Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering

Aims & Scope

Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: A NASA Journal addresses issues and innovations in Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Engineering, Software Development and other related areas that are specifically of interest to NASA.

The journal includes peer-reviewed world-class technical papers on topics of research, development and practice related to NASA's missions and projects, topics of interest to NASA for future use, and topics describing problem areas for NASA together with potential solutions.

Papers that do not address issues related to NASA are of course very welcome, provided that they address topics that NASA might like to consider for the future.

Papers are solicited from NASA and government employees, contractors, NASA-supported academic and industrial partners, and non-NASA-supported academics and industrialists both in the USA and worldwide.

The journal includes updates on NASA innovations, articles on NASA initiatives, papers looking at educational activities, and a State-of-the-Art section that gives an overview of specific topic areas in a comprehensive format written by an expert in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.371

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14563

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	301

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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

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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.

• High-performance Earth system modeling with NASA/GSFC’s Land Information System

  Citation: 182

  Authors: C. D., P. R., Y., S. V., J., S., L., B., P., J., K., E. F., J.

• A disciplined approach to adopting agile practices: the agile adoption framework

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Ahmed, James, Shawn

• Autonomic computing

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Roy

• Effective identifier names for comprehension and memory

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Dawn, Christopher, Henry, David

• Automated classification of software issue reports using machine learning techniques: an empirical study

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Nitish, Debarshi Kumar, Abir, Amitava

• REquirements TRacing On target (RETRO): improving software maintenance through traceability recovery

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Jane Huffman, Alex, Senthil Karthikeyan, E. Ashlee, Sravanthi, Alain

• State of practice in requirements engineering: contemporary data

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Mohamad, Colin, Phillip

• Investigating the evolution of code smells in object-oriented systems

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Alexander, Anastasios

• Product recommendation for e-commerce business by applying principal component analysis (PCA) and K-means clustering: benefit for the society

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Soma, S. S., J. K.

• Clock constraint specification language: specifying clock constraints with UML/MARTE

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Frédéric

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