Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data
ISSN 1556-4681 · eISSN 1556-472X · Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · UNITED STATES · Founded 2006
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.67; hybrid open access; median 355 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 153 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data is published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Advanced Graph Neural Networks and Topic Modeling, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD) welcomes papers on a full range of research in the knowledge discovery and analysis of diverse forms of data. Such subjects include: scalable and effective algorithms for data mining and data warehousing, mining data streams, mining multi-media data, mining high-dimensional data, mining text, Web, and semi-structured data, mining spatial and temporal data, data mining for … (More)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Editor-in-chief Jian PeiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy13.2%
- Advanced Graph Neural NetworksComputer Science12.8%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science6.9%
- Recommender Systems and TechniquesComputer Science6.5%
- Data Management and AlgorithmsComputer Science4.2%
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science4%
- Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisSocial Sciences3.9%
- Data Mining Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
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, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 6.67LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 728OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 167LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,510 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 105 | 59 | 47 |
| 2025 | 153 | 57 | 489 |
| 2024 | 192 | 69 | 2,238 |
| 2023 | 155 | 139 | 2,143 |
| 2022 | 144 | 41 | 3,407 |
| 2021 | 161 | 50 | 4,002 |
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
355 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 269 days – 449 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 56 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 426 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (336 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1556-4681
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-472X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 8 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data
What CAS zone is ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Computer Science, Software Engineering. 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.
What is the impact factor of ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.67; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 355 days (interquartile range 269–449 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Knowledge Discovery from Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data open access, and what is the APC?
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data 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: .