Journal of Systems and Software

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.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.975

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	135

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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.

• Lessons from applying the systematic literature review process within the software engineering domain

  Citation: 1601

  Authors: Pearl, Barbara A., David, Mark, Mohamed

• Object-oriented metrics that predict maintainability

  Citation: 728

  Authors: Wei, Sallie

• A decade of agile methodologies: Towards explaining agile software development

  Citation: 711

  Authors: Torgeir, Sridhar, VenuGopal, Nils Brede

• Challenges and success factors for large-scale agile transformations: A systematic literature review

  Citation: 607

  Authors: Kim, Maria, Casper

• A survey study of critical success factors in agile software projects

  Citation: 589

  Authors: Tsun, Dac-Buu

• A systematic mapping study on technical debt and its management

  Citation: 549

  Authors: Zengyang, Paris, Peng

• An orchestrated survey of methodologies for automated software test case generation

  Citation: 517

  Authors: Saswat, Edmund K., Tsong Yueh, John, Myra B., Wolfgang, Mark, Mary Jean, Phil, Antonia, J., Hong

• Exploring the relationships between design measures and software quality in object-oriented systems

  Citation: 495

  Authors: Lionel C., Jürgen, John W., D.

• Continuous software engineering: A roadmap and agenda

  Citation: 492

  Authors: Brian, Klaas-Jan

• The Palladio component model for model-driven performance prediction

  Citation: 463

  Authors: Steffen, Heiko, Ralf

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