Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

About Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik: Journal Profile

e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik is an Austrian scholarly journal covering the whole field of electrical engineering and information technology. It is published by Springer, through Springer-Verlag Wien, as journal number 502 on the Springer Nature Link platform, and it is the journal associated with the Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik (OVE), the Austrian Electrotechnical Association, whose copyright line appears on the journal's Springer homepage. The JournalsWorld record for this journal (ISSN 0932-383X and 1613-7620, publisher listed as Springer Science+Business Media) matches the identity given on Springer's own journal page, which lists the print ISSN as 0932-383X and the electronic ISSN as 1613-7620. This profile brings together what the publisher states about the journal, what the major indexing services record about it, and what authors should check before they submit a manuscript or rely on a metric quoted for it.

Overview and History

The journal's roots reach back to the early years of organised electrical engineering publishing in Austria. An archive record maintained by the Online Books Page at the University of Pennsylvania traces the lineage in three steps: a predecessor titled Zeitschrift für Elektrotechnik was succeeded in 1906 by Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau, which continued the earlier volume numbering, and in 1988 that journal was renamed Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, the title it still carries today, in its expanded form e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik. That long lineage matters for readers searching older literature: work published before 1988 will be catalogued under the earlier titles, while the current ISSN pair applies to the modern title. Bibliographic coverage recorded by Scopus, as summarised in secondary listings of the SCImago data, begins in 1988, which is consistent with the 1988 renaming, and continues, with some early gaps, into the present decade.

Today the journal appears on Springer Nature Link alongside Springer's other engineering titles. Springer reports that more than half of the articles the journal published in 2025 were related to one or more of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, a signal of how strongly its recent content connects electrical engineering to energy transition, sustainability and infrastructure questions. The journal's own German-language description, published by Springer, presents it as a journal that treats topics from the entire area of electrical engineering and information technology and that also reports on significant technological developments, forward-looking projects and relevant trade fairs, in addition to its research articles. That combination of research content and professional reporting reflects its dual audience: academic researchers in Austrian and German-speaking engineering departments, and practising engineers who follow the OVE's professional community.

Language is a practical point for international authors. The journal's title, its publisher description and much of its historical content are in German, and it has long served a primarily German-speaking readership in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Authors who do not write in German should read the current author instructions on the Springer page carefully before submitting, to confirm the languages accepted for each article type and the formatting expected for figures, references and abstracts, rather than assuming that the conventions of an English-language Springer engineering journal apply unchanged.

Scope and Subject Coverage

Springer's description, translated from the German, states that the bandwidth of the journal runs from microelectronics, through information and communication technology, control engineering and automation, and electrical machine engineering, to energy generation and energy supply, and on to environmental protection. In current terms, that scope covers at least the following areas, all of which recur in the journal's recent issues and in the topic profile of its published output:

• Electrical power engineering: generation, transmission and distribution systems, grid stability, integration of renewable energy, energy storage and the techno-economic evaluation of energy systems.
• Power electronics and electrical machines: converter design, drives, machine modelling, control strategies and performance analysis of electrical devices and systems.
• Automation and control systems: control engineering for industrial processes, intelligent energy management and automation in manufacturing and infrastructure.
• Information and communication technology: communication systems for energy networks, interoperability, data management and the digitalisation of technical systems, including smart grid communication.
• Microelectronics and sensors: device and circuit work at the smaller end of the discipline, together with measurement technology and sensor applications.
• Electromagnetic compatibility and safety: interference, protection and standards questions for electrical installations and equipment, an area of long-standing professional interest to the OVE community.
• Robotics, intelligent systems and applied data methods: automation-oriented applications of sensing, data analytics and intelligent control within electrical engineering problems.

The journal therefore suits manuscripts that sit squarely inside electrical engineering or information technology, including work that connects the two, such as communication and data systems built for power networks. Work that is purely computer science, purely mechanical engineering, or general energy policy without a substantial electrical engineering component is less likely to fit, and authors in doubt should compare their manuscript against the journal's most recent issues, which are the most reliable guide to what the editors currently accept.

Publisher and Ownership

The journal is published by Springer, with Springer-Verlag Wien, Springer's Vienna operation, named as the publisher in SCImago's record and Austria recorded as the publisher country. OpenAlex likewise records the host organisation as Springer Science+Business Media and the country code as AT. The copyright line on the Springer homepage, © Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik (OVE), records the Austrian Electrotechnical Association's ownership role in the title: this is a society-linked journal published in partnership with a major commercial publisher, a common arrangement for long-established European professional journals. For authors, the practical consequence is that the editorial identity, article processing and platform are Springer's, with submission, production and access handled through Springer Nature Link, while the journal's professional community and much of its readership come through the OVE.

The JournalsWorld stored record lists the publisher as Springer Science+Business Media, which is consistent with OpenAlex and with the Springer imprint. No structured-field conflict was found for this record beyond that layering: the society ownership by the OVE is additional information that a one-line publisher field cannot express, rather than an error in the stored value.

Indexing and Abstracting

Springer's official journal page lists the services in which the journal is abstracted and indexed. The list given by the publisher is: Baidu, CLOCKSS, CNKI, CNPIEC, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), DBLP, Dimensions, EBSCO, EI Compendex, the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Google Scholar, INSPEC, Naver, the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, the OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, Ovid Discovery, Portico, ProQuest, SCImago, SCOPUS, TD Net Discovery Service, Wanfang and eLibrary.ru. Three entries deserve emphasis for authors evaluating the journal for tenure, promotion or funding reports. First, inclusion in Scopus means the journal's articles are tracked in Elsevier's citation database and feed the SCImago indicators discussed below. Second, inclusion in the Emerging Sources Citation Index places the journal inside the Web of Science Core Collection at the ESCI level. Third, EI Compendex and INSPEC coverage means the journal is also visible in the engineering-specific literature databases that many engineering departments search first.

Indexing claims should always be re-verified at the point of use, because services add and remove titles and because coverage years matter: a journal can be indexed today while a specific older or newer year falls outside the coverage an institution counts. The publisher list above is the correct starting point, and the Scopus source list and the Web of Science master journal list are the authoritative confirmations.

Metrics, With Attribution

Different databases measure this journal differently, and the figures below are labelled with their sources so that no single number is mistaken for an official value.

OpenAlex (retrieved for this profile). OpenAlex records 12,791 works for the journal under ISSN 0932-383X, with 7,389 citations recorded to those works, a summary h-index of 32, an i10-index of 171 and a two-year mean citedness of about 0.73. OpenAlex also records the journal as not fully open access, with hybrid open access options, and lists an open access article processing charge of USD 3,490 in its source record. OpenAlex counts are drawn from its own cross-publisher corpus and are not interchangeable with Scopus or Web of Science figures.

Scopus-based indicators (secondary summaries of SCImago data). A secondary journal listing summarising Scopus and SCImago data gives a CiteScore of 1.1, an SJR of 0.173, a best quartile of Q4 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an h-index of 23 in that summary and Scopus coverage of 1988–1990, 1997 and 2005–2025. The JournalsWorld template record for the same journal on this site quotes an h-index of 24 from SCImago; small differences of this kind are normal when SCImago updates its annual release, and the figure to quote in a formal document is the one in the current SCImago release itself. The same secondary listing reports a Journal Impact Factor of 0.4, attributed to the Journal Citation Reports release of June 2025; since 2023 Clarivate has assigned a Journal Impact Factor to ESCI journals as well as to SCIE journals, so an ESCI journal can carry a JIF without being in SCIE.

Read together, these indicators describe a small, specialist, society-linked engineering journal: modest citation averages, a long backfile, and its main value located in reaching the Austrian and wider German-speaking electrical engineering community and in its Compendex, INSPEC and Scopus visibility, rather than in high citation metrics. Authors whose institutions require a specific quartile or a specific index should confirm the current SCImago quartile and the Web of Science index level directly, because both can change between annual releases.

Editorial Process, Open Access and Charges

Submissions are made through the journal's page on Springer Nature Link (journal 502), where Springer provides the current submission link, author instructions and editorial board information. Springer journals of this type operate single-blind or double-blind peer review as stated in their individual instructions; the binding details for this journal, including review model, article types and length expectations, are those on its own Springer pages at the time of submission, and they should be followed exactly, since non-compliant manuscripts can be returned before review.

The journal is a subscription journal with a hybrid open access option: OpenAlex does not mark it as fully open access, and Springer offers open access publication for this title, which is also why the journal appears in Springer's open access funding pages, where authors can check whether their institution has a read-and-publish agreement that covers the charge. OpenAlex's source record lists an APC of USD 3,490 for the open access route; that is a list figure recorded by OpenAlex, not a quotation, and the current charge, taxes and any agreement-based coverage must be confirmed on Springer's site before electing open access. Authors who publish by the subscription route do not pay that charge. No separate submission fee is published for this journal in the sources checked for this profile; if a fee is requested at any point, verify it against the Springer journal page rather than paying from an email request alone.

How to Submit, and How to Verify This Journal

A safe submission routine for this journal is: (1) start from the Springer Nature Link journal homepage for journal 502 and confirm the title and both ISSNs, 0932-383X and 1613-7620, match the journal you intend; (2) read the aims and scope and the author instructions on that page, including language and formatting requirements; (3) check recent issues for article types and typical length; (4) confirm the journal's current Scopus and Web of Science status in the Scopus source list and the Web of Science master journal list if indexing matters for your institution; (5) if you plan open access, check Springer's institutional agreement finder for your university before submission, since eligibility usually depends on the corresponding author's affiliation at acceptance; and (6) submit only through the submission link reached from the Springer journal page, and keep the confirmation from the submission system.

Verification habits protect against a real risk with long-established titles: imitation websites and solicitation emails that borrow a journal's name. The checks above, starting from the publisher domain and matching the ISSN pair, take only a few minutes and settle the journal's identity conclusively.

Is This Journal Right for Your Paper?

e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik is a good fit for electrical engineering and information technology manuscripts aimed at the Austrian and German-speaking engineering community, for work connected to the energy transition as it affects grids, machines and power electronics, and for practice-relevant engineering studies that benefit from the journal's professional readership alongside its academic one. It is a weaker fit if your institution requires a high Journal Impact Factor or a Q1 or Q2 SCImago ranking, since the indicators quoted above place it in the lower quartiles of its category, or if your manuscript is in a neighbouring field with only a thin electrical component. As with any journal, the decisive evidence is the current issue list: if papers like yours appear there regularly, the scope fit is real.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the ISSNs of e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik? The print ISSN is 0932-383X and the electronic ISSN is 1613-7620, as listed on the journal's Springer homepage.

Who publishes e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik? Springer, through Springer-Verlag Wien in Austria, publishes the journal; the title is associated with the Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik (OVE), whose copyright line appears on the Springer page.

Is the journal indexed in Scopus? Yes. Springer lists SCOPUS and SCImago among its abstracting and indexing services for this journal, together with EI Compendex, INSPEC and the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Coverage years should be confirmed in the Scopus source list for formal purposes.

What is the journal's impact factor? A secondary listing summarising the June 2025 Journal Citation Reports reports a Journal Impact Factor of 0.4. Because this journal sits in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, confirm the current figure in Journal Citation Reports itself before quoting it officially.

What are the journal's OpenAlex figures? OpenAlex, retrieved for this profile, records 12,791 works, 7,389 citations, an h-index of 32 and a two-year mean citedness of about 0.73. These are OpenAlex's own counts and differ from Scopus-based figures by design.

Is the journal open access? It is a hybrid journal: the subscription route is standard, and an open access route is offered by Springer with an article processing charge, which OpenAlex lists as USD 3,490. Institutional agreements may cover that charge; check Springer's funding pages.

What was the journal called before 1988? Its immediate predecessor title was Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau, published from 1906 and itself succeeding Zeitschrift für Elektrotechnik, according to the archive record of the Online Books Page at the University of Pennsylvania.

Where do I submit a manuscript? Through the submission link on the journal's Springer Nature Link homepage (journal 502), after checking its author instructions for language, article type and formatting requirements.

Reading the Journal as an Author: Practical Notes

Three practical features of this journal deserve emphasis because they differ from the defaults an international author might assume. The first is community. Because the journal is tied to the OVE, its pages mix refereed research with professional and technical reporting for Austria's electrical engineering community, and its readership includes practising engineers in utilities, industry and regulation as well as university researchers. A manuscript written for that mixed audience, with its engineering problem stated concretely and its practical consequences made explicit, matches the journal better than a purely theoretical treatment with no application in view, even when the underlying mathematics is strong.

The second feature is the energy transition as an organising theme. Springer's note that over half of the journal's 2025 articles related to the Sustainable Development Goals reflects how much of its current content concerns renewable generation, grid integration, storage, efficient drives and the digital control of energy systems. Authors working on power systems, power electronics or automation for energy applications are therefore writing into the journal's current centre of gravity, and framing the contribution in terms of system benefit, reliability, efficiency or emissions, where the work genuinely supports it, speaks to the journal's present readership.

The third feature is discoverability through engineering channels. Because the journal sits in EI Compendex, INSPEC and DBLP as well as Scopus, a well-chosen title and abstract, with the standard terminology of the subfield used plainly, will surface in the databases engineers actually search. Authors should take the same care with keywords and with the English-language title and abstract elements that Springer records provide, since those are what most international readers will ever see of a German-language article, and they determine whether the work is found and cited outside the German-speaking community.

Finally, a note on expectations. This is a journal whose value proposition is a defined professional and regional community, a long and stable publishing history reaching back in lineage to 1906, and solid indexing in the engineering literature. Judged on those terms it performs exactly as its indicators describe. Judged as a candidate for a career-defining high-impact publication, it will disappoint, and no profile can honestly present it as such. Matching the manuscript to the venue's real strengths is the author's protection in both directions.