With Open Access Transition Complete, ACM Posts Strongest JCR and Impact Factor Showing to Date
New York, NY, July 1, 2026 – Publications of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, which completed their transition to full open access publishing in the beginning of 2026, posted their strongest performance to date in the latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, with over 83% of journals increasing or maintaining their impact factor versus the previous year’s results. 20 ACM publications are in the first quartile in one or more categories, with 12 in the top 10 in one or more categories.
ACM Director of Publications Scott Delman commented, “There is so much to celebrate this year in ACM publications, with our historic move to full open access publishing across our journals, magazines, and proceedings. These landmark JCR results are confirmation of the impact and reach that ACM’s top-quality publications can achieve when we embrace openness and open science.”
ACM is particularly dominant in the Computer Science, Software Engineering category, occupying five of the top 20 spots, with ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) at #2, Communications of the ACM (CACM) at #7, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) and ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD) sharing the 8th slot, and ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) at #17.
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) continued its ascent, achieving an all-time-high impact factor of 30.4 and retaining its first position in the Computer Science, Theory & Methods category for the third year in a row. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) received an impact factor of 13.0, a 37% increase over the previous year. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) saw an over 20% increase in impact factor to 11.2, earning it the 7th slot of 266 in Computer Science, Information Systems. ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST) was close behind, with a 62% increase achieving an impact factor of 10.7 and the 9th slot in Computer Science, Information Systems as well as 21/210 (Q1) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence. Flagship magazine Communications of the ACM (CACM) kept a strong showing, with an impact factor of 7.1 securing it Q1 rankings in all three of its categories, with 7/128 in Computer Science, Software Engineering, 5/60 in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture, and 13/146 in Computer Science, Theory & Methods.
Associate Director of Publications Sara Kate Heukerott added, “We celebrate the amazing achievements of ACM’s emerging and established titles in the latest JCR release. We look forward to the continuing achievements of these titles along with our newest titles in our AI journal portfolio, including the groundbreaking ACM AI Letters (AILET), which published its first issues this year; ACM Transactions on AI for Science (TAIS); ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy (TAISAP); and ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning (TOPML). ACM’s Editors-in-Chief, editorial boards, authors, and reviewers should all be very proud of these remarkable results.”
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) had a banner year, with a more than 45% increase in impact factor to 9.6 placing it 3/34 (Q1) in Computer Science, Cybernetics and 11/266 (Q1) in Computer Science, Information Systems. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) increased its impact factor by more than 27% for an all-time-high 7.0, earning it the 9th slot of 48 (Q1) in the Robotics category. Similarly strong growth was seen for Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), with a nearly 38% increase to 6.2, placing it 25/127 (Q1) in Telecommunications, 43/266 (Q1) in Computer Science, Information Systems, and 55/369 (Q1) in Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) continued its track record of strong JCR showings, with an impact factor of 5.6 giving it Q1 rankings in all three of its categories.
Two ACM journals, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI) and Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice (DLT), received their first impact factors and rankings. PACMHCI had a particularly strong first showing, with an impact factor of 4.9, placing it 8/34 (Q1) in the Computer Science, Cybernetics category.
ACM’s dominance in logic expands, with ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL) earning the second slot in the Logic category, and Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, which will be published by ACM starting in 2027, nabbing the top slot. Other highlights include ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) more than doubling its impact factor to 5.2, earning it a ranking of 28/146 (Q1) in Computer Science, Theory & Methods; the Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ) increasing its impact factor by 72% to 5.0; ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS) achieving an all-time high impact factor of 6.4 and a Q1 ranking in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) increasing by 44% to 5.2; ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT) increasing by 24% to 5.1 and earning a ranking of 22/128 (Q1) in Computer Science, Software Engineering; ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing (TQC) at 6.1, placing it 5/28 (Q1) in Quantum Science & Technology and 17/146 (Q1) in Computer Science, Theory & Methods; and ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB) increasing nearly 20% to an all-time-high impact factor of 4.9, securing it a ranking of 25/128 (Q1) in Computer Science, Software Engineering.
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