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IEEE Software

IEEE Computer Society · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN0740-7459eISSN1937-4194

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.627

H-Indexi

184

SNIPi

1.097

Total Worksi

7,451

Total Citationsi

172,951

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Software magazine provides current trends and know-how of software to give practitioners, researchers, and students a quick insight in a variety of software topics. It is IEEE Software’s mission to deliver reliable, peer-reviewed information for leading software practitioners—the developers and managers who want to keep up with rapid technology change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyBimonthly, <Mar. 1988->

StatusActive

Total Publications7,451

Publisher OrgIEEE Computer Society

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IEEE Computer Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0740-7459 / 1937-4194

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

N/A

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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

184

2.3k

2019

204

2.1k

2020

189

1.6k

2021

173

756

2022

209

1.2k

2023

217

651

2024

211

161

2025

108

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.

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering ResearchAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Software

Is IEEE Software a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Software: 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 Software?

IEEE Software 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 1.29.

Is IEEE Software indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Software is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.