IEEE Latin America Transactions

About the Journal

IEEE Latin America Transactions is a peer-reviewed, refereed, monthly scientific Journal of IEEE focused on the dissemination of quality research papers and review articles (Reviews) written in English, Spanish or Portuguese in three main areas: Computing,  (Electric) Energy and Electronics,  papers reporting emerging topics or solving problems of Latin America are preferred. Some of the sub-areas of the journal are, but not limited to: control of systems, communications, instrumentation, artificial intelligence, power and industrial electronics, diagnosis and detection of faults,  transportation electrification, internet of things, electrical machines, microwaves, circuits, and systems, biomedicine and biomedical/haptic applications, secure communications, robotics, sensors and actuators, industrial systems, renewable energy (electric), computer networks, smart grids, among others.

https://latamt.ieeer9.org/

For a paper to be eligible for the Journal, substantial contribution with respect to previous work must be demonstrated. Moreover,  papers contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America are strongly preferred; such motivation should be included in the letter to the editor and in the manuscript. The goals are the following:

https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals

Journal statistics in 2025

Submissions received: 711
Submissions published: 141
Acceptance rate: 16%
First editorial decision: 6 days
Submission to acceptance: 168 days

Journal bibliometrics in 2024

Impact Factor: 1.3 (Q3 journal)
CiteScore: 4.0 (Q2 journal)