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Impact factor of Signals (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Signals published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no official Journal Impact Factor from Clarivate; the value above is how often its recent papers are cited.
Rank in its subject categories
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronicrank 220 of 382 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Signals
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Signals is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no JCR quartile. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$1,207.
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02Funders
Who funds research published in Signals
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03Indexing
Indexing of Signals
- eISSN
- 2624-6120
- Publisher
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- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).
- Web of Science Master Journal List
- SCImago Journal Rank
- ISSN Portal (ISSN 2624-6120)
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04How to submit
How to submit to Signals
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05What it publishes
What Signals publishes: real papers
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06Published papers
Papers published in Signals
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Performance of G3-PLC Channel in the Presence of Spread Spectrum Modulated Electromagnetic Interference. Signals 2025, 1, 020250 citations
- Advances in Electrical Source Imaging: A Review of the Current Approaches, Applications and Challenges. Signals 2021, 2, 378–39120210 citations
- Machine intelligence technique for blockage effects in next-generation heterogeneous networks20200 citations
- Optimized time splitting to maximize the lower bound of rate with channel estimation in an interference alignment based network20190 citations
- Automatic text-independent artifact detection, localization, and classification in the synthetic speech20170 citations
- Fast implementation of transmit beamforming for colocated MIMO radar20150 citations
- Robust adaptive LCMV beamformer based on an iterative suboptimal solution20150 citations
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Signals
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Signals when the 365 journals of Engineering, Electrical & Electronic in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | Frontiers in Signal Processing | 2.53 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 217 | IEEE Transactions on Information Theory | 2.50 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 218 | IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology | 2.49 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 219 | Circuits Systems and Signal Processing | 2.49 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 221 | IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters | 2.46 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 222 | IEEE journal on multiscale and multiphysics computational techniques | 2.45 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 223 | Journal of Sensors | 2.44 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 224 | IEEE Latin America Transactions | 2.39 | SCIE | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
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09Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Signals?
Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Signals is 2.47: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.47 times on average in a year. The journal is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.
What is the h-index of Signals?
The h-index of Signals is 25 (October 2026): 25 of its papers have each been cited at least 25 times. Its i10-index is 71.
What is the APC of Signals?
The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$1,207 for Signals, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Signals?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Signals is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no JCR quartile. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Signals indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Signals appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Signals an SCIE journal?
Signals is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Signals in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Signals is not listed in the JCR 2024 list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
What topics does Signals publish?
The papers published in Signals that we track most often mention channel, interference, signals, network. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Signals does ScholarsColab track?
We track 7 papers published in Signals between 2015 and 2025, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Signals offer an APC waiver?
Signals follows the policy of MDPI: no country waiver scheme; discounts and waivers are discretionary or through institutional membership. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Signals?
43% of 190 recent research articles in Signals name a funder; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Mitacs.
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