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IEEE Transactions on Communications

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States

ISSN0090-6778eISSN1558-0857

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

3.492

H-Index

309

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.616

Total Works

17,757

Total Citations

700,851

2yr Mean Citedness

4.42

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Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) publishes high-quality papers reporting theoretical and experimental advances in the general area of communications. TCOM is committed to provide a timely and rigorous peer-review process for all submitted papers. TCOM has a broad scope spanning several areas such as wireless communications, wired communications, optical communications and quantum communications. For classical communication systems, TCOM main focus is on the physical layer, although papers on cross-layer design and networking are also welcome as long as the reported results are based on a realistic model for the physical layer. For quantum communication systems, TCOM welcomes papers in the broad area of quantum communications and quantum networks. Contributions in emerging areas such as molecular communications, THz-communications, wireless power transfer, massive MIMO, etc. are particularly welcome.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications17,757

Publisher OrgIEEE Communications Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewrigorous peer-review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0090-6778 / 1558-0857

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

rigorous peer-review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Wireless Communication TechniquesWireless Communication Networks ResearchAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCooperative Communication and Network CodingError Correcting Code Techniques