IEEE Communications Magazine

IEEE Communications Magazine is a monthly magazine of the IEEE Communications Society, tracing its lineage to a newsletter launched in 1963 and published under its present title since 1979, covering communications technology, standards and industry developments, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and a first quartile rank of 38 of 369 in engineering, electrical and electronic《IEEE 通信杂志》（IEEE Communications Magazine）是（IEEE Communications Society）的月刊，其渊源可溯至 1963 年创办的通讯，1979 年起用现名，覆盖通信技术、标准与产业动向，2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在电气与电子工程类 369 种期刊中列第 38 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The magazine publishes tutorial and survey articles that explain communications technologies and systems to a broad engineering readership该刊刊载面向广大工程读者的通信技术与系统教程性文章与综述。
• Network architectures, protocols, standards and interoperability questions are central to its content网络架构、协议、标准与互操作性问题构成其内容核心。
• Wireless and mobile communications, including fifth and sixth generation systems, the Internet of Things and mobile edge computing, are covered through standing series通过固定专栏覆盖无线与移动通信，包括第五代与第六代系统、物联网与移动边缘计算。
• Optical communications and networking, network security, and data-driven network management appear regularly光通信与光网络、网络安全，以及数据驱动的网络管理等内容常驻该刊。
• Series such as Mobile Communications and Networks bring together themed technical contributions commissioned by series editors移动通信与网络等专栏由专栏编辑组约主题技术稿件并结集刊出。
• Industry and standards activity, technology transfer and the Global Communications Newsletter are reported alongside research-oriented features该刊在技术专题之外，还报道产业与标准化动向、技术转移及全球通信通讯栏目。
• The magazine follows a hybrid model, publishing for subscribers by default while allowing authors to pay an article processing charge for open access该刊采用混合模式，默认向订阅者出版，同时允许作者支付文章处理费以实现开放获取。

History

• The publication began as a newsletter of the IEEE Communications Society in 1963 and appeared as Communications Society from 1973 to 1976该刊 1963 年以（IEEE Communications Society）通讯的形式起步，1973 至 1976 年间名为（Communications Society）。
• It was renamed IEEE Communications Society Magazine for 1977 and 1978 and took its present title, IEEE Communications Magazine, in 19791977 与 1978 年改称（IEEE Communications Society Magazine），1979 年定名为（IEEE Communications Magazine）。
• The National Library of Medicine records the title as starting in 1979 and continuing IEEE Communications Society Magazine under the ISSN 0148-9615（National Library of Medicine）将其起始年记为 1979 年，并注明它延续刊号 0148-9615 的（IEEE Communications Society Magazine）。
• A full-time managing editor was hired in 1979 and the title became monthly in 1983, entering a sustained growth phase1979 年聘任专职编辑主任，1983 年起改为月刊，并进入持续增长阶段。
• Electronic delivery developed early, with subscriptions in portable document format available from 1988该刊电子化较早，自 1988 年起即通过订阅提供便携文档格式全文。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 8.3 in 2025, ranking 38th among 369 journals in engineering, electrical and electronic该刊 2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在电气与电子工程类 369 种期刊中列第 38 位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Rose Qingyang Hu, professor and associate dean for research at Utah State University, working on wireless communications, systems and networks, the Internet of Things and mobile edge computing现任主编为（Rose Qingyang Hu），（Utah State University）教授兼研究副院长，研究无线通信、系统与网络、物联网及移动边缘计算。
• She took office in January 2024 and has used editor-in-chief messages to set out the magazine's direction for technical content她自 2024 年 1 月起任职，并通过主编致辞阐明该刊技术内容的方向。
• Series editors lead standing thematic series and commission the tutorial articles that appear under each series heading专栏编辑主持固定的主题专栏，并组约各专栏标题下的教程性文章。
• The magazine is published by IEEE for the IEEE Communications Society, whose boards oversee editorial appointments and publication policy该刊由（IEEE）为（IEEE Communications Society）出版，编委任命与出版政策由该会理事会监督。
• In December 2025 the society approved an economically-challenged authors programme to support researchers who cannot meet publication-related charges2025 年 12 月，该会批准经济困难作者计划，用以支持无力承担出版相关费用的研究者。
• Technical submissions are peer reviewed before acceptance, and authors may opt for the magazine's open access option on payment of a charge技术稿件经同行评审后录用，作者亦可付费选择该刊的开放获取选项。