What are the best journals for Computer Networks and Communications?

From a 17,500-venue index, the highest-ranked Computer Networks and Communications journals include IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Wireless Communications, Internet of Things, Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications, Journal of Network and Computer Applications. The top 40 of 242 ranked venues are listed on this page; 39 are Scimago Q1 and 1 Q2. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Computer Networks and Communications journals ranked?

By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Computer Networks and Communications come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Computer Networks and Communications — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Computer Networks and Communications — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (2 of the 242 journals ranked here are below that floor; none of them is among the 40 shown). Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Why don't all Computer Networks and Communications journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Computer Networks and Communications paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Computer Networks and Communications · 242 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Computer Networks and Communications

The top 40 of 242 Computer Networks and Communications journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Computer Networks and Communications is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of 18 October 2026 — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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1
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
40.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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2
IEEE Wireless Communications
10.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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3
Internet of Things
10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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4
Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and Applications
9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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5
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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6
IEEE Network
7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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7
Computers & Electrical Engineering
7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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8
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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9
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
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10
Future Internet
6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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11
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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12
Ad Hoc Networks
6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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13
Future Generation Computer Systems
6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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14
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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15
Cluster Computing
5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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16
Computer Communications
5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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17
Computers
5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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18
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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19
Journal of Network and Systems Management
5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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20
Computer Networks
5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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21
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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22
Digital Communications and Networks
4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
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23
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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24
Tsinghua Science & Technology
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Tsinghua University Press
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25
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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26
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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27
Information Systems
4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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28
IEEE Transactions on Computers
4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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29
The VLDB Journal
3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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30
Sustainable Computing Informatics and Systems
3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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31
Measurement Sensors
3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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33
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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34
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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35
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
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36
Journal of Communications and Networks
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
37
IEEE Internet Computing
1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
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38
Journal of Systems Architecture
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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39
IEEE Micro
1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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40
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
5.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.