The 2025 impact factor for Communications of the ACM is 12.2. The 5-year impact factor is 20.3. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.
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Ranked #65 in Computer Science by impact factor and #65 among Q1 Computer Science journals. This context helps compare Communications of the ACM against journals publishing in the same field.
Published 1,172 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 12.2.
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