Requirements Engineering

Aims & Scope

The journal provides a focus for the dissemination of new results about the elicitation, representation and validation of requirements of software intensive information systems or applications.

Theoretical and applied submissions are welcome, but all papers must explicitly address: -the practical consequences of the ideas for the design of complex systems -how the ideas should be evaluated by the reflective practitioner The journal is motivated by a multi-disciplinary view that considers requirements not only in terms of software components specification but also in terms of activities for their elicitation, representation and agreement, carried out within an organisational and social context.

To this end, contributions are sought from fields such as software engineering, information systems, occupational sociology, cognitive and organisational psychology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, linguistics and philosophy for work addressing specifically requirements engineering issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.3
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.522

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	66

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11138

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	245

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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.

• Requirements engineering paper classification and evaluation criteria: a proposal and a discussion

  Citation: 667

  Authors: Roel, Neil, Nancy, Colette

• Eliciting security requirements with misuse cases

  Citation: 496

  Authors: Guttorm, Andreas L.

• A privacy threat analysis framework: supporting the elicitation and fulfillment of privacy requirements

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Mina, Kim, Riccardo, Bart, Wouter

• Value-based requirements engineering: exploring innovative e-commerce ideas

  Citation: 365

  Authors: J.M., Jaap

• On the automatic classification of app reviews

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Walid, Zijad, Hadeer, Christoph

• Automated classification of non-functional requirements

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Jane, Raffaella, Xuchang, Peter

• A Multi-Model View of Process Modelling

  Citation: 209

  Authors: C., N., A.

• Addressing privacy requirements in system design: the PriS method

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Christos, Evangelia, Stefanos

• RE challenges in multi-site software development organisations

  Citation: 193

  Authors: Daniela, Didar

• Improving agile requirements: the Quality User Story framework and tool

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Garm, Fabiano, Jan Martijn E. M., Sjaak

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