Publishing impactful research in the field of electronics is no small feat, requiring a delicate balance of technical excellence, clarity of communication, and adherence to ethical standards. Few individuals understand this intricate process better than Prof. Giovanni Ghione, a leading figure in electronic devices, microwave electronics, and optoelectronics. With an exceptional career spanning a decade, Prof. Ghione has served not only as an academic leader but also as a guiding force in scientific publishing through his extensive work with the IEEE.

As an Associate Editor (2010–2015) and later the Editor-in-Chief (2016–2022) of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Prof. Ghione has been instrumental in shaping the publication landscape, offering invaluable guidance to researchers worldwide. Currently serving as Vice-President for Publication and Products of the IEEE Electron Devices Society (2024–2025), he continues to influence the evolution of scholarly communication.

This article distills insights from Prof. Ghione’s workshop at the IEEE Authorship and Open Access Symposium, titled Tips and Best Practices to Get Published from IEEE Editors. Divided into four key sections—Publishing Choices, Paper Structure, Submissions Process and Peer Review, and The Importance of Ethics in Publishing—this piece offers a comprehensive roadmap for researchers aspiring to navigate the publishing world with confidence and success.

• Reputation of Publisher: Does it have a long history and strong reputation? As a credible source for quality Information?
• Journal Quality: What are the citation metrics. Does it have an Impact Factor (IF), Eigenfactor, Article Influence Score or other citation metrics?
• Indexing: Is the journal listed and indexed in scholarly journal databases such as Web of Sciences, Scopus, or the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)? This helps ensure your work is discoverable, read and cited.
• Peer Review: Does the journal have a strong peer review process that can even help you improve your work and the chances of it being cited? *Peer Review is one of the ways in which you can improve your paper*
• Platform: Does the journal platform receive significant traffic, is it really accessible and stable?

• IEEE has been a trusted voice for engineering and technology with a long history back to 1884.
• IEEE journals are trusted, respected, and rank among the most highly cited in their fields.
• There are over 8 million monthly users of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
• All publications follow IEEE’s established rigorous peer review process, publishing principles and quality standards.
• IEEE maintains partnerships with Abstracting and Indexing providers such as Elsevier, EBSCO, OCLC, Clarivate, ProQuest, CrossRef, and NLM to maximize the discovery of author works
• Indexed by Google, allowing Google search results to include links to IEEE Xplore

• Select just one target publication; concurrent submissions are unethical.
• Start by looking at the publications cited in your references.
• Ask Your Supervisor or other colleagues experienced in publishing for recommendations.
• Read the Aims & Scope of your potential targets and publications therein to ensure your article is a good fit.
• Check out the IEEE Publication Recommender in the IEEE Author Center
• Search by using your article keywords, article or even your abstract. Compare journal impact indicators, submission to publication time, and more
• https://publication-recommender.ieee.org

A Journal article is fully developed presentation of your work and its final findings

• Original research results presented, unless the paper is a review paper – beware!
• Clear conclusions are made and supported by the data

A Conference paper can be written while research is ongoing

• Can present preliminary results or highlight recent work
• Gain informal feedback to use in your research
• Typically, shorter than journal articles, with less detail and fewer references

Giovanni’s Comment: In many disciplinary fields, getting published in a journal is seen as a greater achievement on a CV than a conference paper since conferences are seen as more raw, preliminary research output – through many IEEE conferences are highly selective!

	IEEE Journals	IEEE Conferences
Advantages	IEEE Journals represent some of the top cited journals in the field according to annual journal Citation reports and are cited nearly 3X more often in patents than other publishers*.	IEEE Conference proceedings are recognized worldwide as the most vital collection of consolidated published articles in EE, Computer Science, and Related Fields.
Disadvantages	The acceptance rate of a quality scholarly journal is rather low, so the change of submission being rejected can be pretty high.	Per IEEE Policy, if you don’t present your article at the conference, it may be suppressed in IEEE Xplore and not indexed in other databases.

*Source: www.ieee.org/citations, www.ieee.org/patentcitations

• IEEE has more than 230 periodicals covering a wide range of technical areas.
  Review the journal listings:-
  Who reads it
  What they publish
  What types of articles are they looking for?
• IEEE publishers approx. 2,000 leading-edge conference proceedings every year
  Review the conference calendar:-
  Find a good match for your research subject matter
  Ensure you will be available to present

• IEEE offers more than 30 technically focused gold fully open access journals and approx. 180 hybrid journals
• Publishing OA articles offers:
  • Greater visibility (more chances to be read and cited)
  • Shorter submission to publication time
  • Compliance with funder mandates or publishing policies of your institution