Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Computer Networks and Communications journal rankings 2023
121 ranked journals · Subfield in Computer Science
Computer Networks and Communications has 121 ranked journals in 2023. The median OJR rose 0.10 on 2022 to 0.77, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.45. The top three are International Journal of Intelligent Networks, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, and Egyptian Informatics Journal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 Intelligence483
- Information Systems213
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition123
- Computer Networks and Communications121
- Computational Theory and Mathematics115
- Computer Science Applications25
- Human-Computer Interaction25
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Hardware and Architecture10
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
121 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1International Journal of Intelligent NetworksOAElsevier BV · China | 4.32Q1 | 15.51 7.40 up from 2022 | 72 | 100% | $700 | ||
2Journal of Network and Computer ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.09Q1 | 11.37 0.35 down from 2022 | 501 | 28% | $3,120 | ||
3Egyptian Informatics JournalOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 3.34Q1 | 7.65 0.97 up from 2022 | 135 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
4Internet of ThingsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.29Q1 | 9.83 0.27 down from 2022 | 356 | 39% | $2,690 | ||
5Future Generation Computer SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.13Q1 | 8.68 0.74 down from 2022 | 1,312 | 34% | $3,000 | ||
6IEEE NetworkInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.95Q1 | 6.40 2.44 down from 2022 | 873 | 38% | $2,995 | ||
7BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks Standards and EvaluationsElsevier BV · China | 2.73Q1 | 7.15 5.58 up from 2022 | 39 | 97% | $0 listed | ||
8IEEE Transactions on Network Science and EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.62Q1 | 7.89 0.30 up from 2022 | 908 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
9Digital Communications and NetworksOAKeAi · Netherlands | 2.55Q1 | 7.08 0.78 down from 2022 | 382 | 100% | $800 | ||
10IEEE Transactions on Services ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.46Q1 | 5.61 0.03 down from 2022 | 417 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
11Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and ApplicationsOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.43Q1 | 6.76 0.46 up from 2022 | 221 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
12Journal of Grid ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.38Q1 | 5.21 1.04 down from 2022 | 131 | 18% | $3,490 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.33Q1 | 5.97 0.24 down from 2022 | 761 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
14Cluster ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 5.68 0.34 down from 2022 | 739 | 16% | $3,190 | ||
15Computer CommunicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 6.45 1.02 down from 2022 | 1,251 | 28% | $2,620 | ||
16Computer NetworksElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 6.36 0.78 down from 2022 | 1,273 | 30% | $2,460 | ||
17IEEE Transactions on Network and Service ManagementInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.17Q1 | 6.07 0.34 down from 2022 | 974 | 23% | $2,645 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Mobile ComputingIEEE Computer Society · United States | 2.09Q1 | 6.05 0.18 up from 2022 | 1,028 | 16% | $2,645 | ||
19IoTOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.99Q1 | 5.23 0.04 up from 2022 | 92 | 100% | $1,448 | ||
20Future InternetOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.97Q1 | 5.39 0.14 down from 2022 | 948 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
21Journal of Parallel and Distributed ComputingElsevier BV · United States | 1.97Q1 | 5.00no change | 485 | 39% | $3,250 | ||
22Ad Hoc NetworksElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.94Q1 | 6.41 0.12 up from 2022 | 466 | 18% | $3,040 | ||
23Journal of Reliable Intelligent EnvironmentsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.88Q1 | 6.09 0.16 down from 2022 | 84 | 53% | $3,290 | ||
24Journal of Network and Systems ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.75Q1 | 5.76 0.62 up from 2022 | 193 | 32% | $3,090 | ||
25ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.70Q1 | 5.01 0.21 up from 2022 | 353 | 29% | $3,290 | ||
26Simulation Modelling Practice and TheoryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.66Q1 | 4.95 0.28 up from 2022 | 363 | 25% | $2,890 | ||
27Journal of Sensor and Actuator NetworksOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.65Q1 | 5.75 0.88 up from 2022 | 215 | 100% | $2,413 | ||
28Peer-to-Peer Networking and ApplicationsSpringer Nature · United States | 1.57Q1 | 4.65 0.53 down from 2022 | 551 | 6% | $4,090 | ||
29Pervasive and Mobile ComputingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.54Q1 | 4.56 0.23 down from 2022 | 219 | 42% | $2,620 | ||
30EURASIP Journal on Information SecurityOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 1.46Q1 | 4.57 0.20 up from 2022 | 36 | 100% | $1,040 | ||
31IEEE/ACM Transactions on NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.45Q1 | 3.91 0.57 down from 2022 | 719 | 24% | $2,495 | ||
32The Journal of SupercomputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.44Q2 | 3.90 0.57 down from 2022 | 1,790 | 18% | $3,290 | ||
33IEEE Transactions on Sustainable ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.40Q2 | 3.62 0.06 up from 2022 | 126 | 21% | $2,645 | ||
34IEEE Internet of Things MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.38Q2 | 2.96 0.94 down from 2022 | 338 | 54% | $2,995 | ||
35The International Journal of High Performance Computing ApplicationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 5.13 1.43 up from 2022 | 108 | 58% | $4,400 | ||
36NetworkOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.22Q2 | 3.52 0.05 down from 2022 | 60 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
37ACM Transactions on Internet of ThingsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.21Q2 | 4.67 1.62 up from 2022 | 98 | 81% | — | ||
38IEEE Transactions on Control of Network SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.20Q2 | 3.78 0.34 up from 2022 | 527 | 21% | $2,645 | ||
39Journal of Computer Networks and CommunicationsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 3.78 0.32 up from 2022 | 42 | 100% | $1,720 | ||
40International Journal of Wireless Information NetworksSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.08Q2 | 2.75 1.46 down from 2022 | 95 | 18% | $3,190 | ||
41ACM Transactions on Database SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.08Q2 | 3.12 0.36 up from 2022 | 52 | 100% | — | ||
42Measurement SensorsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.06Q2 | 3.33 2.09 up from 2022 | 634 | 100% | $1,910 | ||
43International Journal of Computer Network and Information SecurityOAHong Kong SAR China | 1.06Q2 | 2.50 0.01 up from 2022 | 106 | 100% | — | ||
44IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over NetworksInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 1.05Q2 | 3.71 0.88 up from 2022 | 201 | 21% | $2,645 | ||
45Journal of Internet Services and ApplicationsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 3.59 1.05 up from 2022 | 32 | 100% | $1,490 | ||
46Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.04Q2 | 2.70 0.63 up from 2022 | 149 | 94% | — | ||
47Wireless NetworksSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.01Q2 | 3.22 0.58 down from 2022 | 956 | 12% | $3,290 | ||
48ACM Transactions on StorageAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.01Q2 | 2.75 0.05 down from 2022 | 103 | 97% | — | ||
49IEEE BITS the Information Theory MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.56 0.16 up from 2022 | 39 | 22% | $2,995 | ||
50The International journal of networked and distributed computingOASpringer Nature · Netherlands | 0.98Q2 | 3.14 0.55 up from 2022 | 31 | 100% | $1,390 |
Subfields of Computer Science, with Computer Networks and Communications highlighted.
- Artificial Intelligence483
- Information Systems213
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition123
- Computer Networks and Communications121
- Computational Theory and Mathematics115
- Computer Science Applications25
- Human-Computer Interaction25
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Hardware and Architecture10
- Signal Processing9
- Software2
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
72 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 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 121
- Window papers (baseline)
- 89,675 -1.4% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.77 +25.4% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.