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IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
ISSN 2473-2400 · IEEE
IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.63; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; 210 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking is published by IEEE and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The goal of the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking is to advance and promote significant technology advances in green communications and networks including wireline, optical, and wireless communications and networks. Green communications and networking in this context means sustainable, energy-efficient, energy-aware, and environmentally aware communications and networking. The journal promotes innovations, new technologies, concepts, and principles toward a sustainable information and communications technology (ICT).Topics of interest include but are not limited to: green wireline, optical, and wireless communications and networks; network and physical layer design, strategies, algorithms, protocols, and scheduling that consider environmental factors; energy-efficient and energy-aware heterogeneous networks, self-organized, and low-power sensor networks; energy efficiency in machine-to-machine communications, cooperative communications, and smart grid networks; energy harvesting, storage, and recycling for network cross-layer optimization; environmentally-aware designs of communications and networking devices and systems; and communications and networking for environmental protection monitoring.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
Editor-in-chief Yuanwei LiuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationEngineering13.9%
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksEngineering13.5%
- Advanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesEngineering9.9%
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science7.1%
- UAV Applications and OptimizationEngineering5.6%
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science4.6%
- IoT Networks and ProtocolsEngineering3.9%
- Cooperative Communication and Network CodingComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 6.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 13.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 759OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,598 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 192 | 34 | 69 |
| 2025 | 210 | 21 | 739 |
| 2024 | 210 | 34 | 1,992 |
| 2023 | 171 | 61 | 3,378 |
| 2022 | 166 | 43 | 4,466 |
| 2021 | 223 | 60 | 7,353 |
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.
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 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,800 | — | — |
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
- 2473-2400
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Telecommunications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.63; CiteScore 13.4, h-index 73.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
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: .