Learning Analytics Research | 3.08Q1 | 3.56 1.05 up from 2015 | 59 | 100% | — | ||
7International Journal of Child-Computer InteractionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.93Q2 | 3.11 1.31 up from 2015 | 35 | 26% | $3,020 | ||
8Technology Knowledge and LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.69Q2 | 2.59 1.19 up from 2015 | 74 | 26% | $3,190 | ||
9Journal of Computers in EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.58Q2 | 2.10 0.32 up from 2015 | 50 | 8% | $3,290 | ||
10RUSC Universities and Knowledge Society JournalOAOpen University of Catalonia · Spain | 2.26Q2 | 2.09 1.34 up from 2015 | 96 | 100% | — | ||
11Informatics in EducationOAVilnius University · Lithuania | 2.20Q2 | 2.43 1.35 up from 2015 | 55 | 100% | — | ||
12E-learning papersPublisher not listed | 1.84Q3 | 1.61 0.25 up from 2015 | 56 | — | — | ||
13Journal of Educational Computing ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.75Q3 | 1.39 1.01 down from 2015 | 163 | 15% | $3,900 | ||
14Computer Science EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.72Q3 | 1.50 0.36 down from 2015 | 73 | 15% | — | ||
15Open PraxisOAInternational Council for Open and Distance Education · Norway | 1.27Q3 | 0.95 0.47 down from 2015 | 115 | 100% | — | ||
16Human ComputationOAUnited States | 1.21Q3 | 1.52 0.60 up from 2015 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
17Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong LearningOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 1.21Q3 | 0.97 0.31 down from 2015 | 55 | 100% | — | ||
18Interactive Technology and Smart EducationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.04Q4 | 0.41 0.43 down from 2015 | 57 | 5% | — | ||
19IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del AprendizajeInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.98Q4 | 0.96 0.39 down from 2015 | 101 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
20Computer Applications in Engineering EducationWiley · United States | 0.89Q4 | 0.93 0.54 down from 2015 | 126 | 23% | $4,150 | ||
21ACM SIGCSE BulletinAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 0.32Q4 | 0.07 0.37 down from 2015 | 80 | 0% | — | ||
22Journal of computing sciences in collegesOAConsortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges · United States | 0.19Q4 | 0.23 0.02 down from 2015 | 836 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Computer Science, with Computer Science Applications highlighted.
- Artificial Intelligence405
- Information Systems210
- Computer Networks and Communications129
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition120
- Computational Theory and Mathematics103
- Computer Science Applications22
- Human-Computer Interaction19
- Hardware and Architecture15
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design10
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
8 additional Computer Science Applications journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 22
- Window papers (baseline)
- 12,468 +43.0% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 2.02 +23.2% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 2,917 | 3,074 | 3,279 | 3,583 | 3,885 | 4,250 | 4,848 | 5,420 | 5,950 | 6,311 | 6,762 | 7,273 | 7,996 | 8,716 | 9,689 | 10,933 | 12,468 | 14,196 | 15,847 | 17,651 | 19,466 | 21,782 | 24,055 | 25,526 | 27,528 | 31,302 | |
| Median OJR | 0.38 | 0.36 | 1.12 | 1.96 | 1.45 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 1.68 | 1.88 | 1.02 | 0.92 | 1.53 | 1.99 | 1.6407 | 1.6414 | 1.60 | 2.02 | 1.92 | 2.16 | 2.30 | 2.31 | 2.35 | 2.17 | 2.0617 | 2.0622 | 2.27 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.