ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery since 1992, covering specification, design, development and maintenance of large software systems, and edited by Abhik Roychoudhury, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.9《ACM 软件工程与方法学汇刊》（ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology）是美国计算机学会自 1992 年起出版的同行评审期刊，涵盖大型软件系统的规约、设计、开发与维护，主编为（Abhik Roychoudhury），2025 年影响因子为 6.9。

Scope

• The journal publishes original and significant results in all areas of software engineering research期刊发表软件工程研究各领域的原创且重要的成果。
• It addresses specification, design, development and maintenance of large, complex software systems内容涉及大型复杂软件系统的规约、设计、开发与维护。
• Tools and methodologies are a central subject area工具与方法学是核心主题领域。
• Languages, data structures and algorithms are covered语言、数据结构与算法均在其范围。
• The journal reports successful efforts and practical lessons that can be scaled and transferred to other projects期刊报道可推广、可迁移到其他项目的成功实践与经验教训。
• Applications of innovative technologies are often examined, with systems of interest usually requiring team-scale development and being sufficiently complex and long-lived期刊常考察创新技术的应用，所关注的系统通常需要团队规模开发，且足够复杂并具备长期生命周期。

History

• The journal began with volume 1, number 1, in January 1992 and forms part of the ACM series on computing methodologies该刊于 1992 年 1 月出版第 1 卷第 1 期，属（ACM）计算方法学系列。
• Early editors-in-chief included David Notkin早期主编包括（David Notkin）。
• Mauro Pezze led the journal in 2024, announcing publication of eight issues per year, a human-centric software engineering continuous special section, a 2030 roadmap special issue and a new frontiers track（Mauro Pezze）于 2024 年主持期刊并宣布改为每年 8 期，设立以人为本软件工程常设专栏、2030 路线图专刊以及「新前沿」栏目。
• It appears under print ISSN 1049-331X and electronic ISSN 1557-7392, and ACM became a fully open access publisher from January 2026期刊印刷 ISSN 为 1049-331X，电子 ISSN 为 1557-7392，（ACM）自 2026 年 1 月起全面转向开放获取出版。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 2.674 in 2021 through 3.685 in 2022 and 6.2 in 2024 to 6.9 in 2025, ranking 8th among 128 software engineering journals其影响因子由 2021 年的 2.674 经 2022 年的 3.685 与 2024 年的 6.2 升至 2025 年的 6.9，在 128 种软件工程期刊中列第 8 位。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Abhik Roychoudhury现任主编为（Abhik Roychoudhury）。
• The previous editor-in-chief was Mauro Pezze, who introduced the eight-issues-per-year schedule前任主编为（Mauro Pezze），其推动了每年 8 期的出版安排。
• Authors retain copyright of their works while granting ACM a non-exclusive licence to publish in the ACM Digital Library作者保留作品著作权，同时授予（ACM）在（ACM Digital Library）出版的非独占许可。
• The journal publishes quarterly in the ACM Digital Library and issues alerts to subscribers期刊在（ACM Digital Library）定期出版并向订户推送提醒。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed under ACM's publication policies稿件按（ACM）出版政策实行同行评审。