- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
- Springer Empirical Software Engineering
- ACM Transactions on Software Engineering Methodology
- Information and Software Technology
- IEEE Software
- Journal of Systems and Software
- Springer Software and Systems Modeling
- Springer Requirements Engineering Journal
- Springer Automated Software Engineering
- Wiley Software Testing, Verification & Reliability
- Software Quality Journal
- IET Software (formerly IEE Proceedings Software)
- Wiley Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution
- Software Practice & Experience
- Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (SEKE) Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- ACTA International Journal of Computers and Applications
- Springer Annals of Software Engineering
- Springer International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer
You are not required to use any of these in your paper, but they meet the requirement of "scholarly publications."