5 Year Impact Factor & Ranking

4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 3.818 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 3.818 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
  • 1 130
    #38
  • 1 103
    #17
  • 1 102
    #18
  • 1 257
    #76
  • 1 92
    #21
  • 1 131
    #50
  • 1 104
    #20
  • 1 101
    #21
  • 1 260
    #95
  • 1 93
    #23
  • 1 131
    #52
  • 1 105
    #20
  • 1 103
    #20
  • 1 262
    #95
  • 1 94
    #24
  • 1 138
    #67
  • 1 105
    #28
  • 1 106
    #28
  • 1 268
    #106
  • 1 98
    #27
  • 1 140
    #64
  • 1 107
    #26
  • 1 106
    #27
  • 1 270
    #96
  • 1 99
    #26

About 5 Year Impact Factor & Ranking

Impact Factor based on 5 years of history. Copyright Clarivate Analytics.

Metrics

Year I.F. Computer science, artificial intelligence Computer science, software engineering Computer science, theory & methods Engineering, electrical & electronic Optics
2021 3.818 64/140 26/107 27/106 96/270 26/99
2020 3.069 67/138 28/105 28/106 106/268 27/98
2019 3.019 52/131 20/105 20/103 95/262 24/94
2018 3.012 50/131 20/104 21/101 95/260 23/93
2017 2.875 38/130 17/103 18/102 76/257 21/92

Definition

Impact Factor

A base of five years may be more appropriate for journals in certain fields because the body of citations may not be large enough to make reasonable comparisons, or it may take longer than two years to publish and distribute leading to a longer period before others cite the work.

Actual value is intentionally only displayed for the most recent year. Earlier values are available in the Journal Citation Reports from Clarivate Analytics.

ISI ranking

Journals are often ranked by Impact Factor in an appropriate Clarivate Analytics subject category. As there are now two Impact Factors published – two-year and five-year Impact Factors – this rank may differ, so care is needed when assessing these ranked lists to understand which of the two metrics is being used. In addition, journals can be categorized in multiple subject categories, giving them different ranks for each subject. Consequently, a rank should always be in context to the subject category.