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.

Impact factor1.11Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 4 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Engineering
Review time—No reports yet
APC—No source gives fee information
AcceptanceEasyCommunity average
Articles per year2562025 · OpenAlex count

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

  1. Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering9.6%
  2. Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignEngineering9.4%
  3. Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesEngineering7.8%
  4. Advancements in PLL and VCO TechnologiesEngineering6%
  5. Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering5.7%
  6. Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit DesignEngineering5.2%
  7. Low-power high-performance VLSI designEngineering4.9%
  8. 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
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 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

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202617417414
2025256256212
2024251251442
2023198198571
2022182182659
2021177177739

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

Fully open accessOpenAlex

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

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: .