Journal of Systems and Software
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Journal
Country
United States
Northern America
Subject Area and Category
Computer Science
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Hardware and Architecture
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Information Systems
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Software
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Publisher
Citation Score 2025
0.950
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Citation Score
H-Index
141
Citations / Doc (2yr)
5.88
Total Docs. (latest)
272
Total Citations (3yr)
3,902
Publication type
Journals
ISSN
01641212
Coverage
1979, 1981, 1983-2026
Journal Rank
#5,309
Subject Categories
Hardware and Architecture
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Information Systems
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Software
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Subject Areas
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Systems and Software publishes papers covering all aspects of software engineering.
All articles should provide evidence to support their claims, e.g. through empirical studies, simulation, formal proofs or other types of validation.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Methods and tools for software requirements, design, architecture, verification and validation, testing, maintenance and evolution; Agile, model-driven, service-oriented, open source and global software development; Approaches for cloud/fog/edge computing and virtualized systems; Human factors and management concerns of software development; Artificial Intelligence, data analytics and big data applied in software engineering; Metrics and evaluation of software development resources; DevOps, continuous integration, build and test automation; Business and economic aspects of software development processes; Software Engineering education.
Abstracting & Indexing
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Detailed Metrics
| Total Docs. (latest) | 272 |
| Total Docs. (3 years) | 663 |
| Total Refs. | 19,115 |
| Total Citations (3 years) | 3,902 |
| Citable Docs. (3 years) | 655 |
| Citations / Doc. (2 years) | 5.88 |
| Ref. / Doc. | 70.28 |
| % Female | 26.4% |
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