Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
ISSN 1866-6892 · eISSN 1866-6906 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1980
Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.05; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,990; median 93 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves is published by Springer US 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 Terahertz technology and applications, Microwave Engineering and Waveguides and Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves offers a peer-reviewed platform for the rapid dissemination of original, high-quality research in the frequency window from 30 GHz to 30 THz. The topics covered include: sources, detectors, and other devices; systems, spectroscopy, sensing, interaction between electromagnetic waves and matter, applications, metrology, and communications. Purely numerical work, especially with commercial software packages, will be published only in very exceptional cases. The same applies to manuscripts describing only algorithms (e.g. pattern recognition algorithms) or manuscripts that only report the classification of signals using preexisting generic methods (e.g. principal component analysis, established machine learning, etc.). Manuscripts submitted to the Journal should discuss a significant advancement to the field of infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves. Manuscripts not fitting the aims and scope, and minor extensions or copies of previous work, will not be considered for publication. The journal publishes Original Research papers, Invited Reviews or Correspondences (also known as Letters). Correspondences should be of particular interest to the community and they should be short in length. The number of figures is limited to three, the abstract should not be longer than 80 words, the main text should not exceed 1,000 words (1,250 words for two figures), the number of references is limited to fifteen. The review process will be expedited for this manuscript type. There are seven categories in which manuscripts will be considered: Sources: all manuscripts discussing sources should be submitted to this category. Examples include systems based on photoconductive antennas and related techniques, resonant tunneling diodes, microwave devices, vacuum tube based sources, free electron lasers, synchrotrons, high power microwave sources, gas lasers, quantum cascade lasers and sources relying on parametric down conversion. Detectors: all manuscripts discussing THz detectors or detectors arrays or part of detectors such as mixers or antennas should be submitted to this category. Devices: examples for this category are modulators, reflectors, filters, waveguides as well as metamaterial based devices. Systems: manuscripts which discuss system aspects should go in this category. This could be reports on entire emitter-receiver systems, imaging systems, characterization of systems, but also data extraction algorithms and
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 10, Germany 8, Japan 4, Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Terahertz technology and applicationsEngineering20%
- Microwave Engineering and WaveguidesEngineering12.2%
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics ResearchPhysics and Astronomy9.9%
- Superconducting and THz Device TechnologyPhysics and Astronomy7.6%
- Photonic and Optical DevicesEngineering7.1%
- Spectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsChemistry6.4%
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering3.9%
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingEngineering3.8%
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 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Optics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 3.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 788OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 248,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,754 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 21 | 12 |
| 2025 | 77 | 30 | 260 |
| 2024 | 70 | 21 | 449 |
| 2023 | 60 | 22 | 728 |
| 2022 | 66 | 18 | 631 |
| 2021 | 75 | 30 | 833 |
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
93 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 122 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 108 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (163 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)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 3,990 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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
- print version color
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
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- editorialOriginal Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, Editorial Back to topLength not stated
- erratumTypes of papers Original Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, EditorialLength not stated
- invited review articleTypes of papers Original Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, EditorialLength not stated
- letterOriginal Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, Editorial Back to topLength not stated
- original articleOriginal Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, Editorial Back to topLength not stated
- review articleOriginal Article, Erratum, Invited Review Article, Letter, Editorial Back to topLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Competing interests disclosure required Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data and code availability expected Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 1866-6892
- Electronic ISSN
- 1866-6906
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
What CAS zone is Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Optics / Physics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.05; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 93 days (interquartile range 64–122 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Germany (8) and Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,990.
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: .