Journal profile · Telecommunications
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
ISSN 1536-1225 · eISSN 1548-5757 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2002
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.61; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 1,052 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Antenna Design and Analysis, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides, together about 57.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWP Letters) is devoted to the rapid electronic publication of short manuscripts in the technical areas of Antennas and Wireless Propagation. These are areas of competence for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S). AWPL aims to be one of the "fastest" journals among IEEE publications. This means that for papers that are eventually accepted, it is intended that an author may expect his or her paper to appear in IEEE Xplore, on average, around two months after submission.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Telecommunications
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering25.9%
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface TechnologiesEngineering16.1%
- Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesEngineering15.6%
- Antenna Design and OptimizationEngineering7.3%
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksEngineering5.2%
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMaterials Science4.8%
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingEngineering3.4%
- Electromagnetic Scattering and AnalysisPhysics and Astronomy3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 4.61LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,266OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 972LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,967 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 827 | 40 | 287 |
| 2025 | 1,052 | 65 | 2,987 |
| 2024 | 970 | 88 | 7,896 |
| 2023 | 697 | 102 | 10,438 |
| 2022 | 638 | 96 | 12,960 |
| 2021 | 621 | 117 | 15,724 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — |
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
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1536-1225
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-5757
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
What CAS zone is IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Telecommunications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.61; CiteScore 8, h-index 174.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”. 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 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .