Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
ISSN 2471-2825 · IEEE
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine: impact factor 5.1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,995; 200 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine is published by IEEE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization and Software-Defined Networks and 5G, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine aims to be a platform for presenting and discussing a broad variety of standards-related topics in the area of communications. The magazine covers areas of communication and networking standards, as well as the role of standards in technical innovation in communications, the effect of intellectual property on communication technology standardization, and research on standardization methodologies in communications. Contributions are encouraged from areas and disciplines that impact the development, adoption, and impact of communications standards on industry and society, such as standards development processes, economics of standards, and the role of national and international policies and regulations on standardization.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Carlos CordeiroPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science12.9%
- Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationEngineering8.7%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science8.5%
- Advanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesEngineering7.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Telecommunications and Broadcasting TechnologiesEngineering4.5%
- Big Data and Digital EconomyComputer Science4.1%
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)Engineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 12.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 252OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 126LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,221 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 230 | 31 | 110 |
| 2025 | 200 | 34 | 683 |
| 2024 | 82 | 25 | 672 |
| 2023 | 91 | 53 | 703 |
| 2022 | 115 | 74 | 1,812 |
| 2021 | 121 | 80 | 2,978 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,995 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,995 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- IEEE
- ISSN
- 2471-2825
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
What is the impact factor of IEEE Communications Standards Magazine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 12.6, h-index 59.
Which databases index IEEE Communications Standards Magazine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is IEEE Communications Standards Magazine open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,995.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .