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IEEE Potentials

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States

ISSN0278-6648

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.235

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.388

Total Worksi

3,835

Total Citationsi

17,829

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Potentials is the magazine dedicated to undergraduate and graduate students and young professionals. IEEE Potentials explores career strategies, the latest in research, and important technical developments. Through its articles, it also relates theories to practical applications, highlights technology's global impact and generates international forums that foster the sharing of diverse ideas about the profession.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency6

StatusActive

Total Publications3,835

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0278-6648

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

426

2019

248

2020

160

2021

104

198

2022

153

2023

2024

2025

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.

EducationQ3

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ3

Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringHuman auditory perception and evaluationEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesExperimental Learning in Engineering

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Potentials

Is IEEE Potentials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Potentials: it is indexed in 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 Potentials?

IEEE Potentials is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.235.

Is IEEE Potentials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Potentials is indexed in Scopus.