Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL
ISSN 2475-1421 · ACM
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL: CAS Zone 1 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); fully open access; median 130 days to acceptance (187 articles, last 24 months); 422 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL is published by ACM and is in Zone 1 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Logic, programming, and type systems, Formal Methods in Verification and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages (PACMPL) publishes research on all aspects of programming languages, from design to implementation and from mathematical formalisms to empirical studies. Each issue of the journal is devoted to a particular subject area within programming languages and will be announced through publicized Calls for Papers. All accepted papers receive two rounds of reviewing and authors can expect initial decisions regarding submissions in under 3 months. The journal operates in close collaboration with the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) and is committed to making high-quality peer-reviewed scientific research in programming languages free of restrictions on both access and use.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Editor-in-chief Michael HicksPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Logic, programming, and type systemsComputer Science20.5%
- Formal Methods in VerificationComputer Science13.3%
- Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesComputer Science9.9%
- Software Testing and Debugging TechniquesComputer Science8.5%
- Security and Verification in ComputingComputer Science8.4%
- Software Engineering ResearchComputer Science7.3%
- Distributed systems and fault toleranceComputer Science6.1%
- Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputer Science4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 2 |
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
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 964OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 39.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 419LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,507 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 319 | 319 | 118 |
| 2025 | 422 | 422 | 879 |
| 2024 | 371 | 371 | 2,487 |
| 2023 | 301 | 301 | 3,521 |
| 2022 | 194 | 194 | 2,574 |
| 2021 | 171 | 171 | 2,811 |
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
130 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 142 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 63 days (187 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 187 articles with submission and acceptance dates (829 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- 2475-1421
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL
What CAS zone is Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL is in Zone 1 of Computer Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Computer Science, Software Engineering; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL?
Based on the dates recorded on 187 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 130 days (interquartile range 111–142 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 Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL open access, and what is the APC?
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages-PACMPL is a fully open-access 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: .