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Communications of the ACM

ISSN 0001-0782 · 1557-7317

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery

Scopus · Q1Discontinued ABDC A (2022)WoS · SCIEONOS

Is Communications of the ACM indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1958–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.1.

What is the impact factor of Communications of the ACM? Communications of the ACM is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so Clarivate publishes a Journal Impact Factor for it in the Journal Citation Reports. JCR is a paid Clarivate product, so the JIF value is not free to republish. Its closest free equivalent is the Scopus CiteScore 14.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject.

Is Communications of the ACM in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

What is the ABDC rating of Communications of the ACM? It was rated A in the 2022 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.

Is Communications of the ACM open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

14.1
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
rank 15 of 241 · 93rd pctile
2
Indexed in
major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Collections
SCIE
Categories
Computer Science, Hardware & ArchitectureComputer Science, Software EngineeringComputer Science, Theory & Methods
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ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Last known rating
A
Last seen in ABDC list
2022
⚠ Discontinued from ABDC — not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List
Rated A in the 2022 ABDC list but not included in ABDC's 2025 review — confirm current standing directly with ABDC.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · SubscriptionOne Nation One Subscription — full-text access
This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

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