Targeted Publication Venues
Overview
The following tables lists the conference and journal venues that we (Greg and his students) typically target for publishing our research (assuming a focus on software testing). Other venues may be considered, depending on the topic and maturity level of the work. However, these represent our “typical” targets, and are also good venues to look at when searching for related work.
Please note that the “ranking” on this page is very rough and biased by past experience and perception. If it does not match your own experience, that is fine (and I’d love to hear your opinions). It is also not an absolute list. We can (and do) publish in other venues when it makes sense.
Conference Venues
| Submission Date | Conference | Rank/How Competitive? | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-March, Mid-August | International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) | Top (A*) | Anything |
| Late May | International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE) | Top (A*) | Anything related to automation of software dev. tasks. |
| Mid September | International Conference on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) | Top (A*) | Anything |
| Late January | International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) | Good (A) | Measurement (e.g., quality and testing measurements), evaluation of software development practices |
| Mid March | International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) | Good (A) | Evolution, refactoring, repo mining |
| Late April | International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM) | Good (A) | Measurement, evaluation, empirical studies |
| Mid September | International Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR) | Good (A) | Repo mining |
| Fall | International Conference on Software Testing (ICST) | Good (A) | Testing |
| Mid October | International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER) | Good (A) | Evolution, refactoring |
| Late October | International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA) | Good (A) | Testing |
| Mid August | AiWare | Acceptable (B) | AI Engineering |
| November | International Conference on AI Engineering (CAIN) | Acceptable | AI Engineering |
| Fall | Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering (SSBSE) | Acceptable (B) | SBSE |
Journal Venues
| Journal | Rank/How Competitive? | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) | Top | Anything |
| ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) | Very Good | Anything |
| Empirical Software Engineering (ESEM) | Very Good | Anything (as long as there is a strong experimental component) |
| Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) | Good | Anything (technical) |
| Software Testing, Verification, and Reliability (STVR) | Acceptable | Testing |
| Automated Software Engineering (AUSE) | Acceptable | Anything related to automation of software dev. tasks. |
| Information and Software Technology | Acceptable | Anything |
| Journal of Software: Evolution and Process | Acceptable | Evolution, refactoring |