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SoftwareX

SoftwareX is a journal indexed in SJR in Software and Computer Science Applications with an H index of 49. It is an CC BY Journal with a Single blind Peer Review review system, and It has a price of 450 €. The scope of the journal is focused on software, developers, applications, source code, source files. It has a COP Index of 2,8 (best band Q2). It is published in English. It has a COP Index of 2,8.

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

Category: Software

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science verifiedDOAJ

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COP Index trending_up

2,8 Q2

149 of 327 journals in Software

H-index · SJR 49 · 0,483

Acceptance rate pie_chart

37%

Source Acceptance_Rate

Time to publication hourglass_top

9 weeks

Field Average_time_publication_weeks

Publication cost (APC) payments

450 € Open Access

Non-OA path NPD

Metrics

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Scopus / SJR Web of Science DOAJ

COP Index

2,8

Q2

SJR Impact

0,483

H-index

49

Docs (year)

323

Docs 3y

664

Total refs

9071

Cites 3y

1974

Citable 3y

663

Cites/Doc 2y

2.7

Ref/Doc

28.08

Immediate OA

450 €

Embargoed OA

NPD

Non OA / Submission

- €

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