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IEEE Software

IEEE Computer Society · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN0740-7459eISSN1937-4194

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.556

H-Index

184

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.097

Total Works

7,451

Total Citations

172,951

2yr Mean Citedness

1.29

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 212 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications7,451

Publisher OrgIEEE Computer Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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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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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

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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.

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