IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing

The IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (IEEE TETC) is a peer-reviewed, online-only scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society since 2013, covering emerging aspects of computer science, computing technology and computing applications that are not yet served by other IEEE Computer Society Transactions, with a 2025 journal impact factor of 4.8 (Q2, Computer Science, Information Systems)《IEEE 计算新兴主题汇刊》（IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing，简称 IEEE TETC）是 IEEE 计算机学会（IEEE Computer Society）2013 年创办的同行评审在线期刊，聚焦其他 IEEE 计算机学会汇刊尚未覆盖的计算机科学、计算技术与计算应用新兴方向，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.8，在计算机科学信息系统类列第二分区（Q2）。

Scope

• The journal invites original research papers and review articles or surveys that highlight emerging aspects of computer science, computing technology and computing applications related to the IEEE Computer Society fields of interest, and its historical scope has included topics such as IT for green computing, synthetic and organic computing structures, advanced analytics, social and occupational computing, location-based and client computer systems, morphic computer design, electronic game systems and health-care IT该刊征集与 IEEE 计算机学会关注领域相关的原创研究论文与综述，涉及计算机科学、计算技术与计算应用的新兴方向，历史征稿范围曾包括绿色计算、合成与有机计算结构、高级分析、社会化与职业化计算、基于位置与客户端的计算机系统、形态可变计算机设计、电子游戏系统与医疗健康信息技术等方向。
• Technical Track 1 covers emerging computing architectures and paradigms, including neuromorphic, bio-inspired and memory-centric computing systems, emerging domain-specific, reconfigurable and non-von Neumann hardware platforms, and emerging platforms such as 3D integration, photonic and post-CMOS devices技术轨道一聚焦新兴计算架构与范式，涵盖神经形态计算、仿生计算与内存中心计算系统，新兴领域专用、可重构与非冯诺依曼硬件平台，以及三维集成、光子计算与后 CMOS 器件等新兴平台。
• Technical Track 2 addresses AI-driven and intelligent computing systems, such as emerging AI accelerators and computing architectures, AI-accelerated edge intelligence with resource-constrained AI computing, and emerging AI applications including application-specific AI技术轨道二面向 AI 驱动的智能计算系统，涵盖新兴 AI 加速器与计算架构、面向资源受限场景的 AI 边缘智能，以及包括专用 AI 在内的新兴 AI 应用。
• Technical Track 3 covers security, privacy and trust in computing systems, including emerging AI security, machine learning security and privacy, privacy-preserving technologies and zero-knowledge proof applications, emerging hardware security, and high-assurance systems for emerging platforms技术轨道三覆盖计算系统的安全、隐私与信任，涉及新兴 AI 安全、机器学习安全与隐私、隐私保护技术与零知识证明应用、新兴硬件安全，以及面向新兴平台的高可信系统。
• Technical Track 4 spans software paradigms, sustainability and autonomous systems, including emerging software paradigms for autonomous systems, sustainability and green aspects of emerging systems, decentralized and blockchain-based computing systems, and formal verification of emerging systems技术轨道四横跨软件范式、可持续性与自主系统，包括面向自主系统的新兴软件范式、新兴系统的可持续与绿色议题、去中心化与区块链计算系统，以及新兴系统的形式化验证。
• Technical Track 5 is devoted to embedded, edge and cyber-physical systems, covering emerging intelligent edge and pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, embedded computing paradigms for autonomous systems, and emergent behaviors and hazards in cyber-physical systems技术轨道五专注嵌入式计算、边缘计算与信息物理系统，涵盖新兴智能边缘与普适计算、信息物理系统、面向自主系统的嵌入式计算范式，以及信息物理系统中的涌现行为与安全风险。
• Technical Track 6 addresses quantum and non-classical computing systems, including emerging quantum computing architectures and applications, quantum semantics, programming models and software engineering, and formal methods and logical foundations of quantum computing技术轨道六关注量子与非经典计算系统，涵盖新兴量子计算架构与应用、量子语义、编程模型与量子软件工程，以及量子计算的形式化方法与逻辑基础。

History

• The journal was founded in 2013 by the IEEE Computer Society with the mission of giving emerging computing areas a peer-reviewed venue before they grow into communities large enough to support dedicated Transactions, and Northeastern University professor Fabrizio Lombardi served as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief, publishing the first EIC message in volume 1, issue 1该刊于 2013 年由 IEEE 计算机学会创办，定位是在新兴计算领域形成足够大的学术共同体、足以支撑独立汇刊之前为其提供同行评审发表平台，美国东北大学（Northeastern University）教授 Fabrizio Lombardi 出任创刊主编，并在创刊号发表首篇主编致辞。^[1]
• Paolo Montuschi of the Politecnico di Torino served as acting Editor-in-Chief in 2019 and held the Editorship from 2021, a period in which the journal consolidated its quarterly rhythm and its position in the Journal Citation Reports都灵理工大学（Politecnico di Torino）的 Paolo Montuschi 于 2019 年出任代理主编，并自 2021 年起担任主编，其间该刊稳定为季刊并持续被期刊引证报告收录。
• From 1 January 2026 the Editorship passed to Patrick Schaumont of Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a two-year term running to the end of 2027, as confirmed by the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors经 IEEE 计算机学会理事会确认，2026 年 1 月起主编由伍斯特理工学院（Worcester Polytechnic Institute）的 Patrick Schaumont 接任，任期两年至 2027 年底。
• The six technical tracks have been reshaped over time, and recent calls for papers foreground AI accelerators, security and privacy of emerging AI, green and autonomous systems, and quantum and non-classical computing, showing how the journal keeps pace with the computing landscape六条技术轨道随时代不断调整，近年征稿重点转向 AI 加速器、新兴 AI 的安全与隐私、绿色与自主系统以及量子与非经典计算，体现该刊对计算技术走向的持续跟进。
• In the authoritative impact factor series compiled for this project the journal impact factor declined from 7.691 in 2021 and 6.595 in 2022 to 5.4 in 2024 and 4.8 in 2025, while remaining in the second quartile of the Journal Citation Reports category Computer Science, Information Systems按本项目收录的权威影响因子数据，该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 7.691 与 2022 年的 6.595 回落至 2024 年的 5.4 与 2025 年的 4.8，最新期刊引证报告仍列其为计算机科学信息系统类第二分区（Q2）。
• The journal remains a hybrid publication supported by subscriptions and applicable article processing charges, offering both subscription and author-paid open access routes, and the National Library of Medicine catalogs it as an online-only title indexed selectively in PubMed rather than MEDLINE该刊持续采用订阅与论文处理费并行的混合出版模式，作者可选订阅模式或付费开放获取路径；美国国家医学图书馆将其著录为纯在线期刊，目前仅被 PubMed 选择性收录而非 MEDLINE 收录。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Patrick Schaumont, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, whose research focuses on secure, efficient and real-time embedded computing systems and who is an IEEE Fellow and a 2007 recipient of the NSF CAREER award现任主编 Patrick Schaumont 为马萨诸塞州伍斯特理工学院电气与计算机工程教授，研究高安全、高效、实时的嵌入式计算系统，是 IEEE Fellow 并于 2007 年获美国国家科学基金会 CAREER 奖。
• He has co-chaired the CHES, HOST, ASHES and FDTC conferences on cryptographic hardware and embedded systems security, and he served TETC as associate editor from 2019 and associate editor in chief from 2023 before taking the Editorship in 2026他曾共同主持 CHES、HOST、ASHES 与 FDTC 等密码硬件与嵌入式系统安全会议，2019 年起任该刊副编辑，2023 年起任副总编辑，2026 年升任主编。
• Yuan-Hao Chang of National Taiwan University serves as Associate Editor in Chief, and the journal maintains a board of roughly 45 associate editors drawn from the United States, China, Taiwan, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Japan, Australia and Iran, among others台湾大学（National Taiwan University）的 Yuan-Hao Chang 任副总编辑，全刊另有约 45 名副编辑，来自美国、中国、台湾地区、意大利、法国、德国、荷兰、英国、瑞士、瑞典、希腊、葡萄牙、比利时、奥地利、克罗地亚、日本、澳大利亚与伊朗等约二十个国家与地区。
• Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent reviewers selected by members of the editorial board, using a single and/or double anonymous peer review process in which the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, and all submissions are screened with a similarity checker每篇稿件由编委会成员选定的至少两名独立审稿人评审，采用单盲或双盲同行评审，审稿人对作者匿名，全部投稿均经相似度检测筛查。
• The journal enforces distinctive editorial policies: technical content must be of research type and emerging nature within IEEE Computer Society scope, purely theoretical, technological or methodological papers are not suitable, and every submission must include clear evaluations of proposed solutions through simulation and/or implementation compared with the state of the art该刊执行严格的编辑方针：技术内容须属研究型且具新兴性并符合 IEEE 计算机学会范围，纯理论、纯技术或纯方法学论文不适宜投稿，且每篇稿件须通过仿真或实现给出所提方案的明确评价并与前沿工作对比。
• Regular papers run 10 to 12 full pages with an absolute limit of 16 pages subject to mandatory overlength page charges, extended conference versions must add at least 40% new technical material with verbatim similarity below 50%, bibliographies are limited to 45 items with self-citation caps of 10% for a single coauthor and 20% cumulatively, and author biographies are required at first submission常规论文篇幅为 10 至 12 页、上限 16 页并须缴纳强制超页费，会议论文扩展版须包含至少 40% 的新技术内容且逐字相似度低于 50%，参考文献上限 45 条，单一合作者自引不超过 10%、全部合作者自引合计不超过 20%，首次投稿即须提交作者简介。