Fastest Review Journals in Computer Science, Software Engineering

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Quick answerAmong 48 journals in Computer Science, Software Engineering that publish their review dates, Programming and Computer Software has the shortest review time: a median of 32 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Programming and Computer Software32 10–580.92SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
2ACM Transactions on Graphics64 64–1527.10SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
3The Visual Computer100 57–1583.70SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
4Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds106 29–2093.01SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
5Frontiers of Computer Science125 86–18816.6SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
6Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience126 79–1951.91SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
7Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering126 94–1574.26SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
8Cybersecurity134 98–1784.15ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
9Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages140 85–1423.26ScopusOpen access
10The International journal of networked and distributed computing157 101–2185.19ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$1,390
11Computational Visual Media157 108–1826.90SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
12IET Software158 84–2991.92SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$2,210
13World Wide Web161 101–2249.12Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
14International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval167 124–2235.09SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15International Journal of Information Security172 109–2976.52SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems183 145–2363.05SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
17Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision188 138–2861.88SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
18Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering200 133–3162.21ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19Software Quality Journal202 138–2752.79SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Automated Software Engineering203 144–2705.24SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
21Requirements Engineering208 135–3036.14SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Software Practice and Experience212 138–2833.07SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23International Journal of Computer Games Technology212 149–4492.16ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access · APC ~US$1,000
24ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems214 18–3102.30SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
25ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications218 183–3065.48SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
26Design Automation for Embedded Systems240 172–4901.90SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
27ACM Transactions on the Web243 164–3314.48SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
28ACM Transactions on Storage249 160–3282.86SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
29ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology250 176–3198.75SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
30Journal of Computer Science and Technology250 143–3762.78SCIE, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
31ACM Transactions on Internet Technology250 180–3754.72SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
32BIT Numerical Mathematics251 186–3561.70SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
33Formal Aspects of Computing253 144–35412.1SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
34Journal of Software Evolution and Process272 181–3681.52SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
35Empirical Software Engineering276 224–3525.06SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
36ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems281 224–3581.50SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
37ACM Transactions on Applied Perception282 22–5122.25SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
38Software & Systems Modeling285 204–3743.33SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
39ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data337 258–4306.60SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
40ACM Transactions on Database Systems365 281–5151.92SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
41Algorithmica392 276–5761.44SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
42Optimization methods & software392 302–5471.98SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
43Random Structures and Algorithms394 287–5830.85SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
44ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software396 330–5551.84SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
45Mathematical Programming428 325–5911.98SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
46Mathematical Programming Computation454 346–6362.52SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
47Software Testing Verification and Reliability454 325–5321.41SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
48Journal of the ACM498 338–6254.80SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription

The box shows the middle half of each journal's papers and the dark line its median. *Impact factor: 2-year citedness from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value.

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Source, method and date. Source: the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, the days from received to accepted for its research articles of the last 24 months (at least 10 articles), then the median; journals whose publisher does not deposit these dates are not listed. Updated: 28 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Only accepted papers carry these dates, so rejections are not counted, and a journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with these journals.

Frequently asked questions

Which Computer Science, Software Engineering journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Programming and Computer Software (32 days); ACM Transactions on Graphics (64 days); The Visual Computer (100 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 28 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Computer Science, Software Engineering a good choice?

Review time is one factor. Check the journal’s scope, indexing and impact factor too, and confirm it is not predatory: a very short review with no real reviewer comments is a warning sign. Journal pages on ScholarsColab show all of these together.

Where do these review times come from?

From the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit in Crossref, the scholarly publication registry. ScholarsColab takes the median for each journal over its research articles of the last 24 months. Updated 28 October 2026.

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