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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	134
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	114
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	104
4	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	97
5	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	91
6	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	83
7	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	82
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	82
9	IEEE Transactions on Communications	77
10	Internet of Things	68
11	IEEE Wireless Communications	65
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	65
13	IEEE Communications Magazine	58
14	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	57
15	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	56
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	56
17	Computer Networks	55
18	IEEE Communications Letters	54
-	IEEE Network	54
20	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
21	Digital Communications and Networks	50
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	50
23	Computer Communications	48
-	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	48
-	IEEE Systems Journal	48
26	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	42
-	Ad Hoc Networks	42
28	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	41
29	Wireless Personal Communications	39
30	ICT Express	38
31	Internet Research	36
-	Telecommunications Policy	36
33	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	32
34	Wireless Networks	31
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	31
36	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	30
37	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	28
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	28
-	International Journal of Communication Systems	28
40	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	27
-	Vehicular Communications	27
-	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	27
-	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	27
-	Physical Communication	27
45	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	26
-	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
-	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	26
49	Telecommunication Systems	24
-	China Communications	24

51	Journal of Network and Systems Management	22
-	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	22
53	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	21
-	IETE Journal of Research	21
55	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	20
56	Mobile Information Systems	19
-	Security and Communication Networks	19
-	IEEE Microwave Magazine	19
59	IT Professional	18
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
61	Mobile Networks & Applications	17
62	Journal of Communications and Networks	16
-	Nano Communication Networks	16
-	ETRI Journal	16
-	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	16
-	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
67	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	15
68	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	14
-	International Journal of Network Management	14
70	IETE Technical Review	13
-	Radio Science	13
-	Annals of Telecommunications	13
73	IEEE Pervasive Computing	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
-	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	12
76	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
-	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	11
78	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	10
-	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	10
80	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	9
81	Photonic Network Communications	8
-	International Journal of Sensor Networks	8
-	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	8
84	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	6