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Journal of Systems and Software

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0164-1212eISSN1873-1228

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.975

H-Index

164

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.012

Total Works

6,826

Total Citations

187,252

2yr Mean Citedness

3.21

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on software systems and software engineering. Topics include the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) to code translation and data analysis, the impact of software stack upgrades on energy consumption, the adoption and manifestation of agile practices, testing strategies for machine learning-enabled systems, and the use of time series forecasting for software runtime metrics.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 290 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,826

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0164-1212 / 1873-1228

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

Information SystemsQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software EngineeringComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsHardware and ArchitectureSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware System Performance and Reliability