Journal Guide

The IET Image Processing journal encompasses research related to the generation, processing and communication of visual information. The focus of the journal is the coverage of the latest research results in image and video processing, including image generation and display, enhancement and restoration, segmentation, colour and texture analysis, coding and communication, implementations and architectures as well as innovative applications. Principal topics include: • Generation and Display: Imaging sensors and acquisition systems, illumination, sampling and scanning, quantisation, colour reproduction, image rendering, display and printing systems, evaluation of image quality • Processing and Analysis: Image enhancement, restoration, segmentation, registration, multispectral, colour and texture processing, multiresolution processing and wavelets, morphological operations, stereoscopic and 3-D processing, motion detection and estimation, video and image sequence processing • Implementations and Architectures: Image and video processing hardware and software, design and construction, architectures and software, neural, adaptive, and fuzzy processing • Coding and Transmission: Image and video compression and coding, compression standards, noise modelling, visual information networks, streamed video • Retrieval and Multimedia: Storage of images and video, database design, image retrieval, video annotation and editing, mixed media incorporating visual information, multimedia systems and applications, image and video watermarking, steganography • Applications: Innovative application of image and video processing technologies to any field, including life sciences, earth sciences, astronomy, document processing and security

IET Intelligent Transport Systems is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to research into the practical applications of ITS and infrastructures. This journal covers many topics including the following: • Information collection and processing • In-vehicle ITS, safety and vulnerable road user aspects • ITS aspects of electric vehicles • Public transport • Demand management and electronic payment systems • Traffic management • Fleet and public transport logistics • Emergency and incident management • Policy and institutional issues • Interoperability, standards and architectures • Deployment and evaluation • Sustainability and environmental issues • Funding scenarios • Enforcement • Human machine interaction • Education, training and outreach • Deployments with enabling technologies

IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation comprehensively covers microwave and RF circuits, microwave and millimetre wave amplifiers, oscillators, switches, mixers and other components. Topics covered include: • Microwave circuits: RF, microwave and millimetre wave amplifiers, oscillators, switches, mixers and other components implemented in monolithic, hybrid, multi-chip module and other technologies. Papers on passive components may describe transmission-line and waveguide components, including filters, multiplexers, resonators, ferrite and garnet devices. Papers also cover microwave sub-systems for use in communications, radar, aerospace, instrumentation, and industrial and medical applications • Antenna topics include: antennas for operation at all frequencies, multiband antennas, antenna measurement techniques and systems, antenna analysis and design, aperture antenna arrays, adaptive antennas, printed and wire antennas, microstrip and integrated antenna • Propagation topics include: radiowave propagation at all frequencies and Environments

Nanobiotechnology extends from single molecule measurements using scanning probe techniques, through to interactions between cells and microstructures, micro- and nano-fluidics, and aspects of lab-on-chip technologies. The primary aim of IET Nanobiotechnology is to provide a resource that brings together important developments in this exciting interdisciplinary field. It achieves this by publishing cutting-edge research papers and expert review articles from the international engineering and scientific community. IET Nanobiotechnology covers all aspects of research and emerging technologies in the field including: • Fundamental theories and concepts applied to biomedical-related devices and methods at the micro- and nano-scale (including methods that employ electrokinetic, electrohydrodynamic, and optical trapping techniques) • Micromachining and microfabrication tools and techniques applied to the top-down approach to nanobiotechnology • Nanomachining and nanofabrication tools and techniques directed towards biomedical and biotechnological applications (e.g. applications of atomic force microscopy, scanning probe microscopy and related tools) • Colloid chemistry applied to nanobiotechnology (e.g. cosmetics, suntan lotions, bio-active nanoparticles) • Microtechnologies such as lab-on-chip applied to pharmaceutical, biomedical and biotechnological applications • Techniques for probing cell physiology, cell adhesion sites and cell–cell communication • Molecular self-assembly, including concepts of supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, and DNA nanotechnology • Societal issues such as health and the environment

IET Optoelectronics publishes state-of-the-art research papers in the field of optoelectronics and photonics. Most of the papers published cover original research from universities and industrial and government laboratories. IET Optoelectronics covers: • Optical and optoelectronic materials • Light sources, including LEDs, lasers and devices for lighting • Optical modulation and multiplexing • Optical fibres, cables and connectors • Optical amplifiers • Photodetectors and optical receivers • Photonic integrated circuits • Nanophotonics and photonic crystals • Optical signal processing • Holography • Displays

IET Power Electronics publishes high-quality research that focuses on five principal power electronics themes. Applications of power semiconductor technology for the control and conversion of electric power in: electric machine drives; all forms of transport; manufacturing; heating; lighting; building services and industrial scale power conditioning Circuits commonly used including: all types of converters; inverters; active filters; switched mode power and uninterruptible power supplies Devices used in power electronic applications including: power semiconductor devices; photovoltaic devices; passive components; wound components; batteries and fuses Techniques for controlling, analysing, modelling and/or simulation of power electronics circuits and complete power electronic systems Performance management of power electronic systems including: power factor correction and harmonic spectrum management; thermal management; EMC and noise mitigation; fusing and protection

IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation encompasses the theory and practice of systems relating to the processing of signals for radar, radiolocation, radionavigation and surveillance purposes. Examples of the various fields of application include: radar, sonar, electronic warfare, avionic and navigation systems. Processing directed towards the above application areas includes advances in waveform design, adaptive array and super-resolution methods, tracking algorithms, synthetic aperture, and target recognition techniques.

IET Renewable Power Generation provides a forum for the presentation of new research, development and applications of renewable power generation. It particularly focuses on research that explores issues where the characteristics of the renewable energy source impact on the power conversion and where the wider system control or operation are central to the challenge of integration. It also covers demonstrations and experimentally based research. The journal is technology focused, covering design, demonstration, modelling and analysis, and occasionally also publishes papers dealing with techno-economic issues. IET Renewable Power Generation brings together the topics of renewable energy technology, power generation and systems integration. Specific technology areas covered by the journal include: wind power technology and systems; photovoltaics; solar thermal power generation; geothermal energy; fuel cells; wave power; marine current energy and biomass conversion.

IET Science, Measurement & Technology publishes papers in science, engineering and technology underpinning electronic and electrical engineering, nanotechnology and medical instrumentation. The key topics covered by IET Science, Measurement & Technology are: • Electromagnetism including electromagnetic theory, computational electromagnetics and EMC • Properties and applications of dielectric, magnetic, magneto-optic, and piezoelectric materials down to the nanometre scale • Measurement and instrumentation including sensors, actuators, medical instrumentation, and fundamentals of measurement including measurement standards, uncertainty, dissemination and calibration

IET Signal Processing publishes topics such as algorithm advances in single and multi-dimensional, linear and non-linear, recursive and non-recursive digital filters and multi-rate filter banks. It also covers papers on the application of chaos theory, and neural-network-based approaches to signal processing. Topics covered include: • Advances in single and multi-dimensional filter design and implementation • Linear and nonlinear, fixed and adaptive digital filters and multirate filter banks • Statistical signal processing techniques and analysis • Classical, parametric and higher order spectral analysis • Signal transformation and compression techniques, including time-frequency analysis • System modelling and adaptive identification techniques • Machine learning based approaches to signal processing • Bayesian methods for signal processing, including Monte-Carlo Markov-chain and particle filtering techniques • Theory and application of blind and semi-blind signal separation techniques • Signal processing techniques for analysis, enhancement, coding, synthesis and recognition of speech signals • Direction-finding and beam-forming techniques for audio and electromagnetic signals • Analysis techniques for biomedical signals • Baseband signal processing techniques for transmission and reception of communication signals • Signal processing techniques for data hiding and audio watermarking

IET Wireless Sensor Systems covers papers from the growing field of wireless sensor networks and distributed systems, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years and is evolving into a multi-billion dollar industry. It gives a platform to researchers and academics in the field and covers the research, engineering, technological developments, and innovative deployment of distributed sensor and actuator systems. Topics covered include: Theoretical developments of: • Innovative architectures for smart sensors, nano-sensors and actuators • Unstructured networking • Cooperative and clustering distributed sensors • Data fusion for distributed sensors • Distributed intelligence in distributed sensors • Energy harvesting for and lifetime of smart sensors and actuators • Cross-layer design and layer optimisation in distributed sensors • Security, trust and dependability of distributed sensors Innovative services and applications for: • Monitoring: health, traffic, weather and toxins • Surveillance: target tracking and localisation • Observation: global resources and geological activities (Earth, forest,mines, underwater) • Industrial applications of distributed sensors in green and agile manufacturing • Sensor and RFID applications of the Internet-of-Things (‘IoT’) • Smart metering • Machine-to-machine communications

IETE Journal of Research is a Bimonthly journal published by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India. It publishes scientific and technical papers describing original research work or novel product/process development. Occasionally special issues are brought out on new and emerging research areas. IETE Journal of Research is useful to researchers, engineers, scientists, teachers, managers and students who are interested in keeping a track of original research and development work being carried out in the broad area of electronics, telecommunications, computer science and engineering and information technology.

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India's leading recognised professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication & IT. Founded in 1953, it serves more than 69,000 members through various centres, whose number is 58, spread all over India and abroad. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy. Government of India has recognised IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence. The objectives of IETE focus on advancing electro-technology. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as career advancement opportunities to its members.

All papers from IFAC meetings are published, in partnership with Elsevier, the IFAC Publisher, in the http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/24058963IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings series hosted at the http://www.sciencedirect.com/ScienceDirect web service. The main features of the IFAC-PapersOnLine series are:

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As the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, IIE Transactions publishes original high-quality papers on a wide range of topics of interest to industrial engineers who want to remain current with the state-of-the-art technologies. The refereed journal aims to foster the engineering community by publishing papers with a strong methodological focus motivated by real problems that impact engineering practice and research. Published monthly, the journal is composed of four focus issues: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering and Analysis, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Scheduling and Logistics. IIE Transactions encourages research motivated by critical and complex engineering problems that arise in a wide variety of domains including service, public policy, health care, security, biotechnology, transportation, and others. The journal publishes papers that integrate industrial engineering with other disciplines including statistics, other engineering disciplines, computer science, biological science, and operations research. Articles covering new methodologies and state-of-the-art surveys are included in the journal. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

The IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information is dedicated to developing solutions to the unsolved problems in control and information theory.IMPACT FACTOR AND RANKINGYear Impact Factor Si: Automation & Control Systems Si: Mathematics, Applied2010 0.2132009 0.5352008 0.586This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports, published annually as part of the Science Citation Index by ISI.Abstracting and Indexing ServicesThe IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services:-American Mathematical SocietyCurrent Contents® /Engineering, Computing, and TechnologyJournal Citation Reports /Science EditionMathematical Reviews (MR)PROQUEST DATABASE : MagazinesPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 InternationalPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest CentralPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest DiscoveryPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research LibraryPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest News & MagazinesPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Pharma CollectionPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Research LibraryPROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Science JournalsScience Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®)Statistical Theory & Method Abstracts (STMA-Z)The Standard Periodical DirectoryZentralblatt Math .