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IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN2327-4662eISSN2327-4662

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 14.7. 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

2.144

H-Indexi

246

CiteScorei

14.7

SNIPi

2.571

Total Worksi

17,707

Total Citationsi

524,297

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal publishes articles on the latest advances, as well as review articles, on the various aspects of IoT. Topics include IoT system architecture, IoT enabling technologies, IoT communication and networking protocols such as network coding, and IoT services and applications. Examples are IoT demands, impacts, and implications on sensors technologies, big data management, and future internet design for various IoT use cases, such as smart cities, smart environments, smart homes, etc. The fields of interest include: IoT architecture such as things-centric, data-centric, service-oriented IoT architecture; IoT enabling technologies and systematic integration such as sensor technologies, big sensor data management, and future Internet design for IoT; IoT services, applications, and test-beds such as IoT service middleware, IoT application programming interface (API), IoT application design, and IoT trials/experiments; IoT standardization activities and technology development in different standard development organizations (SDO) such as IEEE, IETF, ITU, 3GPP, ETSI, etc.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications17,707

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

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?

2327-4662 / 2327-4662

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous peer review

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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

846

61k

2019

1.5k

101k

2020

1.8k

83k

2021

1.6k

54k

2022

2.3k

54k

2023

2.9k

42k

2024

4.1k

18k

2025

2.8k

980

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

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Hardware and ArchitectureQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Information Systems and ManagementQ1

Signal ProcessingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementInformation SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsHardware and ArchitectureSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksIndoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesUAV Applications and OptimizationIoT Networks and ProtocolsAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationCryptography and Data Security

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Is IEEE Internet of Things Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Internet of Things Journal: 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 Internet of Things Journal?

IEEE Internet of Things Journal 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 14.7.

Is IEEE Internet of Things Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Internet of Things Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.