ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q1SCImago #8,560Gold OA

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Acronym:theiet-its
•
Abbreviation (ISO):IET INTEL. TRANSPORT SYST
•
Identifier (ISSN):1751-956X(Print)/1751-9578(Online)
•
Publisher:Wiley
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.7↑ +0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q3
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for IET Intelligent Transport Systems

WoS Q3
01341.3920182.0520192.4820202.520212.5720222.720232.320242.520252.72026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.677
#8,560

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
74

74 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate4.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
143articles/year
100% Gold OA•96.39% Original Research

Aims & Scope

IET Intelligent Transport Systems is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to research into the practical applications of ITS and infrastructures. The scope of the journal includes the following: Sustainable traffic solutions Deployments with enabling technologies Pervasive monitoring Applications; demonstrations and evaluation Economic and behavioural analyses of ITS services and scenario Data Integration and analytics Information collection and processing; image processing applications in ITS ITS aspects of electric vehicles Autonomous vehicles; connected vehicle systems; In-vehicle ITS, safety and vulnerable road user aspects Mobility as a service systems Traffic management and control Public transport systems technologies Fleet and public transport logistics Emergency and incident management Demand management and electronic payment systems Traffic related air pollution management Policy and institutional issues Interoperability, standards and architectures Funding scenarios Enforcement Human machine interaction Education, training and outreach Current Special Issue Call for papers: Intelligent Transportation Systems in Smart Cities for Sustainable Environment - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_ITS_CFP_ITSSCSE.pdf Sustainably Intelligent Mobility (SIM) - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_ITS_CFP_SIM.pdf Traffic Theory and Modelling in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (in collaboration with World Congress for Transport Research, WCTR 2019) - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_ITS_CFP_WCTR.pdf

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Computer science98.8%Engineering83.1%Artificial intelligence58.2%Transport engineering50.8%Mathematics49.1%Physics47.7%Operating system36.2%Economics35.9%Quantum mechanics32.2%Biology30.2%Programming language28.6%Geography26.4%Statistics25.9%Machine learning24.9%Management24.6%Civil engineering23.7%Aerospace engineering23.5%Automotive engineering23.3%Computer network21.2%Thermodynamics20.9%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Q3
Rank186/369
IndexSCIE
JCRSCIE2026

TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Q3
Rank45/80
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Q3
Rank214/371
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Q3
Rank42/80
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.7
Articles / Year176
Total Citations53
2025
IF2.5
Articles / Year144
Total Citations371
2024
IF2.3
Articles / Year146
Total Citations846
2023
IF2.7
Articles / Year159
Total Citations1,338
2022
IF2.568
Articles / Year179
Total Citations2,489

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #8,560Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2007-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.677

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.72

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,124 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,844
3-Year Documents472
Citable Documents469

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate28.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

LawQ1
Mechanical EngineeringQ1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2
TransportationQ2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 4.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Engineering & Technology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

IET Intelligent Transport Systems (acronym: theiet-its, abbr: IET INTEL. TRANSPORT SYST, ISSN: 1751-956X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Engineering & Technology, published by Wiley in England since 2007. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.70, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.677 (Q1), an H-index of 74.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Monthly, an annual output of approximately 143 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,124 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Monthly
Founding Year
2007
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusDOAJPubMed
Editorial Address
WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, USA, NJ, 07030-5774

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: f7b5f5e0-e4c4-4d11-99ca-8d968eafc849
Database Updated: 2026-10-01