期刊档案 · COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Software Impacts
ISSN 2665-9638 · Elsevier
Software Impacts 中科院 计算机科学 4区（2025 年升级版），影响因子 1.5（官网公布），完全开放获取，APC 约 600 美元，出版商公布投稿到接收约 69 天，2025 年发文 67 篇，ESCI、Scopus 收录。
研究范围
研究范围与定位
Software Impacts 由 Elsevier 出版，属中科院计算机科学大类（2025 升级版4区）。按 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，该刊主要发表 Topic Modeling、Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications、Computational Physics and Python Applications 等主题的论文，这 3 个主题约占 21.3%，主导子领域为 Artificial Intelligence。（根据 OpenAlex 主题统计与中科院分区数据生成）
Disseminating software of proven scientific relevanceSoftware Impacts - Code for researchSoftware Impacts is a multidisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal which publishes short, articles that describe software which addresses a research challenge. The journal describes the application of impactful and re-usable software and provides a scholarly reference. Publications in Software Impacts consist of two parts:A short descriptive paper of approximately three pages, including an Impact Overview statement and references to scholarly publications where the software has been usedOpen source software with support materialSoftware Impacts promises to make research software:Accessible - immediately and freely available to download and read with open access, giving readers easy access to software and related research articlesDiscoverable - easy to share your software article and your software with other researchers, ensuring it is accessible outside your domainCitable - drive traffic to and from your software and related publications with linking and referencingComprehensible - a software article that is easy to digest and interpretReviewed - ensure quality publication with expert peer-reviewReproducible - easier for your peers to re-use your software, saving valuable time and resources. Software submitted to Software Impacts for consideration is verified and certified for computational reproducibility by the CodeOcean, a cloud based computational reproducibility platform that helps the community by enabling sharing of code and data as a resource for non-commercial use. Certified papers will be given additional exposure by receiving a Reproducibility Badge, and by being listed on the CodeOcean website.Software Impacts welcomes submissions from all areas of science, as well as submissions which cover interdisciplinary research. Software submitted for consideration must have contributed to scientific research, with the outputs published in at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed article.The Editorial Team assesses the originality and quality of submitted software via published results. Such results are considered reliable if they have been published in a peer-reviewed, scholarly publication. The Editors of Software Impacts review the Impact Statement with the assistance of subject matter experts using single blind peer-review process.Software discussed in Software Impacts must adhere to a recognized legal license, such as the OSI-approved licenses and submissions are only considered if the code/software has been made freely available.Your next step.If this journal is good fit for your research software, follow the Original Software Publication guidelines in the Guide for Authors and use the template to submit your article. For any questions contact us at: software.impacts@elsevier.com.Your software can fuel discovery. Submit your paper today.
摘自期刊官网 Aims & Scope
研究方向（LetPub）：COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
主编 Pedram Johari出版商官网
编委会国家分布：中国大陆 8 位（约 23%）；主要国家 美国 9、中国 8、印度 7、中国香港 3、英国 2（共 35 位编委标注了国家） 编委会 ↗出版商官网 ·
主要研究主题 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，占比为近似值
- Topic ModelingComputer Science7.7%
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science7.7%
- Computational Physics and Python ApplicationsComputer Science5.9%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science5.6%
- Natural Language Processing TechniquesComputer Science5.1%
- Software Engineering ResearchComputer Science4.3%
- Scientific Computing and Data ManagementDecision Sciences4.3%
- Machine Learning and Data ClassificationComputer Science4.3%
分区与收录
学科分区与数据库收录
中科院期刊分区表
期刊分区表（ 2025年3月升级版）计算机科学 4 区
| 类别 | 学科 | 分区 |
|---|---|---|
| 大类 | 计算机科学 | 4 区 |
| 小类 | 计算机：软件工程COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 4 区 |
Top 期刊：否综述期刊：否
《新锐期刊分区表》（ 2026年3月发布）计算机科学 4 区
| 类别 | 学科 | 分区 |
|---|---|---|
| 大类 | 计算机科学 | 4 区 |
| 小类 | 计算机：软件工程COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 4 区 |
Top 期刊：否综述期刊：未标注
期刊分区表（ 2023年12月旧的升级版）未收录
该期刊未被此版本分区表收录。
数据库收录
ESCIScopusLetPub
国际期刊预警名单：各版本均未列入LetPub
不同版本、大类与小类分别展示，不将不同评价口径合并为一个分区值；投稿与考核前请确认所在机构采用的版本。
指标
影响力指标与发文规模
影响力指标
- 影响因子（出版商公布）
- 1.5出版商官网 ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore（出版商公布）
- 3.8出版商官网 ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 118OpenAlex ·
- 两年平均被引
- 2.69OpenAlex ·
- 自引率
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Gold OA 文章占比
- 100%LetPub ·
发文规模
- 年文章数
- 68LetPub ·
逐年发文量 OpenAlex 统计 · 累计 684 篇 · 当年数据不完整
| 年份 | 发文量 | 其中 OA | 被引 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 16 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 121 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | 540 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | 869 |
| 2022 | 145 | 145 | 1,213 |
| 2021 | 93 | 93 | 981 |
不同来源的统计口径与观测时间不同，页面保留各来源原值；“出版商公布”为期刊官网自述数据。
审稿与录用
审稿周期与录用情况
出版商公布的审稿周期 期刊官网自述数据
69 天投稿到接收
出版商统计口径以官网为准；本刊近 24 个月的文章日期尚未获得，因此以官方数据为准。
各来源数据
- 投稿到首次决定
- 20 天出版商官网 ·
- 外审后首次决定
- 81 天出版商官网 ·
- 投稿到接收
- 69 天出版商官网 ·
- 接收到发表
- 10 天出版商官网 ·
- 评审方式
- 单盲同行评审出版商官网
社区反馈来自投稿者样本，置信度 0.5，不代表期刊承诺；“出版商公布”的时间节点定义以官网为准。
费用与开放获取
版面费与开放获取政策
完全开放获取OpenAlex
所有文章开放获取，通常向作者收取文章处理费（APC）。
| 来源 | 文章处理费 | 费用减免 | 许可证 | 观测时间 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 600 / EUR 560 / GBP 480 / JPY 74,420 | — | — | |
| 出版商官网 | USD 960 | — | — |
费用以期刊官网为准；不同来源的观测时间可能不同，页面保留各来源原值，不做平均。
投稿要求
文章类型与投稿政策（官网）
投稿准备要点4 项，摘自作者指南
- 摘要
- ≤ 250 词
- 关键词
- 1–7 个
- Highlights（研究亮点）
- 可选
- 图文摘要
- 可选
接收的文章类型1 种
- research articleThe format of a software article is very different to a traditional research article. To help you write yours, we have created this template. Software Impacts w…未说明篇幅
官网政策摘录AI 使用、作者资格、利益冲突、许可与版权、开放获取、同行评审、预印本
- AI 使用 Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 作者资格 Group authorship
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原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 利益冲突 Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 许可与版权 License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 开放获取 Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 同行评审 Peer review
Single anonymized review process. 模型摘要
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 预印本 Preprints
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·
摘录来自期刊官网页面，仅保留原文片段；“模型摘要”由 Workers AI 生成并经原文校验，以官网为准。
基本信息
出版信息与官方入口
- 出版商
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2665-9638
- 官方链接
- 期刊主页 ↗LetPub
- 投稿系统 ↗出版商官网
- 专刊 / 特刊征稿 ↗出版商官网
常见问题
关于 Software Impacts 的常见问题
Software Impacts 是中科院几区期刊？
2025 年升级版分区表中，Software Impacts 为计算机科学 4区，小类 计算机：软件工程 4 区。2026 年新锐版分区表中为计算机科学 4区。不同版本与大小类分区不能混用。
Software Impacts 的影响因子是多少？
期刊官网公布的影响因子为 1.5，属期刊自述数据，LetPub 暂无该刊的影响因子记录，CiteScore 为 3.8，h-index 为 30。
Software Impacts 的审稿周期多长？
出版商公布的投稿到接收时间约为 69 天。文章统计只含被录用的稿件，出版商数据口径以官网为准，社区反馈来自投稿者样本，均不代表期刊承诺。
Software Impacts 的投稿格式要求是什么？
据期刊作者指南：摘要：≤ 250 词；关键词：1–7 个；Highlights：可选；图文摘要：可选。以上由模型从作者指南提取并逐项与原文核对，投稿前请以官网最新版本为准。
Software Impacts 的编委会里有中国学者吗？
期刊官网编委会页面上标注了国家的 35 位编委中，中国大陆 8 位（约 23%）；人数最多的国家是 美国（9 位）、中国（8 位）、印度（7 位）。统计按编委会页面列出的机构国家计，仅供参考。
Software Impacts 被哪些数据库收录？
据 LetPub 与 DOAJ 记录，Software Impacts 被 ESCI、Scopus 收录。
Software Impacts 是开放获取期刊吗？版面费多少？
Software Impacts 为完全开放获取。APC 约 600 美元。
来源与更新
本页事实来自 LetPub、出版商官网、OpenAlex；每个数字旁标注来源与观测日期，冲突数据保留各来源原值。LetPub 原始详情页：查看 ↗（2026-08-25 归档）。最近更新：。