International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
Latest edition: ICSME 2027
Official Portals
Prestige Metrics & Badges
CORE Ranking2026
A
Software engineering
CCF RankingChina CF
CCF B
China Computer Federation
Google Scholar H5-IndexScholar
N/A
Top 5-year cited metric
Submission Deadlines & Live Countdown
ICSME 2027 • Toronto Canada(7 – 11 Sep, 2027)
Main Track
(conference)Deadline: Mar 6, 2027
AMPLE TIME
Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12)
119
Days
13
Hours
32
Mins
35
Secs
Complete Track Deadlines
| Track / Round | Format | Abstract Due | Paper Submission | Rebuttal Period | Notification Date | Camera-Ready Due | Time Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main Track | conference | TBA | Mar 6, 2027 | — | May 28, 2027 | TBA | 119d13:32:35AoE |
Multi-Source Prestige Rankings
Comparative classification across international academic evaluation bodies
| Ranking System | Evaluation Body | Classification | Edition / Year | Field / Scope | Prestige Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORE Ranking | Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia | A | Year 2026 | Software engineering | Excellent conference (Top 15%–20% globally) |
| CCF Ranking | China Computer Federation (CCF) | Tier B | CCF 2022 Catalog | Computer Science | High-quality international conference |
| TH-CPL | Tsinghua University | Class A | TH-CPL List | CS & Engineering | Tsinghua Recommended Conference Publishing List |
| Qualis CAPES | CAPES (Brazilian Ministry of Education) | N/A | Sucupira / Qualis | Ciência da Computação | South American academic evaluation standard |
| CCF | Academic Association | B | N/A | General | International prestige ranking |
| CORE | Academic Association | A | N/A | General | International prestige ranking |
| THCPL | Academic Association | B | N/A | General | International prestige ranking |
Conference Editions Timeline
Locations, dates, proceedings, and historical tracks of past & future editions
2027
ICSME 2027
UpcomingToronto, Canada
7 – 11 Sep, 2027
2026
ICSME 2026
UpcomingBenevento, Italy
16 – 18 Sep, 2026
2025
ICSME 2025
UpcomingAuckland, New Zealand
10 – 12 Sep, 2025
2023
ICSME 2023
UpcomingBogota, Colombia
4 – 6 Oct, 2023
2022
ICSME 2022
UpcomingLimassol, Cyprus
5 – 7 Oct, 2022
2021
ICSME 2021
UpcomingOnline, Virtual
29 Sep – 1 Oct, 2021
2020
36th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastAdelaide, Austalia
27 Sep – 3 Oct, 2020
2019
International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastCleveland, USA
30 Sep – 4 Oct, 2019
2018
34th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastMadrid, Spain
23 – 29 Sep, 2018
2017
IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastShanghai, China
17 – 23 Sep, 2017
2016
32nd International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastRaleigh, USA
2 – 10 Oct, 2016
2015
31st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution ICSME 2015
PastBremen, Germany
29 Sep – 1 Oct, 2015
2014
2014 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
PastVictoria, Canada
28 Sep – 3 Oct, 2014
2012
WASME 18th International Conference on SMEs - Accra, Ghana: July 25-29, 2012
PastAccra, Ghana
25 – 29 Jul, 2012
Academic Resources & External Links
Access DBLP archives, Papers With Code, and official conference portals
DBLP Computer Science
Comprehensive open bibliographic database tracking full papers across editions.
dblp.org ↗
Papers With Code
Explore trending papers, open-source code repositories, and leaderboards.
paperswithcode.com ↗
CORE Ranking Portal
Official evaluation catalog from Computing Research and Education Association.
portal.core.edu.au ↗