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News

After 14 years of outstanding service to the IET Electric Power Applications journal, Prof. Steve Williamson steps down from the position of Editor-in-Chief from March 1st 2010. Steve has recently accepted a position to the IET Board of Trustees and will be concentrating on these duties going forward. He will continue to oversee all submissions assigned to him prior to mid February 2010.

To that end we welcome Prof. Emil Levi (Liverpool John Moores University) to the position of IET Electric Power Applications Editor-in-Chief. Emil has served on the editorial board for a number of years and continues to serve the journal with enthusiasm and commitment. All papers submitted from mid-Feb 2010 are being overseen by Emil, thus ensuring complete continuity.

Impact Factor

IET Electric Power Applications' Impact Factor increased by 39% to 0.967* in 2009. Citation data released by Thomson Reuters represents a 6 year high for the journal.

*Figure based on cites in 2008 to IEE Proc. EPA (2006) and IET EPA (2007)

Scope

Publishing 9 times a year from 2010, IET Electric Power Applications publishes papers of a high technical standard with a suitable balance of practice and theory. The scope covers a wide range of applications and apparatus in the power field. In addition to papers focussing on the design and development of electrical equipment, papers relying on analysis are also sought, provided that the arguments are conveyed succinctly and the conclusions are clear. The scope of the journal includes the following:

• The design and analysis of motors and generators of all sizes
• Rotating electrical machines
• Linear machines
• Actuators
• Power transformers
• Railway traction machines and drives
• Variable speed drives
• Machines and drives for electrically powered vehicles
• Industrial and non-industrial applications and processes

Special Issue

Electrical Machines and Drives for the More Electric Aircraft – Guest Edited by Prof. Barrie Mecrow (Newcastle University, UK), Prof. Phil Mellor (Bristol University, UK) and Dr John Cullen (Rolls Royce). – Now closed for submission

Featured Paper

Time-domain and frequency-domain finite element models of a solid-rotor induction/hysteresis motor, Vol.4, No.3, p.185–197

Author and Reader Benefits

• Worldwide readership and database coverage – including SCI-E (ISI), EI Compendex, Scopus and Inspec
• All content also available via the IEEE Xplore digital library
• Rapid times to 1st decision (typically less than 12 weeks)
• No page charges to authors
• Inheritance of Impact Factor credentials of IEE Proceedings Electric Power Applications
• Review/survey papers freely available on the IET Digital Library for 2 years from publication

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Citing this Journal

IET Electric Power Applications is usually cited by the abbreviated title 'IET Electr. Power Appl.'. Every article in this journal is assigned a Crossref DOI, which is displayed on the article abstract page.

Previous Title

Online subscribers to IET Electric Power Applications can access all backfile issues from 2007 onwards as well as all issues of IEE Proceedings Electric Power Applications from 1994-2006 as part of their current online subscription.