Journal profile · Telecommunications
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
ISSN 1550-4859 · eISSN 1550-4867 · Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.8; hybrid open access; median 287 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 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 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks, Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) serves as a central, archival venue for the interdisciplinary sensor network research community. It covers research contributions that introduce new concepts, techniques, analyses, or architectures, as well as applied contributions that report on development of new tools and systems or experiences and experiments with high-impact, innovative applications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Telecommunications
Editor-in-chief Wen HuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science20.3%
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEngineering11%
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksEngineering9.1%
- Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksComputer Science7.7%
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science4.5%
- Security in Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science4%
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant NetworksComputer Science3.7%
- Wireless Networks and ProtocolsComputer Science3.4%
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, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | 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, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 4 |
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
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 645OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 30 | 10 |
| 2025 | 77 | 53 | 157 |
| 2024 | 103 | 39 | 795 |
| 2023 | 125 | 109 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 127 | 32 | 2,589 |
| 2021 | 60 | 10 | 1,287 |
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
287 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 213 days – 365 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 352 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (155 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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
New ACM Policy on Authorship covering key topics including the use of generative AI tools. Model summary
New ACM Policy on Authorship ACM has a new Policy on Authorship, covering a range of key topics, including the use of generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
ACM Publications Board approved an updated Peer Review Policy. Model summary
ACM Updates Its Peer Review Policy ACM is pleased to announce that its Publications Board has approved an updated Peer Review Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1550-4859
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-4867
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
What CAS zone is ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Telecommunications. 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 Sensor Networks?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.8; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 287 days (interquartile range 213–365 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Sensor Networks?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks open access, and what is the APC?
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 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: .