IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control includes the theory, technology, materials, and applications relating to: (1) the generation, transmission, and detection of ultrasonic waves and related phenomena; (2) medical ultrasound, including hyperthermia, bioeffects, tissue characterization and imaging; (3) ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and piezomagnetic materials, including crystals, polycrystalline solids, films, polymers, and composites; (4) frequency control, timing and time distribution, including crystal oscillators and other means of classical frequency control, and atomic, molecular and laser frequency control standards.

Areas of interest range from fundamental studies to the design and/or applications of devices and systems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6615

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3078

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.814

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	159

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Calculation of pressure fields from arbitrarily shaped, apodized, and excited ultrasound transducers

  Citation: 2103

  Authors: J.A., N.B.

• Supersonic shear imaging: a new technique for soft tissue elasticity mapping

  Citation: 2074

  Authors: J., M., M.

• Coherent plane-wave compounding for very high frame rate ultrasonography and transient elastography

  Citation: 1549

  Authors: G., M., J., N., M.

• Time reversal of ultrasonic fields. I. Basic principles

  Citation: 1272

  Authors: M.

• Toward energy harvesting using active materials and conversion improvement by nonlinear processing

  Citation: 853

  Authors: D., A., E., C.

• Matrix techniques for modeling ultrasonic waves in multilayered media

  Citation: 820

  Authors: M.J.S.

• Characteristics of relaxor-based piezoelectric single crystals for ultrasonic transducers

  Citation: 741

  Authors: T.R.

• MEMS technology for timing and frequency control

  Citation: 728

  Authors: Clark

• The interaction of Lamb waves with defects

  Citation: 712

  Authors: D.N., P.

• Modeling 1-3 composite piezoelectrics: thickness-mode oscillations

  Citation: 700

  Authors: W.A., B.A.

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