About the journal
Software is an open-access journal published by MDPI AG in Switzerland, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 1,000 CHF. Declared review time at DOAJ: 6 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- ISSN
- 2674-113X
- Country
- Switzerland
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 1,000 CHF
- Articles in DOAJ
- 112
- Declared review time
- 6 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.mdpi.com/journal/software
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2023-03-13
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 1,000 CHF
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 6 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
112
Most recent article
4 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
6weeks
Works in OpenAlex
154
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
12
i10-index
18
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2023-03-13
- Added to DOAJ
- 2023-03-13
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSS
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSS
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 98%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 94%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity1
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Software Engineering Research
- Software Engineering Research
- Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Software Reliability and Analysis Research
- Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Show all subjects (50)
- Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
- Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- History of Computing Technologies
- Logic, programming, and type systems
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- History of Computing Technologies
- Logic, programming, and type systems
- Information and Cyber Security
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Information and Cyber Security
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- Business Process Modeling and Analysis
- Business Process Modeling and Analysis
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Topic Modeling
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Topic Modeling
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
- Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- Formal Methods in Verification
- Formal Methods in Verification
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
Keywords (DOAJ)
- software requirements
- software security
- software metrics
- continuous software engineering
- devops
- public sector software systems
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