IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
ISSN 1553-877x · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States · active 1998–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 40.7
- SJR
- 14.838
- h-index
- 337
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1 of 811 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q1 | #1 of 811 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 57.78
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 108
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2025 edition, #1 of 811 journals), with SJR 14.838 (Scimago) and an h-index of 337 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of Science
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.
Is IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials?
Papers in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials are cited about 40.7 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 337. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1 of 811 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is cited about 40.7 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 337.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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