Journal of Systems and Software
The Journal of Systems and Software is a computer science journal in the area of software systems, established in 1979 and published by Elsevier.
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| Discipline | Computing Software systems | 
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| Language | English | 
| Edited by | P. Avgeriou, D. Shepherd | 
| Publication details | |
| History | 1979–present | 
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly | 
| 2.829 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Syst. Softw. | 
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0164-1212 | 
| OCLC no. | 4583109 | 
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The journal publishes research papers, state-of-the-art surveys, and practical experience reports. It includes papers covering issues of programming methodology, software engineering, and hardware/software systems. Topics include: "software systems, prototyping issues, high-level specification techniques, procedural and functional programming techniques, data-flow concepts, multiprocessing, real-time, distributed, concurrent, and telecommunications systems, software metrics, reliability models for software, performance issues, and management concerns."[1]
Impact factor and h5-index
    
According to the 2020 Journal Citation Reports, the Journal of Systems and Software has an impact factor of 2.829.[2] According to Google Scholar, the journal has an h5-index of 61, which ranks no. 2 among international publication venues in software systems.[3]
Past Editors in Chief
    
- John Manley and Alan Salisbury (1979-1983)
- Richard E. Fairley (1984-1985)
- Robert L. Glass (1986-2001)
- David N. Card (2002-2008)
- Hans van Vliet (2009-2017)
- Paris Avgeriou & David Shepherd (2018-current)
Notable articles
    
A few of the most notable (downloaded) articles are:[1]
- Software defect prediction based on enhanced metaheuristic feature selection optimization and a hybrid deep neural network
- A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: State of the art and challenges
- MeTeaM: A method for characterizing mature software metrics teams
References
    
- "Journal of Systems and Software". Elsevier. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- "Journal Citation Reports". Clarivate. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- "Top Publications: Software Systems". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
