Overview
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, published by IEEE Computer Society (United States), published 2,304 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 193,026 citations in those years. Its h-index is 273 and its two-year mean citedness is 10.82. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #202 of 62,158 ranked journals and #9 of 3,212 in Computer Science.
Key figures
Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.
Papers and citations by year
| Year | Papers | Citations received | Open-access papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 402 | 29,290 | 124 |
| 2021 | 398 | 33,418 | 128 |
| 2022 | 431 | 33,326 | 144 |
| 2023 | 465 | 37,306 | 164 |
| 2024 | 502 | 42,545 | 157 |
| 2025 | 508 | 46,431 | 142 |
What it publishes
The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.
Similar journals
Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.
| Journal | Field | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACM Transactions on Database Systems | Computer Science | 63.2 | 95 | 66% |
| The VLDB Journal | Computer Science | 75.7 | 313 | 51% |
| ACM SIGMOD Record | Computer Science | 64.8 | 220 | 58% |
| International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining | Computer Science | 59.6 | 140 | 82% |
| Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment | Computer Science | 83.1 | 1,969 | 18% |
| International Journal of Database Management Systems | Computer Science | 42.2 | 82 | 100% |
| Data & Knowledge Engineering | Computer Science | 77.3 | 417 | 38% |
| Synthesis lectures on data management | Computer Science | 44.5 | 83 | 1% |
Identity and sources
- ISSN-L: 1041-4347
- Print ISSN: 1041-4347
- Electronic ISSN: 1558-2191
- Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
- Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
- Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
- OpenAlex: S30698027
- Journal website: www.computer.org
Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.
Questions
What is the ITS Journal Score of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering?
It is 90.7 out of 100, which places it #202 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering?
This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 10.82.
Is IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering open access?
32% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.
Does IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering charge a publication fee?
No fee is recorded in the open data used here. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.