Journal profile · Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Journal of Radars
ISSN 2095-283X · eISSN 2097-339X · Institute of Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences · China
Journal of Radars: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Radars is published by Institute of Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques and Radar Systems and Signal Processing, together about 59.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
《雷达学报》由中国科学院空天信息创新研究院（原电子学研究所）和中国雷达行业协会于2012年创办，定位于雷达领域高端学术期刊和学术交流平台，致力于促进和引领雷达领域科技发展。 《雷达学报》报道范围包括但不限于： 1. 雷达目标与环境特性； 2. 雷达系统； 3. 雷达信号处理； 4. 雷达数据处理； 5. 雷达成像技术； 6. 雷达目标识别与跟踪技术； 7. 雷达干扰与抗干扰技术； 8. 雷达通感一体化技术； 9. 雷达光学信息融合处理技术； 10. 雷达应用技术； 11. 其他技术在雷达领域中的应用。
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced SAR Imaging TechniquesEngineering28.1%
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesEngineering15.8%
- Radar Systems and Signal ProcessingEngineering15.6%
- Satellite Image Processing and PhotogrammetryEngineering6.6%
- Direction-of-Arrival Estimation TechniquesComputer Science5.8%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science4.2%
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor NetworksComputer Science2.7%
- Ocean Waves and Remote SensingEarth and Planetary Sciences2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | Q1 | 36/206 | 82nd |
| Signal Processing | Q1 | 48/203 | 76th |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q1 | 257/1030 | 75th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI, JST, CSCD, CSTPCD, CNKI, 中文核心期刊Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 232 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | CNY 3,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CNY 9,900 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | CNY 300 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- CNY 300
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)
Article types accepted2
- 学术报告学术报告Length not stated
- 论文论文Length not stated
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
- Institute of Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISSN
- 2095-283X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2097-339X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Radars
How long does peer review take at Journal of Radars?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Radars?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Radars is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Radars open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Radars is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .