Information and Software Technology

Information and Software Technology is the international archival journal focusing on research and experience that contributes to the improvement of software development practices. The journal''s scope includes methods and techniques to better engineer software and manage its development. Articles submitted for review should have a clear component of software engineering or address ways to improve the engineering and management of software development. Areas covered by the journal include: • Software management, quality and metrics, • Software processes, • Software architecture, modelling, specification, design and programming • Functional and non-functional software requirements • Software testing and verification & validation • Empirical studies of all aspects of engineering and managing software development Short Communications is a new section dedicated to short papers addressing new ideas, controversial opinions, "Negative" results and much more. Read the Guide for authors for more information. The journal encourages and welcomes submissions of systematic literature studies (reviews and maps) within the scope of the journal. Information and Software Technology is the premiere outlet for systematic literature studies in software engineering.

《信息与软件技术》是一本国际档案期刊，专注于有助于改进软件开发实践的研究和经验。该期刊的范围包括更好地设计软件和管理其开发的方法和技术。提交审查的文章应具有明确的软件工程组成部分，或解决改进软件开发工程和管理的方法。该期刊涵盖的领域包括：软件管理、质量和指标，软件流程，软件架构、建模、规范、设计和编程，功能和非功能软件要求，软件测试和验证与确认，软件开发工程和管理各个方面的实证研究。