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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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.568

H-Indexi

291

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-anonymous

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

8/12 · 67%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

6.6k

2019

160

5.6k

2020

174

4.6k

2021

153

2022

148

2.8k

2023

195

2.4k

2024

242

576

2025

130

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. 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?