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Highest-impact journals for Computer Networks and Communications

The top Computer Networks and Communications journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
    27.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Internet of Things
    7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    IEEE Wireless Communications
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    IEEE Network
    6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of Science
  5. 5
    Computers & Electrical Engineering
    5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Journal of Network and Computer Applications
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Future Internet
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Future Generation Computer Systems
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Ad Hoc Networks
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Cluster Computing
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Computer Communications
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Computers
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    Computer Networks
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Sustainable Computing Informatics and Systems
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Tsinghua Science & Technology
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Tsinghua University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Journal of Network and Systems Management
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Communications of the ACM
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
    ScopusWeb of Science
  26. 26
    Pervasive and Mobile Computing
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Digital Communications and Networks
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Information Systems
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Measurement Sensors
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  32. 32
    IEEE Transactions on Computers
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of Science
  33. 33
    The VLDB Journal
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing Machinery
    ScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    IEEE Internet Computing
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Journal of Communications and Networks
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  38. 38
    Wireless Networks
    3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of Science
  39. 39
    Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
    3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    The Journal of Supercomputing
    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“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.

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