Journal profile · Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
Operating Systems Review (ACM)
ISSN 0163-5980 · Association for Computing Machinery
Operating Systems Review (ACM): subscription journal; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Operating Systems Review (ACM) is published by Association for Computing Machinery. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Distributed systems and fault tolerance and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, together about 42.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SIGOPS addresses a broad spectrum of issues associated with operating systems research and development. Members are drawn from a broad community spanning industry, academia and government. SIGOPS supports many conferences and workshops, including the biennial Symposium on Operating Systems Principles and the SIGOPS European Workshop, held in Europe in alternate years.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesComputer Science16.9%
- Distributed systems and fault toleranceComputer Science16.7%
- Distributed and Parallel Computing SystemsComputer Science8.8%
- Logic, programming, and type systemsComputer Science7%
- Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementComputer Science5.7%
- Advanced Data Storage TechnologiesComputer Science5.6%
- Security and Verification in ComputingComputer Science5.3%
- Advanced Database Systems and QueriesComputer Science5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | Q2 | 266/568 | 53rd |
| Information Systems | Q3 | 268/519 | 48th |
| Hardware and Architecture | Q3 | 128/245 | 47th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 145OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 985OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,538 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 952 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 | 1,458 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 1,651 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 1,734 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 1,931 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | 2,833 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use Elastic Memory Remapping for Multi-tenant LLM Serving
Ruihao Li,Shagnik Pal,Vineeth Narayan Pullu,Prasoon Sinha, + 3 July 2026pp 41-49 https://doi.org/10.1145/3830422.3830427
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
- ISSN
- 0163-5980
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 1 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Operating Systems Review (ACM)
Which databases index Operating Systems Review (ACM)?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Operating Systems Review (ACM) is indexed in Scopus.
Is Operating Systems Review (ACM) open access, and what is the APC?
Operating Systems Review (ACM) 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, 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: .