Computer-Aided Design was among the top performers according to the ranking of computer science journals. The journals were ranked according to citations per paper based on data provided by Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators database for the period January 1998 through December 2008.
This ranking clearly defines the importance and the position of CAD journal in the computer science field .
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Top journals in computer science
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-31 December 2008
 |
Journal |
Papers |
Citations |
Citations per paper |
1 |
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication |
1,954 |
23,738 |
12.15 |
2 |
IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking |
951 |
11,283 |
11.86 |
3 |
IBM Journal of Research and Development |
548 |
6,190 |
11.30 |
4 |
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory |
3,466 |
36,419 |
10.51 |
5 |
ACM Transactions on Graphics |
812 |
7,742 |
9.53 |
6 |
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing |
1,290 |
11,588 |
8.98 |
7 |
IEEE Transactions on Communications |
2,812 |
23,553 |
8.38 |
8 |
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering |
723 |
5,707 |
7.89 |
9 |
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering |
3,347 |
26,006 |
7.77 |
10 |
Computer Vision and Image Understanding |
773 |
5,879 |
7.61 |
11 |
IEEE Communications Magazine |
1,838 |
12,257 |
6.67 |
12 |
Computer-Aided Design |
1,006 |
6,439 |
6.40 |
13 |
Communications of the ACM |
1,797 |
11,037 |
6.14 |
14 |
Journal of Machine Learning Research |
500 |
3,029 |
6.06 |
15 |
CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences |
660 |
3,917 |
5.93 |
16 |
Computers & Chemical Engineering |
2,347 |
13,861 |
5.91 |
17 |
SIAM Journal on Computing |
946 |
5,285 |
5.59 |
18 |
Environmental Modelling & Software |
1,120 |
6,009 |
5.37 |
19 |
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
3,911 |
20,690 |
5.29 |
20 |
Journal of Computer and System Sciences |
701 |
3,621 |
5.17 |
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