Empirical Software Engineering

pISSN: 1382-3256eISSN: 1573-7616• JCR: EMPIR SOFTW ENGSpringer Science+Business MediaNetherlands
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2026 Impact Factor

3.4

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↓ 0.2 (-5.6%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.4
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.6

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Empirical Software Engineering current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #1,405 in Engineering by impact factor and #415 among Q2 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Empirical Software Engineering against journals publishing in the same field.

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Empirical Software Engineering publication trend

Published 763 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.4.

2026 vs 2025: -130
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Journal Details

Total Articles
2,059
H-Index
122
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$2,890 USD
Subject Areas
Information SystemsInformation SystemsSoftwareSoftware

Article Volume

2022
187
2023
165
2024
179
2025
181
2026
51
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