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Communications Engineering

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN2731-3395eISSN2731-3395

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.242

H-Indexi

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

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

10/11 · 91%

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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

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2009

1.1k

2022

2023

189

2.9k

2024

240

1.4k

2025

185

114

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. 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.