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Optical Switching and Networking

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2005

ISSN1573-4277eISSN1872-9770

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.615

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.274

Total Worksi

786

Total Citationsi

9,193

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Information Systems; Optics; Telecommunications; Computer Networks and Communications; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications786

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-4277 / 1872-9770

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

272

2019

373

2020

483

2021

455

2022

116

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsOpticsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Optical Network TechnologiesOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsSoftware-Defined Networks and 5GHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringInterconnection Networks and SystemsNetwork Traffic and Congestion ControlOptical Wireless Communication Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Optical Switching and Networking

Is Optical Switching and Networking a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Optical Switching and Networking: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Optical Switching and Networking?

Optical Switching and Networking is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.30.

Is Optical Switching and Networking indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Optical Switching and Networking is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Optical Switching and Networking?