Journal of the ACM

pISSN: 0004-5411eISSN: 1557-735X• JCR: J ACMAssociation for Computing MachineryUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

3.0

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.5 (+20.0%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.0
  2. Metric year 2024

    2.5

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURESCIEQ3
COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMSSCIEQ3
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSCIEQ2
COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODSSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Journal of the ACM current release and JCR quartile

Journal of the ACM's newest impact factor is 3.0, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q2 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Computer Science

Ranked #671 in Computer Science by impact factor and #193 among Q2 Computer Science journals. This context helps compare Journal of the ACM against journals publishing in the same field.

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Journal of the ACM publication trend

Published 174 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.0.

2026 vs 2025: -24
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Journal Details

Total Articles
3,287
H-Index
292
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Computational Theory and MathematicsComputational Theory and MathematicsArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence

Article Volume

2022
47
2023
38
2024
45
2025
34
2026
10
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