Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
IEEE Latin America Transactions
ISSN 1548-0992 · IEEE Computer Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
IEEE Latin America Transactions: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.62; subscription journal; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 141 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Latin America Transactions is published by IEEE Computer Society 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 Optimal Power Flow Distribution, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Smart Grid Energy Management, together about 18.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Latin America Transactions (IEEE LATAM) is an interdisciplinary journal focused on the dissemination of original and quality research papers / review articles in Spanish and Portuguese of emerging topics in three main areas: Computing, Electric Energy and Electronics. Some of the sub-areas of the journal are, but not limited to: Automatic control, communications, instrumentation, artificial intelligence, power and industrial electronics, fault diagnosis and detection, transportation electrification, internet of things, electrical machines, circuits and systems, biomedicine and biomedical / haptic applications, secure communications, robotics, sensors and actuators, computer networks, smart grids, among others.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Optimal Power Flow DistributionEngineering6.6%
- Microgrid Control and OptimizationEngineering6%
- Smart Grid Energy ManagementEngineering6%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences5.6%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering5.6%
- Electric Power System OptimizationEngineering4.7%
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesComputer Science4%
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 | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 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 | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 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
- 1.62LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,050OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 139LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,049 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 120 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 141 | 6 | 247 |
| 2024 | 133 | 59 | 646 |
| 2023 | 179 | 42 | 970 |
| 2022 | 128 | 19 | 1,143 |
| 2021 | 318 | 69 | 2,624 |
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)
- 3–8 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- IEEE Computer Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1548-0992
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Latin America Transactions
What CAS zone is IEEE Latin America Transactions in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Latin America Transactions is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. 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 Latin America Transactions?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.62; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Latin America Transactions?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 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 Latin America Transactions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Latin America Transactions is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Latin America Transactions open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Latin America Transactions is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .