40 Computer Science journals in ORBIT Tier 1 from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Computer Science by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEEE Signal Processing Letters | 1070-9908 | 891 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Digital Signal Processing | 1051-2004 | 801 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Signal Processing | 0165-1684 | 508 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Circuits Systems and Signal Processing | 0278-081X | 483 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | 1053-587X | 347 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Systems Architecture | 1383-7621 | 257 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems | 1539-9087 | 173 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems | 1084-4309 | 168 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| IEEE Micro | 0272-1732 | 163 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| IEEE Embedded Systems Letters | 1943-0663 | 153 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization | 1544-3566 | 150 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| IEEE Design and Test | 2168-2356 | 110 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| IEEE Computer Architecture Letters | 1556-6056 | 109 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Software & Systems Modeling | 1619-1366 | 109 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing | 2644-1322 | 107 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,08,070 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing | 1110-8657 | 77 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,94,809 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication | 0361-1434 | 62 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of the Audio Engineering Society | 1549-4950 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Global Trends in Social Science | 2759-7830 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Japan |
| Journal of Electronic Testing | 0923-8174 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Microprocessors and Microsystems | 0141-9331 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems | 1936-7406 | 55 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES) | 2089-4864 | 53 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| ACM SIGAda Ada Letters | 1094-3641 | 51 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| EURASIP Journal on Audio Speech and Music Processing | 1687-4714 | 51 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,89,943 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer | 1433-2779 | 51 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques | 1772-9890 | 45 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| IET Signal Processing | 1751-9675 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,50,454 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| GeoInformatica | 1384-6175 | 29 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering | 1614-5046 | 28 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval | 2514-3298 | 27 | 1 | ≈ ₹65,651 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Software Testing Verification and Reliability | 0960-0833 | 23 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Art and Design Review | 2332-1997 | 22 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Real-Time Systems | 0922-6443 | 21 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Studies in Art and Architecture | 2958-1540 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | China |
| ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems | 2374-0353 | 15 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of art, culture and philosophical studies. | 3065-1573 | 15 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | NYU |
| Journal of New Music Research | 0929-8215 | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Rail Vehicles | 0138-0370 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Interdisciplinary Cultural and Humanities Review | 2786-7110 | 11 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No |