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Key Journals in Social Computing and Related Fields
Top social computing journals include ACM Transactions on Social Computing, Journal of Computational Social Science, Big Data & Society, Information, Communication & Society, and those from Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) like ACM TOCHI, focusing on data-driven social analysis, community, human-AI interaction, and digital society. Key publishers are ACM, IEEE, and major academic presses, with high-impact outlets featuring in broader CS/Social Science rankings like Nature Human Behavior and ACM Computing Surveys.
A core journal specifically for this area, published by the Association for Computing Machinery. The main topics of the journal are computer science and social media.
It is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that ties together groundbreaking research across many fields. Focuses on computational methods to study social phenomena. It focuses on research across social sciences, management sciences, biology, physics, data science, and computer science.
The focus of the journal is on how big data impacts various aspects of society, culture, and human behavior. Explores the societal implications and impacts of big data.
It is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the role of digital media in the information age.
It is an open access peer reviewed journal that focuses on advancing the understanding of social media and its impact on societies, past, present, and future.
It is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the exploration and understanding of social processes by means of computer simulation.
This journal addresses human interaction with computers and digital systems. It is dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective.
High-level HCI research often overlaps with social computing.
High-Impact General & Related Journals:
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Publishes high-quality survey papers, often covering social computing topics.
Nature Human Behavior
For highly influential, broad research at the intersection of human behavior and computation.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
(and other IEEE/ACM HCI/AI journals): For technical aspects of human-computer interaction.
How to Find More:
- Publisher Sites: Check dedicated journals from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
- Subject Guides: University library guides for Computer Science or Social Sciences often list top journals.
- Citation Databases: Use platforms like SciSpace or Scimago Journal Rank to filter by impact and subject.