Impact Factor of Computer Science Journals 2009Check the Link was given by ANNA UNIVERSITY, CBE
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The
ISI Web of Knowledge recently published the 2009
Journal Citation Reports. Following similar studies I performed in
2007,
2008, and
2009, here is my analysis of the current status and trends for the
impact factor in computer science journals.
Let me start with an overview of the method I followed. I performed my analysis on the 426 journals appearing under the ISI's computer science subject categories: artificial intelligence; cybernetics; hardware & architecture; information systems; interdisciplinary applications; software engineering; theory & methods. Note that journals may appear in many categories. In particular, there are many overlaps between the above categories and "electrical and electronic engineering" and "operations research and management science".
Don't take this report too seriously. The impact factor is notoriously prone to misuse; let's not make the situation worse. Also note that in computer science there are tens of prestigious conferences whose
impact factor has been calculated to be higher than that of most journals.
Journals with Highest IF
Rank
Name
ISSN
IF
1
ACM COMPUT SURV
0360-03007.667
2
HUM-COMPUT INTERACT
0737-00246.190
3
COMPUT INTELL
0824-79355.378
4
IEEE T EVOLUT COMPUT
1089-778X4.589
5
VLDB J
1066-88884.517
6
MIS QUART
0276-77834.485
7
IEEE T PATTERN ANAL
0162-88284.378
8
J AM MED INFORM ASSN
1067-50273.974
9
J CHEM INF MODEL
1549-95963.882
10
J COMPUT AID MOL DES
0920-654X3.835
This year three (up from just one in 2008) journals in the above list are published by a for-profit publisher: the Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design (Springer), Computational Intelligence (Wiley), and Human-Computer Interaction (Taylor & Francis). The rest are published by the IEEE (two) and other professional organizations. Apparently, some commercial publishers are chasing quality (or just the impact factor) more effectively. In contrast, the IEEE seems to be loosing the game for the top places, having gone from five to just two journals in the top-ten list.
Journals Added to the JCR in 2009
ACM J EMERG TECH COMACM T APPL PERCEPTACM T ARCHIT CODE OPACM T AUTON ADAP SYSACM T COMPUT-HUM INTACM T EMBED COMPUT SACM T INFORM SYST SEACM T INTERNET TECHNACM T SENSOR NETWORKACM T WEBAD HOC NETWAD HOC SENS WIREL NEADV ELECTR COMPUT ENAUTOMAT SOFTW ENGBUS INFORM SYST ENG+CURR COMPUT-AID DRUGENTERP INFORM SYSTFUZZY OPTIM DECIS MAGENET PROGRAM EVOL MIEEE SYST JINF TECHNOL CONTROLINT J AD HOC UBIQ COINT J AP MAT COM-POLINT J COMPUT COMMUNINT J COMPUT INT SYSINT J FUZZY SYSTINT J INF SECURINT J UNCONV COMPUTJ ALGORITHMSJ OPT COMMUN NETWKSII T INTERNET INFLOG METH COMPUT SCIMOB INF SYSTMODEL IDENT CONTROLPROBL INFORM TRANSM+SCI PROGRAMMING-NETHSOFTW SYST MODELTRAIT SIGNAL
Thomson, the publisher of ISI Journal Citation Reports, seems to have changed its policy regarding the addition of new journals in its lists. During the past three years it was adding each year 18.7 journals to the list of computer science journals. This year it doubled that number to 38. ACM builds on the past year's success of adding three journals to the list with another 10 journals. Also, continuing the tradition of the past three years, the list includes one more security oriented publication.
Journals Dropped from the JCR in 2009
COMPUT SPEECH LANGIEE P-SOFTWJ ALGORITHMJ VISUAL-JAPANJ ZHEJIANG UNIV-SC AWIRTSCHAFTSINF
The journals dropped from the JCR include three non-English publications, signifying a shift toward publications written in English. This is a new trend; no such publications were dropped in the past three years.
Journals with the Highest Increase in IF
Name
ISSN
Δ IF
HUM-COMPUT INTERACT
0737-00243.285
INT J NEURAL SYST
0129-06572.087
COMPUT INTELL
0824-79352.068
INTEGR COMPUT-AID E
1069-25091.425
J STAT SOFTW
1548-76601.287
COMPUT-AIDED CIV INF
1093-96871.242
INFORM RETRIEVAL
1386-45641.145
COMPUT METHOD BIOMEC
1025-58420.882
IEEE INTELL SYST
1541-16720.866
USER MODEL USER-ADAP
0924-18680.862
The journals with the highest increase in their impact factor seem to be mainly application-oriented. It would be interesting to track this shift together with economic cycles. Due to changes in demand for computer science work in industry, I would expect practice to do well during economic downturns, and theory to get a boost in opulent times. Interestingly, the
Journal of Statistical Software is published only electronically.
Journals with the Highest Decrease in IF
Name
ISSN
Δ IF
VLDB J
1066-8888-2.283
ACM COMPUT SURV
0360-0300-2.253
ACM T SOFTW ENG METH
1049-331X-1.929
INT J COMPUT VISION
0920-5691-1.85
IEEE T PATTERN ANAL
0162-8828-1.582
ACM T COMPUT LOG
1529-3785-1.554
IEEE T INFORM THEORY
0018-9448-1.436
ACM T MULTIM COMPUT
1551-6857-1.295
IBM J RES DEV
0018-8646-1.203
COGN SYST RES
1389-0417-1.01
This last table is mostly a result of year-to-year corrections. Five of the above journals appeared last year as in the list of those with the highest increase in their impact factor (ACM COMPUT SURV, VLDB J, IEEE T PATTERN ANAL, INT J COMPUT VISION, and IEEE T INFORM THEORY). Their increase occurred probably through the citation of a single highly-popular article; once the article's popularity wanes their impact factor suffered a drop.
