
Impact Factors
Impact factor (IF) measures how often a publication’s articles are cited and indicates its influence within a scientific community. IFs are reported by Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports.
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence earned a 2022 IF of 23.6—one of the highest of all artificial intelligence journals.
- Eleven Computer Society journals hold the coveted top IF ranking in their specialty field.
Recent Awards
- 2022 Mahoney Prize - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, "Computing Capitalisms"
- 2021 APEX Award for Publication Excellence - IEEE Security & Privacy, "The Future of Cybersecurity Policy"
- 2022 Folio Eddie Award Honorable Mentions:


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