Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
ISSN 1053-587X · eISSN 1941-0476 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,645; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 347 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 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, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Blind Source Separation Techniques, Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques and Image and Signal Denoising Methods, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Signal Processing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP) covers novel theory, algorithms, performance analyses and applications of techniques for the processing, understanding, learning, retrieval, mining, and extraction of information from signals. The term “signal” includes, among others, audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical, sonar, radar, medical and musical signals. Examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, information processing and the theory and application of filtering, coding, transmitting, estimating, detecting, analyzing, recognizing, synthesizing, recording, and reproducing signals. The scope is reflected in the EDICS: the Editors` Information Classification Scheme. The Transactions publish original, timely and significant contributions. Submissions must be previously unpublished and may not be under considerations elsewhere. Technical papers are submitted via Manuscript Central (see Author`s Instructions). Please consider the journal with the most appropriate scope for your submission.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Blind Source Separation TechniquesComputer Science10%
- Advanced Adaptive Filtering TechniquesEngineering7.9%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science7.6%
- Direction-of-Arrival Estimation TechniquesComputer Science6.8%
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science6.2%
- Sparse and Compressive Sensing TechniquesEngineering5.8%
- Digital Filter Design and ImplementationComputer Science5%
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor NetworksComputer Science4.9%
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 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 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 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexMEDLINEPubMedINSPECMathSciNetCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: CompuMath citation index, ISI SciSearch, Scitation Research Alerts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 5.32LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 233LetPub ·
- h-index
- 372OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11,651OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 350LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 18,000 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 275 | 93 | 152 |
| 2025 | 347 | 86 | 1,449 |
| 2024 | 380 | 102 | 4,471 |
| 2023 | 338 | 149 | 7,698 |
| 2022 | 408 | 206 | 11,067 |
| 2021 | 452 | 251 | 16,434 |
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)
- 25%LetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 110 / USD 220 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 110
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)
Article types accepted3
- comment correspondencesAuthors are encouraged to submit manuscripts of Regular Papers (papers which provide a complete disclosure of a technical premise), or Comment Correspondences (…Length not stated
- overview articlesFor Overview Articles, the maximum length is double that for Regular Papers at each stage (please reference Overview Article page for more information).Length not stated
- regular papersAuthors are encouraged to submit manuscripts of Regular Papers (papers which provide a complete disclosure of a technical premise), or Comment Correspondences (…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
ORCID required for all authors. Model summary
All IEEE journals require an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) for all authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
The Transactions encourages authors to make their publications reproducible by making all information needed to reproduce the presented results available online. Model summary
The Transactions encourages authors to make their publications reproducible by making all information needed to reproduce the presented results available online.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Originality: submissions cannot be under consideration elsewhere nor previously published. Model summary
Submissions cannot be under consideration elsewhere nor be previously published.
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
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 1053-587X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-0476
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; it is a Top journal. 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 Signal Processing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.32; CiteScore 11.7, h-index 372.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 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 Signal Processing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, MathSciNet and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 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: .