Each issue of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) is devoted to a specific technical topic and thus provides to JSAC readers a collection of up-to-date papers on that topic. These issues are valuable to the research community and become valuable references. The technical topics covered by JSAC issues span the entire field of communications and networking. JSAC publishes only papers that are submitted in response to a Call-for-Papers. These calls are published in JSAC issues and other publications of the IEEE Communications Society as appropriate to the subject area of the call. Papers submitted for review for possible publication in a JSAC issue must be submitted to one of the Guest Editors listed in the Call-for-Papers. See "Information for Authors" found in any JSAC issue for additional instructions. Topics for JSAC issues are determined by the JSAC Editorial Board after review of proposals submitted by interested parties. All are invited to submit proposals. Instructions for submitting proposals are included in the Guidelines for Proposal preparation on the JSAC website. Recent issue themes included: Network Coding for Wireless Communication Networks, Wireless and Pervasive Communications for Healthcare, Network Infrastructure Configuration, Broadband Access Networks: Architectures and Protocols, Body Area Networking: Technology and Applications, Underwater Wireless Communication Networks, Game Theory in Communication Systems, Exploiting Limited Feedback in Tomorrow’s Communication Networks.

《IEEE通訊選定領域雜志》（JSAC）的每一期都專門討論一個特定的技術主題，因此為JSAC讀者提供了一系列關于該主題的最新論文。這些問題對研究界具有一定的參考價值。JSAC問題涉及的技術主題跨越了整個通信和網絡領域。JSAC只發布響應論文需求而提交的論文。這些電話發布在JSAC期刊和IEEE通信協會的其他出版物中，以適合電話的主題領域。為可能在JSAC期刊上發表而提交供審查的論文必須提交給《征文》中列出的一位來賓編輯。有關其他說明，請參閱任何JSAC版本中的“作者信息”。JSAC問題的主題由JSAC編輯委員會在審查相關方提交的提案后決定。邀請所有人提交提案。提交提案的指令包含在JSAC網站的提案準備指南中。最近的主題包括：無線通信網絡的網絡編碼、醫療保健的無線和普及通信、網絡基礎設施配置、寬帶接入網絡：體系結構和協議、身體區域網絡：技術和應用、水下無線通信網絡、通信中的博弈論。信息系統，利用明天通信網絡中有限的反饋。