IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (commonly abbreviated as IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory) is a monthly journal published by the IEEE Information Theory Society. Founded in 1953, it is the flagship journal of information theory, with a 2025 impact factor of 2.6.IEEE Transactions on Information Theory（常用缩写 IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory）是 IEEE 信息论学会出版的月刊，1953 年创刊，为信息论领域的旗舰期刊，2025 年影响因子为 2.6。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal carries high-level research across information theory, spanning Shannon theory, coding and decoding, communications, machine learning and statistics, sequences and cryptography, security and privacy, quantum information theory, signal processing and source coding, and networking and computation.学科定位： 期刊出版信息论领域的高水平研究成果，覆盖香农理论、编码与译码、通信、机器学习与统计、序列与密码学、安全与隐私、量子信息论、信号处理与信源编码以及网络与计算等方向。
• Organisation: the editorial office appoints area editors for each of these directions, with associate editors under them handling individual submissions.组织形态： 编辑部按上述方向设领域副主编，各方向下再配备若干副编辑负责分稿。
• Society affiliation: the journal is the flagship publication of the IEEE Information Theory Society, anchoring the field's exchange alongside its annual symposium.学会关系： 期刊为 IEEE 信息论学会的旗舰出版物，与学会年度研讨会共同构成领域交流主轴。
• Publishing model: the journal is subscription-based with a hybrid open access option.出版模式： 期刊为订阅型刊物，支持混合开放获取选项。
• Indexing and metrics: indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the journal holds a first-quartile position in computer science information systems, with a 2025 impact factor of 2.6.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，在计算机信息系统类别中列第一区，2025 年影响因子为 2.6。^[2]

History

• Founded in 1953: the journal began in 1953 under the Institute of Radio Engineers lineage and took its present title within IEEE.1953年创刊： 期刊于 1953 年创刊，前身为无线电工程师学会（IRE）的相关汇刊，后随 IEEE 成立沿用现名。
• Title history: the journal was published as IRE Transactions on Information Theory before adopting its current name when IRE merged into IEEE.更名沿革： 期刊曾以 IRE Transactions on Information Theory 为名出版，IRE 并入 IEEE 后改用现名。
• Disciplinary standing: as the core outlet of the direction Shannon opened in 1948, the journal has long been a first choice for results in coding theory, cryptography and quantum information.学科地位： 期刊是香农 1948 年开创的信息论方向的核心发表阵地，长期以来是编码理论、密码学与量子信息成果的首选期刊。
• Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 3.036 in 2019, 2.978 in 2021 and 2.6 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2019 年为 3.036，2021 年为 2.978，2025 年为 2.6。
• Frequency: the journal appears monthly with twelve issues a year.刊期： 期刊为月刊，每年出版 12 期。

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Lizhong Zheng of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.现任主编： 主编为 Lizhong Zheng，任职于麻省理工学院。
• Area editors: area editors include Vincent Tan for Shannon theory and information measures, Moshe Schwartz for coding and decoding, Chandra Murthy for communications, Yingbin Liang for machine learning and statistics, Anne Canteaut for sequences and cryptography, Vinod Prabhakaran for security and privacy, Marco Tomamichel for quantum, Ramji Venkataramanan for signal processing and source coding and Vijay Subramaniam for networking and computation.领域副主编： 领域副主编包括香农理论方向的 Vincent Tan、编码与译码方向的 Moshe Schwartz、通信方向的 Chandra Murthy、机器学习与统计方向的 Yingbin Liang、序列与密码学方向的 Anne Canteaut、安全与隐私方向的 Vinod Prabhakaran、量子方向的 Marco Tomamichel、信号处理与信源编码方向的 Ramji Venkataramanan 以及网络与计算方向的 Vijay Subramaniam。
• Editorial board: around a hundred associate editors serve staggered terms, drawn from the leading information theory institutions worldwide.编委构成： 副编辑约百余人，任期滚动更替，来自全球主要信息论研究机构。^[3]
• Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the ScholarOne system and routed by area to associate editors for review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 ScholarOne 在线系统递交，按领域分派副编辑组织评审。
• Editorial policy: the journal favours rigorously proven results of lasting value while staying open to emerging cross-disciplinary directions.编辑方针： 期刊偏好具备严格证明与长期价值的理论成果，同时保持对新兴交叉方向的开放。