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Electronics and Communications in Japan

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1965

ISSN1942-9541

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.142

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.178

Total Worksi

1,968

Total Citationsi

5,027

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Applied Mathematics; Computer Networks and Communications; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous); Signal Processing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,968

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1942-9541

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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

287

2019

172

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

Applied MathematicsQ4

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ4

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ4

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q4

Signal ProcessingQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsComputer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSignal ProcessingPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAcoustic Wave Resonator TechnologiesNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringAntenna Design and OptimizationEducational Robotics and EngineeringHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesSemiconductor materials and devices

Frequently asked questions about Electronics and Communications in Japan

Is Electronics and Communications in Japan a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Electronics and Communications in Japan: 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 Electronics and Communications in Japan?

Electronics and Communications in Japan 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 0.23.

Is Electronics and Communications in Japan indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Electronics and Communications in Japan is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.