Journal profile · ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
IEEE Pulse
ISSN 2154-2287 · eISSN 2154-2317 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES
IEEE Pulse: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.57; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 109 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: This title ceased publication in 2010. The current retitled publication is IEEE Pulse. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Pulse is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Biomedical and Engineering Education, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices, together about 38.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Both general and technical articles on current technologies and methods used in biomedical and clinical engineering; societal implications of medical technologies; current news items; book reviews; patent descriptions; and correspondence. Special interest departments, students, law, clinical engineering, ethics, new products, society news, historical features and government.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biomedical and Engineering EducationEngineering21.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering6.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.4%
- Wireless Body Area NetworksEngineering4.7%
- Big Data and Digital EconomyComputer Science4.6%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Biomedical | 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
- 0.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,988 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 109 | 0 | 57 |
| 2024 | 48 | 6 | 26 |
| 2023 | 87 | 41 | 98 |
| 2022 | 83 | 35 | 90 |
| 2021 | 82 | 49 | 115 |
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)
- 6–12 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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
Retitled to IEEE Pulse Model summary
The current retitled publication is IEEE Pulse.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2154-2287
- Electronic ISSN
- 2154-2317
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Pulse
What CAS zone is IEEE Pulse in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Pulse is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Biomedical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Pulse?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.57; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Pulse?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Pulse?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Pulse is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Pulse open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Pulse 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, 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: .