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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1558-1500

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.491

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.218

Total Worksi

3,253

Total Citationsi

39,902

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to applied research on professional communication, including technical and business communication. Papers should address the research interests and needs of technical communicators and engineers.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,253

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

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?

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?

1558-1500

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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

341

2019

401

2020

448

2021

352

2022

243

2023

119

2024

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Industrial RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringLinguistics and LanguageIndustrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Media and Visual ArtDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesKnowledge Management and SharingEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentTeam Dynamics and PerformanceEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Is IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication: 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 Professional Communication?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 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 0.74.

Is IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.