Journal profile · Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters
ISSN 1943-0663 · eISSN 1943-0671 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.54; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; 153 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Embedded Systems Design Techniques and Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hardware and Architecture and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Embedded Systems Letters (ESL), provides a forum for rapid dissemination of latest technical advances in embedded systems and related areas in embedded software. The emphasis is on models, methods, and tools that ensure secure, correct, efficient and robust design of embedded systems and their applications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Control and Systems Engineering
Editor-in-chief Jongeun Lee UlsanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Parallel Computing and Optimization TechniquesComputer Science11.1%
- Embedded Systems Design TechniquesComputer Science10.3%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering6.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Real-Time Systems SchedulingComputer Science5.6%
- Interconnection Networks and SystemsComputer Science5.3%
- Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware SecurityComputer Science4.2%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | 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
- 1.54LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 240OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 109LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,308 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 150 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 153 | 16 | 188 |
| 2024 | 129 | 24 | 457 |
| 2023 | 92 | 25 | 533 |
| 2022 | 77 | 15 | 591 |
| 2021 | 51 | 20 | 630 |
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.
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
- ISSN
- 1943-0663
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-0671
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Embedded Systems Letters
What CAS zone is IEEE Embedded Systems Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture / Computer Science, Software Engineering. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Embedded Systems Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.54; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 42.
Which databases index IEEE Embedded Systems Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Embedded Systems Letters open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Embedded Systems 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: .