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IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1932-4537eISSN1932-4537
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / 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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.389
H-Indexi
100
SNIPi
1.796
Total Worksi
3,232
Total Citationsi
67,115
2yr Mean Citednessi
4.02
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Communications Society journals include high-quality manuscripts that advance the state-of-the-art research in various topics including wireless, optical, and wired communications as well as data and computer communications and standards. Our members are the first to gain access to our journals that consistently receive the highest marks by the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, a leading authority on the influence and impact of scholarly research journals.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2004
Annual Volume~ 416 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications3,232
Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1932-4537 / 1932-4537
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
177
5.8k
2019
233
9.4k
2020
346
11k
2021
422
9.6k
2022
371
7k
2023
437
4.7k
2024
439
1.4k
2025
363
151
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 CommunicationsQ1
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software-Defined Networks and 5GNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingCaching and Content DeliveryCloud Computing and Resource ManagementAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesNetwork Traffic and Congestion ControlInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityBlockchain Technology Applications and Security

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Is IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management: 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 IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management?

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 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 4.02.

Is IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management?

IEEE Communications Society journals include high-quality manuscripts that advance the state-of-the-art research in various topics including wireless, optical, and wired communications as well as data and computer communications and standards. Our members are the first to gain access to our journals that consistently receive the highest marks by the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics, a leading authority on the influence and impact of scholarly research journals.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref