Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Flexible and Printed Electronics
ISSN 2058-8585 · IOP PUBLISHING LTD · ENGLAND
Flexible and Printed Electronics: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.91; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,325; median 112 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Flexible and Printed Electronics is published by IOP PUBLISHING LTD 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 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies and Conducting polymers and applications, together about 49.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering25.2%
- Nanomaterials and Printing TechnologiesEngineering14.1%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science10%
- Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsEngineering4.7%
- Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesEngineering4.4%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering4.4%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering3.4%
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsEngineering3.2%
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 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 3 |
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 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 294OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 72.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 707 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 44 | 15 |
| 2025 | 69 | 34 | 143 |
| 2024 | 71 | 56 | 369 |
| 2023 | 90 | 80 | 834 |
| 2022 | 108 | 59 | 1,375 |
| 2021 | 88 | 52 | 1,314 |
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
112 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 165 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 133 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (135 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,325 / EUR 2,765 / GBP 2,410 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2058-8585
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Flexible and Printed Electronics
What CAS zone is Flexible and Printed Electronics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Flexible and Printed Electronics is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Flexible and Printed Electronics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.91; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Flexible and Printed Electronics?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 112 days (interquartile range 83–165 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.
Which databases index Flexible and Printed Electronics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Flexible and Printed Electronics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Flexible and Printed Electronics open access, and what is the APC?
Flexible and Printed Electronics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,325.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .