IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Title	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Discipline	Power electronics
Abbreviation	IEEE Trans. Power Electron.
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Country	United States
Frequency	Monthly
History	1986–present
Impact	7.5 (example)

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IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers focusing on research in power conversion, power semiconductor devices, and control for energy systems. It serves as a publication venue for researchers affiliated with institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and Tsinghua University, and it connects communities around conferences like the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference and organizations such as the IEEE Industry Applications Society. The journal informs developments used by industry leaders including Siemens, General Electric, ABB, Schneider Electric, and Infineon Technologies.

History

The journal emerged in the context of advances at institutions like Bell Labs, Sandia National Laboratories, and Argonne National Laboratory and was shaped by contributors associated with Brown University, University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Northwestern University. Its founding paralleled milestones such as the commercialization of the Insulated-gate bipolar transistor, the development of the thyristor, and the maturation of switch-mode power supplies. Early editorial figures had affiliations with Carnegie Mellon University, Imperial College London, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, while governments and agencies including the National Science Foundation, European Commission, and Japan Science and Technology Agency funded foundational work. The journal’s timeline intersects with events like the proliferation of photovoltaic power plants, the growth of electric vehicle programs at Daimler and Toyota, and standards initiatives from bodies such as IEC and IEEE Standards Association.

The scope spans technological areas interlinked with universities and firms: power semiconductor research involving teams from Nanyang Technological University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and ETH Zurich; converter topology studies from groups at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National University of Singapore, and Seoul National University; control and modulation techniques explored by researchers at Purdue University, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Tokyo. Topics include device modeling connected to work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, grid-tied converter integration relevant to projects at California Institute of Technology and University of Minnesota, and applications spanning aerospace programs at NASA and industrial drives used by Bosch Rexroth. Research areas also intersect with renewable initiatives spearheaded by National Renewable Energy Laboratory, energy storage collaborations with Brookhaven National Laboratory, and smart-grid demonstrations coordinated with EPRI.

The editorial board typically includes editors affiliated with Princeton University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Ohio State University, and McMaster University. Manuscripts undergo peer review by reviewers drawn from networks at Cornell University, Delft University of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, University of Southern California, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The process integrates submission systems adopted by publishers such as Wiley and Elsevier practices, and coordinates special issues with conference organizers from International Electrotechnical Commission liaisons and committees including members of IEEE Power and Energy Society. Publication workflows align with indexing services managed by Clarivate Analytics and repositories in institutions like University of Oxford and Harvard University.

The journal is indexed in abstracting and citation services linked to Web of Science, Scopus, and IEEE Xplore, and its papers are cited alongside work from Nature Energy, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Energy Policy, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Citation metrics influence university rankings at Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, and funding decisions by agencies such as European Research Council and US Department of Energy. The journal’s visibility supports cross-citation with proceedings from the International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems, standards documents from IEC 61850 committees, and patents filed by corporations including Texas Instruments and ON Semiconductor.

Historic and influential papers originate from teams at University of Illinois Chicago, University of Strathclyde, Royal Institute of Technology, University of Florida, and University of California, San Diego and address topics that intersect with initiatives at Fraunhofer Society and CERN engineering groups. Special issues have collected work around themes promoted by projects funded by Horizon 2020, collaborations with DARPA, and consortiums including CERN Openlab. Noteworthy thematic issues have focused on areas relevant to wind farms development with contributors from DTU Wind Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as well as electric-transportation power electronics used in programs at Tesla, Nissan, and Volkswagen.

Category:Power electronics journals