Journal profile · Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
ISSN 2162-2337 · eISSN 2162-2345 · IEEE Communications Society · UNITED STATES
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.17; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; 957 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters is published by IEEE Communications Society and is in Zone 3 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, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IEEE Wireless Communications Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on advances in the state-of-the-art of wireless communications. Both theoretical contributions (including new techniques, concepts, and analyses) and practical contributions (including system experiments and prototypes, and new applications) are encouraged. This journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of wireless communication systems.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Editor-in-chief Ai-Chun PangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationEngineering14%
- Advanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesEngineering12.2%
- Cooperative Communication and Network CodingComputer Science6.7%
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksEngineering5.5%
- Advanced Wireless Communication TechniquesEngineering5.5%
- Wireless Communication Security TechniquesEngineering5%
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and ModelingEngineering4.5%
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
| 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
- 5.17LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 139OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 839LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,993 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 911 | 131 | 551 |
| 2025 | 957 | 106 | 3,707 |
| 2024 | 762 | 141 | 8,291 |
| 2023 | 569 | 141 | 8,843 |
| 2022 | 550 | 112 | 12,811 |
| 2021 | 567 | 153 | 15,242 |
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 Communications Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2162-2337
- Electronic ISSN
- 2162-2345
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
What CAS zone is IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / 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 Wireless Communications Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.17; CiteScore 9.4, h-index 139.
Which databases index IEEE Wireless Communications Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Wireless Communications Letters open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 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: .