J-ISPIN
3.8 CiteScore | 2.9 Impact Factor
The IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation (J-ISPIN) publishes original research in the fields of localization and tracking of people, robots and objects. It covers all aspects of localization systems, including sensing, communications, location-based services, mapping, protocols, human interfaces and standards. The scope includes methods and systems addressing indoor environments as well as those enabling seamless transition between heterogeneous indoor contexts or between indoor and outdoor environments, for example where Global Navigation Satellites Systems are underperforming or unavailable.

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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation received:
Impact Factor of 2.9
Impact Factor = citations received in 2025 to articles published in 2023 and 2024 / articles published in 2023 and 2024
Immediacy Index of 0.7
Immediacy Index = citations received in 2025 to articles published in 2025 / articles published in 2025

Scopus Citation Data

In terms of 2025 Scopus citation data, the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation received:
CiteScore of 3.8
CiteScore = citations received in 2023-2025 to articles published in 2023-2025 / articles published in 2023-2025
SCImago journal rank (SJR) of 0.522
SJR measures weighted citations received by the journal. Citation weighting depends on subject field and prestige (SJR) of the citing journal.

Indexing Information

IEEE JISPIN has active partnerships with the following abstracting and indexing (A&I) providers. For more information please click here.

  • Directory of Open Access Journals
  • EBSCOhost
  • Ei Compendex
  • Google Scholar
  • Scopus
  • Web of Science