IEEE TDSC Citation Impact & Metrics

IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal published by the IEEE Computer Society focusing on architectural, software, and protocol-level security and fault tolerance. In academic research assessment, its citation metrics measure the frequency with which recent articles are cited across scientific literature, reflecting publication reach in computer systems dependability.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 8 Nov 2026

Metric Overview and Values

In scholarly evaluation, citation metrics for IEEE TDSC track the frequency with which articles published in the journal are cited in subsequent literature. While proprietary commercial indicators like the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JIF) require institutional subscription access through Web of Science Journal Citation Reports, open bibliometric repositories provide verified baseline citation indicators.

According to verified records from the OpenAlex scholarly database, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing maintains the following verified metrics:

2-Year Mean Citedness: 5.60 (reflecting the average number of citations received in a single calendar year by articles published in the preceding two years).
OpenAlex h-index: 138 (indicating 138 distinct publications that have each received at least 138 citations).
Total Works Count: 3,915 publications.
Total Citations Received: 109,151 citations across indexed academic literature.
Crossref Registered DOIs: 7,081 active digital object identifiers issued under the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Calculation Methodology

The standard 2-year citation rate mirrors the classic impact factor formula. For any given evaluation year t, the metric is calculated as:

Metric (Year t) = A / B

Where:

A equals the total number of citations received during year t by all citable items published in the journal during years t-1 and t-2.
B equals the total number of citable articles (research papers, reviews, and technical notes) published by the journal during years t-1 and t-2.

Because IEEE TDSC publishes rigorous, long-form systems research that involves extensive validation—often linked to research software and institutional security protocols like CMMC compliance for research institutions and structured software management plans—citation curves in this domain typically exhibit longer latency compared to rapid-turnover life science disciplines.

Quartile Context and Responsible Assessment

Within bibliographic classification categories such as Computer Science (Information Systems), Hardware & Architecture, and Software Engineering, IEEE TDSC consistently occupies top-tier (Q1) status across major global indexes. Researchers submitting work in specialized sub-disciplines like software engineering and dependable architectures regard TDSC as a premier venue.

However, modern evaluation standards emphasize that journal-level metrics must not be conflated with the quality or scientific rigor of an individual researcher’s work:

Citation Skewness: Across all scientific journals, citation counts follow a power-law distribution. A small fraction of highly cited papers accounts for the majority of the journal’s aggregate metric, meaning that an article published in a high-metric journal does not automatically inherit high citation influence.
Responsible Assessment Frameworks: Under the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the Leiden Manifesto, hiring committees and grant review panels are advised to evaluate original contribution, peer scrutiny, and reproducibility rather than relying on surrogate journal-level metrics.

Sources

OpenAlex API. Source Record: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (ID: S204859871). URL: https://api.openalex.org/sources?search=ieee+transactions+on+dependable+and+secure+computing (Accessed 2026-11-08).
Crossref API. Journal Record for ISSN 1545-5971. URL: https://api.crossref.org/journals/1545-5971 (Accessed 2026-11-08).
IEEE Computer Society. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. URL: https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/tq (Accessed 2026-11-08).

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