IET Electrical Systems in Transportation

Aims & Scope

IET Electrical Systems in Transportation is aimed at all aspects of electrical power systems in modern transport applications including generation, storage, distribution and utilisation.

The scope extends to all sectors of transportation: aerospace, marine (including sub-sea), automotive or land-based and rail.

The central theme of the journal is to focus on the system and sub-system aspects of electrical energy including system architectures and integration, energy management, control and protection.

Metrics & Ranking

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, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Engineering, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,100.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Thermal management of electric machines

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Yinye, Berker, Michael, Shamsuddeen, Hossam, Matthias, James, Nigel, Ali

• Recent developments and applications of energy storage devices in electrified railways

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Tosaphol, Stuart, Pietro

• Aircraft batteries: current trend towards more electric aircraft

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Mohd, Ali I., Chandana Jayampathi, Amit Kumar

• Electric vehicles' impact on British distribution networks

  Citation: 114

  Authors: P., S., I., L.M., N.

• Determination of protection system requirements for DC unmanned aerial vehicle electrical power networks for enhanced capability and survivability

  Citation: 107

  Authors: S.D.A., P.J., S.J., G.M.

• Power quality improvement in smart grids using electric vehicles: a review

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Abdollah, Ahmad, Pouya, Navid, Mohammad Reza, Foad Heidari, Alireza, Ali Esmaeel

• Flexible real‐time control of a hybrid energy storage system for electric vehicles

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Anne‐Laure, Alain, Rochdi

• Energy evaluation of the power network of a DC railway system with regenerating trains

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Zhongbei, Stuart, Clive, Paul, Ning, Lei, Mingwu

• Review of prospects for adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles in New Zealand

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Arunkumar, Andrew, Tek Tjing

• Comparison of flux switching and surface mounted permanent magnet generators for high-speed applications

  Citation: 71

  Authors: A.S., Z.Q., G.W.