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IET Communications

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 252 114 138 14
Computer Science 300 132 155 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 231
Documents by Best Scientists*: 258
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.417
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Iet Communications?

Communication channel, Computer network, Algorithm, Electronic engineering and Relay are the subjects of interest in Iet Communications. Iet Communications features research on Communication channel in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Telecommunications. Communications system is a focus of the Telecommunications works in it.

The concepts on Computer network presented in Iet Communications can also apply to other research fields, including Wireless, Wireless network and Throughput. The work on Throughput addressed in Iet Communications expands to the thematically related Distributed computing. The Algorithm works featured in it incorporate elements from Statistics, Theoretical computer science and Bit error rate.

Aside from discussions in Electronic engineering, the journal also deals with the subject of Interference (wave propagation) which intersects with Cognitive radio disciplines. Concepts in Mathematical optimization, as well as related topics in Resource allocation, are covered in the Relay research presented in Iet Communications. Fading, which encompasses Nakagami distribution and Rayleigh fading, is the main subject of it.

  • Communication channel (28.56%)
  • Computer network (27.57%)
  • Algorithm (25.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Survey of automatic modulation classification techniques: classical approaches and new trends (908 citations)
  • Improved energy detection spectrum sensing for cognitive radio (181 citations)
  • Performance analysis of free-space optical communication systems over atmospheric turbulence channels (179 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Iet Communications:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Computer network, Communication channel, Telecommunications, Algorithm and Wireless. The journal articles address concerns in Computer network which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Relay and Wireless network. The featured Algorithm studies in the journal articles mainly concentrate on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing but also cover areas of interest in Control theory.

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

  • Computer network
  • Statistics
  • Telecommunications

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Iet Communications aims to foster the development of research in Computer network, Electronic engineering, Artificial intelligence, Algorithm and Communication channel. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Computer network, apply to Wireless network as well. The research on Electronic engineering featured in Iet Communications combines topics in other fields like Spectral efficiency, MIMO, Mimo systems and Joint (audio engineering).

It connects research in MIMO with the related topic of Telecommunications link. It focuses on Joint (audio engineering) as well as the interrelated topic of Selection (genetic algorithm). The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Artificial intelligence and Computer vision.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Blockchain-assisted secure UAV communication in 6G environment: Architecture, opportunities, and challenges (7 citations)
  • Secrecy performance of FSO communication systems with non-zero boresight pointing errors (6 citations)
  • An energy-efficient non-uniform clustering routing protocol based on improved shuffled frog leaping algorithm for wireless sensor networks (5 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 Iet Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hongjun Xu (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mohammad Reza Aref (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jianhua Ge (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kah Chan Teh (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Habib F. Rashvand (19 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 Iet Communications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xidian University (91 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition,
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (79 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sharif University of Technology (62 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (60 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Southeast University (48 papers) published 5 papers 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, 2.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.00% of all publications and 60.99% 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

  • A review on security threats, vulnerabilities, and counter measures of 5G enabled Internet-of-Medical-Things

    Mohammad Kamrul Hasan;Taher M. Ghazel;Taher M. Ghazel;Rashid A. Saeed;Bishwajeet Pandey

    (2021)
    211 Citations
  • Blockchain-assisted secure UAV communication in 6G environment: Architecture, opportunities, and challenges

    Rajesh Gupta;Anuja Nair;Sudeep Tanwar;Neeraj Kumar

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • A sequential roadmap to Industry 6.0: Exploring future manufacturing trends

    Angel Swastik Duggal;Praveen Kumar Malik;Anita Gehlot;Rajesh Singh

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • 5G based Blockchain network for authentic and ethical keyword search engine

    Poongodi M;Mohit Malviya;Mounir Hamdi;Vijayakumar

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • Vehicular communication channel measurement, modelling, and application for beyond 5G and 6G

    Xiang Cheng;Ziwei Huang;Shanzhi Chen

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Integration of Internet of Things and cloud computing: a systematic survey

    Motahareh Nazari Jahantigh;Amir Masoud Rahmani;Nima Jafari Navimirour;Ali Rezaee

    (2020)
    63 Citations
  • Internet of vehicle's resource management in 5G networks using AI technologies: Current status and trends

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Priority, network and energy-aware placement of IoT-based application services in fog-cloud environments

    Hiwa Omer Hassan;Sadoon Azizi;Mohammad Shojafar

    (2020)
    60 Citations

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