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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	131
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	114
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	102
4	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	93
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	93
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	81
7	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	80
8	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	79
9	IEEE Transactions on Communications	75
10	Internet of Things	67
11	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	65
12	IEEE Wireless Communications	62
13	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	56
14	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	55
-	Computer Networks	55
16	IEEE Network	54
17	IEEE Communications Letters	53
18	Journal of Lightwave Technology	51
19	Digital Communications and Networks	50
20	IEEE Systems Journal	48
21	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	47
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	47
23	Ad Hoc Networks	41
-	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	41
25	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	39
26	Wireless Personal Communications	38
27	ICT Express	37
28	Telecommunications Policy	36
29	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	31
-	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	31
-	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	31
-	Wireless Networks	31
33	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	28
34	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
-	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	27
-	International Journal of Communication Systems	27
38	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	26
-	Vehicular Communications	26
-	Physical Communication	26
41	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	25
-	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	25
43	China Communications	24
-	Optical Fiber Technology	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	24
46	Telecommunication Systems	23
-	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	23
48	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	21
-	Journal of Network and Systems Management	21
50	IETE Journal of Research	20

-	Mobile Information Systems	20
52	IEEE Microwave Magazine	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	19
-	IT Professional	19
-	Security and Communication Networks	19
56	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	18
57	ETRI Journal	17
-	Mobile Networks & Applications	17
59	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
-	Journal of Communications and Networks	16
-	Nano Communication Networks	16
-	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	16
63	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	15
64	IEEE Pervasive Computing	14
-	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	14
66	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	13
-	International Journal of Network Management	13
-	Annals of Telecommunications	13
69	IETE Technical Review	12
-	Optical Switching and Networking	12
-	Radio Science	12
72	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	11
-	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
74	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	10
-	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	10
76	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	9
77	International Journal of Sensor Networks	8
-	Photonic Network Communications	8
79	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	7
80	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	6