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IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN2329-4051

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.772

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.394

Total Worksi

1,353

Total Citationsi

30,306

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE ToH is a scholarly archival journal that addresses the science, technology and applications associated with information acquisition and object manipulation through touch.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly, <2012->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,353

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-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

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?

2329-4051

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-anonymous

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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

1.9k

2019

2.4k

2020

1.5k

2021

729

2022

121

1.2k

2023

462

2024

121

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Human-Computer InteractionQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Cybernetics

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsHuman-Computer Interaction

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tactile and Sensory InteractionsTeleoperation and Haptic SystemsMotor Control and AdaptationMultisensory perception and integrationVirtual Reality Applications and ImpactsInteractive and Immersive DisplaysVisual perception and processing mechanismsMuscle activation and electromyography studiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Is IEEE Transactions on Haptics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Haptics: 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 Haptics?

IEEE Transactions on Haptics 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 1.78.

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

IEEE Transactions on Haptics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Haptics?