Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
ISSN 0018-9456 · eISSN 1557-9662 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.83; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,645; review about 6.8 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 3,947 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 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 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems, Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques and Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement publishes papers that address innovative solutions to the development and use of electrical and electronic instruments and equipment to measure, monitor and/or record physical phenomena for the purpose of advancing measurement science, methods, functionality and applications. The scope of these papers may encompass: (1) theory, methodology, and practice of measurement; (2) design, development and evaluation of instrumentation and measurement systems and components used in generating, acquiring, conditioning and processing signals; (3) analysis, representation, display, and preservation of the information obtained from a set of measurements; and (4) scientific and technical support to establishment and maintenance of technical standards in the field of Instrumentation and Measurement.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief Roberto FerreroPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sensor Technology and Measurement SystemsComputer Science12.2%
- Advanced Electrical Measurement TechniquesEngineering9.8%
- Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering5.8%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering5.3%
- Microwave and Dielectric Measurement TechniquesEngineering5.2%
- Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering4.9%
- Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignEngineering3.6%
- Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationDecision Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Instruments & Instrumentation | 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
- 9.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13,773OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4,154LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 29,477 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,135 | 159 | 847 |
| 2025 | 3,947 | 257 | 14,495 |
| 2024 | 2,400 | 186 | 26,413 |
| 2023 | 2,454 | 269 | 44,274 |
| 2022 | 1,830 | 201 | 46,681 |
| 2021 | 1,453 | 197 | 45,109 |
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 6.8 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,495 / USD 2,645 / USD 2,800 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- conference papers; preprints; thesis
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
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0018-9456
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-9662
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Instruments & Instrumentation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.83; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement?
Authors report an average review time of about 6.8 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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 Instrumentation and Measurement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .