ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems

pISSN: 0164-0925eISSN: 1558-4593• JCR: ACM T PROGR LANG SYSAssociation for Computing MachineryUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

2.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 1.3 (+81.3%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    2.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    1.6

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Computer Science

Ranked #677 in Computer Science by impact factor and #198 among Q2 Computer Science journals. This context helps compare ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems against journals publishing in the same field.

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ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems publication trend

Published 86 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.9.

2026 vs 2025: -18
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Journal Details

Total Articles
1,289
H-Index
140
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Artificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and MathematicsHardware and ArchitectureComputer Networks and Communications

Article Volume

2022
25
2023
21
2024
14
2025
22
2026
4
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