Published: 19 Nov 2025

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The IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) invites nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief for the journal IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (TGCN) for a two–year term starting on 1 August 2026. TGCN is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS), and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS). Based on the strong foundation established by the previous and the current EiCs, the next EiC is expected to play a major role in its further development toward a flagship journal in the Communications and Networking area.

Official Scope:

TGCN is committed to timely publishing of high-quality manuscripts that advance the state-of-the-art of "green" communications and networks including wireline, optical, and wireless communications and networks. Green communications and networking in this context means sustainable, energy-efficient, energy-aware, and environmentally aware communications and networking. The Journal will promote innovations, new technologies, concepts, and principles that will underpin a sustainable information and communications technology (ICT) eco-system. One of the objectives of the journal is to be the prime reference on the sustainable growth of the wireless infrastructure.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: green wireline, optical, and wireless communications and networks; network and physical layer design, strategies, algorithms, protocols, and scheduling that consider environmental factors; energy-efficient and energy-aware heterogeneous networks, self-organized, and low-power sensor networks; energy efficiency in machine-to-machine communications, cooperative communications, and smart grid networks; energy harvesting, storage, and recycling for network cross-layer optimization; environmentally-aware designs of communications and networking devices and systems; and communications and networking for environmental protection monitoring.

Nominee:

The nominee must be a member in good standing of IEEE ComSoc, SPS or VTS and an acknowledged leader in the field of Green Communications and Networking. He/she must have extensive editorial experience. Desirable qualities include: solid technical accomplishments, leadership, integrity and ethical standards, organizational and management skills, and a strong vision and set of ideas for moving the journal forward. He/she shall agree to assume the roles and responsibilities of the EiC and realize that there will be no remuneration for service to the Journal.

The duties include interaction with authors, initiating and monitoring the review process to its completion, identifying candidates for Associate Editors and members of the Editorial Board, ensuring that the journal follows the IEEE Policy and Procedures, preparing a report for the IEEE Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee (PRAC), the execution of the policies established by the Editorial Board, maintaining the intellectual integrity and timeliness of the journal. It is anticipated that special sections and issues will form an integral part of the journal in this formative stage; thus, the establishment of editorial teams to manage such special sections and issues is also of importance.

The Editor-in-Chief will report to the TGCN Steering Committee, ComSoc Director of Journals and Vice-President Publications. They will serve on and be a member of the ComSoc Publications Council. The EiC is expected to participate in ComSoc Publications Council meetings and organize TGCN Editorial Board meetings at IEEE ICC in the Spring and IEEE Globecom in the Fall. The terms of service will be from 01/08/2026 to 31/07/2028 and be renewable for up to additional two years.

Please submit nominations by 31 December 2025 to:

Marco Di Renzo, Director of Journals, IEEE ComSoc.

Nominations must include:

  1. Name of candidate and nominator (self-nominations are acceptable).
  2. A brief biography of the nominee of no more than one page; with a discussion of research activities that are directly aligned with the scope of the journal.
  3. A summary statement of the candidate’s editorial experience.
  4. Statement of interest of up to 500 words stating the nominee’s vision for the journal and special qualifications for the position.
  5. The candidate’s full CV.

The elements of the nomination package should be combined as a single pdf file with the nominee’s CV appended at the end and a labelling clearly indicating the name of the nominee.