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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	125
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	116
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	100
4	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	92
5	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	88
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	81
7	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	78
-	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	78
9	IEEE Transactions on Communications	73
10	Internet of Things	66
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	66
12	IEEE Wireless Communications	61
13	Computer Networks	55
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	55
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	55
16	IEEE Network	53
-	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	53
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	53
19	IEEE Communications Letters	52
20	IEEE Systems Journal	51
21	Journal of Lightwave Technology	50
-	Digital Communications and Networks	50
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	50
24	Computer Communications	47
-	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	47
26	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	42
27	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	41
28	Ad Hoc Networks	39
29	Wireless Personal Communications	38
-	ICT Express	38
-	Telecommunications Policy	38
32	Internet Research	34
33	Wireless Networks	31
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	31
-	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	31
36	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	30
37	International Journal of Communication Systems	29
38	Vehicular Communications	27
-	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	27
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
-	Physical Communication	27
43	China Communications	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	26
-	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	26
-	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
47	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	25
-	Optical Fiber Technology	25
-	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	25
50	Mobile Information Systems	23

-	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	23
52	Telecommunication Systems	22
-	Journal of Network and Systems Management	22
54	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	21
-	Security and Communication Networks	21
-	IETE Journal of Research	21
57	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	19
58	IEEE Microwave Magazine	18
-	IT Professional	18
60	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
-	Mobile Networks & Applications	17
62	ETRI Journal	16
-	Nano Communication Networks	16
-	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	16
-	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
66	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	15
-	Journal of Communications and Networks	15
-	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	15
69	IEEE Pervasive Computing	14
-	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	14
71	International Journal of Network Management	13
-	Radio Science	13
73	IETE Technical Review	12
-	Annals of Telecommunications	12
-	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
77	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
78	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	10
-	Photonic Network Communications	10
-	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	10
81	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	9
82	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	8
83	International Journal of Sensor Networks	7
84	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	6