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Journals in Software

11 established journals that publish mainly in Software, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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11 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Software. 3 of them are fully open access. Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 2 210 USD. Highest recent citation rates: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Automated Software Engineering.

11 journals

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ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and MethodologyAssociation for Computing Machinery24 %2068.59123Subscription
Software & Systems ModelingSpringer Science+Business Media33 %1063.3384Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
IEEE Transactions on Software EngineeringIEEE Computer Society20 %1837.18294Subscription; open access option 2 645 USD
Software Testing Verification and ReliabilityWiley40 %421.4168Subscription; open access option 2 770 USD
Automated Software EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media22 %605.1567Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Software Quality JournalSpringer Science+Business Media22 %402.7365Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Innovations in Systems and Software EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media22 %492.1841Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
International Journal on Software Tools for Technology TransferSpringer Science+Business Media22 %482.2477Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
IET SoftwareInstitution of Engineering and Technology21 %411.91462 210 USD
The Journal of Object TechnologyEtH Zurich22 %231.0248Open access, fee unknown
Jurnal Informatika dan MultimediaPoliteknik Negeri Malang21 %130.103Open access, fee unknown

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Software. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.