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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN0278-0097eISSN1937-416X
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.481
H-Indexi
57
SNIPi
0.588
Total Worksi
2,800
Total Citationsi
16,786
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.58
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The following topics describe the scope of IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE SSIT) and of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine : Health and safety implications of technology, Engineering ethics and professional responsibility, Engineering education in social implications of technology, History of electrotechnology, Technical expertise and public policy, Social issues related to energy, Social issues related to information technology, Social issues related to telecommunications, Systems analysis in public policy decisions, Economic issues related to technology, Peace technology, and Environmental implications of technology. Beyond these specific topics, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine is concerned with the broad area of the social implications of technology, especially electrotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1982
Frequency4
StatusActive
Total Publications2,800
Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0278-0097 / 1937-416X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single and/or double anonymous
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
99
463
2019
91
703
2020
88
870
2021
92
258
2022
90
332
2023
107
157
2024
109
21
2025
52
5
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringEthics and Social Impacts of AISmart Cities and Technologies

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Is IEEE Technology and Society Magazine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Technology and Society Magazine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine?

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.58.

Is IEEE Technology and Society Magazine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine?

The following topics describe the scope of IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE SSIT) and of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine : Health and safety implications of technology, Engineering ethics and professional responsibility, Engineering education in social implications of technology, History of electrotechnology, Technical expertise and public policy, Social issues related to energy, Social issues related to information technology, Social issues related to telecommunications, Systems analysis in public policy decisions, Economic issues related to technology, Peace techn

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref