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Journal of Network and Computer Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 16.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press.
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ISSN 1084-8045Verify ISSN ↗1095-8592Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,120 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware and Architecture | 5 / 245 | 98th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 17 / 568 | 97th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 50 / 1022 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 16.6.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications is Q1 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 5 of 245), Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 17 of 568) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 50 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications 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 16.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.704, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 167.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,120 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.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications is published by Academic Press. Its print ISSN is 1084-8045 and its online ISSN is 1095-8592.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications has an h-index of 178 and a 2-year mean of 7.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 166 Scopus journals in Hardware and Architecture.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications published 233 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 372. 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 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (38.2%), South Korea (6.3%) and Spain (5.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 9 retracted papers are recorded (2.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 7 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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