Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IET Signal Processing
ISSN 1751-9675 · eISSN 1751-9683 · Wiley · ENGLAND · Bi-monthly · Founded 2007
IET Signal Processing: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.36; fully open access; APC about USD 2,600; median 233 days to acceptance (59 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IET Signal Processing 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 Speech and Audio Processing, Blind Source Separation Techniques and Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Signal Processing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IET Signal Processing publishes research on a diverse range of signal processing and machine learning topics, covering a variety of applications, disciplines, modalities, and techniques in detection, estimation, inference, and classification problems. The research published includes advances in algorithm design for the analysis of single and high-multi-dimensional data, sparsity, linear and non-linear systems, recursive and non-recursive digital filters and multi-rate filter banks, as well a range of topics that span from sensor array processing, deep convolutional neural network based approaches to the application of chaos theory, and far more. Topics covered by scope include, but are not limited to: advances in single and multi-dimensional filter design and implementation linear and nonlinear, fixed and adaptive digital filters and multirate filter banks statistical signal processing techniques and analysis classical, parametric and higher order spectral analysis signal transformation and compression techniques, including time-frequency analysis system modelling and adaptive identification techniques machine learning based approaches to signal processing Bayesian methods for signal processing, including Monte-Carlo Markov-chain and particle filtering techniques theory and application of blind and semi-blind signal separation techniques signal processing techniques for analysis, enhancement, coding, synthesis and recognition of speech signals direction-finding and beamforming techniques for audio and electromagnetic signals analysis techniques for biomedical signals baseband signal processing techniques for transmission and reception of communication signals signal processing techniques for data hiding and audio watermarking sparse signal processing and compressive sensing Special Issue Call for Papers: Intelligent Deep Fuzzy Model for Signal Processing - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_SPR_CFP_IDFMSP.pdf
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief James HopgoodPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 31%); most named Mainland China 9, United Kingdom 3, India 3, Taiwan, China 2, Spain 2 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science9.8%
- Blind Source Separation TechniquesComputer Science8.3%
- Advanced Adaptive Filtering TechniquesEngineering7.8%
- Radar Systems and Signal ProcessingEngineering6.4%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science6.2%
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor NetworksComputer Science6.1%
- Direction-of-Arrival Estimation TechniquesComputer Science5.5%
- Advanced SAR Imaging TechniquesEngineering5.5%
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
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
- 1.36LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 662OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,664 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 49 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 128 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | 344 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94 | 468 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | 597 |
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
233 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 142 days – 315 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 265 days
- Sample
- 59 articles with submission and acceptance dates (60 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 9 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 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 2,600 / GBP 2,020 / EUR 2,370 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,610 / EUR 2,380 / GBP 2,030 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,375 | Yes | — |
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1751-9675
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-9683
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IET Signal Processing
What CAS zone is IET Signal Processing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IET Signal Processing 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 Signal Processing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.36; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at IET Signal Processing?
Based on the dates recorded on 59 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 233 days (interquartile range 142–315 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of IET Signal Processing based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 31%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (9), United Kingdom (3) and India (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IET Signal Processing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IET Signal Processing is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is IET Signal Processing open access, and what is the APC?
IET Signal Processing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .