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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

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

1.708

H-Index

193

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.536

Total Works

13,836

Total Citations

331,859

2yr Mean Citedness

2.91

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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.

⚡ 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, 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

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.

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