About this Journal

IET Software is a fully open access journal that publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of the software lifecycle, including design, development, implementation and maintenance. The focus of the journal is on the methods used to develop and maintain software, and their practical application. 

Authors are especially encouraged to submit papers on the following topics, although papers on all aspects of software engineering are welcome: 

• Software and systems requirements engineering 
• Formal methods, design methods, practice and experience 
• Software architecture, aspect and object orientation, reuse and re-engineering 
• Testing, verification and validation techniques 
• Software dependability and measurement 
• Human systems engineering and human-computer interaction 
• Knowledge engineering; expert and knowledge-based systems, intelligent agents 
• Information systems engineering 
• Application of software engineering in industry and commerce 
• Software engineering technology transfer 
• Management of software development 
• Theoretical aspects of software development 
• Machine learning 
• Big data and big code 
• Cloud computing 

This journal is published by Hindawi as part of a publishing collaboration with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). It is a fully open access journal produced under the Hindawi and IET brands. 

The IET has a large scale publishing partnership with Wiley, who own Hindawi, and the Wiley IET Hub can be found here.

ISSN: 1751-8806 (Print)

ISSN: 1751-8814 (Online)

DOI: 10.1049/ietsfw

Content published prior to July 2023 is hosted on the Wiley Online Library and the IET Digital Library. 

IET Software is an open access journal. All articles are immediately available to read and reuse upon publication. More information about our Open Access policy can be found on our copyright page.

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