Funding agencies in Sweden (and Internationally) increasingly focus on and value publications in ISI listed journals. In this PDF you can find all the journals that are ISI listed for 2012. Below I have summarized the ones I consider most relevant for Software Engineering, and linked to their home page. No guarantees that I have not missed any; if you find an error or have a suggestion for a paper that should be in here please email me. Further down you can find journals in "other" fields that might be of interest; software engineering is a multi-disciplinary field.
Journals are ranked by their impact factor according to the ISI Web of Science JCR report for 2010 ("IF10"). The seven journals that are included in the JSS yearly ranking of the best Software and System Engineering scholars and research groups are marked ("JSS").
| Journal | IF10 | IF09 | IF08 | JSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communications of the ACM (CACM) | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.65 | |
| IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) | 2.22 | 3.75 | 3.57 | Yes |
| IBM Systems Journal (this journal is being phased out; see home page) | 1.79 | 1.29 | 1.88 | |
| IEEE Computer (Comp) | 1.79 | 2.21 | 2.09 | |
| Empirical Software Engineering (ESEJ) | 1.78 | 1.61 | 1.09 | Yes |
| ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) | 1.69 | 2.03 | 3.96 | Yes |
| Information and Software Technology (IST) | 1.51 | 1.82 | 1.20 | Yes |
| IEEE Software (SW) | 1.51 | 2.04 | 2.10 | Yes |
| Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.24 | Yes |
| Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) | 1.27 | 1.53 | N/A | |
| Requirements Engineering Journal (REJ) | 0.86 | 0.93 | 1.63 | |
| Automated Software Engineering (ASE) | 0.81 | 1.27 | N/A | |
| Software Testing Verification & Reliability (STVR) | 0.76 | 1.63 | 1.05 | |
| Software Quality Journal (SQJ) | 0.75 | 0.98 | 0.95 | |
| IET Software (was called 'IEE Proceedings - Software' before 2007) | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.54 | |
| Software Maintenance and Evolution - Research & Practice (SMERP) | 0.61 | 1.14 | 0.97 | |
| Software Practice & Experience (SPE) | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.71 | Yes |
| Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE) | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.45 |
Below we summarize some more technical journals that might be relevant for specific parts of SE research. Note that it is very hard to compare impact factors between different areas.
Below we summarize some journals that might be relevant for "softer" aspects in SE research. Note that it is very hard to compare impact factors between different areas. A more complete list of journals for the IS field can be found here but that list does not indicate whether the journal is ISI listed or not.