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.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Academic Search

• Advanced Polymers Abstracts

• Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts

• Compendex

• CompuMath Citation Index

• Computer & Information Systems Abstracts

• ACM Computing Reviews

• CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts

• CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts

• CSA Technology Research Database

• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology

• Inspec

• METADEX

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus 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".