Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
ISSN 1529-3181 · ACM
Communications of the Association for Information Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 118 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communications of the Association for Information Systems is published by ACM and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information Systems Theories and ImplementationSocial Sciences12.7%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.6%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences8.2%
- Information Technology Governance and StrategyBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Knowledge Management and SharingSocial Sciences7.1%
- Information Systems Education and Curriculum DevelopmentComputer Science4.9%
- ERP Systems Implementation and ImpactBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Business Process Modeling and AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | 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
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,053OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 106LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,118 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 51 | 11 |
| 2025 | 118 | 61 | 183 |
| 2024 | 85 | 24 | 314 |
| 2023 | 99 | 68 | 944 |
| 2022 | 78 | 29 | 977 |
| 2021 | 88 | 48 | 1,031 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- 1529-3181
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communications of the Association for Information Systems
What CAS zone is Communications of the Association for Information Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Communications of the Association for Information Systems is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Communications of the Association for Information Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communications of the Association for Information Systems is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Communications of the Association for Information Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Communications of the Association for Information Systems is a subscription 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: .