IEEE journals lead the field in the latest Impact Factor and CiteScore rankings
IEEE continues to publish articles of the highest quality and impact according to the latest Journal Citation Reports™ from Clarivate Analytics and CiteScore™ metrics by Scopus, as both released their latest reports in June 2024. Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and CiteScore are two metrics that are commonly used to examine the influence and impact of scholarly research journals and offer a systematic, objective means to evaluate the world’s leading journals. The latest results demonstrate a collective and consistent high-level of performance across IEEE publications in a wide range of technologies in both open access and hybrid journals. It also highlights notable individual achievements as several IEEE journals were ranked at the top of their respective fields.
Below are results for journals in a range of technical categories based on several different methods of citation measurement:
Journal Rankings by Impact Factor
Journal Rankings by Impact Factor
Journal Impact Factor™ (JIF) is a widely used metric relied upon by many in the technical community to measure the impact of scholarly research journals. Journal Impact Factor is developed by calculating the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. In the most recent JCR report, a wide range of IEEE publications were consistently listed among the most-cited journals in multiple categories:
- 21 of the top 25 journals in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- 13 of the top 15 journals in Telecommunications
- 5 of the top 10 journals in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- 5 of the top 10 journals in Imaging Science
- 4 of the top 5 journals in Automation and Control systems
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Cybernetics
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Science, Information Systems
Top Ranked Journals in Several JCR Categories
The following are examples of IEEE journals that ranked highly in their respective categories:
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials – #1 in Telecommunications, #1 in Information Systems (JIF: 34.4)
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine – #1 in Imaging Science, #1 in Remote Sensing (JIF 16.2)
- IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica – #1 in Automation and Control (JIF: 15.3)
- IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing – #1 in Cybernetics (JIF: 9.6)
- Proceedings of the IEEE – # 2 in Electrical Engineering (JIF: 23.2)
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence – #2 in Artificial Intelligence, #3 in Electrical Engineering (JIF 20.8)
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication – #2 in Telecommunications (JIF 13.8)
- IEEE Wireless Communications – #2 in Computer Science, Hardware and Architecture, #3 in Telecommunications (JIF: 10.9)
Details of current journal rankings in a few sample categories appear below. IEEE titles appear in bold.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE has 21 of the top 25 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Journal Impact Factor:
1 Nature Electronics
2 Proceedings of the IEEE
3 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
4 eTransportation
5 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
6 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications
7 npj Flexible Electronics
8 IEEE Wireless Communications
9 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
10 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
11 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
12 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
13 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
14 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
15 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
16 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
17 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems
18 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
19 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
20 IEEE Communications Magazine
21 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
22 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
23 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
24 IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications
25 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Telecommunications
IEEE has 13 of the top 15 journals in Telecommunications by Journal Impact Factor:
1 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
2 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communications
3 IEEE Wireless Communications
4 Satellite Navigation
5 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
6 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
7 IEEE Communications Magazine
8 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
9 IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
10 Digital Communications and Networks
11 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
12 IEEE Transactions on Communications
13 IEEE Network
14 IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
15 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Other top IEEE journals
Automation and Control Systems
#1 IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
#2 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
#4 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
#5 IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Systems
Computer Science—Artificial Intelligence
#2 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
#5 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles
#6 IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
#8 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
#9 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Journal Rankings by CiteScore
CiteScore is a popular and widely accepted citation metric developed from Elsevier’s Scopus data. The 2023 CiteScore is calculated by dividing the total number of citations to peer-reviewed articles in a journal in 2020–2023 by the total number of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal over the same period. In the most recent CiteScore report by Scopus, a wide range of IEEE publications were consistently listed among the most-cited journals in multiple categories:
IEEE Rankings by Category
- 10 of the top 20 journals in Electrical Engineering
- 9 of the top 20 journals in Computer Networks and Communications
- 7 of the top 20 journals in Signal Processing
- 8 of the top 20 journals in Computer Software
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Computational Theory and Mathematics
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Automotive Engineering
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Applied Mathematics
- 3 of the top 5 journals in Control & Systems Engineering
- 2 of the top 5 journals in Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Top Ranked Journals in Several CiteScore Categories
Following are examples of IEEE journals that ranked highly in their respective categories:
- IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials – #1/797 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (CiteScore: 80.2)
- Proceedings of the IEEE – #1/232 in General Computer Science, #4/797 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (CiteScore 46.4)
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence – #1/635 title in Applied Mathematics, #1/213 in Computational Theory and Mathematics (CiteScore: 28.4)
- IEEE Signal Processing Magazine – #2/635 in Applied Mathematics, #2/122 in Signal Processing (CiteScore: 27.2)
- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation – #2/213 in Computational Theory and Mathematics, #3/130 in Theoretical Computer Science (CiteScore 21.9)
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine – #2/141 in Instrumentation, #3/195 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (CiteScore: 20.5)
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications – #3/395 in Computer Networks and Communications (CiteScore: 30.0)
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems – #3/125 in Automotive Engineering (CiteScore: 14.8)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE has 10 of the top 20 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by CiteScore:
1 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
4 Proceedings of the IEEE
7 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
8 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
10 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
12 IEEE Wireless Communications
13 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
16 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
17 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
19 IEEE Communications Magazine
Computer Networks and Communications
IEEE has 9 of the top 20 journals in Computer Networks and Communications by CiteScore:
3 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
4 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
7 IEEE Network
9 IEEE Communications Magazine
12 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
14 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
16 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
18 IEEE Intelligent Systems
20 IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Journal Rankings by Eigenfactor
Eigenfactor® Score is a metric that calculates the number of times articles from a journal published in the last five years have been cited in the JCR year while also considering which journals have contributed these citations. High-scoring journals are seen as having a greater influence in the scientific community. IEEE publications scored highly in multiple categories:
- 9 of the top 10 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 10 of the top 10 in Telecommunications
- 4 of the top 5 in Artificial Intelligence
- 4 of the top 5 in Automation and Control Systems
- 3 of the top 5 in Computer Hardware and Architecture
Details of current journal rankings in a few sample categories appear below. IEEE titles appear in bold.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE has 9 of the top 10 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Eigenfactor Score:
1 IEEE Access
2 Sensors
3 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
4 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
5 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
6 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
7 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
8 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
9 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
10 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Telecommunications
IEEE has 10 of the top 10 journals in Telecommunications by Eigenfactor Score:
1 IEEE Access
2 IEEE Internet of Things Journal
3 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
4 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
5 IEEE Transactions on Communications
6 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
7 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
8 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
9 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
10 IEEE Communications Letters
Artificial Intelligence
IEEE has 4 of the top 5 journals in Artificial Intelligence by Eigenfactor Score:
1 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
2 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
3 IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
4 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
5 Neurocomputing
Journal Rankings by Article Influence Score
Article Influence® Score is a metric that determines the average influence of a journal's articles over the first five years after publication. IEEE publications scored highly in multiple categories:
- 8 of the top 10 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 9 of the top 10 in Telecommunications
- 6 of the top 10 in Computer Hardware and Architecture
- 5 of the top 10 in Automation and Control Systems
- 2 of the top 5 in Artificial Intelligence
Details of current journal rankings in a few sample categories appear below. IEEE titles appear in bold.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE has 8 of the top 10 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering by Article Influence Score:
1 Nature Electronics
2 IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
3 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
4 Proceedings of the IEEE
5 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
6 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
7 IEEE Wireless Communications
8 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
9 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
10 eTransportation
Telecommunications
IEEE has 9 of the top 10 journals in Telecommunications by Article Influence Score:
1 IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
2 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
3 IEEE Wireless Communications
4 IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
5 IEEE Communications Magazine
6 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
7 IEEE Network
8 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
9 Satellite Navigation
10 IEEE Transactions on Communications
Artificial Intelligence
IEEE has 2 of the top 5 journals in Artificial Intelligence by Article Influence Score:
3 IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
5 IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computation
