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.

Honor

• The first “National Journal Award”
• China periodicals phalanx “Journal of Dual Award”
• The first prize of the national outstanding science and technology periodical prize competitions
• Chinese core periodicals
• Chinese Core Journal of Science and Technology
• Chinese applied core journals

Database

• Included in《World Journal Clout Index（WJCI）》report
• Included in high quality scientific and technological journals in railway transportation 
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• Journals included in DOAJ academic Database
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