What are the best journals for Artificial Intelligence?

From an 17,538-venue index, the highest-ranked Artificial Intelligence journals (by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper) include Artificial Intelligence Review, Nature Machine Intelligence, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, Journal Of Big Data, Computational Linguistics. Predatory venues are excluded. The full ranked list with open-access and indexing details is on this page; for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Artificial Intelligence journals ranked?

By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4), then by OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor. We exclude journals flagged as predatory.

Why don't all Artificial Intelligence journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Artificial Intelligence paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Artificial Intelligence · 328 journals indexed

Best journals for Artificial Intelligence

The top Artificial Intelligence journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

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Artificial Intelligence Review
21.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Nature Machine Intelligence
18.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
12.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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Journal Of Big Data
11.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Computational Linguistics
10.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computational Linguistics
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npj Digital Medicine
10.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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PRX Quantum
9.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Society
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ACM Transactions on Information Systems
9.5 cites/paper · Q1
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Information Fusion
9.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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10
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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14
World Wide Web
6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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15
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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16
Frontiers of Computer Science
6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Higher Education Press
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npj Quantum Information
6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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18
Decision Support Systems
6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Expert Systems with Applications
6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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20
Minds and Machines
5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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21
Information Processing & Management
5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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22
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Cognitive Computation
5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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25
Applied Soft Computing
5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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26
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
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27
Knowledge-Based Systems
5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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28
Neural Computing and Applications
5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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29
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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30
Information Sciences
5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Journal of Biomedical Informatics
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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33
Applied Artificial Intelligence
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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34
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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35
Neural Networks
4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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36
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
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37
IEEE Transactions on Big Data
4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
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38
Big Data and Cognitive Computing
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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39
International Journal of Information Security
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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40
International Journal of Neural Systems
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · World Scientific
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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