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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	IEEE Access	121
2	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	116
3	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	99
4	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	91
5	IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials	86
6	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	83
7	IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing	77
8	IEEE Transactions on Multimedia	76
9	IEEE Transactions on Communications	73
10	Internet of Things	66
11	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	65
12	IEEE Wireless Communications	60
13	Computer Networks	56
14	IEEE Communications Magazine	55
15	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	54
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	54
17	IEEE Network	53
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	53
19	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics	52
-	IEEE Communications Letters	52
21	Digital Communications and Networks	50
-	IEEE Systems Journal	50
23	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking	49
24	Computer Communications	47
25	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	46
26	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking	41
-	IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking	41
28	Ad Hoc Networks	40
29	Telecommunications Policy	39
30	ICT Express	38
31	Wireless Personal Communications	37
32	Internet Research	34
33	IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine	31
-	AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications	31
35	IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing	30
-	Wireless Networks	30
37	International Journal of Communication Systems	29
38	Physical Communication	27
-	Vehicular Communications	27
-	ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks	27
-	China Communications	27
-	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking	27
43	Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies	26
-	Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting	26
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing	26
47	IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine	25
-	Optical Fiber Technology	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility	25
50	Security and Communication Networks	24

51	Pervasive and Mobile Computing	22
-	Mobile Information Systems	22
-	Telecommunication Systems	22
54	Journal of Network and Systems Management	21
-	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine	21
56	IETE Journal of Research	20
57	IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing Over Networks	19
-	IEEE Microwave Magazine	19
-	IT Professional	19
60	Mobile Networks & Applications	18
61	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	17
62	International Journal of Antennas and Propagation	16
-	Nano Communication Networks	16
-	ETRI Journal	16
65	Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing	15
-	International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks	15
-	Journal of Communications and Networks	15
68	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	14
-	International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies	14
70	Optical Switching and Networking	13
-	Radio Science	13
-	IEEE Pervasive Computing	13
-	IETE Technical Review	13
74	Annals of Telecommunications	12
-	IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation	12
-	International Journal of Network Management	12
77	IEICE Transactions on Communications	11
78	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments	10
-	International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking	10
80	KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems	9
-	Photonic Network Communications	9
82	International Journal of Sensor Networks	7
-	Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics	7
84	International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing	6