Thomson Reuters released its 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which is generally accepted as the world’s most influential source of information about highly-cited, peer reviewed publications and the source of the new Journal Impact Factors. Below please find the rankings of the top-10 IEEE journals in terms of the impact factor:

1. P IEEE (IF: 6.810)
2. IEEE COMMUN SURV TUT (IF: 6.311)
3. IEEE T IND ELECTRON (IF: 5.160)
4. IEEE IND ELECTRON (IF: 5.000)
5. IEEE T PATTERN ANAL (IF: 4.908)
6. IEEE T POWER ELECTR (IF: 4.650)
7. IEEE T FUZZY SYST (IF: 4.260)
8. IEEE SIGNAL PROC MAG (IF: 4.066)
9. IEEE COMMUN MAG (IF: 3.785)
10. IEEE J SEL TOP QUANT (IF: 3.780)

Below please find the rankings of the top-10 IEEE journals in terms of the number of submissions that they receive:

1. IEEE T INFORM THEORY (2011 total cites: 27,909)
2. IEEE T PATTERN ANAL (2011 total cites: 22,409)
3. IEEE T AUTOMAT CONTR (2011 total cites: 19,589)
4. P IEEE (2011 total cites: 16,872)
5. IEEE T SIGNAL PROCES (2011 total cites: 16,727)
6. IEEE T GEOSCI REMOTE (2011 total cites: 16,126)
7. IEEE T ANTENN PROPAG (2011 total cites: 15,952)
8. IEEE T IND ELECTRON (2011 total cites: 15,474)
9. IEEE T MAGN (2011 total cites: 15,454)
10. IEEE T ELECTRON DEV (2011 total cites: 14,095)