Establishment year: 1960

Governing body: CRRC Corporation Limited

Sponsor: CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd.

Publisher: Editorial Department of Electric Drive for Locomotives

ISSN: 1000-128X    CN: 43-1125/U

Publication Frequency: Bimonthly

Electric Drive for Locomotives was founded in 1960 and is publicly distributed at home and abroad. The journal has been selected as a Chinese Core Journal and a Key Magazine of China Technology. It is one of the earliest journals in China in the field of rail traction power technology, and also one of the first nationally recognized academic journals. The journal was formerly known as "Electric Locomotives", and was officially renamed to its current title "Electric Drive for Locomotives" in 1972.

The journal aims to promote technical policies in the rail transit industry, timely report on new theories, technologies, and methods in the industry, support the dissemination and application of technological innovations, and foster the technological advancement and industrial development. The content of the journal covers various types of vehicles and their related technologies, including locomotives, motor trains, urban rail vehicles, intercity trains, maglev trains, trams, and intelligent rail transit vehicles. The primary readership includes researchers, university faculty and students in the fields of rail transit and locomotives, as well as professionals and managers in related industries.

The journal welcomes submissions of academic papers, review articles, and other research achievements that represent the cutting edge in the fields of rail transit and locomotives.

Railway Rolling Stock, Electric Traction and Control, Intelligent Technology, Low-carbon Technology, Railway Electrification, Reliability Engineering, High-power Devices, Communication and Signal, High-speed Railway, Advanced Transport Equipment, Detection Technology, General, etc.

Major Honors:

§   The winner of the 1st "National Journal Award"; the "Double Award" journal of China journals formation

§   The winner of the first prize of the National Excellent Scientific and Technological Journals Competition; The winner of the 1st "Excellent Hunan Publications"

§   One of the Top 10 Scientific and Technological Journals of Hunan Province

Indexing & Abstracting:

§   A Guide to the Chinese Core Journals

§   One of the Key Magazines of China Technology

§   World Journals Clout Index (WJCI) Report of Scientific and Technological Periodicals

§   The Grading of High-quality Science and Technology Periodicals in the Railway Transportation Field

§   Included in the EBSCO academic database (USA)

§   Included in the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) database

§   Included in the database of Wanfang Data

§   Included in the Chongqing VIP database

§   Included in the database of Chaoxing Publishing Platform