Aims & Scope
IEEE Software delivers reliable, useful, leading-edge software development information to keep engineers and managers abreast of rapid technology change.
Its mission is to build the community of leading software practitioners.
The authority on translating software theory into practice, this magazine positions itself between pure research and pure practice, transferring ideas, methods, and experiences among researchers and engineers.
Peerreviewed articles and columns by seasoned practitioners illuminate all aspects of the industry, including process improvement, project management, development tools, software maintenance, Web applications and opportunities, testing, and usability.
The magazine's readers specify, design, document, test, maintain, purchase, engineer, sell, teach, research, and manage the production of software or systems that include software.
IEEE Software welcomes articles describing how software is developed in specific companies, laboratories, and university environments as well as articles describing new tools, current trends, and past projects' limitations and failures as well as successes.
Sample topics include geographically distributed development; software architectures; program and system debugging and testing; the education of software professionals; requirements, design, development, testing, and management methodologies; performance measurement and evaluation; standards; program and system reliability, security, and verification; programming environments; languages and language-related issues; Web-based development; usability; and software-related social and legal issues.
View Aims & ScopeMetrics & Ranking
Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 0.556 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q2 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 129 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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Microservices Architecture Enables DevOps: Migration to a Cloud-Native Architecture
Citation: 550
Authors: Armin, Abbas, Pooyan
