A message from the new Editor-in-Chief

It is a great honor and huge responsibility to serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWireless). Since its inception in 2002, TWireless has undergone phenomenal growth, both in terms of size and prestige. It has become one of the most prestigious journals in the communications area. It received 576 submissions in 2002 when the journal published its first volume. The submission number grew to 1626 manuscripts in 2008 and reached 1827 manuscripts as of December 18, 2009. Its current acceptance rate is below 30%, and its current citation index (or impact factor, which is an important measure in the ranking of journals) is 2.18, which is higher than nearly all other journals that publish papers in the communications area.