ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 that aims to disseminate the latest findings of note in the field of computer graphics

Computer graphics (computer science)

Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science which studies methods for digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. Although the term often refers to the study of three-dimensional computer graphics, it also encompasses two-dimensional graphics and image processing.- Overview...

. It has been published since 1982 by the Association for Computing Machinery

Association for Computing Machinery

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. Starting in 2003, all papers accepted for presentation at the annual SIGGRAPH

SIGGRAPH

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 conference are printed in a special summer issue of the journal.

In a 2008 ranking, TOG had the 5th highest impact factor

Impact factor

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 in the field of computer science

Computer science

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External links

• ACM Transactions on Graphics website.
• ACM Transactions on Graphics in ACM Digital Library.