Discover Internet of Things' 5th Anniversary - Hear from the Editor-in-Chief
Published in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Computational Sciences
This post is part of the “Celebrating Five Years of the Discover Journals” series, highlighting Discover journals and the people who have played a key role in shaping their development. The series aims to spotlight the leadership, values, and vibrant communities behind the journals.
Discover Internet of Things, launched in 2021, is an open access journal publishing research across all fields relevant to the Internet of Things (IoT), providing cutting-edge findings to researchers, academicians, students, and engineers.
- Indexed in DOAJ, Ei Compendex and Scopus with a CiteScore 2025 of 6.9.
- Publishing research at the component and system level as well as programming and software.
- A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.
As we celebrate five years of the journal, we are delighted to share insights from the Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ishfaq Ahmad
“I conceived and joined Discover IoT as the founding editor-in-chief (EIC). The three notable changes since the inception of this journal are: The AI revolution, the global research competition, and the staggering amount of IoT-related research output.
Discover IoT will continue to improve the quality of its publications, secure additional indexing, maintain its integrity and fairness, and provide excellent customer service. My proudest moment as EIC has yet to come, as I continue to raise my own high expectations. However, I feel a great deal of satisfaction with this journal's success, as it has established itself as a quintessence entity in the publishing arena. I am very grateful to the excellent Springer Nature management, the journal staff, the editorial board members, the reviewers, the authors, and the readers.”
Please stay tuned for more posts from our anniversary celebrations!
Yina Liu is the Publisher of the Discover series journals. She specializes in Open Access publishing and has extensive expertise in journal management. Yina is dedicated to fostering innovation in scholarly communication and supporting the growth of high-quality, accessible research.
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