IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 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 Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices and Optical Network Technologies, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Papers published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics fall within the broad field of science and technology of quantum electronics of a device, subsystem, or system-oriented nature. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic within this broad spectrum. Announcements of the topical areas planned for future issues, along with deadlines for receipt of manuscripts, are published in this Journal and in the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. Generally, the scope of manuscripts appropriate to this Journal is the same as that for the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. Manuscripts are published that report original theoretical and/or experimental research results that advance the scientific and technological base of quantum electronics devices, systems, or applications. The Journal is dedicated toward publishing research results that advance the state of the art or add to the understanding of the generation, amplification, modulation, detection, waveguiding, or propagation characteristics of coherent electromagnetic radiation having sub-millimeter and shorter wavelengths. In order to be suitable for publication in this Journal, the content of manuscripts concerned with subject-related research must have a potential impact on advancing the technological base of quantum electronic devices, systems, and/or applications. Potential authors of subject-related research have the responsibility of pointing out this potential impact. System-oriented manuscripts must be concerned with systems that perform a function previously unavailable or that outperform previously established systems that did not use quantum electronic components or concepts. Tutorial and review papers are by invitation only.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.11LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

10.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.07LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.49LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

143LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

189OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,293OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.55OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

2.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

14.19%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

150LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 2 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1995

ISSN

1077-260X

Electronic ISSN

1558-4542

Official links

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