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IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1536-1276eISSN1558-2248

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

3.684

H-Indexi

297

SNIPi

3.255

Total Worksi

15,097

Total Citationsi

675,446

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications is a major archival journal that is committed to the timely publication of very high-quality, peer-reviewed, original papers that advance the theory and applications of wireless communication systems and networks.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,097

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

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

8/11 · 73%

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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?

1536-1276 / 1558-2248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Yes

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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

542

34k

2019

713

45k

2020

760

35k

2021

784

29k

2022

896

28k

2023

20k

2024

1.2k

7.5k

2025

815

578

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.

Applied MathematicsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsComputer Science ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCooperative Communication and Network CodingAdvanced Wireless Communication TechniquesWireless Communication Networks ResearchAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesAdvanced Wireless Network OptimizationEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksFull-Duplex Wireless CommunicationsMillimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingWireless Communication Security Techniques

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Is IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Wireless 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 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications?

IEEE Transactions on Wireless 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 7.13.

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

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