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Networks is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Wiley-Liss Inc..
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ISSN 0028-3045Verify ISSN ↗1097-0037Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Liss Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,750 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 224 / 568 | 60th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 229 / 519 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1971–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Networks is Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 224 of 568) and Q2 in Information Systems (rank 229 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.640, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 80.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,750 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.
Networks is published by Wiley-Liss Inc. Its print ISSN is 0028-3045 and its online ISSN is 1097-0037.
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.
Networks has an h-index of 138 and a 2-year mean of 1.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #261 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Networks published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 134. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from Germany (20%), Italy (11.3%) and France (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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