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IET Networks is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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ISSN 2047-4954Verify ISSN ↗2047-4962Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control and Optimization | 23 / 198 | 88th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 161 / 568 | 71st | Q2 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 76 / 225 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.5.
IET Networks is Q1 in Control and Optimization (rank 23 of 198), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 161 of 568) and Q2 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 76 of 225), by CiteScore 2025.
IET Networks is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 5.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.395, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 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.
IET Networks is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 2047-4954 and its online ISSN is 2047-4962.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
IET Networks has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 3.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 129 Scopus journals in Control and Optimization.
IET Networks published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 73. 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 99 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (15%), United Kingdom (12.6%) and Iran (8.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (3.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 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.
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