Journal profile · Energy-Energy (miscellaneous)
Communications Engineering
ISSN 2731-3395 · Nature Portfolio · United Kingdom
Communications Engineering: fully open access; APC about USD 2,290; median 196 days to acceptance (114 articles, last 24 months); 240 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communications Engineering is published by Nature Portfolio. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Soft Robotics and Applications and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, together about 18.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishing significant advances across all areas of engineering. Committed to rapid dissemination of primary research, reviews, and comments. Bringing high visibility through open access and a global reach.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Energy-Energy (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: 18 in mainland China (about 23%); most named Mainland China 18, United States 14, United Kingdom 7, Italy 6, Hong Kong, China 3 (79 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering7.5%
- Soft Robotics and ApplicationsEngineering5.8%
- Neural Networks and Reservoir ComputingComputer Science5.4%
- Model Reduction and Neural NetworksPhysics and Astronomy5.2%
- Advanced Materials and MechanicsEngineering5%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering4.8%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering4.8%
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsMaterials Science4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | Q1 | 51/351 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 270OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 229LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 811 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 236 | 236 | 3,928 |
| 2025 | 240 | 240 | 2,954 |
| 2024 | 189 | 189 | 1,248 |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | 393 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | 52 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
196 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 151 days – 311 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (114 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 114 articles with submission and acceptance dates (494 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,990 / USD 2,290 / GBP 1,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,190 / EUR 1,890 / GBP 1,590 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,490 / USD 2,090 / EUR 1,790 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Transparent Peer Review
From 11th August, all new submissions, if accepted, will have a peer review file published alongside it, containing the reviewer comments and author rebuttal letters to those comments. For accepted contributions submitted prior to 11th August, transparent peer review remains optional. Mandatory Transparent Peer Review aligns our processes with Nature, and other journals in our Portfolio.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Nature Portfolio
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2731-3395
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communications Engineering
How long does peer review take at Communications Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 114 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 196 days (interquartile range 151–311 days); authors report an average review time of about 27 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Communications Engineering based?
Of the 79 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 18 (about 23%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (18), United States (14) and United Kingdom (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Communications Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communications Engineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Communications Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Communications Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,290.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .