Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Electron Device Letters
ISSN 0741-3106 · eISSN 1558-0563 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1980
IEEE Electron Device Letters: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.47; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; review about 1.3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 701 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Electron Device Letters is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design and Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices, together about 42.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Electron Device Letters publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief Kelin J. KuhnPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Semiconductor materials and devicesEngineering21.1%
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit DesignEngineering14.6%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering6.9%
- Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesEngineering5.7%
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsPhysics and Astronomy5.4%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering5%
- Silicon Carbide Semiconductor TechnologiesEngineering4.8%
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesPhysics and Astronomy4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
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
- 4.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 135LetPub ·
- h-index
- 204OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9,596OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 550LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 17,313 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 509 | 28 | 115 |
| 2025 | 701 | 33 | 1,967 |
| 2024 | 729 | 89 | 5,145 |
| 2023 | 594 | 144 | 7,364 |
| 2022 | 653 | 168 | 10,512 |
| 2021 | 581 | 171 | 11,501 |
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 1.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%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 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,800 | — | — |
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
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0741-3106
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-0563
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Electron Device Letters
What CAS zone is IEEE Electron Device Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Electron Device Letters is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Electron Device Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.47; CiteScore 7.9, h-index 204.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Electron Device Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 1.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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 Electron Device Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Electron Device Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Electron Device Letters open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Electron Device Letters is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
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: .