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IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 16 418 1450 75
Computer Science 49 329 971 61

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 634
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1733
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 118
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.24
Impact Factor: 5.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Wireless Communications Letters?

The journal explores disciplines such as Computer network, Algorithm, Wireless, Communication channel and Telecommunications link. It facilitates discussions on Computer network that incorporate concepts from other fields like Relay, Transmission (telecommunications), Throughput and Wireless network. In addition to Algorithm research, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters aims to explore topics under Signal-to-noise ratio, MIMO, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing and Fading.

It investigates Signal-to-noise ratio research which frequently intersects with Interference (wave propagation). The work on MIMO tackled in it brings together disciplines like Control theory and Topology. The journal focuses on Fading research as part of the broader topic of Telecommunications.

The studies in Wireless featured incorporate elements of Wireless sensor network, Energy harvesting, Beamforming, Real-time computing and Mathematical optimization. The works on Communication channel deal in particular with Channel state information. Concepts in Base station, as well as related topics in Cellular network, are covered in the Telecommunications link research presented in the journal.

  • Computer network (22.30%)
  • Algorithm (21.95%)
  • Wireless (21.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Optimal LAP Altitude for Maximum Coverage (1186 citations)
  • Power of Deep Learning for Channel Estimation and Signal Detection in OFDM Systems (732 citations)
  • Low-Complexity Hybrid Precoding in Massive Multiuser MIMO Systems (515 citations)

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

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Wireless, Computer network, MIMO, Communication channel and Telecommunications link. The published articles deal with MIMO in conjunction with Topology and similar fields in Signal-to-noise ratio. The most cited papers explore research in Telecommunications link alongside concepts in Algorithm and other areas of study in Bit error rate.

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

  • Computer network
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Wireless, Communication channel, Algorithm, Telecommunications link and Signal-to-noise ratio. Wireless research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Transmission (telecommunications), Beamforming, Energy (signal processing), Real-time computing and Computer network. Transmitter and Communications system are some topics wherein Communication channel research discussed in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters have an impact.

Research in Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing and the interrelating topic of Modulation and Spectral efficiency were among the subjects of interest in the Algorithm studies discussed in it. Topics in Telecommunications link explored in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters were investigated in conjunction with research in Computer engineering and Base station. Topics in Signal-to-noise ratio were tackled in line with various other fields like Relay and Interference (wave propagation).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Rayleigh Fading Modeling and Channel Hardening for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (46 citations)
  • Beamforming Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Single-User MIMO Systems: SNR Distribution and Scaling Laws in the Presence of Channel Fading and Phase Noise (44 citations)
  • End-to-End Mutual Coupling Aware Communication Model for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: An Electromagnetic-Compliant Approach Based on Mutual Impedances (25 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 Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rui Zhang (42 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mohamed-Slim Alouini (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Petar Popovski (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Daniel Benevides da Costa (24 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wei Xu (22 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as 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 Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Southeast University (101 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (94 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (85 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xidian University (80 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (68 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 less 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, 12.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.81% of all publications and 41.62% 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

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Versus Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces are Needed to Beat Relaying?

    Emil Bjornson;Ozgecan Ozdogan;Erik G. Larsson

    (2020)
    950 Citations
  • Rayleigh Fading Modeling and Channel Hardening for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti

    (2021)
    831 Citations
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: Physics, Propagation, and Pathloss Modeling

    Ozgecan Ozdogan;Emil Bjornson;Erik G. Larsson

    (2020)
    721 Citations
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted UAV Communication: Joint Trajectory Design and Passive Beamforming

    Sixian Li;Bin Duo;Xiaojun Yuan;Ying-Chang Liang

    (2020)
    693 Citations
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Secrecy Communication: Is Artificial Noise Helpful or Not?

    Xinrong Guan;Qingqing Wu;Rui Zhang

    (2020)
    576 Citations
  • Weighted Sum Power Maximization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided SWIPT

    Qingqing Wu;Rui Zhang

    (2020)
    499 Citations
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Enhanced OFDM: Channel Estimation and Reflection Optimization

    Beixiong Zheng;Rui Zhang

    (2020)
    372 Citations
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Intelligent Reflecting Surface Optimization for MISO Communication Systems

    Keming Feng;Qisheng Wang;Xiao Li;Chao-Kai Wen

    (2020)
    340 Citations
  • Robust Beamforming Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided MISO Communication Systems

    Gui Zhou;Cunhua Pan;Hong Ren;Kezhi Wang

    (2020)
    314 Citations

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