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IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 1955

ISSN1549-8328eISSN1558-0806
SJR Q1WOS 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.947
H-Indexi
147
SNIPi
2.233
Total Worksi
8,671
Total Citationsi
205,421
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.78
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hardware and Architecture.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1955
FrequencyMonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications8,671
Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
No URL
Is the ISSN verified?
1549-8328 / 1558-0806
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
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
422
11k
2019
549
15k
2020
523
15k
2021
500
11k
2022
536
7.8k
2023
707
6.9k
2024
809
2.6k
2025
378
50
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.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1
Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Hardware and ArchitectureElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Is IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems: 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 Transactions on Circuits and Systems?

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems 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 3.78.

Is IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems?

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hardware and Architecture.

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