IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Aims & Scope

Each issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) is devoted to a specific technical topic and thus provides to JSAC readers a collection of up-to-date papers on that topic.

These issues are valuable to the research community and become valuable references.

The technical topics covered by JSAC issues span the entire field of communications and networking.

JSAC publishes only papers that are submitted in response to a Call-for-Papers.

These calls are published in JSAC issues and other publications of the IEEE Communications Society as appropriate to the subject area of the call.

Papers submitted for review for possible publication in a JSAC issue must be submitted to one of the Guest Editors listed in the Call-for-Papers.

See "Information for Authors" found in any JSAC issue for additional instructions.

Topics for JSAC issues are determined by the JSAC Editorial Board after review of proposals submitted by interested parties.

All are invited to submit proposals.

Instructions for submitting proposals are included in the Guidelines for Proposal preparation on the JSAC website.

Recent issue themes included: Network Coding for Wireless Communication Networks, Wireless and Pervasive Communications for Healthcare, Network Infrastructure Configuration, Broadband Access Networks: Architectures and Protocols, Body Area Networking: Technology and Applications, Underwater Wireless Communication Networks, Game Theory in Communication Systems, Exploiting Limited Feedback in Tomorrow’s Communication Networks.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	17.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	7.023

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	274

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications

  Citation: 9910

  Authors: S.M.

• Cognitive radio: brain-empowered wireless communications

  Citation: 9281

  Authors: S.

• What Will 5G Be?

  Citation: 6954

  Authors: Jeffrey G., Stefano, Wan, Stephen V., Angel, Anthony C. K., Jianzhong Charlie

• Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function

  Citation: 6662

  Authors: G.

• A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation

  Citation: 2567

  Authors: A.A.M., R.

• A simple Cooperative diversity method based on network path selection

  Citation: 2486

  Authors: A., A., D.P., A.

• Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How It Works, State of Research, and The Road Ahead

  Citation: 2386

  Authors: Marco, Alessio, Merouane, Mohamed-Slim, Chau, Julien, Sergei

• Integrated Sensing and Communications: Toward Dual-Functional Wireless Networks for 6G and Beyond

  Citation: 2139

  Authors: Fan, Yuanhao, Christos, Jie, Tony Xiao, Yonina C., Stefano

• Routing of multipoint connections

  Citation: 2104

  Authors: B.M.

• Millimeter Wave Channel Modeling and Cellular Capacity Evaluation

  Citation: 2053

  Authors: Mustafa Riza, Yuanpeng, Mathew K., Shu, Sundeep, Theodore S., Elza

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