Speech Communication

Aims & Scope

Speech Communication is an interdisciplinary journal whose primary objective is to fulfil the need for the rapid dissemination and thorough discussion of basic and applied research results.

In order to establish frameworks to inter-relate results from the various areas of the field, emphasis will be placed on viewpoints and topics of a transdisciplinary nature.

The editorial policy and the technical content of the Journal are the responsibility of the Editors and the Institutional Representatives.

The Institutional Representatives assist the Editors in the definition and the control of editorial policy as well as in maintaining connections with scientific associations, international congresses and regional events.

The Editorial Board contributes towards the gathering of material for publication and assists the Editors in the editorial process.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.493

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	118

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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, Mathematics and Social Sciences, 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.

• Assessment for automatic speech recognition: II. NOISEX-92: A database and an experiment to study the effect of additive noise on speech recognition systems

  Citation: 1612

  Authors: Andrew, Herman J.M.

• Restructuring speech representations using a pitch-adaptive time–frequency smoothing and an instantaneous-frequency-based F0 extraction: Possible role of a repetitive structure in sounds

  Citation: 1110

  Authors: Hideki, Ikuyo, Alain

• Vocal communication of emotion: A review of research paradigms

  Citation: 1074

  Authors: K

• An overview of text-independent speaker recognition: From features to supervectors

  Citation: 1003

  Authors: Tomi, Haizhou

• The analysis of speech in different temporal integration windows: cerebral lateralization as ‘asymmetric sampling in time’

  Citation: 999

  Authors: David

• Speaker identification and verification using Gaussian mixture speaker models

  Citation: 825

  Authors: Douglas A.

• Pitch-synchronous waveform processing techniques for text-to-speech synthesis using diphones

  Citation: 735

  Authors: Eric, Francis

• A review of depression and suicide risk assessment using speech analysis

  Citation: 724

  Authors: Nicholas, Stefan, Jarek, Sebastian, Julien, Thomas F.

• Statistical parametric speech synthesis

  Citation: 693

  Authors: Heiga, Keiichi, Alan W.

• Speech emotion recognition using hidden Markov models

  Citation: 678

  Authors: Tin Lay, Say Wei, Liyanage C

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