The International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering is intended to serve as a forum for researchers, practitioners, and developers to exchange ideas and results for the advancement of software engineering and knowledge engineering. Three types of papers will be published:
Research papers and research notes reporting original research results
Technology trend reviews reviewing an area of research in software engineering and knowledge engineering
Survey articles surveying a broad area in software engineering and knowledge engineering
In addition, tool reviews (no more than three manuscript pages) and book reviews (no more than two manuscript pages) are also welcome.
A central theme of this journal is the interplay between software engineering and knowledge engineering: how knowledge engineering methods can be applied to software engineering, and vice versa.

The journal publishes papers in the following areas but are not restricted to these areas:

Software Engineering Methods and Practices such as

ambiguity in software development
cleanroom software engineering
formal methods of specification
impact of CASE on software development life cycle
object-oriented systems
rapid prototyping
software reuse
stepwise refinement/enhancement
Knowledge Engineering Methods and Practices such as
applications in various domains of interest
distributed knowledge-based systems
deductive database systems
expert systems
knowledge-based systems
knowledge representations
knowledge-based systems in language translation & processing
logic programming
reverse engineering in software design
software and knowledge-ware maintenance
TOPICS
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligent methods, models and techniques
Artificial life and societies
Smart spaces
Swarm intelligence

Autonomic Computing and Agent-Based Systems
Adaptive systems
Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols
Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery
Agent-based auctions and marketplaces
Autonomic computing
Interface agents
Mobile agents
Multi-agent systems
Secure mobile and multi-agent systems

Data Modelling, Mining and Data Analytics
Data analytics modelling and algorithms
Data mining methods, techniques and tools
Data modelling, aggregation, integration and transformation
Data visualization
Patterns and frameworks
Web and text mining

Emergent Topics
Agile methodology and practice
Big data analytics application systems
Big data application quality services
Big data quality validation
Cloud computing and Innovative cloud-based application systems
Innovative sensing cloud and systems
IOT and smart city application systems
Large-scale cyber systems
Mobile cloud computing

Knowledge Systems and Engineering
Knowledge acquisition
Knowledge-based and expert systems
Knowledge engineering tools and techniques
Knowledge modelling, integration, transformation, and management
Knowledge representation and retrievals
Knowledge visualization
Time and knowledge management tools
Uncertainty knowledge management

Mobile Computing and Mobile System Engineering
Innovative mobile applications
Mobile app design and development
Mobile system validation and test automation
Pervasive computing

SOA and Service-Oriented Systems
Discovery and composition service level agreements
Middleware for service based systems
Runtime service management
Semantic web
Service-centric software engineering
Service oriented architectures service
Service oriented requirements engineering

Software & System Quality of Service
Quality assurance process, standards, and systems
Soft computing
Software and system testing methods
Software dependability, reliability, scalability
Software safety systems
Software test automation and tools

Software & System Security
Cloud, sensor cloud and mobile cloud security
Encryption methods and tools
Mobile app security and privacy
Mobile system integrity, security and fault tolerance
Security service systems
Software and system security and privacy

Software Engineering
Enterprise software, middleware and tools
Multimedia and hypermedia software engineering
Process and workflow management
Program understanding and system maintenance
Reflection and metadata approaches
Requirements engineering
Software engineering techniques and production perspectives
Software analysis, design and modelling
Software economics
Software design patterns
Software domain modelling and analysis
Software engineering case study and experience reports
Software engineering decision support
Software engineering tools and environments
Software maintenance and evolution
Software product lines

Software Engineering Methodologies
Agent-based software engineering
Agile methodologies
Artificial intelligence approaches to software engineering
Aspect-based software engineering
Automated software design and synthesis
Automated software specification
Component-based software engineering
Computer-supported cooperative work
Embedded and ubiquitous software engineering
Empirical software engineering
Reverse engineering
Search-based software engineering

Smart Learning and Innovative Education Systems
Learning software design engineering
Mobile enabled learning systems and tools
Online learning systems
Smart learning methods and environments