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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Journal of Systems and Software (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Systems and Software published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Computer Science, Theory & Methodsrank 36 of 153 journals
- Q2Computer Science, Software Engineeringrank 37 of 134 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$3,820.
02Indexing
Indexing of Journal of Systems and Software
- ISSN
- 0164-1212
- eISSN
- 1873-1228
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Theory & Methods
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Journal of Systems and Software publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Journal of Systems and Software
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: State of the art and challenges2021289 citations
- Adopting integrated application lifecycle management within a large-scale software company: An action research approach201952 citations
- VISOR: A fast image processing pipeline with scaling and translation invariance for test oracle automation of visual output systems201728 citations
- Microservice Logs Analysis Employing AI: A Systematic20260 citations
- The Journal of Systems & Software20250 citations
- Centralization potential of automotive E/E architectures20240 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Journal of Systems and Software
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Journal of Systems and Software
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Journal of Systems and Software?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Systems and Software is 4.47: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 4.47 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Journal of Systems and Software?
The h-index of Journal of Systems and Software is 169 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 169 of its papers have each been cited at least 169 times. Its i10-index is 3,631.
What is the APC of Journal of Systems and Software?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,820 for Journal of Systems and Software (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Journal of Systems and Software a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Journal of Systems and Software ranks 36 of 153 journals in Computer Science, Theory & Methods, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Journal of Systems and Software indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Journal of Systems and Software appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Systems and Software an SCIE journal?
Yes. Journal of Systems and Software is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Systems and Software in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Journal of Systems and Software is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Journal of Systems and Software publish?
The papers published in Journal of Systems and Software that we track most often mention software, systems. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Journal of Systems and Software does ScholarsColab track?
We track 6 papers published in Journal of Systems and Software between 2017 and 2026, cited 369 times in total, with a median of 14 citations per paper.
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