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IEEE Communications Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States

ISSN1089-7798eISSN1558-2558

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.601

H-Indexi

193

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.536

Total Worksi

13,836

Total Citationsi

331,859

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Communications Letters publishes high-quality short papers that are focused on theoretical and experimental advances in the general area of communications. The journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of communication systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 1998-

StatusActive

Total Publications13,836

Publisher OrgIEEE Communications Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-anonymous 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?

1089-7798 / 1558-2558

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-anonymous 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

Citations received

661

17k

2019

818

20k

2020

699

14k

2021

674

11k

2022

667

8.5k

2023

625

2024

687

812

2025

358

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 ApplicationsQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Telecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Wireless Communication TechniquesAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCooperative Communication and Network CodingWireless Communication Networks ResearchAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Communications Letters

Is IEEE Communications Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Communications Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Communications Letters?

IEEE Communications Letters 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 2.91.

Is IEEE Communications Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Communications Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.