Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Electronics Letters
ISSN 0013-5194 · eISSN 1350-911X · Wiley · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1965
Electronics Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.95; fully open access; APC about USD 2,600; median 88 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 394 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Electronics Letters is published by Wiley and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices and Optical Network Technologies, together about 31.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Electronics Letters</em> is an interdisciplinary, rapid-communication journal covering the latest developments in all electronic and electrical engineering related fields.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering12.5%
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesEngineering11.6%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering7%
- Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesEngineering6.5%
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesPhysics and Astronomy6.4%
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering4.7%
- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering4.2%
- Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 137LetPub ·
- h-index
- 212OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20,181OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 370LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 343Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,213,088Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 54,366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 211 | 211 | 17 |
| 2025 | 394 | 394 | 300 |
| 2024 | 387 | 387 | 927 |
| 2023 | 382 | 382 | 1,189 |
| 2022 | 301 | 301 | 1,124 |
| 2021 | 414 | 414 | 1,805 |
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
88 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 57 days – 138 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 116 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (690 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3.4 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 58%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 80 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | USD 2,600 / GBP 2,030 / EUR 2,370 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,590 / EUR 2,360 / GBP 2,020 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,540 / GBP 1,980 / EUR 2,310 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1965
- ISSN
- 0013-5194
- Electronic ISSN
- 1350-911X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Electronics Letters
What CAS zone is Electronics Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Electronics Letters is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Electronics Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.95; CiteScore 2, h-index 212.
How long does peer review take at Electronics Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 88 days (interquartile range 57–138 days); authors report an average review time of about 3.4 months; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 58% (2025). 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.
Which databases index Electronics Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Electronics Letters is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Electronics Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Electronics Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .