期刊名称：JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
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编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process
© John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Edited By: Gerardo Canfora, Darren Dalcher and David Raffo
Impact Factor: 1.273
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 30/105 (Computer Science Software Engineering)
Online ISSN: 2047-7481
Associated Title(s): Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Software Focus, Software Process: Improvement and Practice, Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Software: Practice and Experience
Overview
Aims and Scope
The “Journal of Software: Evolution and Process” is an archival journal that publishes high quality, state-of-the-art research and practice papers dealing with the conception, development, testing, management, quality, maintenance, and evolution of software, systems, and services, as well as the continuous improvement of processes and capabilities surrounding them. The journal continues the tradition of “The Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice” and “Software Process: Improvements and Practice”. We will therefore continue to cover the traditional topics related to software maintenance and evolution as well as software process improvement and practice. At the same time, the concept behind the journal has evolved into a unified vision that recognizes the fundamental changes and transformations that are occurring in the fields of software and systems engineering and the need for us to adapt by broadening the topics that we address and the research methods that are used coupled with the perspectives that are utilised.
Fundamental changes are occurring in the variety, scale and scope of software, systems and services that are being developed from new web and mobile computing to battle theatre technologies and everything in between.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- How software, systems and enabled services are conceived, justified, created, managed, maintained and evolved over time
- How new underlying technologies (which are constantly changing) can be elegantly integrated and dealt with as systems evolve over time
- How new platforms and architectures are developed, tested, modified, and evolved to create the variety of applications needed now, and in the future
- How new processes and tools can be utilised in all phases of the development lifecycle (from system concept to test) in order to conceive, justify, create, modify and evolve these new technologies, platforms, systems and services
- How high-level representations of existing software, systems and services can be reverse engineered and used to support maintenance and evolution
- How people issues regarding cross disciplinary or geographically dispersed virtual teams can be addressed
- How the skill sets needed to participate and manage these projects will be developed
- How globally dispersed projects should be managed
- How new models of collaboration and participation will be deployed and managed
- What models will be used to estimate costs and predict performance of projects and process changes
- The technical, schedule, budgetary and other risks associated with developing and evolving new systems and how they will be managed
- How to improve organisational capability and maturity
- How maturity assessments and evaluations can contribute to organisations
- How to continuously improve processes associated with software, systems and services
- The new business models that are needed for the software, systems, and services
- What the performance impact of process changes will be
- How process change efforts impacting systems and services will be managed and organised
- How justification, sourcing and technical development decisions will be made as software and systems evolve from products to services, or more likely a combination of both, along with tiered levels of service based on a “pay as you go” and “value in use” business models
- How the impacts of agile development and management of new software, systems and services will impact
- systems, services and organisations
The journal publishes research papers, empirical studies and state-of-the-art surveys. Occasionally, we publish special issues on topics of particular interest; proposals for such issues are welcome.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
- Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing)
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing)
- Advanced Polymers Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts (ProQuest)
- COMPENDEX (Elsevier)
- CompuMath Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
- CompuScience Database (FIZ Karlsruhe)
- Computer & Information Systems Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Computer Science Index (EBSCO Publishing)
- Computing Reviews (ACM)
- CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
- CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
- CSA Technology Research Database (ProQuest)
- Current Contents: Engineering, Computing & Technology (Thomson Reuters)
- Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Engineered Materials Abstracts (ProQuest)
- INSPEC (IET)
- International Aerospace Abstracts & Database (ProQuest)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
- Materials Business File (ProQuest)
- METADEX (ProQuest)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson Reuters)
- SCOPUS (Elsevier)
- The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (University of Trier)
- Web of Science (Thomson Reuters)
Instructions to Authors
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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
The Journal of Software: Evolution and Process operates an online submission and peer review system that allows authors to submit articles online and track their progress via a web interface. Please read the remainder of these instructions to authors and then visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsme and navigate to the Journal of Software: Evolution and Process online submission site. IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created.
All papers must be submitted via the online system.
File types. Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are .doc, .rtf, .ppt, .xls. LaTeX files may be submitted provided that an .eps or .pdf file is provided in addition to the source files. Figures may be provided in .tiff or .eps format.
NEW MANUSCRIPT
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LaTeX users. For reviewing purposes you should upload a single .pdf that you have generated from your source files. You must use the File Designation "Main Document" from the dropdown box.
REVISED MANUSCRIPT
Non-LaTeX users. Editable source files must be uploaded at this stage. Tables must be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files.
LaTeX users. When submitting your revision you must still upload a single .pdf that you have generated from your revised source files. You must use the File Designation "Main Document" from the dropdown box. In addition you must upload your TeX source files. For all your source files you must use the File Designation "Supplemental Material not for review". Previous versions of uploaded documents must be deleted. If your manuscript is accepted for publication we will use the files you upload to typeset your article within a totally digital workflow.
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS
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If the OnlineOpen option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
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If you select the OnlineOpen option and your research is funded by The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journal’s compliant self-archiving policy please visit: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement.
Submission of a manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time.
MANUSCRIPT STYLE
The language of the journal is English. 12-point type in one of the standard fonts: Times, Helvetica, or Courier is preferred. It is not necessary to double-line space your manuscript. Tables must be on separate pages after the reference list, and not be incorporated into the main text. Figures should be uploaded as separate figure files.
Manuscript length. Regular papers should not exceed the length of fourteen pages, including figures and tables. Letter size submissions should not exceed the length of six pages, including figures and tables. A maximum of four figures is suggested.
- During the submission process you must enter the full title, short title of up to 70 characters and names and affiliations of all authors. Give the full address, including email, telephone and fax, of the author who is to check the proofs.
- Include the name(s) of any sponsor(s) of the research contained in the paper, along with grant number(s) .
- Enter an abstract of up to 200 words for all articles. An abstract is a concise summary of the whole paper, not just the conclusions, and is understandable without reference to the rest of the paper. It should contain no citation to other published work.
- Include up to six keywords that describe your paper for indexing purposes.
- Table of contents entries. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process publishes Graphical Table of Contents (GTOC) from 2009. Authors must submit an abstract figure (diagram or illustration selected from the manuscript or an additional "eye-catching" figure) and accompanying text for this abstract with the original manuscript. The GTOC entry should include the paper title, the authors’ names (with the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk) together with the figure and no more than 80 words or 3 sentences of text summarizing the key findings presented in the paper.
- Supply a brief biography of each author.
- Program material should be supplied as originals on plain paper, and will be reproduced photographically to avoid errors. The Editors and Publishers do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published programs.
- A section of 'Letters to the Editor' (each limited to 500 words) will provide a forum for discussion of recent problems.
Reference style. References should be cited in the text by number within square brackets and listed at the end of the paper in the order in which they appear in the text. All references must be complete and accurate. If necessary, cite unpublished or personal work in the text but do not include it in the reference list. Where possible the DOI * for the reference should be included at the end of the reference. Online citations should include date of access. References should be listed in the following style:
- Alonso P, Badía JM, Vidal AM. Solving the block-Toeplitz least-squares problem in parallel. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 2005; 17 (1): 49-67. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.883.
- Reismann H. Elastic Plates: Theory and Application . Wiley: New York, 1988;1-10.
- PARAllel Total Energy Code. http://www.nersc.gov/projects/paratec [6 November 2004].
*The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an identification system for intellectual property in the digital environment. Developed by the International DOI Foundation on behalf of the publishing industry, its goals are to provide a framework for managing intellectual content, link customers with publishers, facilitate electronic commerce, and enable automated copyright management.
Illustrations. Upload each figure as a separate file in either .tiff or .eps format, with the lead author's name, the figure number and the top of the figure indicated. Compound figures e.g. 1a, b, c should be uploaded as one figure. Tints are not acceptable. Lettering must be of a reasonable size that would still be clearly legible upon reduction, and consistent within each figure and set of figures. Where a key to symbols is required, please include this in the artwork itself, not in the figure legend. All illustrations must be supplied at the correct resolution:
- Black and white and colour photos - 300 dpi
- Graphs, drawings, etc - 800 dpi preferred; 600 dpi minimum
- Combinations of photos and drawings (black and white and colour) - 500 dpi
Colour policy. The cost of printing colour illustrations in the journal will be charged to the author. If colour illustrations are supplied electronically in either TIFF or EPS format, they may be used in the PDF of the article at no cost to the author, even if this illustration was printed in black and white in the journal. The PDF will appear on the Wiley Online Library site.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
We accept supporting information in many formats: Please provide as much information as you can about the file types, and aim for standard formats that will be viewable on many platforms (PC, Mac, UNIX, Linux). Irregular file types should be provided in a Zip archive.
Preferred: GIF, JPEG, PDF, SVG, MPEG, AVI, MOV, MP3, plain text, RTF, Zip.
Avoid: EPS, application specific files
POST ACCEPTANCE
Further information. For accepted manuscripts the publisher will supply proofs to the corresponding author prior to publication. This stage is to be used only to correct errors that may have been introduced during the production process. Prompt return of the corrected proofs, preferably within two days of receipt, will minimise the risk of the paper being held over to a later issue. Once your article is published online no further amendments can be made. Free access to the final PDF offprint of your article will be available via Author Services only. Please therefore sign up for Author Services if you would like to access your article PDF offprint and enjoy the many other benefits the service offers. Additional copies of the journal may be ordered. There is no page charge to authors.
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DOI 10.1002/hep.20941, becomes http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.20941.
News and Diary. News and Diary on forthcoming meetings, publications, legislation and new products are invited and should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board
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EDITORS |
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Gerardo Canfora
RCOST - Research Centre on Software Technology
University of Sannio
Viale Traiano, 1, 82100 Benevento
Italy
Email: gerardo.canfora@unisannio.it |
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Darren Dalcher
National Centre for Project Management
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
UK
Email: d.dalcher2@herts.ac.uk |
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David Raffo
School of Business Administration (SBA)
Portland State University
PO Box 751, Portland
USA
Email: davidr@sba.pdx.ac.uk |
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ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD |
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Pekka Abrahamsson
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Italy |
Vincenzo Ambriola
University of Pisa
Italy |
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Anneliese Amschler Andrews
University of Denver
USA |
Giuliano Antoniol
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Canada |
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Mikio Aoyama
Nazan University
Japan |
Françoise Balmas
Université Paris 8
France |
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Miklós Biró
Software Competence Center Hagenberg
Austria |
Barry Boehm
USC
California, USA |
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Judi Brodman
LOGOS International Inc.
USA |
James R. Cordy
Queen’s University
Canada |
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Bill Curtis
CAST Software
Ft Worth, Texas
USA |
Andrea De Lucia
University of Salerno
Italy |
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Jean-Claude Derniame
CRIN
Université de Nancy
France |
Prem Devanbu
University of California at Davis
USA |
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Elisabetta di Nitto
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
Massimiliano Di Penta
University of Sannio
Italy |
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Alec Dorling
University College of Boras
Sweden |
Hakan Erdogmus
National Research Council
Montreal, Canada |
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Bob Ferguson
SEI
Carnegie Mellon University
USA |
Mario Fusani
University of Pisa
Italy |
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Keith Gallagher
Florida Institute of Technology
USA |
Michael W. Godfrey
University of Waterloo
Canada |
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Dennis R. Goldenson
SEI
Carnegie Mellon University
USA |
Volker Gruhn
Universitat Leipzig
Germany |
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Tibor Gyimothy
University of Szeged
Hungary |
Mark Harman
University College London
UK |
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Katsouro Inoué
Osaka University
Japan |
Jyrki Kontio
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland |
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Rainer Koschke
University of Bremen
Germany |
Hans-Jürgen Kugler
Q-Labs
Stuttgart, Germany |
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Patricia Lago
VU University Amsterdam
The Netherlands |
Michele Lanza
University of Lugano
Switzerland |
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Mingshu Li
Institute of Software
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China |
Jonathan Maletic
Kent State University
USA |
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Spiros Mancoridis
Drexel University
USA |
Andrian Marcus
Wayne State University
USA |
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Radu Marinescu
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara
Romania |
Chris Marlin
University Sussex
UK |
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Hausi Muller
University of Victoria
Canada |
Leon Osterweil
University of Massachusetts
USA |
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Mark Paulk
SEI
Carnegie Mellon University
USA |
Dietmar Pfahl
University of Oslo
Norway |
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Vaclav Rajlich
Wayne State University
USA |
Ita Richardson
University of Limerick
Ireland |
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H. Dieter Rombach
Universitat Kaiserslautern
Germany |
Guenther Ruhe
University of Calgary
Canada |
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Kevin Ryan
University of Limerick
Ireland |
Walt Scacchi
University of California
USA |
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Ian Seward
Accenture
UK |
Paolo Tonella
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Italy |
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Mariella Tortorella
University of Sannio
Italy |
Arie van Deursen
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands |
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George Wilkie
University of Ulster
UK |
Thomas Zimmermann
Microsoft Research |
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FOUNDING EDITORS |
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Dewayne E. Perry, Collin Tully, Wilhelm Schaefer, Mel Colter, Keith H. Bennett |
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PAST EDITORS |
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Ned Chapin, Aniello Cimitile |
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