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IEEE Wireless Communications
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IEEE Wireless Communications

1536-1284

Published by: IEEE

http://www.comsoc.org/wirelessmag

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 22 330 557 70
Computer Science 41 349 551 65

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 559
Documents by Best Scientists*: 678
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index: 198
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.406
Impact Factor: 11.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Wireless Communications?

IEEE Wireless Communications is mainly concerned with subjects like Computer network, Wireless, Telecommunications, Wireless network and Distributed computing. It focuses on Computer network research which is adjacent to topics in Wireless ad hoc network. IEEE Wireless Communications is mostly focused on Wireless ad hoc network, specifically Vehicular ad hoc network.

In addition to Wireless research, it aims to explore topics under Efficient energy use, 5G, Spectral efficiency and Base station. Issues in Telecommunications were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Computer security, The Internet and Mobile telephony. IEEE Wireless Communications concentrated on Wireless network research, specifically Wi-Fi array, Wireless WAN, Radio resource management and Heterogeneous network.

The Distributed computing study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Cloud computing. Research on Mobile computing addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Mobile search. Wireless sensor network research discussed connects with the study of Key distribution in wireless sensor networks.

  • Computer network (52.54%)
  • Wireless (28.19%)
  • Telecommunications (24.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Routing techniques in wireless sensor networks: a survey (3994 citations)
  • An overview of peak-to-average power ratio reduction techniques for multicarrier transmission (1915 citations)
  • A survey on 3GPP heterogeneous networks (1495 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Wireless Communications:

The published articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Computer network, Wireless, Wireless network, Telecommunications and Distributed computing. The most cited papers address concerns in Computer network which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Wireless ad hoc network and Radio resource management. The most cited publications hold forums on Wireless network that merge themes from other disciplines such as Computer security and Throughput.

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:

IEEE Wireless Communications is organized to address concerns in the fields of Wireless, 5G, Wireless network, Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution and Computer network. The journal tackles topics on Wireless, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Telecommunications. Some problems in 5G that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Reliability (computer networking), Multimedia, Heterogeneous network, Key (cryptography) and Reinforcement learning.

While IEEE Wireless Communications focused on Wireless network, it was also able to explore topics like Computer architecture, Cloud computing and Artificial intelligence. The concepts on Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Computer security, Distributed computing and Server. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Computer network and Covert are the foci of it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dynamic Metasurface Antennas for 6G Extreme Massive MIMO Communications (42 citations)
  • Reconfigurable-Intelligent-Surface Empowered Wireless Communications: Challenges and Opportunities (16 citations)
  • Full Duplex Radio/Radar Technology: The Enabler for Advanced Joint Communication and Sensing (14 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 Wireless Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mohsen Guizani (51 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hsiao-Hwa Chen (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victor C. M. Leung (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Michael J. Marcus (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dusit Niyato (28 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Wireless Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (58 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (53 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xidian University (49 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Waterloo (43 papers) absent at the last 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, 21.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.42% of all publications and 42.11% 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

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

    Chongwen Huang;Sha Hu;George C. Alexandropoulos;Alessio Zappone

    (2020)
    1111 Citations
  • A Speculative Study on 6G

    Faisal Tariq;Muhammad R. A. Khandaker;Kai-Kit Wong;Muhammad A. Imran

    (2020)
    772 Citations
  • Vision, Requirements, and Technology Trend of 6G: How to Tackle the Challenges of System Coverage, Capacity, User Data-Rate and Movement Speed

    Shanzhi Chen;Ying-Chang Liang;Shaohui Sun;Shaoli Kang

    (2020)
    735 Citations
  • 6G: Opening New Horizons for Integration of Comfort, Security, and Intelligence

    Guan Gui;Miao Liu;Fengxiao Tang;Nei Kato

    (2020)
    626 Citations
  • Reliable Federated Learning for Mobile Networks

    Jiawen Kang;Zehui Xiong;Dusit Niyato;Yuze Zou

    (2020)
    541 Citations

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