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Digital Communications and Networks is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2352-8648Verify ISSN ↗2468-5925Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware and Architecture | 10 / 245 | 96th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 24 / 568 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.6.
Digital Communications and Networks is Q1 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 10 of 245) and Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 24 of 568), by CiteScore 2025.
Digital Communications and Networks is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 14.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.375, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 68.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$800 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Digital Communications and Networks is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its print ISSN is 2352-8648 and its online ISSN is 2468-5925.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Digital Communications and Networks has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 4.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 166 Scopus journals in Hardware and Architecture.
Digital Communications and Networks published 113 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 249. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 80 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (75.2%), United States (4.4%) and United Kingdom (3.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (4.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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