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Requirements Engineering

Springer London · United Kingdom

ISSN0947-3602eISSN1432-010X

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

0.522

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.512

Total Works

1,071

Total Citations

27,970

2yr Mean Citedness

4.47

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Aims & Scope

Requirements Engineering is a multi-disciplinary journal focusing on the elicitation, representation, and validation of software-intensive information systems or applications. Includes theories and models relevant to requirements engineering. Explores the intersection of requirements engineering with business engineering. Assesses the states of practice, including evaluation of different approaches in industrial-size projects. Welcomes contributions from fields such as software engineering, information systems, cognitive and organizational psychology, and more. Prioritizes work that addresses specific requirements engineering issues.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,071

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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Review Time—

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OA License—

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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?

Springer London

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0947-3602 / 1432-010X

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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

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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.

Information SystemsQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware Engineering ResearchLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies