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IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 7 232 282 96
Computer Science 9 311 346 105

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 438
Documents by Best Scientists*: 392
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 287
SCIMAGO SJR: 14.184
Impact Factor: 46.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials?

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials focuses on Computer network, Wireless, Computer security, Telecommunications and Distributed computing. The journal addresses concerns in Computer network which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Wireless network, The Internet and Wireless ad hoc network. Radio resource management is a key component of Wireless network research discussed in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials.

The works on Wireless ad hoc network deal in particular with Vehicular ad hoc network. While Wireless is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of 5G and Communications system. It focuses on Computer security but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Cloud computing which is concerned with Server.

The majority of Telecommunications studies presented zero in on Cellular network. The research on Distributed computing featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Link-state routing protocol and Routing protocol. The study on Wireless sensor network presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Key distribution in wireless sensor networks.

  • Computer network (41.09%)
  • Wireless (18.74%)
  • Computer security (17.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A survey of spectrum sensing algorithms for cognitive radio applications (4077 citations)
  • Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications (3922 citations)
  • Smart Grid — The New and Improved Power Grid: A Survey (1990 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials:

The published articles primarily tackle Computer network, Computer security, Telecommunications, Wireless and Distributed computing. The published papers hold forums on Computer network that merge themes from other disciplines such as Wireless network and Wireless ad hoc network, Vehicular ad hoc network. While Computer security is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of The Internet and Smart grid.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Computer network
  • The Internet
  • Operating system

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Wireless, Wireless network, Computer security, Cloud computing and Data science. The Wireless works featured in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials incorporate elements from Computer network and The Internet. Issues in Wireless network were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Machine learning, Wireless sensor network and Artificial intelligence.

In addition to Cloud computing research, the journal aims to explore topics under Distributed computing, Server and Service (systems architecture). In IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Telecommunications network and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Distributed computing research. The presented research on Data science deals specifically with Scalability but it also addresses topics in Reinforcement learning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Satellite Communications in the New Space Era: A Survey and Future Challenges (94 citations)
  • Design of Polar Codes in 5G New Radio (80 citations)
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities (65 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lajos Hanzo (48 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dusit Niyato (23 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • F. Richard Yu (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ekram Hossain (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Martin Reisslein (18 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Southampton (50 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (36 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Carleton University (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Surrey (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Huawei (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 10.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.08% of all publications and 33.78% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Networks: A Comprehensive Survey

    Wei Yang Bryan Lim;Nguyen Cong Luong;Dinh Thai Hoang;Yutao Jiao

    (2020)
    2292 Citations
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities

    Yuanwei Liu;Xiao Liu;Xidong Mu;Tianwei Hou

    (2021)
    1530 Citations
  • A Survey on Metaverse: Fundamentals, Security, and Privacy

    Unknown

    (2022)
    1496 Citations
  • A Survey of Machine and Deep Learning Methods for Internet of Things (IoT) Security

    Mohammed Ali Al-Garadi;Amr Mohamed;Abdulla Khalid Al-Ali;Xiaojiang Du

    (2020)
    1186 Citations
  • Satellite Communications in the New Space Era: A Survey and Future Challenges

    Oltjon Kodheli;Eva Lagunas;Nicola Maturo;Shree Krishna Sharma

    (2021)
    1166 Citations
  • Toward Smart Wireless Communications via Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: A Contemporary Survey

    Shimin Gong;Xiao Lu;Dinh Thai Hoang;Dusit Niyato

    (2020)
    787 Citations

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