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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 of Systems and Software is a computer science journal in the area of software systems, established in 1979 and published by Elsevier.
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]
According to the 2021 Journal Citation Reports , the Journal of Systems and Software has an impact factor of 3.514. [2] According to Google Scholar, the journal has an h5-index of 61, which ranks third among international publication venues in software systems, after ICSE and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering . [3]
A few of the most notable (downloaded) articles are: [1]
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T.H. Tse is a Hong Kong academic who is a professor and researcher in program testing and debugging. He is ranked internationally as the second most prolific author in metamorphic testing. According to Bruel et al., "Research on integrated formal and informal techniques can trace its roots to the work of T.H. Tse in the mid-eighties." The application areas of his research include object-oriented software, services computing, pervasive computing, concurrent systems, imaging software, and numerical programs. In addition, he creates graphic designs for non-government organizations.
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