Journal profile · Internet of Things (IoT)
Discover Internet of Things
ISSN 2730-7239 · Springer Nature · Switzerland
Discover Internet of Things: fully open access; APC about USD 1,690; median 136 days to acceptance (113 articles, last 24 months); 161 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Discover Internet of Things is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Internet of Things and AI and Network Security and Intrusion Detection, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Discover Internet of Things is part of the Discover journal series committed to providing a streamlined submission process, rapid review and publication, and a high level of author service at every stage. It is an open access, community-focussed journal publishing research from across all fields relevant to the Internet of Things (IoT), providing cutting-edge and state-of-art research findings to researchers, academicians, students, and engineers. Discover Internet of Things is a broad, open access journal publishing research from across all fields relevant to IoT. Discover Internet of Things covers concepts at the component, hardware, and system level as well as programming, operating systems, software, applications and other technology-oriented research topics. The journal is uniquely interdisciplinary because its scope spans several research communities, ranging from computer systems to communication, optimisation, big data analytics, and application. It is also intended that articles published in Discover Internet of Things may help to support and accelerate Sustainable Development Goal 9: ‘Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation’. Discover Internet of Things welcomes all observational, experimental, theoretical, analytical, mathematical modelling, data-driven, and applied approaches that advance the study of all aspects of IoT research. Topics Discover Internet of Things covers topics in the following six main areas: IoT Systems Systems Design and Architecture Software Architecture and Middleware Performance Evaluation and Modelling Networking and Communication Protocols System Design and Implementation Machine-to-Machine and Human-Machine Interface Cloud/Fog/Edge servers and networks Smart Power Grid and Energy–Efficient IoT Systems IoT Models for Collective Optimization of Power and Performance Configurable and Embedded systems Cyber-Physical systems Next Generation and Self-Organizing Networks IoT Devices Sensors design for IoT 3D Printing Biotechnology Devices for Communication Micro and Nano Devices and Robots Wearable Devices Electronic, Logic, Robotic, Platforms and Applications Embedded systems, ASICs and FPGAs CPU and GPU Application in IoT Environment Smart Meters Security and Privacy in IoT Encryption Firewall, Access control, Identity Management Large-scale simulations in the Cloud, Big Data and Internet of Things Intrusion and Detection Techniques Security Modelling, Busine
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Internet of Things (IoT)
Editor-in-chief Ishfaq AhmadPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science17.3%
- Internet of Things and AIComputer Science14.3%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science12%
- Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityComputer Science5.5%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingComputer Science4.4%
- Network Packet Processing and OptimizationComputer Science3.6%
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataComputer Science3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q1 | 216/1030 | 79th |
| Computer Networks and Communications | Q1 | 125/568 | 78th |
| Hardware and Architecture | Q1 | 61/245 | 75th |
| Information Systems | Q2 | 132/519 | 74th |
| Software | Q2 | 134/503 | 73rd |
| Human-Computer Interaction | Q2 | 71/196 | 64th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexDBLPPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 463,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 495 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 249 | 249 | 1,926 |
| 2025 | 161 | 161 | 1,385 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 386 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 221 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 164 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 88 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 177 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (113 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 113 articles with submission and acceptance dates (395 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,390 / USD 1,690 / GBP 1,190 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,590 / EUR 1,190 / GBP 1,040 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 990 / USD 1,490 / EUR 1,140 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Language editing services
Article types accepted14
- brief reportWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- case studyWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- commentComment articles can focus on policy, science and society, or purely scientific issues. They should be of immediate interest to a broad readership and should be…Length not stated
- data noteWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- full research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- matters arisingMatters Arising articles are interesting and timely scientific or academic comments and clarifications on original research papers published in the journal.Length not stated
- methodologyMethodologies should present a new experimental or computational method, test or procedure. The method described may either be completely new, or may offer a be…Length not stated
- original paperWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- original research paperWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- perspectiveA Perspective is a scholarly review and discussion of the primary research literature that does not meet the criteria for a review articleLength not stated
- registered reportRegistered Reports are a publication format in which the research question and the quality of methodology are peer reviewed before the data are collected and an…Length not stated
- researchResearch articles present new scientific results within the scope of the journal that have not been published previously and are not being considered for public…Length not stated
- research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- reviewReview articles provide critical accounts and comprehensive surveys of topics of major current interest within the scope of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Mandatory funding statement. Model summary
Funding statement - mandatory You need to include a statement which declares whether this work received funding or not.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Competing interests declaration required. Model summary
Authors are required to declare any competing financial and/or non-financial interests in relation to the work described.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Mandatory data availability statement. Model summary
All authors must include a data availability statement in their submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Step 4 - Understand your copyright
If your submission is accepted for publication, you will need to sign a licence agreement with Springer Nature to allow us to publish your article. According to this agreement:authors of articles published in this journal retain the copyright of their articles.authors grant Springer Nature a licence to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.authors retain full re-use rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Discover Internet of Things, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top Did you find what you were looking for? Share feedback.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Step 3 - Understand the peer review policy
Single-anonymous peer review; at least two reviewers per eligible manuscript. Model summary
This journal follows a single-anonymous peer review procedure, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Peer review process All manuscripts undergo technical checks upon submission. Manuscripts that pass technical checks undergo suitability checks by our in-house editorial team. Eligible manuscripts are …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2730-7239
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discover Internet of Things
How long does peer review take at Discover Internet of Things?
Based on the dates recorded on 113 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 102–177 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Discover Internet of Things?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Author–date; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Discover Internet of Things?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Discover Internet of Things is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Discover Internet of Things open access, and what is the APC?
Discover Internet of Things is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,690.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .