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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	141
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	114
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	97
4	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	96
5	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	83
6	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	78
7	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	77
8	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	75
9	IEEE Transactions on Communications	71
10	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	65
11	Internet of Things	60
12	Computer Networks	56
-	IEEE Wireless Communications	56
14	IEEE Communications Magazine	53
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	53
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	53
17	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	52
18	IEEE Systems Journal	51
19	IEEE Communications Letters	50
20	Digital Communications and Networks	49
-	IEEE Network	49
22	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	48
23	Computer Communications	46
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	46
25	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	44
26	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	42
27	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	41
28	Telecommunications Policy	39
-	Ad Hoc Networks	39
30	Wireless Personal Communications	38
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	38
32	ICT Express	36
33	Internet Research	34
34	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	33
35	Wireless Networks	31
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	31
37	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	30
38	Vehicular Communications	28
-	China Communications	28
40	Physical Communication	27
-	Security and Communication Networks	27
-	International Journal of Communication Systems	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
44	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
-	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	26
-	Mobile Information Systems	26
-	Optical Fiber Technology	26
49	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	25
-	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	25

51	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	24
53	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	23
54	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	22
-	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	22
56	IETE Journal of Research	21
-	Mobile Networks & Applications	21
58	Journal of Network and Systems Management	20
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	20
-	Telecommunication Systems	20
61	IEEE Microwave Magazine	18
-	IT Professional	18
63	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	17
-	ETRI Journal	17
-	Journal of Communications and Networks	17
66	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
67	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	15
-	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	15
-	Nano Communication Networks	15
70	IETE Technical Review	14
71	Annals of Telecommunications	13
-	International Journal of Network Management	13
-	IEEE Pervasive Computing	13
74	Radio Science	12
75	Optical Switching and Networking	11
-	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	11
77	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	10
-	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	10
-	IEICE Transactions on Communications	10
80	Photonic Network Communications	9
-	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	9
-	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	9
83	International Journal of Sensor Networks	8
84	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	7