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Journal of Software: Evolution and Process

The Journal of Software: Evolution and Process is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of software development and evolution. It is published by John Wiley & Sons. The journal was established in 1989 as the Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice, renamed in 2001 to Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice, and obtained its current title in 2012. The editors-in-chief are Massimiliano Di Penta, Darren Dalcher, Xin Peng, and David Raffo.

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Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
DisciplineComputer science, software maintenance, software evolution
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMassimiliano Di Penta, Darren Dalcher, Xin Peng, and David Raffo
Publication details
Former names
Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice, Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice
History1989–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
1.972 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
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ISO 4J. Softw.: Evol. Process
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2· JSTOR (alt· LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt· Scopus · W&L
ISSN1532-060X (print)
2047-7481 (web)
LCCN2012205429
OCLC no.488593641
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The Journal of Software: Evolution and Process is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of software development and evolution. It is published by John Wiley & Sons. The journal was established in 1989 as the Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice, renamed in 2001 to Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice, and obtained its current title in 2012. The editors-in-chief are Massimiliano Di Penta, Darren Dalcher, Xin Peng, and David Raffo.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:1

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.972, ranking it 55th out of 108 journals in the category "Computer Science, Software Engineering".2

References

References

  1. "Overview". Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)2047-7481.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Computer Science, Software Engineering". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
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