Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Subfield ranking · 2017
Computer Networks and Communications journal rankings 2017
131 ranked journals · Subfield in Computer Science
Computer Networks and Communications has 131 ranked journals in 2017. The median OJR fell 0.14 on 2016 to 0.67, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.00. The top three are ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, and ACM Transactions on Information and System Security.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2017. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Computer Science (11)
- Artificial Intelligence422
- Information Systems211
- Computer Networks and Communications131
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition120
- Computational Theory and Mathematics107
- Computer Science Applications25
- Human-Computer Interaction19
- Hardware and Architecture16
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Signal Processing8
- Software2
131 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2016. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2014–2016 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2008 to 2017. | Compare |
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1ACM Transactions on Computer SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 8.27Q1 | 5.89 4.85 down from 2016 | 36 | 33% | — | ||
2IEEE Transactions on Services ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.11Q1 | 4.34 0.51 up from 2016 | 366 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
3ACM Transactions on Information and System SecurityAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 5.92Q1 | 5.86 1.24 up from 2016 | 35 | — | — | ||
4IEEE NetworkInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.84Q1 | 7.85 0.56 down from 2016 | 316 | 13% | $2,995 | ||
5Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and ApplicationsOASpringer Nature · Germany | 5.27Q1 | 4.67 1.17 up from 2016 | 67 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
6ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication ReviewAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 4.89Q1 | 4.28 0.41 down from 2016 | 279 | 14% | — | ||
7Journal of Internet Services and ApplicationsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 4.72Q1 | 4.60 0.22 up from 2016 | 49 | 100% | $1,490 | ||
8IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.59Q1 | 4.72 0.71 down from 2016 | 795 | 21% | $2,645 | ||
9Future Generation Computer SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.58Q1 | 5.76 1.07 up from 2016 | 743 | 24% | $3,000 | ||
10Journal of Grid ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.32Q1 | 4.50 0.10 up from 2016 | 96 | 39% | $3,490 | ||
11IEEE Transactions on Network and Service ManagementInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.06Q1 | 5.08 0.18 up from 2016 | 176 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
12Journal of Network and Computer ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.92Q1 | 6.00 1.20 up from 2016 | 663 | 15% | $3,120 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Control of Network SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.56Q1 | 3.87 1.70 down from 2016 | 255 | 34% | $2,645 | ||
14Egyptian Informatics JournalOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 2.94Q1 | 4.13 0.95 up from 2016 | 102 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
15Ad Hoc NetworksElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.70Q1 | 4.26 0.23 up from 2016 | 519 | 21% | $3,040 | ||
16IEEE Transactions on Mobile ComputingIEEE Computer Society · United States | 2.68Q1 | 3.96 0.33 down from 2016 | 715 | 16% | $2,645 | ||
17Swarm IntelligenceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.65Q1 | 4.12 0.56 down from 2016 | 37 | 36% | $3,190 | ||
18EURASIP Journal on Information SecurityOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 2.64Q1 | 2.53 1.55 down from 2016 | 53 | 100% | $1,040 | ||
19IEEE/ACM Transactions on NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.62Q1 | 3.31 0.13 down from 2016 | 625 | 13% | $2,495 | ||
20ACM Transactions on Database SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.60Q1 | 2.50 0.48 down from 2016 | 89 | 22% | — | ||
21Computer NetworksElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.59Q1 | 3.77 0.03 up from 2016 | 900 | 17% | $2,460 | ||
22ACM Transactions on StorageAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.49Q1 | 2.77 1.38 down from 2016 | 57 | 25% | — | ||
23ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.49Q1 | 2.39 0.66 down from 2016 | 135 | 23% | $3,290 | ||
24ACM SIGMOD RecordAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.48Q1 | 2.44 0.21 up from 2016 | 104 | 13% | — | ||
25Computer CommunicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.45Q1 | 3.21 0.06 down from 2016 | 596 | 26% | $2,620 | ||
26Journal of Parallel and Distributed ComputingElsevier BV · United States | 2.45Q1 | 2.18 1.14 down from 2016 | 327 | 31% | $3,250 | ||
27Future InternetOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.39Q1 | 1.83 0.14 down from 2016 | 118 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
28Digital Communications and NetworksOAKeAi · Netherlands | 2.23Q1 | 3.99 0.49 up from 2016 | 75 | 100% | $800 | ||
29Pervasive and Mobile ComputingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.22Q1 | 3.17 0.30 down from 2016 | 297 | 29% | $2,620 | ||
30ACM Transactions on Parallel ComputingAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.12Q1 | 2.40 0.81 up from 2016 | 58 | 50% | — | ||
31IEEE Transactions on Network Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.07Q1 | 3.04 0.54 down from 2016 | 59 | 46% | $2,645 | ||
32Simulation Modelling Practice and TheoryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.03Q1 | 2.83 0.15 down from 2016 | 323 | 24% | $2,890 | ||
33Journal of large-scale research facilities JLSRFOAResearch Centre Jülich · Germany | 2.00Q1 | 3.18 0.28 up from 2016 | 102 | 100% | — | ||
34IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over NetworksInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 1.89Q2 | 2.79 0.25 down from 2016 | 112 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
35Journal of Network and Systems ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.83Q2 | 2.13 0.64 down from 2016 | 95 | 30% | $3,090 | ||
36Cluster ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.75Q2 | 2.82 0.01 up from 2016 | 365 | 5% | $3,190 | ||
37EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of ThingsOAEuropean Alliance for Innovation | 1.75Q2 | 2.81 0.87 up from 2016 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
38Performance EvaluationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.61Q2 | 1.93 0.11 up from 2016 | 159 | 23% | $2,540 | ||
39Peer-to-Peer Networking and ApplicationsSpringer Nature · United States | 1.57Q2 | 2.05 0.27 down from 2016 | 281 | 11% | $4,090 | ||
40IET NetworksOAPublisher not listed | 1.57Q2 | 3.47 1.31 up from 2016 | 77 | 45% | $2,390 | ||
41The Journal of SupercomputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.49Q2 | 2.05 0.37 up from 2016 | 839 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
42IEEE Data(base) Engineering BulletinPublisher not listed | 1.44Q2 | 1.39 0.12 down from 2016 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
43Complex Adaptive Systems ModelingSpringer Nature · Germany | 1.40Q2 | 1.97 1.14 down from 2016 | 34 | 100% | $1,390 | ||
44Concurrency and Computation Practice and ExperienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 1.96 0.25 up from 2016 | 784 | 29% | $5,140 | ||
45ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems ReviewAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.37Q2 | 1.82 1.07 down from 2016 | 120 | 11% | — | ||
46International Journal of Cooperative Information SystemsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.34Q2 | 1.12 0.56 down from 2016 | 46 | 26% | — | ||
47International Journal of Network ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 1.33Q2 | 2.25 0.61 up from 2016 | 85 | 26% | $2,490 | ||
48The International Journal of High Performance Computing ApplicationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 1.53 0.87 down from 2016 | 139 | 43% | $4,400 | ||
49Journal of Sensor and Actuator NetworksOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.25Q2 | 2.17 0.55 up from 2016 | 48 | 100% | $2,413 | ||
50IET Wireless Sensor SystemsOAPublisher not listed | 1.25Q2 | 2.02 0.04 down from 2016 | 87 | 32% | $2,310 |
Subfields of Computer Science, with Computer Networks and Communications highlighted.
- Artificial Intelligence422
- Information Systems211
- Computer Networks and Communications131
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition120
- Computational Theory and Mathematics107
- Computer Science Applications25
- Human-Computer Interaction19
- Hardware and Architecture16
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Signal Processing8
- Software2
Journals
Citations made in 2017. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
61 additional Computer Networks and Communications journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2014–2016, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2017. Publication window: 2014–2016. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 131
- Window papers (baseline)
- 95,314 -1.4% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.670 -18.9% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2014–2016 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 53 | 54 | 58 | 59 | 63 | 64 | 69 | 81 | 92 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 107 | 115 | 123 | 129 | 129 | 131 | 132 | 137 | 130 | 126 | 125 | 121 | 121 | 122 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 27,154 | 28,966 | 31,457 | 35,185 | 39,729 | 45,490 | 52,804 | 60,944 | 68,398 | 74,965 | 79,694 | 84,853 | 89,600 | 94,197 | 96,715 | 99,336 | 98,299 | 95,314 | 90,549 | 89,069 | 90,921 | 92,425 | 92,901 | 89,675 | 87,701 | 90,445 | |
| Median OJR | 0.806 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 1.064 | 0.93 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.33 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.18 | 1.059 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.814 | 0.670 | 0.73 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.673 | 0.77 | 0.86 | 0.85 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.