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Journal of Systems and Software is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.1), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 0164-1212Verify ISSN ↗1873-1228Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,820 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware and Architecture | 29 / 245 | 88th | Q1 |
| Software | 67 / 503 | 86th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 73 / 519 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1983–present (also 1981, 1979), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.1.
Journal of Systems and Software is Q1 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 29 of 245), Q1 in Software (rank 67 of 503) and Q1 in Information Systems (rank 73 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Systems and Software is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 10.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.950, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 141.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,820 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Systems and Software is published by Elsevier Inc. Its print ISSN is 0164-1212 and its online ISSN is 1873-1228.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated B in the 2022 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Information Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Systems and Software has an h-index of 166 and a 2-year mean of 4.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #44 of 166 Scopus journals in Hardware and Architecture.
Journal of Systems and Software published 339 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 93 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (23.5%), Germany (6.8%) and Sweden (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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