Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IET Electric Power Applications
ISSN 1751-8660 · eISSN 1751-8679 · Wiley · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 2007
IET Electric Power Applications: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.73; fully open access; APC about USD 2,800; median 124 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 156 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IET Electric Power Applications is published by Wiley 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 Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics and Sensorless Control of Electric Motors, together about 48.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IET Electric Power Applications publishes papers of a high technical standard with a suitable balance of practice and theory. The scope covers a wide range of applications and apparatus in the power field. In addition to papers focusing on the design and development of electrical equipment, papers relying on analysis are also sought, provided that the arguments are conveyed succinctly and the conclusions are clear. The scope of the journal includes the following: Electrical machines and transformers, including: Rotating electrical machines Linear machines Actuators Power transformers Design and analysis of motors and generators of all sizes; including: Permanent magnet machines Induction machines Switched reluctance machines Superconducting machines Electrical machines and drives for electrified transportation, including: Electric vehicles Electric aircraft Electric ships Railway traction Other application specific machines and drives: Wind power generators Robots and automation Servo drive systems Variable speed drives Industrial machine and drives Household appliances Control of electric drives, including: Vector control (Field-Oriented control) Direct torque control Model predictive control Sensorless control Fault-tolerant control Parameter identification Pulse-Width-Modulation strategies Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in electric drives, including: Fuzzy logic Neural networks Sliding mode Wavelets Thermal management: Losses Cooling technologies Fault and condition monitoring in electrical machines and drives: Fault modelling and diagnosis Condition monitoring Bearing currents Noise and vibration in electrical machines Indexing Information: COMPENDEX (Elsevier) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) INSPEC (IET) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief Zi QiangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 14%); most named United Kingdom 6, Mainland China 5, United States 3, Hong Kong, China 2, Italy 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electric Motor Design and AnalysisEngineering23.8%
- Magnetic Bearings and Levitation DynamicsEngineering13.5%
- Sensorless Control of Electric MotorsEngineering10.9%
- Magnetic Properties and ApplicationsMaterials Science10.1%
- Multilevel Inverters and ConvertersEngineering8.3%
- Induction Heating and Inverter TechnologyEngineering3.6%
- Advanced DC-DC ConvertersEngineering3.3%
- Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering2.8%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
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
- 1.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,291OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 149LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 150Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 462,887Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,489 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 96 | 17 |
| 2025 | 156 | 156 | 261 |
| 2024 | 136 | 136 | 448 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | 730 |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | 841 |
| 2021 | 169 | 169 | 1,519 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
124 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 172 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (280 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 122 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,800 / GBP 2,200 / EUR 2,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,880 / EUR 2,570 / GBP 2,260 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,880 / GBP 2,260 / EUR 2,570 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Not considered
- previously rejected from IET Electric Power Applications
Article types accepted10
- case studyCase Study Report on a specific instance of an interesting or particular phenomenon or instance related to research areas covered by a journal’s scope.Length not stated
- commentaryThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- industry articleIndustry Article A report from industrial-based scientists undertaking R&D on a new technology, application or technique which may facilitate future product dev…Length not stated
- opinionThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- original researchThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- original research paperThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- perspectiveThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- research articleThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- reviewThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
- review articleThe following article types are included in IET Electric Power Applications: Original Research Paper Report of original research findings and data. Review Criti…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
For a complete overview of our Ethical Policies for the IET journals, please click here. The IET believes in clear, transparent and verifiable authorship. In line with ICMJE guidance, to qualify for authorship, each individual must: Have made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the article; or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the article; AND Drafted t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
IET journals expects data sharing. Please review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms and Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 1. Open Access
All IET journals are Gold Open Access titles. Submissions will be subject to an APC if accepted and published in the journal. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver. There is no charge for submitting to IET journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 5. Peer Review and Decisions
IET Electric Power Applications operates under a single-anonymized peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief (or designated Editor) determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Except where otherwise stated, peer review is handled by an Associate Editor, who will engage at least two anonymous reviewers. The final decision to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. All IET journals accept articles previously published on preprint servers. All IET journals will consider review articles previously available as preprints. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1751-8660
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-8679
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IET Electric Power Applications
What CAS zone is IET Electric Power Applications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IET Electric Power Applications 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 IET Electric Power Applications?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.73; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at IET Electric Power Applications?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 124 days (interquartile range 95–172 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of IET Electric Power Applications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of IET Electric Power Applications based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), Mainland China (5) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IET Electric Power Applications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IET Electric Power Applications is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is IET Electric Power Applications open access, and what is the APC?
IET Electric Power Applications is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .