IEEE Wireless Communications

Aims & Scope

IEEE Wireless Communications is designed for individuals working in the communications and networking communities.

It covers technical and policy issues relating to personalized, location-independent communications in all media (and combinations of media), and at all protocol layers.

Both wired and wireless communications are covered as well as computing, the mobility of people, communicating devices, and personal services.

Each issue of this interdisciplinary magazine provides articles of high quality and depth concerning the revolutionary technological advances in personal, location-independent communications and computing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	11.5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	360

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5631

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.406

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	198

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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.

• Routing techniques in wireless sensor networks: a survey

  Citation: 2727

  Authors: J.N., A.E.

• Modulation, coding and signal processing for wireless communications - An overview of peak-to-average power ratio reduction techniques for multicarrier transmission

  Citation: 1508

  Authors:

• A survey on 3GPP heterogeneous networks

  Citation: 1382

  Authors: Aleksandar, Juan, Yongbin, Tingfang, Tao, Madhavan, Taesang, Osok, Durga

• How much energy is needed to run a wireless network?

  Citation: 1315

  Authors: Gunther, Vito, Claude, Istvan, Per, Magnus, Muhammad, Dario, Manuel, Oliver, Albrecht

• Holographic MIMO Surfaces for 6G Wireless Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends

  Citation: 1027

  Authors: Chongwen, Sha, George C., Alessio, Chau, Rui, Marco Di, Merouane

• The design space of wireless sensor networks

  Citation: 938

  Authors: K., F.

• 5G Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks

  Citation: 932

  Authors: Xiaohu, Song, Guoqiang, Cheng-Xiang, Tao

• Long-range communications in unlicensed bands: the rising stars in the IoT and smart city scenarios

  Citation: 917

  Authors: Marco, Lorenzo, Andrea, Michele

• Machine Learning Paradigms for Next-Generation Wireless Networks

  Citation: 909

  Authors: Chunxiao, Haijun, Yong, Zhu, Kwang-Cheng, Lajos

• Enhanced intercell interference coordination challenges in heterogeneous networks

  Citation: 815

  Authors: David, Ismail, Guillaume, Marios, Tony, Jie

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