IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
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| IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | |
|---|---|
| Title | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing |
| Discipline | Signal processing |
| Abbreviation | IEEE Trans. Signal Process. |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1953–present |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Issn | 1053-587X |
| Eissn | 1941-0476 |
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on signal processing theory and applications. The journal is produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and serves communities connected to Bell Labs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and California Institute of Technology. It attracts submissions from researchers affiliated with institutions such as University of Cambridge, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Tsinghua University, National University of Singapore, and Technische Universität München.
History
The journal traces origins to predecessor publications associated with the Institute of Radio Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers merger that formed the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; early signal processing work appeared alongside developments from BELL Laboratories and researchers linked to Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener. Over decades the journal paralleled milestones like the development of the Fast Fourier Transform by James Cooley and John Tukey, advances in adaptive filtering related to work by Simon Haykin and Bernard Widrow, and the rise of compressed sensing following contributions by David Donoho, Emmanuel Candès, and Terence Tao. Editorial leadership has included figures connected to IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Communications Society, and leading academic departments at Columbia University and Princeton University.
Scope and Topics
The journal covers theoretical foundations and practical implementations spanning signal representation, estimation, detection, and transformation. Typical topics include signal modeling influenced by techniques from Fourier analysis, wavelet theory linked to Ingrid Daubechies, statistical signal processing associated with Alan Kay-adjacent communities, array processing with ties to research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and information-theoretic perspectives following work by Thomas Cover and Joy A. Thomas. Applications span radar systems developed at Raytheon Technologies, biomedical signal analysis seen in collaborations with Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins University, image processing techniques rooted in University of Oxford research, and speech processing traditions from AT&T and Bell Labs Research. Cross-disciplinary links extend to control theory exemplified by Richard Bellman, machine learning communities at Google Research and DeepMind, and remote sensing projects from European Space Agency and NASA.
Editorial Board and Peer Review
The editorial board is constituted of an editor-in-chief and associate editors drawn from universities and industrial research labs such as Harvard University, Yale University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IBM Research, and Microsoft Research. Peer review follows single- or double-anonymized protocols overseen by the IEEE Signal Processing Society ethics policies and editorial standards influenced by guidelines from organizations like the Committee on Publication Ethics. Reviewers typically include academics who have published in venues such as NeurIPS, ICASSP, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, and Proceedings of the IEEE; decisions reflect assessments of novelty, technical soundness, and reproducibility consistent with practices at National Science Foundation-funded laboratories.
Publication and Access Model
Published on a biweekly schedule by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the journal offers a mix of subscription access and hybrid open access options consistent with IEEE publishing policy. Authors affiliated with institutions participating in transformative agreements—such as arrangements involving Elsevier deals or university consortia at University College London and University of Melbourne—may elect open access for individual articles. Special issues and invited papers frequently arise from conferences like ICASSP, EUSIPCO, and workshops organized by the IEEE Signal Processing Society.
Abstracting and Indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic services including Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and databases used by PubMed-adjacent biomedical indexing. Citation records are tracked in metrics compiled by Clarivate Analytics, Google Scholar, and institutional repositories from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Toronto. Libraries at institutions such as Cornell University and University of Chicago maintain subscription access and catalog entries reflecting the journal's archival presence.
Impact and Reception
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing is widely cited within the signal processing and communications communities, influencing areas connected to wireless communication standards developed by 3GPP and signal algorithms used in products by Qualcomm and Intel Corporation. Its impact is reflected in citation indicators reported by Journal Citation Reports and recognition via awards administered by the IEEE Signal Processing Society and citations in landmark works by scholars at Princeton University and University of California, Los Angeles. The journal's articles have contributed to technologies deployed in telecommunications infrastructure, medical imaging systems at Siemens Healthineers, and remote sensing satellites from European Space Agency.