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Journal rankings · indicator year 2025

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Computer Science journal rankings 2025

1,120 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences

Computer Science has 1,120 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.70, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.37. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, ACM Computing Surveys, and Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence: each is likely ranked within the top 12.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

1,120
17% of Physical Sciences
Median OJR

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.

0.70+0.01 vs 2024
This fieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

38%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$2,990
Median positive listed APC: $2,990 among 491 journals. Another 15 list $0; 614 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

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1,120 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

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Computer Science ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #12 of 1,120Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical SystemsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
10.39Q147.18 6.30 up from 202471100%$0 listed
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #5 of 1,120ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States
8.68Q128.08 2.73 down from 202481882%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #5 of 1,120Computers and Education Artificial IntelligenceOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
8.66Q136.54 1.88 down from 2024305100%$2,500
Rank 4; likely between #1 and #11 of 1,120Smart Learning EnvironmentsOASpringer Nature · Germany
8.10Q128.08 3.95 up from 2024165100%$1,810Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #15 of 1,120British Journal of Educational TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom
6.62Q116.93 5.17 up from 202435767%$4,250Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 6; likely between #5 and #13 of 1,120Artificial Intelligence ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom
6.37Q125.15 4.84 up from 2024891100%$3,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 7; likely between #5 and #15 of 1,120Nature Machine IntelligenceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
6.24Q123.90 3.34 up from 202450644%$12,690
Rank 8; likely between #1 and #150 of 1,120Computational Visual MediaOASpringer Nature · China
6.08Q110.06 15.81 down from 2024133100%$0 listedRising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 9; likely between #5 and #19 of 1,120Computer Science ReviewElsevier BV · Netherlands
5.92Q124.40 5.03 up from 202414134%$4,190
Rank 10; likely between #3 and #31 of 1,120Cyber Security and ApplicationsOAElsevier BV
5.68Q117.58 5.06 up from 202467100%$0 listed
Rank 11; likely between #8 and #17 of 1,120Information FusionElsevier BV · Netherlands
5.66Q120.20 0.30 up from 20241,20220%$4,740
Rank 12; likely between #3 and #63 of 1,120Journal of New Approaches in Educational ResearchOAUniversity of Alicante · Spain
5.37Q110.48 1.15 up from 202460100%$2,590
Rank 13; likely between #2 and #62 of 1,120ACM Transactions on Recommender SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery
5.36Q19.11 0.41 down from 202410388%—
Rank 14; likely between #7 and #24 of 1,120International Journal of Information Management Data InsightsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
5.31Q113.78 2.62 down from 2024255100%$2,190
Rank 15; likely between #6 and #34 of 1,120Blockchain Research and ApplicationsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
5.04Q18.63 0.60 down from 2024139100%$1,600
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #22 of 1,120IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE Computer Society · United States
4.99Q118.59 2.19 up from 20241,97013%$2,645
Rank 17; likely between #4 and #52 of 1,120ACM Transactions on GraphicsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States
4.98Q114.42 0.20 up from 202483274%—
Rank 18; likely between #10 and #29 of 1,120Journal Of Big DataOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
4.89Q116.49 4.78 up from 2024487100%$2,290
Rank 19; likely between #2 and #198 of 1,120Cognitive RoboticsOAElsevier BV · China
4.73Q122.50 4.40 up from 202468100%$700
Rank 20; likely between #7 and #62 of 1,120Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoveryWiley · United States
4.59Q121.75 5.59 up from 202411345%$4,480
Rank 21; likely between #16 and #26 of 1,120Procedia Computer ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.51Q13.02 0.51 down from 20247,979100%—
Rank 22; likely between #15 and #34 of 1,120Archives of Computational Methods in EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Spain
4.33Q116.52 0.68 down from 202450021%$4,690Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #9 and #62 of 1,120The Journal of High Technology Management ResearchElsevier BV · United States
4.25Q17.77 1.68 up from 202456—$3,230
Rank 24; likely between #5 and #201 of 1,120International Journal of Intelligent NetworksOAElsevier BV · China
4.09Q16.23 13.88 down from 202497100%$700
Rank 25; likely between #7 and #159 of 1,120ACM SIGKDD Explorations NewsletterAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States
4.06Q117.35 9.35 up from 20243650%—
Rank 26; likely between #10 and #137 of 1,120Journal of Statistical SoftwareOAFoundation for Open Access Statistics · United States
3.85Q114.25 5.83 up from 2024122100%—
Rank 27; likely between #14 and #99 of 1,120Natural Language Processing JournalOAElsevier BV
3.77Q111.69 0.02 down from 2024115100%$1,740
Rank 28; likely between #21 and #51 of 1,120Healthcare AnalyticsOAElsevier BV · United States
3.75Q111.42 0.74 up from 2024301100%$1,790
Rank 29; likely between #19 and #79 of 1,120Discover Artificial IntelligenceOASpringer Nature · Switzerland
3.59Q113.50 2.11 up from 2024185100%$1,590
Rank 30; likely between #9 and #147 of 1,120ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and TechnologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States
3.56Q112.62 4.58 up from 202439336%—
Rank 31; likely between #18 and #93 of 1,120Frontiers in BlockchainOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland
3.54Q15.88 2.04 up from 202489100%$1,418
Rank 32; likely between #16 and #94 of 1,120Interactive Technology and Smart EducationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom
3.54Q113.02 3.98 up from 20248519%—
Rank 33; likely between #26 and #51 of 1,120IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary ComputationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.54Q110.74 0.53 down from 202450214%$2,645
Rank 34; likely between #20 and #77 of 1,120International Journal of Computer VisionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
3.52Q111.80 1.04 down from 202471031%$4,090
Rank 35; likely between #16 and #104 of 1,120IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal ProcessingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.52Q19.21 5.82 down from 202431318%$2,645
Rank 36; likely between #19 and #82 of 1,120International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
3.52Q111.20 0.69 up from 2024153100%$3,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 37; likely between #9 and #262 of 1,120BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks Standards and EvaluationsElsevier BV · China
3.47Q110.19 9.64 down from 202467100%$0 listed
Rank 38; likely between #28 and #53 of 1,120PRX QuantumOAAmerican Physical Society · United States
3.47Q113.09 2.29 up from 2024656100%$3,450
Rank 39; likely between #24 and #67 of 1,120IEEE Transactions on Software EngineeringIEEE Computer Society · United States
3.43Q17.91 1.26 up from 202449522%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 40; likely between #28 and #58 of 1,120IEEE Transactions on Image ProcessingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.40Q113.78 0.38 up from 20241,4857%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 41; likely between #29 and #62 of 1,120IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data EngineeringIEEE Computer Society · United States
3.36Q110.60 1.25 up from 20241,39510%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 42; likely between #20 and #116 of 1,120Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and CrowdsourcingOAPublisher not listed
3.31Q12.21 0.17 down from 202454——
Rank 43; likely between #16 and #144 of 1,120International Cybersecurity Law ReviewSpringer Nature · Germany
3.28Q13.56 0.53 down from 20247931%$3,290
Rank 44; likely between #9 and #207 of 1,120Machine Learning and Knowledge ExtractionOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
3.26Q112.75 2.09 up from 2024289100%$2,172
Rank 45; likely between #23 and #110 of 1,120Machine Intelligence ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom
3.26Q111.73 0.55 down from 202416229%$3,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 46; likely between #25 and #78 of 1,120ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and MethodologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States
3.26Q18.43 1.42 up from 202457545%—
Rank 47; likely between #31 and #72 of 1,120Journal of Network and Computer ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.24Q19.84 1.52 down from 202448521%$3,120
Rank 48; likely between #21 and #131 of 1,120Transactions of the Association for Computational LinguisticsOAAssociation for Computational Linguistics
3.23Q112.38 5.24 up from 2024278100%—
Rank 49; likely between #27 and #88 of 1,120Information and Computer SecurityEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom
3.21Q14.61 0.94 up from 202410828%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 50; likely between #38 and #62 of 1,120Computers & SecurityElsevier BV · Netherlands
3.21Q19.59 1.24 up from 20241,31535%$3,100

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

308 additional Computer Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
1,120
Window papers (baseline)
924,846 +21.7% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.701 -0.2% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
74Comparison-group list (74)

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals4084204614825105295556166917547918198859439991,0301,0441,0721,0891,1241,1271,1341,1411,1371,1481,120
Window papers (baseline)148,205162,373180,340206,430235,263266,969303,899344,360390,410429,045459,878486,941517,643539,589556,733567,073572,130563,277560,186579,410628,823692,763759,934806,985858,468924,846
Median OJR0.881.021.0481.121.11391.141.221.241.251.271.261.201.11421.0510.990.930.850.7820.7760.720.6990.710.7020.6900.6880.701
Category context (2025)
MeasureCategory statisticEligible population
Journal self-citation shareMedian: 2.5%807 journals
Retracted papers per 1,000Pooled rate: 15.707 per 1,000671 journals
Output growthMedian: +9.2%990 journals
Open access shareMedian: 72.2%1,120 journals
Listed APC (USD)Median including $0 listed prices: $2,895506 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices
International collaboration shareMedian: 23.9%1,061 journals
Review shareMedian: 0.0%1,120 journals
Articles-only OJRMedian: 0.701,101 journals
Uncited shareMedian: 40.6%1,120 journals
Citation concentrationMedian: 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.