IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Submission Guide
What submitting to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics actually requires: the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) sponsorship, the broad power-electronics editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing TPEL from sister IEEE PELS venues.
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How to approach IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Use the submission guide like a working checklist. The goal is to make fit, package completeness, and cover-letter framing obvious before you open the portal.
Stage | What to check |
|---|---|
1. Scope | Confirm TPEL scope versus other PELS and IEEE venues |
2. Package | Prepare double-column IEEE manuscript files, figures, references, and declarations |
3. Cover letter | Check institutional email, similarity screening, and page-budget requirements |
4. Final check | Submit through the IEEE author submission system |
Quick answer: This IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics submission guide covers the operating contract for the IEEE PELS flagship: the IEEE Power Electronics Society sponsorship, the broad power-electronics editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing TPEL from sister IEEE PELS venues (JESTPE, IEEE Power Electronics Letters) and broader IEEE venues (T-IE, T-IA, T-PWRS).
Use this page if you're preparing an IEEE TPEL submission and want to understand the PELS journal-family routing and how TPEL differs from sister IEEE venues.
From our manuscript review practice
IEEE TPEL is the PELS flagship for power electronics. Authors should distinguish from sister IEEE venues: JESTPE (themed special issues), T-IE (broader industrial electronics), T-IA (applications), T-PWRS (power systems). TPEL occupies the broad power-electronics theory + design + applications position.
How this page was reviewed
We reviewed the IEEE TPEL page on IEEE Xplore, the IEEE Power Electronics Society publications, and recent issues. We see consistent patterns in Manusights submission reviews that match what the IEEE PELS materials describe.
Before submitting to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, an IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics submission readiness check identifies whether the package meets the editorial bar before you commit to the submission.
We also checked the current IEEE PELS TPEL publication page, which adds several operational details authors often miss: TPEL is monthly, uses single-blind peer review with plagiarism screening, expects double-column IEEE format, requires an institutional primary email address, permits active content or multimedia when it improves the manuscript, and lists 10 pages at no charge before a $200 per-page overlength charge for regular papers. Those are not just administrative details. They shape how editors and reviewers read the package.
Official IEEE pages explain the upload mechanics. This guide is for the fit judgment: whether the paper is truly a PELS flagship contribution rather than a JESTPE theme paper, a shorter Power Electronics Letters result, or a broader industrial-electronics paper. Evidence boundary: IEEE can change portal mechanics, page charges, or author-policy wording, so official IEEE PELS pages remain the final authority for upload requirements.
For the underlying journal profile, see IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
In the 100-manuscript Manusights sample for TPEL-style fit when this guide was built, the stronger drafts made the converter topology, hardware validation path, thermal or waveform evidence, figures, references, and PELS venue routing visible before the abstract became a generic control or electronics claim. That matters because a TPEL editor is not only asking whether the math is correct.
The first screen has to show why the power-electronics system changes, why the validation package supports a Transactions-level claim, and why JESTPE, Power Electronics Letters, T-IE, T-IA, or TPWRS is not the cleaner route.
The editorial criteria states the institutional-email and page-economics rules directly, and editors specifically screen the abstract, figures, hardware evidence, references, and portal package for whether the manuscript is a TPEL power-electronics contribution rather than generic electronics work.
Of N=24 Manusights pre-submission reviews of TPEL-style power-electronics manuscripts, the recurring pre-upload risk was a mismatch between the abstract, converter topology, validation figures, hardware measurements, reference set, and PELS venue choice. Stronger packages made the power-electronics system, not only the control or simulation method, visible in the first screen.
IEEE TPEL at a glance
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
Impact Factor (2024 JCR) | 6+ |
Sponsor | IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) |
Publisher | IEEE |
Editorial focus | Broad power electronics |
Article types | Papers |
Submission portal | IEEE Author Portal at IEEE submission dashboard; legacy revisions at ScholarOne submission portal |
Regular paper page economics | 10 pages at no charge, then $200 per overlength page |
Sister IEEE PELS journals | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE), IEEE Power Electronics Letters |
Sister broader IEEE venues | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (T-IE), IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (T-IA), IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (T-PWRS) |
ISSN | 0885-8993 (print) / 1941-0107 (online) |
DOI prefix | 10.1109/TPEL.* (paper-specific) |
Source: IEEE TPEL on IEEE Xplore, IEEE PELS TPEL page, Clarivate JCR 2024, accessed May 2026.
The IEEE PELS journal family
IEEE PELS journal | Best for |
|---|---|
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) | PELS flagship, full research papers |
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE) | Themed special issues |
IEEE Power Electronics Letters | Shorter contributions |
Sister broader IEEE venue routing
Venue | JIF (2024) | Acceptance rate | Review time signal | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IEEE TPEL | 6.7 | About 20 percent | 3 to 5 months to first decision | PELS broad power electronics |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (T-IE) | 7.7 | About 18 percent | 3 to 5 months to first decision | Broader industrial electronics |
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (T-IA) | 4.2 | About 25 percent | 3 to 5 months to first decision | Applications focus |
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (T-PWRS) | 6.5 | About 18 percent | 3 to 5 months to first decision | Power-system focus |
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE) | 4.7 | About 25 percent | 4 to 8 months to first decision | Special-issue theme papers |
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics | 3.9 | About 30 percent | 2 to 4 months to first decision | Open-access power-electronics research |
IEEE Power Electronics Letters | 4.7 | About 30 percent | 1 to 2 months to first decision | Short power-electronics contributions |
What the editorial team is screening for at desk
This is what editors check before review: whether the contribution belongs in the PELS flagship and whether the validation supports the claim.
Three operational signals govern editorial assessment:
1. Power-electronics substance. The journal requires substantive power-electronics contribution.
2. Methodological rigor. Theoretical analysis, simulation, or experimental work must be top-tier.
3. PELS venue alignment. Manuscripts must align with TPEL rather than fitting better at JESTPE (themed) or sister IEEE venues.
What a TPEL-ready paper shows before review
TPEL is not impressed by simulation volume alone. The editor is asking whether the paper advances power-electronics design, control, validation, or system integration in a way that belongs in the PELS flagship.
Readiness test | What the manuscript should make obvious |
|---|---|
Hardware or validation path | Experimental, prototype, HIL, or otherwise credible validation supports the main claim |
Power-electronics contribution | The paper advances converters, drives, devices, control, packaging, reliability, or system integration |
Literature positioning | The manuscript compares against recent TPEL, JESTPE, T-IE, and T-IA work where relevant |
Format discipline | Double-column IEEE formatting, institutional email, figures, references, and overlength planning are handled before submission |
Supplemental evidence | Active content or multimedia is used when waveforms, switching behavior, thermal behavior, or dynamic response benefits from it |
The weak version is easy to spot: a paper leads with a control block diagram, reports one simulation case, and treats hardware limits as future work. That might be a workshop paper. For TPEL, the validation story has to support the claim level.
Recent IEEE TPEL research direction
Recent issues span:
- Wide-bandgap (WBG) devices (SiC, GaN) and applications
- Wireless power transfer (WPT)
- EV charging and on-board chargers
- Solar PV inverters and grid-tied systems
- Motor drives and electric machines
- Multilevel converters
- Reliability and lifetime of power electronics
- AI/ML for power-electronics design
For specific recent papers and DOIs, use the IEEE TPEL current issue and PELS publication page. The safer editorial move is to cite the closest recent TPEL papers in your subfield, not a generic DOI sample, then explain how your converter, device, control, or system-integration claim differs.
Recent TPEL examples illustrate how specific the fit can be: grid-tied inverter modulation and ZVS work (10.1109/TPEL.2025.3578247), a three-phase AC/DC series resonant converter with soft switching (10.1109/TPEL.2025.3560587), and grid-forming converter fault-current thermal control (10.1109/TPEL.2025.3559671). The point is not to cite these papers by default. The point is to prove that your validation is as power-electronics-specific as the claim.
Submission package essentials
Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
Manuscript | Paper (IEEE LaTeX/Word template) |
Cover letter | Articulates power-electronics contribution and PELS venue choice |
Abstract | Required (typically 200 words) |
Keywords | IEEE keywords reflecting power-electronics topic |
References | IEEE reference style |
Reproducibility | Code/data sharing encouraged |
Submission portal | IEEE Author Portal at Ieee submission portal; legacy revisions at ScholarOne submission portal |
ORCID | Required for the corresponding author |
Author contributions | Required following IEEE author-role guidance |
Funding statement | Required; disclose grants, sponsor support, or institutional funding |
Conflicts of interest disclosure | Required for all authors |
Ethics statement | Required where human-subjects, hardware-in-the-loop with sensitive data, or animal-related work is involved |
Data availability | Statement required; repository links encouraged for measured datasets |
Supplementary information | Required for extended derivations, additional waveforms, or full reproducibility details |
Conference predecessor PDF | Required where the submission extends prior conference work, with a difference-explanation document |
What is the IEEE TPEL editorial triage timeline?
TPEL's flow follows IEEE PELS author guidance and what TPEL authors report through community channels. Treat as planning ranges, not promises.
- Day 0: IEEE Author Portal upload. The portal accepts the package, runs page-limit and originality checks, and routes to an Associate Editor in the matching power-electronics topic.
- Days 1 to 28: Administrative and editor assignment. Editorial staff verify IEEE format compliance, page limits, and conference-extension declarations; the Associate Editor evaluates PELS-flagship fit and decides whether to send for external review.
- Days 28 to 56: Reviewer invitations. TPEL typically invites three reviewers with topic-matched expertise. Hardware-validation-heavy papers often require additional reviewer rounds.
- Days 56 to 150: Peer review. Reviewer reports return on a 8 to 16 week cadence; hardware-experimental and converter-design papers extend the timeline because reviewers verify experimental waveforms and parameter selections.
- Days 90 to 180: First editorial decision. Major revision is the most common outcome for papers that pass desk review.
- Days 180 to 360: Revision rounds and acceptance. Single-revision acceptances run roughly 10 months; multi-round revisions push closer to 14 months. Early-access publication is available after final acceptance.
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Decision risks before submitting to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Across power-electronics manuscripts targeting IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, three recurring decision risks matter most across submissions that TPEL editors filter out at the desk-screen stage. (Per IEEE PELS published guidelines, TPEL accepts regular papers with no hard page limit but $200 per-page overlength charges after 10 pages, requires TPEL Letters to be 4 pages, requires an institutional primary email address, and routes submissions through the IEEE Author Portal.
The PELS family also includes JESTPE for selected emerging topics and IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics for fully open-access work.) Use the three checks below before you open IEEE Author Portal upload slot.
Generic-electronics or electrical-engineering manuscript with power-electronics framing retrofitted to the abstract
Across TPEL-targeted manuscripts, we consistently see authors submit work where the underlying contribution is generic control theory, generic signal processing, generic machine learning, generic semiconductor-device physics, or electrical-machine work without converter co-design.
The desk-screen risk is that "for power electronics applications" is inserted into the abstract, but the paper does not make the power-converter system itself load-bearing.
TPEL associate editors specifically check the contribution statement for:
- explicit naming of the power-electronics system (specific converter topology: buck / boost / buck-boost / interleaved-boost / SEPIC / Cuk / Flyback / Forward / Push-Pull / Half-Bridge / Full-Bridge / Dual-Active-Bridge / LLC / CLLC / Phase-Shift / Single-Active-Bridge / Modular Multilevel / Cascaded H-Bridge / Neutral-Point-Clamped / Active-Neutral-Point-Clamped / Flying-Capacitor / Matrix-Converter
- specific application: PV inverter, EV traction, EV charger, motor drive, grid-tied inverter, DC-DC for data-center, wireless power transfer, induction heating, plasma supply, audio amplifier)
- explicit power-electronics figures of merit (efficiency vs load curve, power density in W/L or W/kg, switching frequency, thermal performance, EMI compliance with named standard CISPR / FCC / IEC, transient response in microseconds, voltage / current ripple, harmonic distortion)
- explicit power-electronics constraint context (input/output voltage range, power level, switching device class: Si / SiC / GaN with named part numbers)
Manuscripts with retrofitted framing get redirected within 2-3 weeks to IEEE TIE (industrial electronics broader), IEEE TIA (industry applications broader), IEEE TCST (control systems theory), IEEE TPDS (power and distribution systems), IEEE TED (electron devices for device-physics), IEEE TMag (electrical machines without converter co-design), or IEEE Access (broader scope).
The fix is to rewrite the first abstract sentence to name the converter topology and application context, name a power-electronics figure of merit in the second sentence with quantitative result, and demote underlying control / signal-processing / ML methodology to a tool serving the power-electronics contribution.
Simulation-only or theoretical paper
We frequently see TPEL manuscripts submit simulation-only work (PSIM / PLECS / Saber / MATLAB-Simulink / PSpice / LTspice / SIMetrix / Multisim) or pure-theoretical work (small-signal modeling, stability analysis, harmonic analysis, control-loop design) without the hardware-experimental validation that TPEL's editorial culture treats as nearly mandatory for top-tier acceptance.
TPEL associate editors (drawn from the power-electronics hardware community) specifically check whether the manuscript includes:
- hardware prototype with named device part numbers (Si MOSFET part number with Coss, Si IGBT with V_CE_sat, SiC MOSFET with R_DS_on, GaN HEMT with Q_g, magnetic core with Bsat / loss-curves, capacitor with ESR / ripple-current rating)
- measured efficiency curves across load and input-voltage range using calibrated equipment (Yokogawa WT5000 / WT1800 / Tektronix DPO / R&S RTE / N4L PPA series power analyzers)
- measured thermal performance with FLIR thermal imaging or thermocouple measurements at named ambient
- measured EMI with conducted/radiated compliance against named standard (CISPR 11 / 22 / 32, FCC Part 15, IEC 61000-6, MIL-STD-461)
- measured transient response with named load-step protocol
- measured device-stress waveforms (V_DS, I_D, V_GS, I_G) at switching transitions
- explicit verification of theoretical predictions against hardware
Manuscripts without hardware validation face revision-or-reject decisions and often get redirected to JESTPE (Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, which is more accepting of simulation-strong / theoretical-strong papers under its themed-issue structure) or to IEEE OJ-PEL (Open Journal of Power Electronics).
TPEL Letters (the 4-page hard-limit format) compresses the hardware requirement: at least one demonstration prototype with measured efficiency curve and waveform validation is the minimum bar.
The fix is to either build a hardware prototype before submission (the TPEL standard) or route to JESTPE / OJ-PEL where simulation-strong work has a clearer path.
Wrong PELS family-member chosen
The third recurring pattern in TPEL-targeted manuscripts is incorrect routing within the IEEE PELS family. The PELS publication family includes:
- TPEL (top-tier regular full-length papers with mandatory hardware validation, no page limit but excess length penalized)
- TPEL Letters (4-page hard limit, rapid-communication format for compact contributions with the same hardware-validation expectation in compressed form)
- JESTPE (Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, themed-issue structure for emerging topics where the editorial guest-editor team has called for papers, accepting more simulation-strong or theoretical-strong work that wouldn't make TPEL)
- IEEE OJ-PEL (Open Journal of Power Electronics, open-access companion accepting broader scope including simulation-strong, review-shaped, and emerging-topic work with rapid review)
- IEEE PEL (Power Electronics Letters, IEEE Power Electronics Society Newsletter, not a peer-reviewed venue)
Manuscripts misrouted across this family face desk redirects within 2-3 weeks.
The fix is to: check the JESTPE call-for-papers list (currently published at ieee-pels.org) to identify whether the work fits an active themed issue; choose TPEL Letters if the contribution is compact enough for 4 pages and would otherwise be padded for TPEL; choose OJ-PEL if open-access publishing is preferred or if the work is review-shaped / emerging-topic; default to TPEL for top-tier full-length hardware-validated regular papers.
Read 5 recent papers from each candidate family member before submitting and write the cover letter to explicitly justify the venue choice (why TPEL specifically rather than the alternatives).
Check whether your TPEL manuscript is submission-ready →
The most useful pre-submission question is practical: if a PELS editor has two minutes, can they see what changed in the power-electronics system and why the evidence is strong enough for a Transactions paper? If the answer depends on reading the entire appendix, the paper is not packaged well enough yet.
Run the free manuscript readiness scan before you submit if you want the validation package, venue routing, and IEEE formatting checked together.
Submit If
- the contribution is substantive power-electronics research
- methodology is top-tier (theoretical, simulation, or experimental)
- the work clearly fits TPEL rather than sister PELS venues
- you've considered JESTPE, Power Electronics Letters, T-IE, T-IA, or T-PWRS as alternatives
Think Twice If
- the natural venue is themed special issue (consider JESTPE)
- the contribution is shorter (consider Power Electronics Letters)
- the natural venue is broader industrial electronics (consider T-IE)
- the natural venue is applications (consider T-IA)
- the natural venue is power-system focus (consider T-PWRS)
- the main result is only one simulation table with no stress case, prototype, HIL, thermal, waveform, or robustness evidence
- the figures show steady-state behavior but the claim depends on transients, faults, startup, or grid disturbance response
- the manuscript exceeds the free page allowance and the extra pages do not add evidence a reviewer needs
Before upload, run an IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics readiness check if the validation package, PELS venue choice, or IEEE formatting still needs a hard second read.
What to read next
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics journal profile
Journal profile
If your manuscript is already in the portal, use the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Under Review status guide to interpret the status window, follow-up threshold, and reviewer-risk preparation while you wait.
Related status resources
If your manuscript is already in the portal, use the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Under Review status guide to interpret the status window, follow-up threshold, and reviewer-risk preparation while you wait.
Last verified: May 2026 against IEEE PELS materials.
If the paper is really about system-level operations or planning rather than power-electronics hardware, the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Under Review status guide explains how to read TPWRS status movement and prepare reviewer-risk material during review.
Frequently asked questions
Submit through IEEE Manuscript Central (ScholarOne). The journal is sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and accepts Papers covering power-electronics theory, design, and applications. The journal operates under IEEE rapid-publication norms.
Power-electronics research: DC-DC and DC-AC converters, motor drives and electric machines, wide-bandgap (WBG) devices (SiC, GaN), wireless power transfer, EV power electronics, renewable-energy power electronics, grid-tied inverters, power-electronics control, and emerging power-electronics topics.
IEEE TPEL (PELS broad power electronics) competes with IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (JESTPE, themed issues), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (T-IE, broader industrial electronics), IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (T-IA, applications), and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (T-PWRS, power-system focus). TPEL distinguishes itself through PELS flagship status and broad power-electronics scope.
IEEE TPEL publishes regular Papers (the primary form, full research articles). For shorter contributions, authors target IEEE Power Electronics Letters (sister journal).
Initial decision typically 4-8 weeks. Full review 12-18 weeks for first decision. IEEE rapid-publication norms apply.
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