Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing
ISSN 1932-8346 · eISSN 1932-8354 · Now Publishers Inc.
Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.9 (journal website); fully open access; 5 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing is published by Now Publishers Inc. 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 Data Compression Techniques, Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques and Image and Signal Denoising Methods, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Foundations and Trends® in Signal Processing publishes in‑depth survey and tutorial articles covering a wide spectrum of signal processing topics. These include core areas such as digital, statistical, adaptive, nonlinear, and multidimensional signal processing, as well as modern approaches like machine learning, sparse representations, and randomized algorithms. The journal also addresses practical application domains including audio, speech, image, biomedical signals, communications, and sensor systems, along with methods for filtering, compression, reconstruction, classification, and estimation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Editor-in-chief Yonina EldarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 18, Israel 2, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, France 1 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Data Compression TechniquesComputer Science9.3%
- Sparse and Compressive Sensing TechniquesEngineering8%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science8%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science6.7%
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science6.7%
- Speech Recognition and SynthesisComputer Science4%
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Science4%
- Image Retrieval and Classification TechniquesComputer Science4%
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: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
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
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 90.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 1,639Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 58 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 128 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 97 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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 Signal Processing publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial Aims of the…Length not stated
- original research paperFoundations and Trends in Signal Processing publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial Aims of the…Length not stated
- reviewFoundations and Trends in Signal Processing publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial Aims of the…Length not stated
- review and tutorial papersFoundations and Trends in Signal Processing publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers.Length not stated
- tutorialFoundations and Trends in Signal Processing publishes exclusively long (± 100 pages) review and tutorial papers. For full details read the Editorial Aims of the…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
- 1932-8346
- Electronic ISSN
- 1932-8354
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 3 (May 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing
What CAS zone is Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing 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 3 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 Signal Processing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14.7, h-index 27.
Where are the editorial board members of Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), Israel (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing open access, and what is the APC?
Foundations and Trends in Signal Processing is a fully open-access 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: .