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Empirical Software Engineering

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1996

ISSN1382-3256eISSN1573-7616

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.92

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

1.738

Total Worksi

2,071

Total Citationsi

74,622

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,071

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1382-3256 / 1573-7616

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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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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

105

3.9k

2019

113

2020

172

2021

187

2022

166

2.3k

2023

179

1.5k

2024

183

670

2025

165

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 Engineering

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityOpen Source Software InnovationsAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesScientific Computing and Data ManagementTopic Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Empirical Software Engineering

Is Empirical Software Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Empirical Software Engineering: 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 Empirical Software Engineering?

Empirical 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 3.34.

Is Empirical Software Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Empirical Software Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Empirical Software Engineering?