IEEE Transactions on Communications

*IEEE Transactions on Communications*
Discipline	Telecommunication technology
Language	English
Edited by	George K. Karagiannidis
Publication details
History	1972–present
Publisher	IEEE Communications Society
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	8.3 (2022)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	IEEE Trans. Commun.
Indexing;
CODEN	IECMBT
ISSN	0090-6778 (print); 1558-0857 (web);
LCCN	73642335
OCLC no.	6063510
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

IEEE Transactions on Communications is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Communications Society that focuses on all aspects of telecommunication technology, including telephone, telegraphy, facsimile, and point-to-point television by electromagnetic propagation. The editor-in-chief is George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 8.3.^[1]

History

The journal traces back to the establishment of the Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1884. The journal has gone through several name changes and splits over the years.

1884–1951: Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
1952–1963: Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics
1953–1955: Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on Communications Systems
1956–1962: IRE Transactions on Communications Systems
1963–1964: IEEE Transactions on Communications Systems
1964: IEEE Transactions on Communication and Electronics
1964–1971: IEEE Transactions on Communication Technology
1972–present: IEEE Transactions on Communications