ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
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Aims & Scope
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS) is the premier journal for reporting recent research advances in the areas of programming languages, and systems to assist the task of programming. Papers can be either theoretical or experimental in style, but in either case, they must contain innovative and novel content that advances the state of the art of programming languages and systems. We also invite strictly experimental papers that compare existing approaches, as well as tutorial and survey papers. The scope of TOPLAS includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects: language design for sequential and parallel programming programming language implementation programming language semantics compilers and interpreters runtime systems for program execution storage allocation and garbage collection languages and methods for writing program specifications languages and methods for secure and reliable programs testing and verification of programs
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COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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ImpaQ AnalysisACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (acronym: acm, abbr: ACM TRANS. PROGRAM. LANG. SYST, ISSN: 0164-0925) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Engineering & Technology, published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in United States since 1979. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.90, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.620 (Q2), an H-index of 77.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Bimonthly, an annual output of approximately 19 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,173 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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