The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of IEEE Communications Letters and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is IEEE Communications Letters?
IEEE Communications Letters is the 67th out of 837 Applied Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the sub-discipline of Applied Mathematics. This Journal is the 84th out of 581 Electrical Engineering journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the discipline of Electrical Engineering. This Journal is the 120th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the discipline of Mathematics. This Journal is the 125th out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the sub-discipline of Software Engineering. This Journal is the 231st out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the science branch of Formal Sciences. This Journal is the 708th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the science branch of Applied Sciences. This Journal is the 1517th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Physical Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
