IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

The IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) is a scholarly journal dedicated solely to vehicular technology. 

The TVT has been an important venue for both academia and industry to share research results to accelerate R&D activities in vehicular technology. In 2024, the journal has received 2,960,827 downloads in the IEEE Xplore usage, ranking 9th among all IEEE journals. Its impact factor has been increasing steadily between 2004 and 2023, as shown in the following table:

TVT strives to be on the vanguard of vehicular technology research and, as such, encourages submissions focused on emerging and promising fields that will interest its readers. To better serve the community, the journal has been publishing special sections, focusing on vehicular electronics and intelligent transportation systems, and some topics which are of interest to the mobile communications and networking community. 

Publishing Policies

This publication considers original works that enhance the existing body of knowledge. Survey papers and review articles are generally not accepted unless pre-approved by the Editor-in-Chief (EiC). Results described in the article should not have been submitted or published elsewhere. Expanded versions of conference publications may be submitted. Articles must be intelligible and must be written in standard English.

Peer Review: Peer review is vital to the quality of published research. Each article submitted to IEEE is evaluated by at least two independent reviewers selected by a member of the publication's editorial board. Learn more about the IEEE peer review process.

Publication Fees: This publication is supported by subscriptions and applicable Article Processing Charges (APCs). If you choose to exceed the page limit of 10 complimentary pages, a charge of USD $220 per page will be applied, and you will receive an invoice before article publication.

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Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs): USD $2495 for articles submitted in 2024. USD $2645 for articles submitted in 2025.

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Special Sections

Special sections are planned with the coordination of IEEE Publishing Services, to assure that there is no conflict with publication plans of other Societies. Papers for special sections, whether invited or contributed, follow the same review process as other papers.