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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	127
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	110
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	98
4	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	88
5	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	85
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	75
7	IEEE Transactions on Communications	72
8	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	71
9	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	67
10	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	63
11	Internet of Things	58
-	IEEE Wireless Communications	58
13	Computer Networks	55
14	IEEE Communications Magazine	53
15	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	52
17	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	50
-	IEEE Communications Letters	50
19	IEEE Systems Journal	49
20	Digital Communications and Networks	48
21	Computer Communications	47
22	IEEE Network	45
23	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	44
24	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	43
25	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	42
-	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	42
27	Ad Hoc Networks	40
28	Telecommunications Policy	39
-	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	39
30	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	37
31	Wireless Personal Communications	36
-	ICT Express	36
33	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	35
34	Wireless Networks	32
35	Internet Research	31
36	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	29
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	29
-	China Communications	29
39	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	28
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	28
-	Mobile Information Systems	28
-	Security and Communication Networks	28
43	Optical Fiber Technology	27
44	Physical Communication	26
-	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
-	Vehicular Communications	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	26
48	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	25
49	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	24
-	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	24

-	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	24
52	International Journal of Communication Systems	23
-	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	23
54	Journal of Network and Systems Management	22
55	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	21
-	IETE Journal of Research	21
57	Mobile Networks & Applications	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	20
-	Telecommunication Systems	20
-	IEEE Microwave Magazine	20
61	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	19
62	IT Professional	18
-	Journal of Communications and Networks	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
65	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
-	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	16
-	ETRI Journal	16
68	Nano Communication Networks	15
69	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	14
-	IETE Technical Review	14
71	Radio Science	13
-	Annals of Telecommunications	13
-	IEEE Pervasive Computing	13
74	International Journal of Network Management	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
76	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	11
-	Photonic Network Communications	11
-	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
79	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	10
80	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	9
-	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	9
-	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	9
83	International Journal of Sensor Networks	7
-	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	7