Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEICE Electronics Express
ISSN 1349-2543 · The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) · JAPAN · Semimonthly · Founded 2004
IEICE Electronics Express: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.11; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 256 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEICE Electronics Express is published by The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
An aim of ELEX is rapid publication of original, peer-reviewed short papers that treat the field of modern electronics and electrical engineering. The boundaries of acceptable fields are not strictly delimited and they are flexibly varied to reflect trends of the fields. The scope of ELEX has mainly been focused on device and circuit technologies. Current appropriate topics include: - Integrated optoelectronics (lasers and optoelectronic devices, silicon photonics, planar lightwave circuits, polymer optical circuits, etc.) - Optical hardware (fiber optics, microwave photonics, optical interconnects, photonic signal processing, photonic integration and modules, optical sensing, etc.) - Electromagnetic theory - Microwave and millimeter-wave devices, circuits, and modules - THz devices, circuits and modules - Electron devices, circuits and modules (silicon, compound semiconductor, organic and novel materials) - Integrated circuits (memory, logic, analog, RF, sensor) - Power devices and circuits - Micro- or nano-electromechanical systems - Circuits and modules for storage - Superconducting electronics - Energy harvesting devices, circuits and modules - Circuits and modules for electronic displays - Circuits and modules for electronic instrumentation - Devices, circuits and modules for IoT and biomedical applications
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering9.6%
- Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignEngineering9.4%
- Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesEngineering7.8%
- Advancements in PLL and VCO TechnologiesEngineering6%
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering5.7%
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit DesignEngineering5.2%
- Low-power high-performance VLSI designEngineering4.9%
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | 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
- 1.11LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 664OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 241LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 174 | 174 | 14 |
| 2025 | 256 | 256 | 212 |
| 2024 | 251 | 251 | 442 |
| 2023 | 198 | 198 | 571 |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | 659 |
| 2021 | 177 | 177 | 739 |
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 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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1349-2543
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEICE Electronics Express
What CAS zone is IEICE Electronics Express in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEICE Electronics Express is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEICE Electronics Express?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.11; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 44.
Which databases index IEICE Electronics Express?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEICE Electronics Express is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEICE Electronics Express open access, and what is the APC?
IEICE Electronics Express is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .