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China Communications

China Institute of Communication · China · Est. 2006

ISSN1673-5447

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.84

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.107

Total Worksi

3,894

Total Citationsi

43,802

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

China Communications publishes high-quality papers in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). The journal aims to promote worldwide academic exchange in the ICTs sector.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 307 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,894

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

China Institute of Communication

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1673-5447

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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

239

5.2k

2019

264

6.8k

2020

302

4.6k

2021

283

3.2k

2022

315

2.3k

2023

294

1.5k

2024

312

348

2025

116

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 Networks and CommunicationsQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Telecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCooperative Communication and Network CodingAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesSatellite Communication SystemsIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingSoftware-Defined Networks and 5GAdvanced Wireless Communication TechniquesCaching and Content DeliveryMillimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingWireless Communication Networks Research

Frequently asked questions about China Communications

Is China Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China 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 China Communications?

China 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 2.01.

Is China Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.