Introduction to the Winter 2024 Issue

Abstract

Welcome to Volume 4 of IEEE JOURNAL OF MICROWAVES! In this issue, we bring you 11 quality papers: two invited and nine regular submissions. We also celebrate six of our Outstanding Reviewers of 2023 and announce our IEEE JOURNAL OF MICROWAVES 2022 Best Paper prize. Our author and reader pools continue to expand and our usage counts per article published now exceed 1530. All of our 232 published articles from 2021 to 2023 now appear on Clarivate's Web of Science and we are looking forward to possibly receiving an impact factor this July. Remember to take a look at our solicitation for papers that can fit into our Microwaves in Climate Change special issue, which we intend to release before the end of 2024. INDEX TERMS Winter issue, opening editorial, 2023 outstanding reviewers, reviewer recognition, 2022 best paper prize. I. JMW NEWS TC-2 TOPIC EDITOR: DESIGN AUTOMATION QIJUN ZHANG (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D.