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IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

IEEE Communications Society · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2162-2345
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 9.4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.894
H-Indexi
132
CiteScorei
9.4
SNIPi
1.727
Total Worksi
6,368
Total Citationsi
131,512
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.68
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Wireless Communications Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on advances in the state-of-the-art of wireless communications. Both theoretical contributions (including new techniques, concepts, and analyses) and practical contributions (including system experiments and prototypes, and new applications) are encouraged. This journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of wireless communication systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2011
FrequencySix Times A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications6,368
Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous peer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
IEEE Communications Society
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2162-2345
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single and/or double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
407
17k
2019
565
20k
2020
567
14k
2021
550
13k
2022
570
8.8k
2023
762
7.9k
2024
957
3.3k
2025
787
236
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.

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesCooperative Communication and Network CodingEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksAdvanced Wireless Communication TechniquesWireless Communication Security TechniquesMillimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingIndoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesSatellite Communication SystemsUAV Applications and Optimization

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

Is IEEE Wireless Communications Letters a predatory journal?

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

IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 9.4.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters?

The IEEE Wireless Communications Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on advances in the state-of-the-art of wireless communications. Both theoretical contributions (including new techniques, concepts, and analyses) and practical contributions (including system experiments and prototypes, and new applications) are encouraged. This journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of wireless communication systems.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref