IEEE Pervasive Computing

IEEE Pervasive Computing 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 Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Interactive and Immersive Displays, together about 31.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

IEEE Pervasive Computing explores the role of computing in the physical world–as characterized by visions such as the Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing. Designed for researchers, practitioners, and educators, this publication acts as a catalyst for realizing the ideas described by Mark Weiser in 1988. The essence of this vision is the creation of environments saturated with sensing, computing, and wireless communication that gracefully support the needs of individuals and society. Many key building blocks for this vision are now viable commercial technologies: wearable and handheld computers, wireless networking, location sensing, Internet of Things platforms, and so on. However, the vision continues to present deep challenges for experts in areas such as hardware design, sensor networks, mobile systems, human-computer interaction, industrial design, machine learning, data science, and societal issues including privacy and ethics. Through special issues, the magazine explores applications in areas such as assisted living, automotive systems, cognitive assistance, hardware innovations, ICT4D, manufacturing, retail, smart cities, and sustainability. In addition, the magazine accepts peer-reviewed papers of wide interest under a general call, and also features regular columns on hot topics and interviews with luminaries in the field.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Telecommunications

Editor-in-chief Fahim KawsarPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

1.96LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

4.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

92LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

125OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

730OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.89OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

14.94%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

30LetPub · 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)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 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

ISSN

1536-1268

Electronic ISSN

1558-2590

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub