Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles

The Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (JICV) is a peer-reviewed, fully open access English journal sponsored by Tsinghua University and published by Tsinghua University Press since 2018, covering all aspects of intelligent and connected vehicle technology, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 6.3.《智能网联汽车前沿（英文）》（Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles，JICV）是清华大学主办、清华大学出版社出版的同行评审完全开放获取英文学术期刊，2018 年创刊，聚焦智能网联汽车技术各领域，2025 年影响因子为 6.3。

Scope

• The journal welcomes theoretical papers, technology reviews and case studies that use interdisciplinary approaches drawn from mechanical and automotive engineering, communication engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science and network science.本刊欢迎采用跨学科方法的理论论文、技术综述与案例研究，方法视角来自机械与汽车工程、通信工程、电气与电子工程、计算机科学和网络科学。
• Its core topics include advanced driver assistance systems for intelligent and connected vehicles, advanced planning algorithms, and decision and control for autonomous driving.核心主题包括智能网联汽车先进驾驶辅助系统、高级规划算法与自动驾驶决策与控制。
• It also covers the deployment and operations of ICVs within intelligent transportation systems, environmental perception for ICVs, and human-machine interface and collaborative driving.本刊亦涵盖智能交通系统中智能网联汽车的部署与运行、智能网联汽车环境感知以及人机界面与协同驾驶。
• Further areas include ICV-based traffic analysis systems, intelligent and connected fleet and charging management, and intelligent driving decision-making and control.其他方向包括基于智能网联汽车的交通分析系统、智能网联车队与充电管理以及智能驾驶决策与控制。
• The scope extends to modeling and analysis of driver behaviors in ICVs, public interest and market research for ICVs, and the safety, reliability and security of ICVs.征稿范围还延伸至智能网联汽车中的驾驶员行为建模与分析、公众兴趣与市场研究以及安全、可靠与信息安全。
• Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and vehicle infrastructure cooperative systems are a key focus, together with scenario library and simulation testing for ICVs and the status, challenges and future trends of ICVs.车联网（V2X）通信与车路协同系统是重点方向，本刊同时关注智能网联汽车场景库与仿真测试以及该领域现状、挑战与未来趋势。
• Application areas involve cars, buses, vessels and trains.应用对象涉及轿车、客车、船舶与列车。

History

• The journal was launched in 2018 as China's first fully open access English academic journal dedicated to intelligent vehicles, sponsored by Tsinghua University with academic support from its School of Vehicle and Mobility.本刊于 2018 年创刊，是我国自主创办的首本以智能汽车为主题的完全开放获取英文学术期刊，由清华大学主办、车辆与运载学院提供学术支持。
• From 2018 to 2025 it was edited and published by Tsinghua University Press and distributed overseas by IEEE, appearing on both the SciOpen and IEEE platforms.2018 年至 2025 年，本刊由清华大学出版社编辑出版并由 IEEE 海外发行，在 SciOpen 与 IEEE 双平台发布。
• In December 2024 it was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index of the Web of Science Core Collection, and in June 2025 it received its first impact factor of 7.8, ranking 10th among 77 journals in the Transportation Science and Technology category.2024 年 12 月，本刊被（Web of Science）核心合集的新兴来源引文索引（ESCI）收录；2025 年 6 月获得首个影响因子 7.8，在交通科学与技术学科 77 种期刊中位列第 10 名。
• It was rated a T1 high-quality journal in China's automotive engineering field in January 2021, selected for the High Starting Point New Journal project of the China Science and Technology Journal Excellence Action Plan in 2023, and admitted as a Chinese core journal of science and technology in November 2025.本刊于 2021 年 1 月入选中国汽车工程领域高质量科技期刊 T1 类，2023 年入选中国科技期刊卓越行动计划高起点新刊项目，并于 2025 年 11 月被收录为中国科技核心期刊。
• From Volume 9 in 2026 the journal fully returned to the SciOpen platform, where Tsinghua University Press now publishes it independently, and new submissions have been handled through the journal's own Manuscript Central system since October 2025.自 2026 年第 9 卷起，本刊全面回归清华大学出版社自主开发的 SciOpen 平台并由其独立出版，2025 年 10 月起新投稿改由该刊自有的 Manuscript Central 系统处理。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 6.3, and in the ESCI edition it ranks in Q1 of both Engineering, Electrical and Electronic and Transportation Science and Technology.本刊 2025 年影响因子为 6.3，在 ESCI 版的电气与电子工程以及交通科学与技术两个学科均处于 Q1 区。
• The journal is published under a CC BY license, and Tsinghua University Press covers the open access fee for all papers published from 2025 to 2027.本刊采用 CC BY 许可证出版，2025 年至 2027 年间清华大学出版社为全部发表论文承担开放获取费用。
• Representative content includes the 2025 editorial Multimodal large-language model empowering next-generation autonomous driving systems.代表性成果包括 2025 年发表的社论《多模态大语言模型赋能下一代自动驾驶系统》。^[1]

Editors

• The Editors-in-Chief are Keqiang Li, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Jianqiang Wang, both professors at the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University.主编为中国工程院院士、清华大学车辆与运载学院教授李克强与清华大学车辆与运载学院教授王建强。
• Xiaobo Qu serves as Executive Editor-in-Chief, also at the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University.执行主编为清华大学车辆与运载学院教授曲小波。
• The board includes nearly forty associate editors from institutions such as Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Delft University of Technology, KAIST, the University of Tokyo and New York University Abu Dhabi.编委会设有近 40 名副主编，来自清华大学、同济大学、代尔夫特理工大学、KAIST、东京大学和纽约大学阿布扎比分校等机构。
• A youth editorial board of more than twenty early-career researchers supports the journal, while He Chen and Yolanda Liu serve as managing and publishing editors at Tsinghua University Press.期刊另设 20 余名青年编委，管理编辑与出版编辑由清华大学出版社的 He Chen 与 Yolanda Liu 担任。
• The journal reports a first decision in about 7 days, acceptance in about 25 days and publication in about 60 days, with submissions processed through the Manuscript Central system.该刊首次决定约 7 天、接受约 25 天、出版约 60 天，投稿经 Manuscript Central 系统处理。
• It was among the first transportation and vehicle journals to require code and data sharing, asking accepted manuscripts to submit a replication package and encouraging authors to deposit data on the ETS-Data platform.该刊是首批要求代码与数据共享的交通和车辆类期刊之一，要求录用稿件提交复现数据包，并鼓励作者将数据存入 ETS-Data 交通数据共享平台。