Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation
ISSN 1551-3939 · eISSN 1551-3947 · Now Publishers Inc.
Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); subscription journal; 3 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation is published by Now Publishers Inc. and is classed under Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Low-power high-performance VLSI design, VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Hardware and Architecture. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Foundations and Trends® in Electronic Design Automation publishes survey and tutorial articles on how specialized software is used to automate the design, verification, and manufacturing of electronic systems, such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Editor-in-chief Axel Jantsch, TU WienPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Germany 3, United Kingdom 2, India 1, France 1 (13 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Low-power high-performance VLSI designEngineering9.6%
- VLSI and FPGA Design TechniquesEngineering9.6%
- Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesComputer Science8.4%
- Embedded Systems Design TechniquesComputer Science8.4%
- Semiconductor materials and devicesEngineering6%
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit DesignEngineering6%
- Interconnection Networks and SystemsComputer Science6%
- VLSI and Analog Circuit TestingComputer Science6%
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)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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 3LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 48 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
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
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted5
- editorialFoundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial …Length not stated
- original research paperFoundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial …Length not stated
- reviewFoundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial …Length not stated
- review and tutorial papersFoundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers.Length not stated
- tutorialFoundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial …Length not stated
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
- Now Publishers Inc.
- ISSN
- 1551-3939
- Electronic ISSN
- 1551-3947
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 4 (January 2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation
What CAS zone is Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation in?
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 Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 19.
Where are the editorial board members of Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation based?
Of the 13 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), Germany (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation open access, and what is the APC?
Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .