Journal profile · Telecommunications
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
ISSN 0018-9251 · eISSN 1557-9603 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.83; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 1,210 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radar Systems and Signal Processing, Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems focuses on the organization, design, development, integration, and operation of complex systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environment. These systems include, but are not limited to, navigation, avionics, spacecraft, aerospace power, radar, sonar, telemetry, defense, transportation, automated testing, and command and control.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Telecommunications
Editor-in-chief Gokhan InalhanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radar Systems and Signal ProcessingEngineering13.3%
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor NetworksComputer Science11.9%
- Advanced SAR Imaging TechniquesEngineering10.1%
- Inertial Sensor and NavigationEngineering5.2%
- Direction-of-Arrival Estimation TechniquesComputer Science5%
- Guidance and Control SystemsEngineering4%
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering3.8%
- Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection AlgorithmsComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 6.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 128LetPub ·
- h-index
- 230OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,735OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,327LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,984 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 989 | 80 | 447 |
| 2025 | 1,210 | 102 | 4,713 |
| 2024 | 934 | 89 | 9,990 |
| 2023 | 600 | 101 | 12,179 |
| 2022 | 535 | 103 | 13,371 |
| 2021 | 438 | 91 | 12,802 |
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)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- 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 2,645 | — | — |
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
- ISSN
- 0018-9251
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-9603
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Aerospace / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Telecommunications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.83; CiteScore 9.4, h-index 230.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; 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 Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
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: .