ACM Transactions on Social Computing

ACM Transactions on Social Computing (ACM TSC) is a leading peer-reviewed journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It focuses on multidisciplinary research on social relations and their computational facets, bridging computer science, social sciences, and human-centered computing.

Core Scope and Focus

ACM TSC publishes high-quality original research that explores how computing systems influence and are influenced by social behavior. Key areas of interest include:

• Social Network Analysis:

  Modeling, measuring, and analyzing structural properties and dynamics of large-scale social networks.

• Crowdsourcing and Human Computation:

  Designing and evaluating crowdsourcing systems, citizen science platforms, and collective intelligence mechanisms.

• Online Communities and Collaboration:

  Investigating trust, reputation, governance, motivation, and participation in digital communities and collaborative platforms.

• Computational Social Science:

  Applying computational techniques to analyze behavioral, economic, and political phenomena at scale.

• Ethics and Privacy in Social Computing:

  Examining algorithmic bias, data privacy, misinformation, and the societal impacts of socio-technical systems.

Publication Process & Guidelines

• Peer Review Model:

  Double-anonymous peer review, ensuring that reviewer and author identities are kept confidential during evaluation.

• Submission Timeline:

  Exact turnaround times from submission to final decision or publication are variable and not specified in retrieved sources; authors typically submit via the ACM Manuscript Central / Editorial Manager system.

• Article Types:

  Research articles, surveys, and occasional special issue contributions addressing emerging frontiers in social computing.

Open Access and Publishing Options

• Publishing Model:

  ACM operates a hybrid publishing framework, offering traditional subscription-based publishing alongside open-access options.

• ACM Open:

  Many institutional affiliations allow authors to publish open access in ACM journals at no direct out-of-pocket cost via institutional Read & Publish agreements.

• Licensing:

  Articles published open access utilize ACM-approved Creative Commons licenses, facilitating wide distribution and reuse while retaining author attribution.

Why Publish in ACM Transactions on Social Computing?

1. Prestigious Venue:

   As an ACM Transactions publication, it holds a strong reputation for rigorous peer review and high scholarly standards in computing.

1. Multidisciplinary Audience:

   It provides a dedicated home for work that crosses traditional boundaries between computer science and the social sciences.

1. Global Visibility:

   Published via the ACM Digital Library, ensuring prominent discoverability among researchers, engineers, and academics worldwide.