IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Each issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) is devoted to a specific technical topic and thus provides to JSAC readers a collection of up-to-date papers on that topic. These issues are valuable to the research community and become valuable references. The technical topics covered by JSAC issues span the entire field of communications and networking. JSAC publishes only papers that are submitted in response to a Call-for-Papers. These calls are published in JSAC issues and other publications of the IEEE Communications Society as appropriate to the subject area of the call. Papers submitted for review for possible publication in a JSAC issue must be submitted to one of the Guest Editors listed in the Call-for-Papers. See "Information for Authors" found in any JSAC issue for additional instructions. Topics for JSAC issues are determined by the JSAC Editorial Board after review of proposals submitted by interested parties. All are invited to submit proposals. Instructions for submitting proposals are included in the Guidelines for Proposal preparation on the JSAC website. Recent issue themes included: Network Coding for Wireless Communication Networks, Wireless and Pervasive Communications for Healthcare, Network Infrastructure Configuration, Broadband Access Networks: Architectures and Protocols, Body Area Networking: Technology and Applications, Underwater Wireless Communication Networks, Game Theory in Communication Systems, Exploiting Limited Feedback in Tomorrow’s Communication Networks.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Computer Networks and Communications	1999	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2000	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2001	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2002	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2003	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2004	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2005	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2006	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2007	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2008	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2009	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2010	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2011	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2012	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2013	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2014	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2015	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2016	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2017	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2018	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2019	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2020	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2021	Q1
Computer Networks and Communications	2022	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	1999	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2000	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2001	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2002	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2003	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2004	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2005	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2006	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2007	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2008	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2009	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2010	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2011	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2012	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2013	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2014	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2015	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2016	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2017	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2018	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2019	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2020	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2021	Q1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	2022	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	1.855
2000	2.116
2001	3.581
2002	4.877
2003	2.903
2004	3.221
2005	2.922
2006	2.329
2007	2.497
2008	2.626
2009	2.674
2010	2.912
2011	2.427
2012	2.368
2013	2.401
2014	1.855
2015	2.092
2016	1.873
2017	1.741
2018	2.294
2019	3.885
2020	2.986
2021	6.320
2022	7.656

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	167
2000	226
2001	226
2002	161
2003	153
2004	168
2005	208
2006	251
2007	185
2008	175
2009	153
2010	140
2011	179
2012	212
2013	304
2014	194
2015	226
2016	301
2017	212
2018	217
2019	203
2020	217
2021	265
2022	242

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	3.178
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	3.300
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	4.957
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	5.791
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	5.706
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	6.503
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	7.169
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	7.903
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	7.249
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	7.041
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	8.161
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	8.223
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	7.853
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	7.181
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	7.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	6.771
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	8.310
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	10.091
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	10.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	12.609
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	12.766
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	12.062
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	14.357
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	15.163
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	3.178
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	3.141
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	5.056
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	5.005
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	5.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	5.881
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	7.857
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	7.017
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	6.456
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	6.943
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	7.718
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	7.981
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	7.203
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	6.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	6.957
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	6.842
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	8.183
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	10.336
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	10.584
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	11.563
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	13.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	13.125
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	14.075
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	16.210
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	2.903
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	2.799
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	3.982
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	4.292
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	4.189
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	6.166
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	6.695
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	5.553
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	5.843
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	6.321
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	7.206
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	6.963
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	5.539
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	5.611
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	6.793
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	6.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	7.930
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	10.548
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	8.602
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	11.811
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	14.695
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	11.219
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	14.995
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	16.977

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	76
Self Cites	2000	96
Self Cites	2001	123
Self Cites	2002	82
Self Cites	2003	90
Self Cites	2004	56
Self Cites	2005	41
Self Cites	2006	71
Self Cites	2007	94
Self Cites	2008	99
Self Cites	2009	31
Self Cites	2010	41
Self Cites	2011	54
Self Cites	2012	73
Self Cites	2013	132
Self Cites	2014	131
Self Cites	2015	188
Self Cites	2016	343
Self Cites	2017	235
Self Cites	2018	191
Self Cites	2019	171
Self Cites	2020	182
Self Cites	2021	241
Self Cites	2022	334
Total Cites	1999	1430
Total Cites	2000	1429
Total Cites	2001	2730
Total Cites	2002	3098
Total Cites	2003	3175
Total Cites	2004	3176
Total Cites	2005	3787
Total Cites	2006	3712
Total Cites	2007	4048
Total Cites	2008	4471
Total Cites	2009	4716
Total Cites	2010	4094
Total Cites	2011	3371
Total Cites	2012	2877
Total Cites	2013	3694
Total Cites	2014	4755
Total Cites	2015	5810
Total Cites	2016	7483
Total Cites	2017	7631
Total Cites	2018	8545
Total Cites	2019	9947
Total Cites	2020	8295
Total Cites	2021	8966
Total Cites	2022	11104

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	3.009
External Cites per document	2000	2.930
External Cites per document	2001	4.828
External Cites per document	2002	4.872
External Cites per document	2003	5.033
External Cites per document	2004	5.778
External Cites per document	2005	7.772
External Cites per document	2006	6.883
External Cites per document	2007	6.306
External Cites per document	2008	6.789
External Cites per document	2009	7.668
External Cites per document	2010	7.901
External Cites per document	2011	7.088
External Cites per document	2012	5.941
External Cites per document	2013	6.708
External Cites per document	2014	6.653
External Cites per document	2015	7.918
External Cites per document	2016	9.862
External Cites per document	2017	10.258
External Cites per document	2018	11.304
External Cites per document	2019	13.392
External Cites per document	2020	12.837
External Cites per document	2021	13.697
External Cites per document	2022	15.723
Cites per document	1999	3.178
Cites per document	2000	3.141
Cites per document	2001	5.056
Cites per document	2002	5.005
Cites per document	2003	5.179
Cites per document	2004	5.881
Cites per document	2005	7.857
Cites per document	2006	7.017
Cites per document	2007	6.456
Cites per document	2008	6.943
Cites per document	2009	7.718
Cites per document	2010	7.981
Cites per document	2011	7.203
Cites per document	2012	6.095
Cites per document	2013	6.957
Cites per document	2014	6.842
Cites per document	2015	8.183
Cites per document	2016	10.336
Cites per document	2017	10.584
Cites per document	2018	11.563
Cites per document	2019	13.626
Cites per document	2020	13.125
Cites per document	2021	14.075
Cites per document	2022	16.210

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	32.93
2000	19.91
2001	27.88
2002	30.43
2003	31.37
2004	25.60
2005	28.85
2006	32.27
2007	42.16
2008	68.00
2009	39.87
2010	45.00
2011	41.34
2012	43.87
2013	52.96
2014	47.94
2015	54.42
2016	55.48
2017	61.32
2018	61.29
2019	55.67
2020	62.67
2021	56.98
2022	64.88

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	7
Non-citable documents	2003	19
Non-citable documents	2004	29
Non-citable documents	2005	28
Non-citable documents	2006	27
Non-citable documents	2007	32
Non-citable documents	2008	36
Non-citable documents	2009	35
Non-citable documents	2010	31
Non-citable documents	2011	30
Non-citable documents	2012	29
Non-citable documents	2013	29
Non-citable documents	2014	31
Non-citable documents	2015	31
Non-citable documents	2016	29
Non-citable documents	2017	26
Non-citable documents	2018	23
Non-citable documents	2019	22
Non-citable documents	2020	24
Non-citable documents	2021	25
Non-citable documents	2022	25
Citable documents	1999	450
Citable documents	2000	455
Citable documents	2001	540
Citable documents	2002	612
Citable documents	2003	594
Citable documents	2004	511
Citable documents	2005	454
Citable documents	2006	502
Citable documents	2007	595
Citable documents	2008	608
Citable documents	2009	576
Citable documents	2010	482
Citable documents	2011	438
Citable documents	2012	443
Citable documents	2013	502
Citable documents	2014	664
Citable documents	2015	679
Citable documents	2016	695
Citable documents	2017	695
Citable documents	2018	716
Citable documents	2019	708
Citable documents	2020	608
Citable documents	2021	612
Citable documents	2022	660

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	109
Uncited documents	2000	116
Uncited documents	2001	110
Uncited documents	2002	129
Uncited documents	2003	120
Uncited documents	2004	90
Uncited documents	2005	73
Uncited documents	2006	85
Uncited documents	2007	109
Uncited documents	2008	114
Uncited documents	2009	84
Uncited documents	2010	74
Uncited documents	2011	67
Uncited documents	2012	80
Uncited documents	2013	73
Uncited documents	2014	97
Uncited documents	2015	81
Uncited documents	2016	64
Uncited documents	2017	67
Uncited documents	2018	53
Uncited documents	2019	63
Uncited documents	2020	51
Uncited documents	2021	43
Uncited documents	2022	30
Cited documents	1999	341
Cited documents	2000	339
Cited documents	2001	430
Cited documents	2002	490
Cited documents	2003	493
Cited documents	2004	450
Cited documents	2005	409
Cited documents	2006	444
Cited documents	2007	518
Cited documents	2008	530
Cited documents	2009	527
Cited documents	2010	439
Cited documents	2011	401
Cited documents	2012	392
Cited documents	2013	458
Cited documents	2014	598
Cited documents	2015	629
Cited documents	2016	660
Cited documents	2017	654
Cited documents	2018	686
Cited documents	2019	667
Cited documents	2020	581
Cited documents	2021	594
Cited documents	2022	655