Language English | Edited by Frank R. Kschischang | |
Former names IRE Transactions on Information Theory Abbreviated title (ISO 4) IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory Discipline Electrical engineering, Computer science, communications Publisher IEEE Information Theory Society | ||
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Information Theory Society. It covers information theory and the mathematics of communications. It was established in 1953 as IRE Transactions on Information Theory. The editor-in-chief is Frank R. Kschischang (University of Toronto). As of 2007, the journal allows the posting of preprints on arXiv.
Reception
According to Jack van Lint it is the leading research journal in the whole field of coding theory. A 2006 study using the PageRank network analysis algorithm found that, among hundreds of computer science-related journals, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory had the highest ranking and was thus deemed the most prestigious. ACM Computing Surveys, with the highest impact factor, was deemed the most popular.