Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Field ranking · 2022
Computer Science journal rankings 2022
1,141 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Computer Science has 1,141 ranked journals in 2022. The median journal has an OJR of 0.70, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2021; Q1 starts at OJR 1.43. The top three are Journal Of Big Data, Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence, and Information Fusion.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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 in Computer Science (11)
Up to Physical Sciences- Artificial Intelligence475
- Information Systems213
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition129
- Computer Networks and Communications125
- Computational Theory and Mathematics112
- Computer Science Applications26
- Human-Computer Interaction25
- Hardware and Architecture13
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design12
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
1,141 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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Journal Of Big DataOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 8.15Q1 | 14.46 5.62 down from 2021 | 380 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
2Computers and Education Artificial IntelligenceOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.79Q1 | 17.84 5.33 down from 2021 | 44 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
3Information FusionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 7.01Q1 | 18.80 0.48 down from 2021 | 446 | 33% | $4,740 | ||
4International Journal of Information Management Data InsightsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.69Q1 | 22.14 0.14 up from 2021 | 56 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
5ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 6.64Q1 | 18.05 0.59 down from 2021 | 514 | 54% | — | ||
6Nature Machine IntelligenceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.38Q1 | 19.24 0.92 down from 2021 | 384 | 53% | $12,690 | ||
7Blockchain Research and ApplicationsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.07Q1 | 9.86 6.11 up from 2021 | 36 | 100% | $1,600 | ||
| 5.93Q1 | 14.56 2.82 down from 2021 | 66 | 100% | — | |||
9Computer Science ReviewElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.90Q1 | 17.50 5.45 up from 2021 | 168 | 34% | $4,190 | ||
| 5.72Q1 | 14.68 5.76 up from 2021 | 47 | 100% | — | |||
11Postdigital Science and EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 5.61Q1 | 11.20 1.35 up from 2021 | 243 | 71% | $3,190 | ||
12Big Data Mining and AnalyticsOATsinghua University Press · China | 5.40Q1 | 21.14 13.41 up from 2021 | 67 | 100% | — | ||
13British Journal of Educational TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 5.29Q1 | 10.73 2.81 up from 2021 | 419 | 48% | $4,250 | ||
14IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE Computer Society · United States | 5.29Q1 | 13.43 3.91 down from 2021 | 1,337 | 38% | $2,645 | ||
15Journal of New Approaches in Educational ResearchOAUniversity of Alicante · Spain | 5.22Q1 | 7.48 0.20 up from 2021 | 60 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
16Interactive Technology and Smart EducationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 5.21Q1 | 9.28 2.59 up from 2021 | 103 | 21% | — | ||
17International Journal of Computer VisionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.01Q1 | 14.19 0.82 down from 2021 | 367 | 40% | $4,090 | ||
18Journal of CybersecurityOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.01Q1 | 5.16 1.25 down from 2021 | 66 | 100% | $2,094 | ||
19Journal of Computers in EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 4.98Q1 | 10.59 2.17 up from 2021 | 83 | 58% | $3,290 | ||
20Procedia Computer ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.97Q1 | 3.48 0.32 up from 2021 | 5,957 | 100% | — | ||
21Smart Learning EnvironmentsOASpringer Nature · Germany | 4.96Q1 | 11.03 2.65 up from 2021 | 100 | 100% | $1,810 | ||
22Artificial Intelligence ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 4.96Q1 | 14.94 2.40 up from 2021 | 419 | 33% | $3,190 | ||
23IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary ComputationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.86Q1 | 10.94 3.50 down from 2021 | 288 | 40% | $2,645 | ||
24Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and CrowdsourcingOAPublisher not listed | 4.79Q1 | 2.39 2.20 down from 2021 | 60 | 100% | — | ||
25Information Processing & ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.68Q1 | 11.01 0.79 up from 2021 | 697 | 25% | $3,670 | ||
26Journal of Research on Technology in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 4.44Q1 | 8.51 2.87 up from 2021 | 159 | 15% | — | ||
27IEEE NetworkInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.23Q1 | 8.84 2.45 down from 2021 | 803 | 38% | $2,995 | ||
28Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoveryWiley · United States | 4.23Q1 | 10.20 1.63 down from 2021 | 130 | 43% | $4,480 | ||
29International Journal on Semantic Web and Information SystemsOAIGI Global · United States | 4.15Q1 | 13.37 10.68 up from 2021 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
30The Journal of High Technology Management ResearchElsevier BV · United States | 4.07Q1 | 5.89 1.73 up from 2021 | 41 | 18% | $3,230 | ||
31Journal of Network and Computer ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.04Q1 | 11.73 1.51 up from 2021 | 559 | 27% | $3,120 | ||
32IEEE Signal Processing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.02Q1 | 9.54 0.97 down from 2021 | 330 | 67% | — | ||
33ACM SIGKDD Explorations NewsletterAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 4.01Q1 | 6.17 2.17 down from 2021 | 38 | 16% | — | ||
34International Journal of Cognitive Computing in EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 3.98Q1 | 10.08 6.62 up from 2021 | 37 | 100% | $700 | ||
352019 IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ASRU)Publisher not listed | 3.95Q1 | —no 2021 value | 145 | — | — | ||
36Future Generation Computer SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.89Q1 | 9.42 0.48 down from 2021 | 1,651 | 31% | $3,000 | ||
37Swarm and Evolutionary ComputationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.79Q1 | 10.60 0.14 up from 2021 | 398 | 22% | $3,690 | ||
38Expert Systems with ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.66Q1 | 10.23 0.74 up from 2021 | 3,184 | 24% | $3,500 | ||
39Internet of ThingsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.59Q1 | 10.10 0.73 down from 2021 | 318 | 26% | $2,690 | ||
40IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.58Q1 | 10.99 0.91 down from 2021 | 2,127 | 19% | $2,645 | ||
41Journal of Educational Computing ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.52Q1 | 7.48 0.73 up from 2021 | 175 | 15% | $3,900 | ||
42Technology Knowledge and LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.49Q1 | 7.04 0.70 up from 2021 | 184 | 52% | $3,190 | ||
43CybersecurityOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 3.44Q1 | 5.22 3.56 down from 2021 | 82 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
44Computers & SecurityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.43Q1 | 7.80 0.30 up from 2021 | 869 | 36% | $3,100 | ||
45ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and TechnologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 3.43Q1 | 4.47 8.04 down from 2021 | 228 | 31% | — | ||
46Archives of Computational Methods in EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Spain | 3.43Q1 | 10.73 0.24 up from 2021 | 361 | 42% | $4,690 | ||
47PRX QuantumOAAmerican Physical Society · United States | 3.43Q1 | 9.66 2.28 up from 2021 | 274 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
48ACM Transactions on Computer-Human InteractionAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 3.42Q1 | 7.18 0.81 down from 2021 | 135 | 57% | — | ||
49ACM Transactions on GraphicsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 3.35Q1 | 6.49 4.90 down from 2021 | 980 | 61% | — | ||
50Transactions of the Association for Computational LinguisticsOAAssociation for Computational Linguistics | 3.34Q1 | 8.44 3.63 down from 2021 | 190 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Computer Science, compared.
- Artificial Intelligence475
- Information Systems213
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition129
- Computer Networks and Communications125
- Computational Theory and Mathematics112
- Computer Science Applications26
- Human-Computer Interaction25
- Hardware and Architecture13
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design12
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
Journals
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
455 additional Computer Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,141
- Window papers (baseline)
- 759,934 +31.2% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.702 -3.0% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 74Comparison-group list (74)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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 | 408 | 420 | 461 | 482 | 510 | 529 | 555 | 616 | 691 | 754 | 791 | 819 | 885 | 943 | 999 | 1,030 | 1,044 | 1,072 | 1,089 | 1,124 | 1,127 | 1,134 | 1,141 | 1,137 | 1,148 | 1,120 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 148,205 | 162,373 | 180,340 | 206,430 | 235,263 | 266,969 | 303,899 | 344,360 | 390,410 | 429,045 | 459,878 | 486,941 | 517,643 | 539,589 | 556,733 | 567,073 | 572,130 | 563,277 | 560,186 | 579,410 | 628,823 | 692,763 | 759,934 | 806,985 | 858,468 | 924,846 | |
| Median OJR | 0.88 | 1.02 | 1.048 | 1.12 | 1.1139 | 1.14 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 1.1142 | 1.051 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 0.782 | 0.776 | 0.72 | 0.699 | 0.71 | 0.702 | 0.690 | 0.688 | 0.701 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 2.5% | 807 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 15.707 per 1,000 | 671 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +9.2% | 990 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 72.2% | 1,120 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $2,895 | 506 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 23.9% | 1,061 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 1,120 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.70 | 1,101 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 40.6% | 1,120 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 51.5% | 1,117 journals |
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.