IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing focuses on the key technical issues related to (a) architectures, (b) support services, (c) algorithm/protocol design and analysis, (d) mobile environments, (e) mobile communication systems, (f) applications, and (g) emerging technologies.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: a) Architectures - Mobile networks and hosts, Agents and proxies, Mobility management, mobile agent and proxy architectures Integrated wireline and wireless systems, Planning and standardization. b) Support Services - Mobility and roaming, Nomadic computing, Multimedia Operating system support, Power management. c) Algorithm/Protocol Design and Analysis - Online and mobile environments, Limited bandwidth, Intermittent connectivity. d) Mobile Environments - Data and knowledge management, Performance modeling and characterization, Security, scalability and reliability, Design, management and operation, Systems and technologies. e) Mobile Communication Systems - Wireless, cellular and spread-spectrum systems, Multi-user and multi-access techniques and algorithms, Multi-channel processing, Channel coding, Data coding and compression. f) Applications - Location-dependent and sensitive, Nomadic computing, Wearable computers and body area networks, Multimedia applications and multimedia signal processing, Pervasive computing, Wireless sensor networks. g) Emerging Technologies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	9.2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1076

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10258

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.332

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	164

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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.

• HEED: a hybrid, energy-efficient, distributed clustering approach for ad hoc sensor networks

  Citation: 3505

  Authors: O., S.

• Bidirectionally Coupled Network and Road Traffic Simulation for Improved IVC Analysis

  Citation: 1297

  Authors: C, R, F

• BUBBLE Rap: Social-Based Forwarding in Delay-Tolerant Networks

  Citation: 948

  Authors: Pan, Jon, Eiko

• Deep Reinforcement Learning for Online Computation Offloading in Wireless Powered Mobile-Edge Computing Networks

  Citation: 903

  Authors: Liang, Suzhi, Ying-Jun Angela

• The node distribution of the random waypoint mobility model for wireless ad hoc networks

  Citation: 839

  Authors: C., G., P.

• Impact of Human Mobility on Opportunistic Forwarding Algorithms

  Citation: 755

  Authors: Augustin, Pan, Jon, Christophe, Richard, James

• Radio Tomographic Imaging with Wireless Networks

  Citation: 726

  Authors: J., N.

• WiFall: Device-Free Fall Detection by Wireless Networks

  Citation: 695

  Authors: Yuxi, Kaishun, Lionel M.

• Protecting Location Privacy with Personalized k-Anonymity: Architecture and Algorithms

  Citation: 616

  Authors: Bugra, Ling

• Movement-assisted sensor deployment

  Citation: 614

  Authors: G., G., T.F.

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