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About the ACM SIGIR Forum format

ACM SIGIR Forum is a peer-reviewed journal published by ACM, covering Information Retrieval and Search Behavior, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Topic Modeling.

PublisherACM
Reference styleNumbered (ACM)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] Ada Smith, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. A representative article title. ACM SIGIR Forum 12, 3, Article 45 (2023).

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Publishes research inInformation Retrieval and Search Behavior Semantic Web and Ontologies Topic Modeling Advanced Database Systems and Queries Web Data Mining and Analysis
ISSN0163-5840
Citation impact (2-yr)1.24
h-index71
i10-index339
Total citations45,432
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Amsterdam
Journal websiteportal.acm.org
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Papers published in ACM SIGIR Forum per year

25
2014
15
2015
43
2016
58
2017
41
2018
57
2019
34
2020
48
2021
35
2022
41
2023
38
2024
38
2025

Citation impact of ACM SIGIR Forum by publication year

235
2014
630
2015
1K
2016
25.4K
2017
561
2018
493
2019
419
2020
206
2021
89
2022
76
2023
60
2024
22
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in ACM SIGIR Forum

Probabilistic Latent Semantic Indexing

Thomas Hofmann · 2 Aug 2017

Probabilistic Latent Semantic Indexing is a novel approach to automated document indexing which is based on a statistical latent class model for factor analysis of count data. Fitted from a training corpus of text documents by a generalization of the Expectation Maximization algorithm, the utilized model is able to deal with domain{specific synonymy as well…

4,064 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
An Algorithmic Framework for Performing Collaborative Filtering

Jonathan L. Herlocker, Joseph A. Konstan, Al Borchers et al. · 2 Aug 2017

column Share on An Algorithmic Framework for Performing Collaborative Filtering Authors: Jonathan L. Herlocker University of Minnesota University of MinnesotaView Profile , Joseph A. Konstan University of Minnesota University of MinnesotaView Profile , Al Borchers University of Minnesota University of MinnesotaView Profile , John Riedl University of Minnesota University of MinnesotaView Profile Authors Info &…

2,556 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Language Modeling Approach to Information Retrieval

Jay Ponte, W. Bruce Croft · 2 Aug 2017

In today's world, there is no shortage of information. However, for a specific information need, only a small subset of all of the available information will be useful. The field of information retrieval (IR) is the study of methods to provide users with that small subset of information relevant to their needs and to do…

2,546 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A taxonomy of web search

Andrei Broder · 1 Sep 2002

Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me sites where I can perform a certain transaction,…

1,930 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

ACM SIGIR Forum template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the ACM SIGIR Forum format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the ACM SIGIR Forum template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official ACM format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does ACM SIGIR Forum use?
ACM SIGIR Forum uses Numbered (ACM) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] Ada Smith, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. A representative article title. ACM SIGIR Forum 12, 3, Article 45 (2023).
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to ACM SIGIR Forum?
No. DocuGuru generates the acmart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a ACM-ready ACM SIGIR Forum document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the ACM SIGIR Forum template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the ACM SIGIR Forum format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
Who publishes ACM SIGIR Forum?
ACM SIGIR Forum is a engineering and computer science journal published by ACM. DocuGuru's ACM SIGIR Forum template matches ACM's official submission format.
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Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official ACM SIGIR Forum template (the acmart class) that is ready to submit to ACM, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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