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Wireless Personal Communications

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands

ISSN0929-6212eISSN1572-834X
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.49
H-Indexi
110
SNIPi
0.915
Total Worksi
13,478
Total Citationsi
169,845
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.85
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
69
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Wireless Personal Communications is an archival, peer reviewed, scientific and technical journal addressing mobile communications and computing. It investigates theoretical, engineering, and experimental aspects of radio communications, voice, data, images, and multimedia. A partial list of topics includes propagation, system models, speech and image coding, multiple access techniques, protocols performance evaluation, radio local area networks, and networking and architectures. The journal features five principal types of papers: full technical papers, short papers, technical aspects of policy and standardization, letters offering new research thoughts and experimental ideas, and invited papers on important and emerging topics authored by renowned experts.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications13,478
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid
Peer Reviewpeer reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Netherlands
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0929-6212 / 1572-834X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
859
14k
2019
934
18k
2020
1.4k
20k
2021
729
7.7k
2022
684
6.4k
2023
776
3.7k
2024
167
311
2025
311
53
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 Science ApplicationsQ2
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Telecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationWireless Communication Networks ResearchCooperative Communication and Network CodingAdvanced Wireless Communication TechniquesEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Frequently asked questions about Wireless Personal Communications

Is Wireless Personal Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wireless Personal 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 Wireless Personal Communications?

Wireless Personal 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 2.85.

Is Wireless Personal Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wireless Personal Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Wireless Personal Communications?

Wireless Personal Communications is an archival, peer reviewed, scientific and technical journal addressing mobile communications and computing. It investigates theoretical, engineering, and experimental aspects of radio communications, voice, data, images, and multimedia. A partial list of topics includes propagation, system models, speech and image coding, multiple access techniques, protocols performance evaluation, radio local area networks, and networking and architectures. The journal features five principal types of papers: full technical papers, short papers, technical aspects of polic

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref