Communications of the ACM

Aims & Scope

Communications of the ACM is the leading print and online publication for the computing and information technology fields.

Read by computing's leading professionals worldwide, Communications is recognized as the most trusted and knowledgeable source of industry information for today’s computing professional.

Following the traditions of the Communications print magazine, which each month brings its readership of over 100,000 ACM members in-depth coverage of emerging areas of computer science, new trends in information technology, and practical applications, the Communications website brings topical and informative news and material to computing professionals each business day.

ACM's membership includes the IT industry's most respected leaders and decision makers.

Industry leaders have for more than 50 years used the monthly Communications of the ACM magazine as a platform to present and debate various technology implications, public policies, engineering challenges, and market trends.

The Communications website continues that practice.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	12.2
2024	11.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.146

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	249

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3851

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4930

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks

  Citation: 28162

  Authors: Alex, Ilya, Geoffrey E.

• Random sample consensus

  Citation: 19202

  Authors: Martin A., Robert C.

• A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems

  Citation: 11186

  Authors: R. L., A., L.

• MapReduce

  Citation: 11073

  Authors: Jeffrey, Sanjay

• Generative adversarial networks

  Citation: 10833

  Authors: Ian, Jean, Mehdi, Bing, David, Sherjil, Aaron, Yoshua

• How to share a secret

  Citation: 9835

  Authors: Adi

• WordNet

  Citation: 8329

  Authors: George A.

• A view of cloud computing

  Citation: 6506

  Authors: Michael, Armando, Rean, Anthony D., Randy, Andy, Gunho, David, Ariel, Ion, Matei

• Time, clocks, and the ordering of events in a distributed system

  Citation: 5934

  Authors: Leslie

• Space/time trade-offs in hash coding with allowable errors

  Citation: 5364

  Authors: Burton H.

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