The Journal of Systems and Software publishes papers covering all aspects of software engineering and related hardware-software-systems issues. All articles should include a validation of the idea presented, e.g. through case studies, experiments, or systematic comparisons with other approaches already in practice. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

? Methods and tools for, and empirical studies on, software requirements, design, architecture, verification and validation, maintenance and evolution

? Agile, model-driven, service-oriented, open source and global software development

? Approaches for mobile, multiprocessing, real-time, distributed, cloud-based, dependable and virtualized systems

? Human factors and management concerns of software development

? Data management and big data issues of software systems

? Metrics and evaluation, data mining of software development resources

? Business and economic aspects of software development processes

The journal welcomes state-of-the-art surveys and reports of practical experience for all of these topics.

《Journal Of Systems And Software》是一本由ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC出版商出版的专业工程技术期刊，该刊创刊于1979年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：计算机科学 2区，小类学科：计算机：软件工程 2区；计算机：理论方法 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖计算机：软件工程等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外计算机：软件工程工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为3.514，平均审稿速度约7.5个月。