Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
ISSN 2378-962X · eISSN 2378-9638 · ACM
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 305 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems is published by ACM and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) and Real-Time Systems Scheduling, together about 25.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smart Grid Security and ResilienceEngineering13.6%
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)Engineering6.2%
- Real-Time Systems SchedulingComputer Science5.9%
- Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyEngineering5.9%
- Formal Methods in VerificationComputer Science5.4%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science5.3%
- Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningComputer Science5.3%
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 160OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 440 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 27 | 12 |
| 2025 | 67 | 33 | 131 |
| 2024 | 32 | 20 | 130 |
| 2023 | 45 | 44 | 651 |
| 2022 | 41 | 15 | 550 |
| 2021 | 37 | 16 | 570 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
305 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 224 days – 408 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 81 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 426 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ACM
- ISSN
- 2378-962X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2378-9638
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
What CAS zone is ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 305 days (interquartile range 224–408 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems open access, and what is the APC?
ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .