Journal profile · REMOTE SENSING
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems
ISSN 2374-0353 · eISSN 2374-0361 · Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 276 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems is published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Data Management and Algorithms, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis and Geographic Information Systems Studies, together about 42.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems (TSAS) is a scholarly journal that publishes high-quality papers on all aspects of spatial algorithms and systems and closely related disciplines. It has a multi-disciplinary perspective spanning a large number of areas where spatial data is manipulated or visualized (regardless of how it is specified - i.e., geometrically or textually), such as: geography, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial …
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REMOTE SENSING
Editor-in-chief Mohamed F. MokbelPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Data Management and AlgorithmsComputer Science18%
- Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisSocial Sciences15.7%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences8.4%
- Traffic Prediction and Management TechniquesEngineering7.1%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine5.4%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences3.9%
- Automated Road and Building ExtractionEngineering3.8%
- Computational Geometry and Mesh GenerationComputer Science3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | 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
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 303 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 25 | 7 |
| 2025 | 15 | 9 | 25 |
| 2024 | 37 | 25 | 300 |
| 2023 | 28 | 23 | 152 |
| 2022 | 37 | 18 | 391 |
| 2021 | 22 | 7 | 155 |
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
276 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 214 days – 370 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 56 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 377 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (71 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.
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 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; FAQ covers confidentiality, LLM use in peer review, conflicts of interest. 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)
- ISSN
- 2374-0353
- Electronic ISSN
- 2374-0361
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems
What CAS zone is ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Remote Sensing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 276 days (interquartile range 214–370 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 Spatial Algorithms and Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems open access, and what is the APC?
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and 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, 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: .