''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'' is a monthly

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published by the

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. It covers

information theory Information theory is the scientific study of the quantification (science), quantification, computer data storage, storage, and telecommunication, communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist a ...

and the

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. It was established in 1953 as ''IRE Transactions on Information Theory''. The

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is Muriel Médard (

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). As of 2007, the journal allows the posting of

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. According to

Jack van Lint Jacobus Hendricus ("Jack") van Lint (1 September 1932 – 28 September 2004) was a Dutch mathematician, professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, of which he was rector magnificus from 1991 till 1996. He gained his Ph.D. from Utrecht U ...

, it is the leading research journal in the whole field of

coding theory Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are stud ...

. A 2006 study using the

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found that, among hundreds of

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-related journals, ''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'' had the highest ranking and was thus deemed the most prestigious. '' ACM Computing Surveys'', with the highest

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, was deemed the most popular.

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List of past editors-in-chief
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