CCF BSoftware Engineering and PL2022: BPublisher: IEEE
ICWSIEEE International Conference on Web Services
ICWS is a rank B conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. ICWS 2026 took place on Jul 13–18, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. Acceptance rate 2025: 18.5% (64/346).
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
ICWS 2026: call for papers timeline
- Mar 23, 2026, 11:59 UTC
- Jul 13–18, 2026Local timeConferenceSydney, Australia
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-03-22AoE | — | 174 | Jul 13–18, 2026 | Sydney, Australia |
| 2025 | 2025-03-10AoE | 18.5%64/346 · source | 128 | Jul 8–12, 2025 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 2024 | 2024-03-31AoE | 19.6%80/409 · source | 165 | Jul 8–13, 2024 | Shenzhen, China |
| 2023 | 2023-03-25AoE | 19.8%53/268 · source | 93 | Jul 2–8, 2023 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 2022 | 2022-04-01AoE | 12.4%21/170 · source | 54 | Jul 11–15, 2022 | Barcelona, Spain / Hybrid |
| 2021 | 2021-03-01UTC | 23.7%46/194 · source | 91 | Sep 6–10, 2021 | Virtual |
| 2020 | — | — | 74 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | 70 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | 59 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | 126 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 102 | — | — |
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
ICWS in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF B Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages · no. 14
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF B Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages
- Name in the list
- IEEE International Conference on Web Services
- Publisher
- IEEE
- dblp
- conf/icws ↗
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →
FAQ
About ICWS
What CCF rank is ICWS?
ICWS is a rank B conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
Where is ICWS 2026?
ICWS 2026 took place on Jul 13–18, 2026 in Sydney, Australia.
What is the ICWS acceptance rate?
2025: 346 submissions, 64 accepted, 18.5%. 2024: 19.6% (80/409). The history table links each figure to its source.
Do ICWS workshop and short papers count as CCF B?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).