Journal metric profile

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 11.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 13.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 5/258 Recorded category rank

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 11.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 5 out of 258 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 12,680 total citations, 232 total articles, 232 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 13.000, which is 1.500 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 11.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.570.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 3.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is identified in this record by print ISSN 1536-1284 and electronic ISSN 1558-0687. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameIEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Abbreviated journalIEEE WIREL COMMUN
PublisherIEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank442
ISSN1536-1284
eISSN1558-0687
Total cites12,680
Total articles232
Citable items232
Cited half-life4.4 years
Citing half-life3.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor11.500
5-Year Impact Factor13.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites11.100
Journal Citation Indicator2.570
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank5/258
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is 11.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS?

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS?

IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS is listed as being published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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