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IEICE Transactions on Communications

Maruzen Co., Ltd/Maruzen Kabushikikaisha · Japan

ISSN0916-8516eISSN1745-1345

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.269

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.33

Total Worksi

10,911

Total Citationsi

50,280

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications; Computer Networks and Communications; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 139 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications10,911

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Maruzen Co., Ltd/Maruzen Kabushikikaisha

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0916-8516 / 1745-1345

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

190

689

2019

165

709

2020

165

617

2021

136

379

2022

130

301

2023

135

999

2024

151

124

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ3

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsSoftwareElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wireless Communication Networks ResearchAdvanced Wireless Communication TechniquesAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCooperative Communication and Network CodingAdvanced Wireless Network OptimizationNetwork Traffic and Congestion ControlAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesAntenna Design and AnalysisMobile Ad Hoc NetworksOptical Network Technologies

Frequently asked questions about IEICE Transactions on Communications

Is IEICE Transactions on Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEICE Transactions on Communications: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEICE Transactions on Communications?

IEICE Transactions on Communications is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.00.

Is IEICE Transactions on Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEICE Transactions on Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEICE Transactions on Communications?