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.

Impact factor6.83Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 2 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 2 · Engineering
Review timeabout 6.8 monthsCommunity average
APCUSD 2,645Hybrid journal: charged only for open-access articles
Acceptanceabout 25%Community average
Articles per year3,9472025 · OpenAlex count

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

  1. Sensor Technology and Measurement SystemsComputer Science12.2%
  2. Advanced Electrical Measurement TechniquesEngineering9.8%
  3. Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering5.8%
  4. Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering5.3%
  5. Microwave and Dielectric Measurement TechniquesEngineering5.2%
  6. Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering4.9%
  7. Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignEngineering3.6%
  8. 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
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 2

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 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

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20262,135159847
20253,94725714,495
20242,40018626,413
20232,45426944,274
20221,83020146,681
20211,45319745,109

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

Hybrid open accessLetPub

A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
OpenAlexUSD 2,645——
Publisher websiteUSD 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
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

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

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: .