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IET Software

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1751-8806eISSN1751-8814

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

154

days submission → published

measured · last 12 articles · accept 121d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.428

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.788

Total Worksi

850

Total Citationsi

10,999

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science: Computer software. Topics: software engineering, software architecture, software testing, distributed computing, software design, software development

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications850

Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~35 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8806 / 1751-8814

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Citations received

666

2019

845

2020

563

2021

245

2022

298

2023

2024

2025

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.

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware System Performance and ReliabilitySoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesService-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesModel-Driven Software Engineering TechniquesOpen Source Software InnovationsAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques

Frequently asked questions about IET Software

Is IET Software a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IET Software: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IET Software?

IET 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 0.94.

Is IET Software indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IET Software is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.