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Communications Engineering

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN2731-3395eISSN2731-3395

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

201

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 189d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.242

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

669

Total Citationsi

5,596

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Communications Engineering is a selective open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of engineering. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances for a specialized area of research and development. We also publish Editorials, Research Highlights, Q&am

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 175 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications669

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~27 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-3395 / 2731-3395

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1982

2001

2009

1.1k

2022

1.8k

2023

187

2.5k

2024

243

1.1k

2025

142

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Energy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Energy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchNeural Networks and Reservoir ComputingOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsPhotonic and Optical DevicesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Communications Engineering

Is Communications Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communications Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Communications Engineering?

Communications Engineering 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 5.75.

Is Communications Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communications Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.