Telecommunications: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	121
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	107
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	96
4	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	84
5	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	81
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	76
7	IEEE Transactions on Communications	72
8	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	68
9	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	67
10	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	63
11	Internet of Things	58
12	IEEE Wireless Communications	56
13	Computer Networks	54
14	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
-	IEEE Systems Journal	52
16	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	51
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	51
18	IEEE Communications Letters	50
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	50
20	Computer Communications	47
21	Digital Communications and Networks	46
22	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	44
-	IEEE Network	44
24	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	43
26	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	41
27	Telecommunications Policy	40
-	Ad Hoc Networks	40
29	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	38
30	Wireless Personal Communications	37
31	ICT Express	36
32	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	35
33	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	34
34	Internet Research	32
35	Security and Communication Networks	31
36	Wireless Networks	30
37	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	29
-	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	29
39	China Communications	28
-	Mobile Information Systems	28
-	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	28
42	International Journal of Communication Systems	27
-	Optical Fiber Technology	27
44	Vehicular Communications	26
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	26
-	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
47	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	25
-	Physical Communication	25
49	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	24

51	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	23
-	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	23
-	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	23
54	Journal of Network and Systems Management	22
55	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	21
56	Telecommunication Systems	20
-	IEEE Microwave Magazine	20
-	IETE Journal of Research	20
-	Mobile Networks & Applications	20
60	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	19
61	IT Professional	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
-	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	18
64	Journal of Communications and Networks	17
65	ETRI Journal	16
-	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
67	Nano Communication Networks	15
-	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	15
69	IETE Technical Review	14
-	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	14
-	Annals of Telecommunications	14
-	Optical Switching and Networking	14
73	Radio Science	13
74	IEEE Pervasive Computing	12
75	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
-	Photonic Network Communications	11
-	International Journal of Network Management	11
-	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	11
79	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	10
-	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	10
81	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	9
-	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	9
83	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	8
84	International Journal of Sensor Networks	7