Journals in Computer Science

By delivering first class information and innovative tools while expanding our Open Science initiatives, we continue to refine our portfolio to serve the research needs of professionals, researchers and students worldwide.

We are proud to play an integral part within the computer science community and to participate in the advancement of this field. All our journals are available online via ScienceDirect, the essential information resource for millions of researchers worldwide.

Publishing with Elsevier

As a published Elsevier author, you can take pride in knowing that the most honored scholars, scientific leaders and educators – from Galileo to Jules Vern to Stephen W. Hawking to Sergey Brin and Larry Page – have also published with Elsevier.

For full aims and scope, to submit your articles or subscribe, visit the journal homepages.

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Why publish with Elsevier:

Publish in high quality journals
Open access available for all journals
Rigorous Peer Review
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Guidelines for submitting proposals for journal Special Issues and conference proceedings

A series of Elsevier Computer Science journals use an online Special Issue and proceedings proposal submission and review system opens in new tab/window to triage proposals. This online proposal submission system keeps a record of all the files, correspondence, and interactions with journals’ editors who need to evaluate any proposal for publication.

For any questions or feedback about the submission system please contact your publisher.

Please note: conference proceedings proposals will be considered for publication in Procedia Computer Science opens in new tab/window ONLY.

How to prepare

Participating journals

How to prepare a Special Issue proposal

How to prepare a conference proceeding proposal for Procedia

Open access

Access to quality research is vital to the scientific community and beyond. We support sustainable access and work hard to provide a range of open access options alongside our access initiatives to ensure everyone can read, use and trust the latest research.

We are committed to working in partnership with the research community, librarians, funders and other stakeholders. Our Elsevier team is continually on the road meeting the community, participating in discussions and establishing partnerships that will help increase access to research.

Sponsorships and awards

On an annual basis we donate to many initiatives to support the global computer science community through conference sponsorships, prizes and funding. Many of our journals include young researcher awards.

^{Award name}	^Journal
^{ADHOC Networks Best Editor Award}	^{Ad Hoc Networks}
^{ADHOC Networks Best Paper Award}	^{Ad Hoc Networks}
^{Computer Communications Best Editor Award}	^{Computer Communications}
^{Computer Communications Best Paper Award}	^{Computer Communications}
^{Computer Networks Best Editor Award}	^{Computer Networks}
^{Computer Networks Best Paper Award}	^{Computer Networks}
^{Computer Networks Test of Time Award - (once every 5 years)}	^{Computer Networks}
^{Computer Speech & Language Best Paper Award}	^{Computer Speech and Language}
^{Computer Speech & Language Best Review Paper Award}	^{Computer Speech and Language}
^{Computers & Graphics}	^{Computers & Graphics}
^{Computers & Graphics - Reproducible Paper Award}	^{Computers & Graphics}
^{Control Engineering Practice Best Paper Award}	^{Control Engineering Practice}
^{Data & Knowledge Engineering Best Paper Award}	^{Data & Knowledge Engineering}
^{EURASIP Best Paper Award}	^{Signal Processing}
^{EURASIP Best Paper Award}	^{Speech Communication}
^{Fabio Neri Best Paper Award}	^{Optical Switching and Networking}
^{Graphical Models Best Paper Award}	^{Graphical Models}
^{IFAC Journal Awards (x 7)}	^{All IFAC journals in World Congress year}
^{IJHCS Best Paper Award}	^{International Journal of Human-Computer Studies}
^{Image and Vision Computing Associate Editor Award}	^{Image and Vision Computing}
^{Image and Vision Computing Best Paper Award}	^{Image and Vision Computing}
^{Integration Best Paper Award}	^Integration
^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning Best Paper Award (BELIEF)}	^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning}
^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning Best Paper Award (SMPS)}	^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning}
^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning Young Researcher Award (ISIPTA)}	^{International Journal of Approximate Reasoning}
^{International Journal of Electronics and Communications Best Paper Award}	^{International Journal of Electronics and Communications}
^{ISA Transactions Best Paper Award}	^{ISA Transactions}
^{Journal of Computer Languages Best Paper Award}	^{Journal of Computer Languages}
^{Journal of Information Security and Applications KW Wong Best Paper Award}	^{Journal of Information Security and Applications}
^{Journal of Network and Computer Applications Best Paper Award}	^{Journal of Network and Computer Applications}
^{Journal of Systems & Software Best Paper Award}	^{Journal of Systems & Software}
^{Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation Associate Editor Award}	^{Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation}
^{Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation Best Paper Award}	^{Image and Vision Computing}
^{Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation Best Survey Award}	^{Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation}
^{Medical Image Analysis/MICCAI Best Paper award}	^{Medical Image Analysis}
^{MEE & MNE YIA award}	^{Micro and Nano Engineering}
^{Microelectronics Journal Best Paper Award}	^{Microelectronics}
^{Nano Communication Networks Editor of the Year}	^{Nano Communication Networks}
^{Nano Communication Networks Young Investigator Award}	^{Nano Communication Networks}
^{Optical Switching and Networking Best Paper Award}	^{Optical Switching and Networking}
^{Pervasive and Mobile Computing Best Editor Award}	^{Pervasive and Mobile Computing}
^{Pervasive and Mobile Computing Best Paper Award}	^{Pervasive and Mobile Computing}
^{Peter P. Chen Award}	^{Data & Knowledge Engineering}
^{SPM Best Paper Award}	^{Computer Aided Design}
^{Systems & Control Letters Brockett-Willems Outstanding Paper Award}	^{Systems & Control Letters}
^{Vehicular Communications Best Paper Award (every 2 years)}	^{Vehicular Communications}

Journal authors resources

Every year, we accept and publish more than 470,000 journal articles. Publishing in an Elsevier journal starts with finding the right journal for your paper. If you already know the journal to which you want to submit, you can enter the title directly in the find a journal search box. Alternatively, you can match the abstract of your article to a journal.

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