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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States

ISSN0098-5589eISSN1939-3520

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.568

H-Indexi

291

SNIPi

2.435

Total Worksi

6,100

Total Citationsi

414,861

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 1989-

StatusActive

Total Publications6,100

Publisher OrgIEEE Computer Society

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-anonymous

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0098-5589 / 1939-3520

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-anonymous

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

164

6.7k

2019

160

5.8k

2020

175

4.8k

2021

153

4.2k

2022

148

3.1k

2023

196

2.8k

2024

245

833

2025

167

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software EngineeringEngineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Is IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering?

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.08.

Is IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering?