IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is interested in well-defined theoretical results and empirical studies that have potential impact on the construction, analysis, or management of software.

The scope of this Transactions ranges from the mechanisms through the development of principles to the application of those principles to specific environments.

Specific topic areas include: a) development and maintenance methods and models, e.g., techniques and principles for the specification, design, and implementation of software systems, including notations and process models; b) assessment methods, e.g., software tests and validation, reliability models, test and diagnosis procedures, software redundancy and design for error control, and the measurements and evaluation of various aspects of the process and product; c) software project management, e.g., productivity factors, cost models, schedule and organizational issues, standards; d) tools and environments, e.g., specific tools, integrated tool environments including the associated architectures, databases, and parallel and distributed processing issues; e) system issues, e.g., hardware-software trade-off; and f) state-of-the-art surveys that provide a synthesis and comprehensive review of the historical development of one particular area of interest.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.447

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	193

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• A Complexity Measure

  Citation: 4017

  Authors: T.J.

• A metrics suite for object oriented design

  Citation: 3685

  Authors: S.R., C.F.

• The model checker SPIN

  Citation: 2575

  Authors: G.J.

• QoS-aware middleware for Web services composition

  Citation: 2092

  Authors: B., A.H.H., M., J., H.

• An Intrusion-Detection Model

  Citation: 2084

  Authors: D.E.

• Program Slicing

  Citation: 1933

  Authors: Mark

• An Analysis and Survey of the Development of Mutation Testing

  Citation: 1213

  Authors: Yue, Mark

• CCFinder: a multilinguistic token-based code clone detection system for large scale source code

  Citation: 1193

  Authors: T., S., K.

• A classification and comparison framework for software architecture description languages

  Citation: 1163

  Authors: N., R.N.

• A validation of object-oriented design metrics as quality indicators

  Citation: 1136

  Authors: V.R., L.C., W.L.

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