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IEEE Networking Letters

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2018

ISSN2576-3156eISSN2576-3156
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 5.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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
0.833
H-Indexi
27
CiteScorei
5.3
SNIPi
1.015
Total Worksi
540
Total Citationsi
3,864
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.36
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Networking Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on original research results derived from theoretical or experimental exploration of the area of communication/computer networking, covering various information transport networks over various physical layer technologies, both wireline and wireless, or hybrids of these. The journal focuses on the network layers above the physical layer. Topics of interest include network architecture and design, protocols, network software, network hardware, network operation and management, measurements, and network security.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2018
Frequency4
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications540
Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous
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?
2576-3156 / 2576-3156
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single and/or double anonymous
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
60
1.1k
2019
61
557
2020
63
617
2021
63
732
2022
87
777
2023
67
284
2024
104
186
2025
58
10
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.

CommunicationQ1
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1
Hardware and ArchitectureQ2
Information SystemsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsHardware and ArchitectureElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Software-Defined Networks and 5GHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDigital Media and Visual ArtIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingAdvanced MIMO Systems OptimizationNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesCaching and Content Delivery

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Networking Letters

Is IEEE Networking Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Networking Letters: 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 Networking Letters?

IEEE Networking Letters 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 5.3.

Is IEEE Networking Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Networking Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Networking Letters?

The IEEE Networking Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on original research results derived from theoretical or experimental exploration of the area of communication/computer networking, covering various information transport networks over various physical layer technologies, both wireline and wireless, or hybrids of these. The journal focuses on the network layers above the physical layer. Topics of interest include network architecture and design, protocols, network software, network hardware, network operation and management, measurements, and network security.

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