Aims and scope

IET Software is a fully open access journal that publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of the software lifecycle, including design, development, implementation and maintenance. The focus of the journal is on the methods used to develop and maintain software, and their practical application. 

Authors are especially encouraged to submit papers on the following topics, although papers on all aspects of software engineering are welcome: 

    Software and systems requirements engineering 
    Formal methods, design methods, practice and experience 
    Software architecture, aspect and object orientation, reuse and re-engineering 
    Testing, verification and validation techniques 
    Software dependability and measurement 
    Human systems engineering and human-computer interaction 
    Knowledge engineering; expert and knowledge-based systems, intelligent agents 
    Information systems engineering 
    Application of software engineering in industry and commerce 
    Software engineering technology transfer 
    Management of software development 
    Theoretical aspects of software development 
    Machine learning 
    Big data and big code 
    Cloud computing