IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing is a quarterly journal of the IEEE Computer Society, launched in 2013, that publishes research on the theory, algorithms, systems, applications and performance of cloud computing, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.3.《IEEE 云计算汇刊》（IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing）是（IEEE Computer Society）于 2013 年创办的季刊，刊载云计算理论、算法、系统、应用与性能方面的研究，2025 年影响因子为 5.3。
Scope
- Cloud architecture, virtualization and container technologies.云体系结构、虚拟化与容器技术。
- Resource management, scheduling and optimization across cloud infrastructures.跨云基础设施的资源管理、调度与优化。
- Software-defined systems, cloud programming models and development tools.软件定义系统、云编程模型与开发工具。
- Cloud-based big data management and analytics.基于云的大数据管理与分析。
- Security, privacy and trust in cloud environments.云环境中的安全、隐私与信任。
- Interoperability, integration, performance, reliability and energy management.互操作性、集成、性能、可靠性与能耗管理。
- Mobile cloud computing and everything-as-a-service delivery models.移动云计算与一切皆服务（XaaS）交付模式。
History
- IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing was launched by the IEEE Computer Society in 2013 as a quarterly, and its first volume appeared that year.本刊由（IEEE Computer Society）于 2013 年创办，为季刊，第 1 卷当年出版。
- Rajkumar Buyya of the University of Melbourne, head of its cloud computing laboratory, was the founding Editor-in-Chief.创刊主编为（University of Melbourne）云计算实验室负责人（Rajkumar Buyya）。
- Hui Lei of IBM led the journal from 2016 to 2019 and published a farewell editorial at the start of 2020.（IBM）的（Hui Lei）于 2016 至 2019 年担任主编，并在 2020 年初发表卸任社论。
- Yuanyuan Yang of Stony Brook University served as Editor-in-Chief from 2020 to 2024 and widened the board while shortening review times.（Stony Brook University）的（Yuanyuan Yang）于 2020 至 2024 年任主编，扩充编委会并缩短审稿周期。
- Song Guo of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology became Editor-in-Chief for 2025 to 2027 after serving as an associate editor and steering committee member.（Hong Kong University of Science and Technology）的（Song Guo）在担任副编辑与指导委员会委员后，于 2025 至 2027 年出任主编。
- Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.938 in 2021 to 5.0 in 2024 and 5.3 in 2025, ranking it first quartile in computer science theory and methods and in information systems.影响因子由 2021 年的 5.938 变为 2024 年的 5.0 与 2025 年的 5.3，在计算机理论方法与信息系统两个学科均居一区。
Editors
- Song Guo, a chair professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is Editor-in-Chief and works on edge intelligence, 6G, big data and distributed systems.现任主编（Song Guo）为（Hong Kong University of Science and Technology）讲座教授，研究边缘智能、6G、大数据与分布式系统。
- A steering committee drawn from the IEEE Computer Society and the cloud research community oversees the journal's direction.由（IEEE Computer Society）与云计算研究界组成的指导委员会把关刊物方向。
- Associate editors are recruited from universities and industry and cover virtualization, resource management, security, data analytics and performance evaluation.副编辑来自高校与产业界，覆盖虚拟化、资源管理、安全、数据分析与性能评估。
- Every submission is handled by the Editor-in-Chief and an assigned associate editor, who commissions external reviews and manages revision rounds.每篇投稿由主编与指定的副编辑处理，后者邀请外部评审并主持修改轮次。
- Authors may pay an article processing charge to make accepted papers freely available under the journal's hybrid open access option.作者可选择混合开放获取，支付文章处理费后论文即时免费公开。
- The journal favours papers that tie theory, algorithms, systems and measured performance together, including application results and case studies.本刊偏爱把理论、算法、系统与实测性能贯通一体的论文，也欢迎应用成果与案例研究。