Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation
ISSN 2167-8375 · eISSN 2167-8383 · Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 359 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation is published by Association for Computing Machinery (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 Auction Theory and Applications, Game Theory and Voting Systems and Game Theory and Applications, together about 53.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Science and Operations Research. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC) focuses on the intersection of computer science and economics. Of interest to the journal is any topic relevant to both economists and computer scientists, including but not limited to the following: algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, design and analysis of electronic markets, computation of equilibria, cost of strategic behavior and cost of decentralization, learning in games and markets, systems resilient against malicious agents, economics of computational advertising, paid search auctions, agents in networks, electronic commerce, computational social choice, recommendation/reputation/trust systems, and privacy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 11%); most named Israel 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences24.4%
- Game Theory and Voting SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance15.1%
- Game Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences14.3%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Optimization and Search ProblemsComputer Science5.5%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Complexity and Algorithms in GraphsComputer Science3.6%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 118OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 48.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 309 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| 2022 | 17 | 10 | 111 |
| 2021 | 23 | 13 | 237 |
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
359 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 252 days – 418 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 83 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 444 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (46 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
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- ISSN
- 2167-8375
- Electronic ISSN
- 2167-8383
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation
What CAS zone is ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation 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 4 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 Economics and Computation?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 359 days (interquartile range 252–418 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.
Where are the editorial board members of ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Israel (2), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation open access, and what is the APC?
ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation 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, Publisher website; 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: .