Journal metric profile

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 121/175 Recorded category rank

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IEEE COMPUTER SOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 121 out of 175 journals in its listed category. A Q3 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 7,998 total citations, 29 total articles, 29 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.400 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.380.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 17.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING is identified in this record by print ISSN 1521-9615 and electronic ISSN 1558-366X. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCOMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Abbreviated journalCOMPUT SCI ENG
PublisherIEEE COMPUTER SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN1521-9615
eISSN1558-366X
Total cites7,998
Total articles29
Citable items29
Cited half-life17.3 years
Citing half-life4.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.380
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank121/175
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING?

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING?

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING is listed as being published by IEEE COMPUTER SOC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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