'' Electronics Letters ''is a

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published biweekly by the

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. It specializes in the rapid publication of short communications on all areas of

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, including optical, communication, and biomedical engineering, as well as electronic circuits and signal processing. In 2010 Electronics Letters was relaunched with a new section at the start of each issue. This section focuses on selected papers within the issue, providing expanded context and background to the research reported, through magazine-style news articles and interviews with the researchers behind the work. The articles are designed to be accessible to a general engineering audience and were made available free of charge, without a subscription, from the journal's website. In 2013 a hybrid open-access model was introduced providing authors whose papers have been accepted for publication with an open access publication option.

History

In 1965, the British engineer and professor Peter Clarricoats, along with the association of

Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of T ...

, pioneered a peer-reviewed platform out of the necessity to quickly disseminate the latest researches in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. He became the first editor-in-chief of Electronics Letters. At present, professor Ian H. White, Head of Photonics Research at the

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and professor Chris Toumazou of

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a ...

are the editors-in-chief of Electronics Letters.

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