November 2026 | VOLUME 02 | JSTEGY (ISSN 3066-2494)
Dear Readers,
I am very pleased to let you know that articles for the second and third selected topics of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation (JSTEAP) are now available! These selected topics are, AI for Electromagnetics, Antennas, Propagation, Communication Channels and, and Programmable Metamaterials and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.
Selected Article Highlights Include:
- Graphic Antenna: Reconciling Performance, Freedom, and Efficiency Using Hybrid Knowledge-Guided and Data-Driven Technology
- AI-Driven 6G Pervasive Predictive Wireless Channel Modeling for IEEE P1944 Standardization: A Comprehensive Survey
- AI-Assisted Data-Driven RFIC Designs: A Review of Recent Progress, Design Frameworks, and Challenges
- High-Efficiency Anomalous Reflection Synthesis Using Beyond-Diagonal RISs
- Pulse-Driven Reconfigurable Transmissive Huygens’ Metasurface for Beam-Steering
Together with the inaugural selected topic of Integrated Sensing and Communication, which has received over 85,000 full-text views, over 60 articles have now been published in JSTEAP. In the near future, our fourth selected topic on Electromagnetic Signal and Information Technology (ESIT) will also appear.
Become a pioneer and join the authors who have already published in this exciting new journal.
Three exciting selected topics are calling for paper submissions:
- Reconfigurable Antennas and Fluid Antenna Systems: submission deadline by 31 January 2027 Lead Guest Editor: Yi Huang
- Radio Telescopes for the New Millennium: submission deadline by 1 March 2027 Lead Guest Editor: David Davidson
- Space Technologies and Applications in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation: submission deadline by 1 July 2027 Lead Guest Editor: Buon Kiong Lau
Interested in shaping the future of the field? We invite you to submit proposals for future JSTEAP selected topics. Leading a Guest Editorship is a unique opportunity to curate high-impact collections that become vital references for the community. Learn more about submitting your proposal here.
JSTEAP is a fully open access journal co-sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S), and IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). The focus of JSTEAP is on contributions that bridge the gaps between electromagnetics, communications, and microwave technology; manuscripts incorporating at least two of these aspects are particularly encouraged. Each issue of JSTEAP is devoted to a specific technical topic, providing readers with a collection of up-to-date papers.
Wishing you all much success in your future endeavors, and I hope you enjoy reading the latest articles and consider submitting articles and proposals to JSTEAP.
Prof. Ross Murch Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation
November 2025 | VOLUME 01 | JSTEGY (ISSN 3066-2494)
Dear Readers,
I would like to warmly welcome you to the first newsletter of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation (JSTEAP).
JSTEAP follows in the footsteps of several very successful selected topic journals within the IEEE family, including the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IF 17.2) and the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (IF 13.7), where each issue is devoted to a specific technical topic. The broad mission of these selected topic journals including JSTEAP, is to provide readers with a collection of up-to-date papers on a selected topic that become valuable and timely references for the research community.
In November 2025 the first issue of JSTEAP was published featuring 26 papers including, review, technical and survey papers. The selected topic for the first issue was Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), epitomizing an intradisciplinary research area that is within the interests of all three cosponsoring societies. Six papers from this issue are highlighted at the end of this email.
To follow this exciting start to JSTEAP I would like to encourage you to become a pioneer and submit to one of the next three selected topics for JSTEAP:
- AI for Electromagnetics, Antennas, Propagation, Communication Channels and Microwave Circuits: submission deadline by 15 December 2025
Lead Guest Editor: Zhi Ning Chen - Programmable Metamaterials and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: submission deadline 27 February 2026
Lead Guest Editors: Tie Jun Cui and Douglas Werner - ESIT for Electromagnetics, Antennas, Propagation and Channel Models: submission deadline 15 March 2026
Lead Guest Editor: Marco Di Renzo
Details of the scope and submission process for papers can be found at: https://ieeeaps.org/submit-manuscript
I would also like to encourage you to consider becoming Guest Editors or submitting manuscripts to this new journal and becoming pioneers in the genesis and success of JSTEAP. Please view our webpages for detailed instructions on how to become a Guest Editor or submit manuscripts. Calls for Guest Editors.
JSTEAP is proudly co-sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S), and the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and therefore provides an exciting bridge that can span these three societies through common interests such as wireless communications.
Happy reading!
Prof. Ross Murch
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation
6 Highlighted papers from the first issue of JSTEAP
- In-Band Full-Duplex for Integrated Sensing and Communication: A Review and Perspective on Advances in Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Propagation
- Inverse Scattering Approach to Integration of Communication and Sensing
- Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) Transceiver: Hardware Architectures, Enabling Technologies, and Emerging Trends
- Network-Level ISAC Design: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Opportunities
- ISAC Imaging by Channel State Information using Ray Tracing for Next Generation 6G
- Integrated Sensing and Communication in Wi-Fi and Cellular: An Industry and Standards Perspective