Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
ISSN 1094-6969 · eISSN 1941-0123 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1998
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.63; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,995; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 157 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 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 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 37.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is a bimonthly publication. It publishes in February, April, June, August, October, and December of each year. The magazine covers a wide variety of topics in instrumentation, measurement, and systems that measure or instrument equipment or other systems. The magazine has the goal of providing readable introductions and overviews of technology in instrumentation and measurement to a wide engineering audience. It does this through articles, tutorials, columns, and departments. Its goal is to cross disciplines to encourage further research and development in instrumentation and measurement.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sensor Technology and Measurement SystemsComputer Science16.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.9%
- Advanced Electrical Measurement TechniquesEngineering5.9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.7%
- Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationDecision Sciences5.1%
- Engineering and Test SystemsEngineering4.6%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering4.6%
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 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | 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
- 1.63LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 428OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,285 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 107 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | 157 | 5 | 96 |
| 2024 | 155 | 33 | 271 |
| 2023 | 149 | 80 | 365 |
| 2022 | 167 | 96 | 628 |
| 2021 | 191 | 105 | 1,348 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 2,995 | — | — |
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
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1094-6969
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-0123
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
What CAS zone is IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Instruments & Instrumentation. 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 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.63; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,995.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .