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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	117
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	108
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	95
4	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	81
-	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	81
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	76
7	IEEE Transactions on Communications	72
8	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	67
9	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	65
10	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	62
11	IEEE Wireless Communications	59
12	Internet of Things	57
13	Computer Networks	53
14	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	52
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	52
16	IEEE Systems Journal	51
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
18	IEEE Communications Magazine	50
-	IEEE Communications Letters	50
20	Computer Communications	48
21	Digital Communications and Networks	46
22	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	43
-	IEEE Network	43
-	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	43
25	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	41
26	Telecommunications Policy	40
-	Wireless Personal Communications	40
-	Ad Hoc Networks	40
29	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	37
30	ICT Express	36
-	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	36
32	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	34
33	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	33
-	Security and Communication Networks	33
35	Internet Research	30
-	Wireless Networks	30
37	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	29
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	29
39	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	28
-	Physical Communication	28
-	China Communications	28
42	International Journal of Communication Systems	27
-	Mobile Information Systems	27
44	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	26
-	Optical Fiber Technology	26
-	Vehicular Communications	26
48	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	25
50	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	24

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