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IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Impact Factor: 4.7
Scope:
TPWRD welcomes papers related to the following three aspects of electric apparatus or equipment for power transmission and distribution:
- Innovations in T&D apparatus include novel concepts, designs, and testing methods. Example apparatus is HVDC converters and FACTS devices; harmonic filters; protective relays; transformers, solid-state transformer applications in T&D, grid integration of data centers and other large loads, cables, and overhead conductors; circuit-breakers, reclosers, and fault current limiters; CT, PT, PMU applications to employ Wide Area Protection, Automation and Control (WAMPAC) schemes, Synchronization schemes, fault recorder and power quality monitor; substation and grounding structure and so on.
- Apparatus related modelling, analysis, implementation, and application issues. Examples are power system protection; electromagnetic transients’ simulation and analysis; power quality & grounding; HVDC configurations, Multi-terminal HVDC Systems, and novel transmission schemes; equipment condition monitoring, parameter estimation, and life prediction; fault detection and analysis; measurement and instrumentation and so on.
- Research leading to the development of apparatus related standards. Example standards are recommended guides for substation grounding practice, surge arrester applications, and power quality limits.
More specifically topics covered within TPWRD are:
Insulated Conductors
- Construction and design of cables (materials and manufacturing)
- Construction, design, and testing of cable accessories (cable terminations and joints)
- Construction, operation, and testing of the cable system
- Assembly, operation, and testing of station, control (including fiberoptic), and utilization cables (non-transmission and distribution cables)
Power System Communications (with application to the topics of TPWRD)
- Communication systems
- Communication media
- Communication protocols
- Communication standardization
Power System Instrumentation and Measurements
- Digital technology for measurements
- Electricity metering for high voltage transmission systems
- High voltage testing
- Measurement techniques for impedance elements
Power System Relaying
- Digital protection systems
- Adaptive protections
- Power system protection
- Protection of electrical equipment
- Relaying communications
- Relaying for consumer interface
Substations
- Substation automation
- Intelligent electronic devices (IEDs)
- Programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Substation design
- High voltage power electronics converter/inverter stations
- Gas insulated substations (GIS)
- HVAC and HVDC grounding
Surge Protective Devices
- Design/testing of high voltage surge protective devices (>1000 V)
- Application of high voltage surge protective devices (>1000 V)
- Design/testing of low voltage surge protective devices (<1000 V)
- Application of low voltage surge protective devices (<1000 V)
Switchgear
- Interruption phenomena
- Fuses
- Low voltage switchgear
- High voltage circuit breakers
- Reclosers and sectionalizers
Transformers
- Power and instrument transformers
- Insulating fluids
- Dielectric testing
- Audible noise and vibration
- Transformer modeling techniques
Transmission and Distribution
- AC transmission and distribution facilities
- Lightning phenomena and insulator performance
- Overhead line conductors: thermal and mechanical aspects
- Corona, electric, and magnetic fields
- Towers, poles, and hardware
- Capacitors, shunt and series capacitor banks, and harmonic filter banks
- HVDC transmission and distribution
- FACTS and power electronic applications to AC transmission
- Solid-state transformer applications in T&D: specific emphasis on EMT modelling and harmonic instability Converter-driven stability
- EMT interactions
- Grid-Forming inverters.
- Sub-Synchronous Resonance (SSR) and Sub-Synchronous Control Interaction (SSCI), harmonic instability,
- impedance-based analysis, especially when related to HVDC, FACTS, protection, EMT simulation, and power quality.
- Harmonics and power quality
- Transients, switching surges, and electromagnetic noise.
- Maintenance and operation of overhead lines
- Work procedures, safety, tools, and equipment.
- Superconductivity analysis and devices
- Distributed resources
- Grid integration of large loads (e.g. Data Centers) for EMT and power quality studies.
The following topic areas are NOT within the scope of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
- Pure steady-state power system operation, optimization, and planning studies
- Purely power system-level stability studies lacking connection to EMTs, protection, or apparatus behaviour
- Primarily on converter topologies or converter control design; these are more appropriate for IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Energy management and tertiary control of AC/DC microgrids without an apparatus, EMT level interactions or protection focus
- Market, scheduling, and economic dispatch research
- Transportation electrification studies without broader relevance to T&D apparatus
- Design, optimization and control of power converters with consideration of network.
- Converter topology and modulation design without emphasis on T&D applications
- Fundamental dielectric materials science without apparatus applications
- Physics of dielectrics and the breakdown theory.
- In transformer and insulated conductors(cables)
- dielectric phenomena and measurements to analyze these phenomena.
- properties of the electrical insulation materials without application to apparatus
- Fundamental plasma physics without relevance to switching/interruption performance of power apparatus.
- Only dealing with the communication network perspective without any application to the topics of TPWRD
- High voltage engineering with an emphasis on material characterization and/or testing, and other Industrial applications of High Voltage
The scope of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery embraces innovations in electric apparatus for power delivery with a main focus on power transmission and distribution components. It also covers apparatus modeling, analysis, implementation and application issues such as power system protection, instrumentation, communication, and grounding; electromagnetic transients and power quality; and substation automation. The Transaction’s scope further includes research works leading to power engineering standards.
Peer Review
The articles in this journal are peer reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual (sections 8.2.1.C & 8.2.2.A). Each published article was reviewed by a minimum of two independent reviewers using a single-anonymous peer review process, where the identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors. Articles will be screened for plagiarism before acceptance. Corresponding authors from low-income countries are eligible for waived or reduced open access APCs.
About resubmission of a rejected paper
Rejected papers should not be resubmitted without being substantially revised. After revision, rejected papers can be resubmitted no sooner than 3 months after the date of the rejection. A resubmitted paper will be treated as new submission and must adhere to the same page limit as any other newly submitted paper. If the paper is rejected for the second time, the paper cannot be resubmitted any more even if further modified. The authors must also indicate in the letter to the editor how the paper has been modified. Since the resubmitted paper is not treated as a revision, the authors should not include a separate document in which they address the comments of the reviewers. All modifications should be briefly stated in the letter to the editor. If the paper was rejected from one of the PES journals and the authors have revised the paper and resubmit it to another PES journal they must also indicate in the letter to the editor which journal the paper was submitted to originally and what was the reference number of the rejected paper.
Policy on papers published at PES financially sponsored conferences:
The Authors who have presented the paper(s) at the IEEE PES financially sponsored conferences listed below are eligible to submit the extended version of their conference paper(s) to one of IEEE PES Transactions for consideration of publication. The extended paper requires at least 60% additional new material relative to the original conference paper and is subject to a regular review process of the respective PES Transactions. The original conference paper should be referenced in the extended journal paper and new contributions with respect to the conference paper clearly identified. The final decision for publication on the extended paper is made by the Editor-in-Chief of the respective journal.
- PES General Meeting
- IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D)
- IEEE PES Grid Edge Conference & Expo
- PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (Latin America, Europe, Asia. Middle East)
- PES PowerTech
- PES PowerAfrica
- IEEE PES GTD Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia (GTD Asia)
- IEEE Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies Conference (EESAT)
- IEEE PES Energy & Policy Forum
- IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power & Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC)
Publications Policies
- IEEE PES Publications Policies for Authors [PDF 559KB]
Open Access
This publication is a hybrid journal, allowing either Traditional manuscript submission or Open Access (author-pays OA) manuscript submission.
The OA option, if selected, enables unrestricted public access to the article via IEEE Xplore. The OA option will be offered to the author at the time the manuscript is submitted. If selected, the OA discounted fee of $2,495 must be paid before the article is published in the journal. If you have unusual circumstances about this, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. Any other applicable charges (such as the over-length page charge and/or charge for the use of color in the print format) will be billed separately once the manuscript formatting is complete but prior to the publication.
The traditional option, if selected, enables access to all qualified subscribers and purchasers via IEEE Xplore. No OA payment is required.
Open Access Article Processing Charges
US $2495 for articles submitted in 2024. APC US $2645 for articles submitted in 2025.
- IEEE Members receive a 5% discount
- IEEE Society Members receive a 20% discount
- Discounts cannot be combined
- Discounts do not apply to undergraduate and graduate students
- Information about IEEE’s Low and Lower-middle Income Country Program is available
Some institutions offer assistance for open access funding. Check our institutional partners list to see if yours is one.
Table of Contents & Abstract
Volume 41, Number 4, August 2026
Volume 41, Number 3, June 2026
Volume 41, Number 2, April 2026
Volume 41, Number 1, February 2026
Volume 40, Number 6, December 2025
Volume 40, Number 5, October 2025
Volume 40, Number 4, August 2025
Volume 40, Number 3, June 2025
Volume 40, Number 2, April 2025
Volume 40, Number 1, February 2025
Volume 39, Number 6, December 2024
Volume 39, Number 5, October 2024
Volume 39, Number 4, August 2024
Volume 39, Number 3, June 2024
Volume 39, Number 2, April 2024
Volume 39, Number 1, February 2024
Volume 38, Number 6, December 2023
Volume 38, Number 5, October 2023
Volume 38, Number 4, August 2023
Volume 38, Number 3, June 2023
Volume 38, Number 2, April 2023
Volume 38, Number 1, February 2023
Volume 37 Number 6, December 2022
Volume 37 Number 5, October 2022
Volume 37 Number 4, August 2022
Call for Special Section
Visionary Series
1. Purpose
The Visionary Paper Series is designed for seasoned researchers or technical committees to share their visions on a significant trend or technical challenge facing power industry or to present innovative ideas/concepts that may produce a wide range of impacts. A paper of this series is intended to promote, influence or lead the research activities in the subject area. It also serves as an archive and recognition of the authors’ technical leadership and contribution.
2. General Requirements
A candidate paper for the Visionary Paper Series is not a review paper. In consistent with PWRD’s editorial philosophy, papers of interest are expected to deal with contemporary, concrete as well as realistic issues with a time horizon less than 10 to 20 years. Authors must have done some related research work. A paper should include the following components in general, with Components 3 and 4 constituting a substantial part of the paper (>50%):
3. Explanation of the subject and justification for its significance
2. Review and assessment of current developments
3. Presentation of some relevant research progresses made by the authors
4. Visions of the authors, such as research needs, strategies to move forward, methodologies and examples, how to make use of recent developments and so on.
3. Process of Submission and Review
We plan to publish 1 paper per issue on average in a series for the next 2 to 3 years.
The submission to publication process is as follows:
1. Authors email a 2~3 page proposal to the EIC of PWRD at any time (see next page for an example)
2. The proposal is reviewed by the editorial board. Feedbacks are provided to authors
3. If the proposal is accepted, authors have 6 months to prepare and submit the paper
4. The papers are reviewed with experienced but open-minded reviewers
5. For accepted papers, a webinar will be held during the early access period of the paper
6. Reader discussions and author clauses are also collected during the period
7. The papers are published along with the discussions/closures
4. Dissemination and Promotion of Accepted Papers
For each accepted paper, a webinar will be held for the authors to share their visions.
Furthermore, discussions submitted by readers (for example, because of the webinar) and authors’ clauses will be published together with the paper. Selected comments from reviewers and responses from authors may also be published subject to the consent of authors and reviewers. If there is a sufficient interest, an interest/discussion group can be set up using the IEEE Collabratec platform for continued exchange with the authors.
Recent Improvements
Since January 2021, the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery accepts initial submission of papers with up to 10 pages. Please note that overlength charges apply for every page in excess of 8.
Over-length Page Charges
Transactions papers are limited to 10 pages at first submission. Papers exceeding 10 pages will be returned without review. Revised papers submitted in response to Revise and Resubmit decisions may exceed 10 pages. For papers submitted 1 January, 2024 or later the over-length page charges are $250 per each page in excess of the first 12 published pages. For papers submitted 1 January, 2023 – 21 December, 2023 the over-length page charges are $200 per each page in excess of the first 10 published pages. Papers submitted prior to 2023 will have over-length page charges of $150 per page for anything in excess of the first 8 published pages.
Useful Links
Preparation and Submission of Transactions Papers
Templates and Sample of PES Technical Papers
Manuscript Submission Site for the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Every effort will be made to complete the review of your manuscript in three months. If the review has substantially exceeded three months, you may send an inquiry to . Be sure to include the manuscript ID number.