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WOS
Q2
Impact factor
3.1
CiteScore
6.5
Years of issue
2024-2026
journal names
Network
Publications
174
Citations
1 225
h-index
18
Publications
174
Citations
1 175
Top-3 citing journals
IEEE Access
IEEE Access (58 citations)
Sensors
Sensors (40 citations)
Electronics (Switzerland)
Electronics (Switzerland) (37 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Temple University
Temple University (5 publications)
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo University of Science (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (28 publications)
United Kingdom (28 publications)
China (17 publications)

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Citing journals

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IEEE Access
58 citations, 4.73%
Sensors
40 citations, 3.27%
Electronics (Switzerland)
37 citations, 3.02%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
33 citations, 2.69%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
23 citations, 1.88%
Network
23 citations, 1.88%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
20 citations, 1.63%
Future Internet
17 citations, 1.39%
Scientific Reports
15 citations, 1.22%
Computer Networks
14 citations, 1.14%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
11 citations, 0.9%
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
10 citations, 0.82%
Cluster Computing
10 citations, 0.82%
Multimedia Tools and Applications
10 citations, 0.82%
International Journal of Information Security
9 citations, 0.73%
Computer Communications
9 citations, 0.73%
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
9 citations, 0.73%
Information (Switzerland)
8 citations, 0.65%
Computers and Security
8 citations, 0.65%
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
8 citations, 0.65%
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
8 citations, 0.65%
Energies
8 citations, 0.65%
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
7 citations, 0.57%
Procedia Computer Science
7 citations, 0.57%
Sustainability
7 citations, 0.57%
Telecom
7 citations, 0.57%
Discover Internet of Things
7 citations, 0.57%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
6 citations, 0.49%
Mathematics
6 citations, 0.49%
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
6 citations, 0.49%
Computers and Electrical Engineering
6 citations, 0.49%
Ad Hoc Networks
6 citations, 0.49%
Artificial Intelligence in Data and Big Data Processing
6 citations, 0.49%
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
5 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Network and Systems Management
5 citations, 0.41%
Internet of Things
5 citations, 0.41%
Physical Communication
5 citations, 0.41%
AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal
5 citations, 0.41%
International Journal of Communication Systems
4 citations, 0.33%
PeerJ Computer Science
4 citations, 0.33%
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences
4 citations, 0.33%
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
4 citations, 0.33%
Computers
4 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Supercomputing
4 citations, 0.33%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.33%
PLoS ONE
4 citations, 0.33%
SSRN Electronic Journal
4 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Information Technology
4 citations, 0.33%
SN Computer Science
4 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management
3 citations, 0.24%
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
3 citations, 0.24%
ACM Computing Surveys
3 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
3 citations, 0.24%
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
3 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
3 citations, 0.24%
Telecommunication Systems
3 citations, 0.24%
IEEE Transactions on Communications
3 citations, 0.24%
Photonics
3 citations, 0.24%
Vehicular Communications
3 citations, 0.24%
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
3 citations, 0.24%
Heliyon
3 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Intelligent Networks
3 citations, 0.24%
Blockchains
3 citations, 0.24%
Blockchain Research and Applications
3 citations, 0.24%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
3 citations, 0.24%
SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
2 citations, 0.16%
Information Fusion
2 citations, 0.16%
Automatika
2 citations, 0.16%
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
2 citations, 0.16%
Signals and Communication Technology
2 citations, 0.16%
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
2 citations, 0.16%
Expert Systems with Applications
2 citations, 0.16%
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
2 citations, 0.16%
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
2 citations, 0.16%
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
2 citations, 0.16%
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
2 citations, 0.16%
Healthcare
2 citations, 0.16%
Nanomaterials
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Information Security and Applications
2 citations, 0.16%
Wireless Personal Communications
2 citations, 0.16%
E3S Web of Conferences
2 citations, 0.16%
Computation
2 citations, 0.16%
Security and Communication Networks
2 citations, 0.16%
Data
2 citations, 0.16%
ICT Express
2 citations, 0.16%
Energy and Buildings
2 citations, 0.16%
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2 citations, 0.16%
AIP Conference Proceedings
2 citations, 0.16%
Energy Reports
2 citations, 0.16%
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
2 citations, 0.16%
IETE Journal of Research
2 citations, 0.16%
AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications
2 citations, 0.16%
AI
2 citations, 0.16%
Technologies
2 citations, 0.16%
Internet Technology Letters
2 citations, 0.16%
Security and Privacy
2 citations, 0.16%
AI and Ethics
2 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Communications and Networks
2 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Blockchain
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Information and Telecommunication
2 citations, 0.16%
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Citing publishers

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
411 citations, 33.55%
MDPI
223 citations, 18.2%
Springer Nature
215 citations, 17.55%
Elsevier
166 citations, 13.55%
Wiley
21 citations, 1.71%
Taylor & Francis
17 citations, 1.39%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
17 citations, 1.39%
IGI Global
13 citations, 1.06%
Frontiers Media S.A.
10 citations, 0.82%
SAGE
5 citations, 0.41%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.41%
King Saud University
4 citations, 0.33%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
4 citations, 0.33%
Optica Publishing Group
4 citations, 0.33%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.33%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.33%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.33%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
3 citations, 0.24%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
3 citations, 0.24%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.16%
Oxford University Press
2 citations, 0.16%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.16%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.16%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.16%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.16%
American Physical Society (APS)
2 citations, 0.16%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.08%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.08%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.08%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.08%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.08%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Unisa Press
1 citation, 0.08%
Alexandria University
1 citation, 0.08%
Samara National Research University
1 citation, 0.08%
SPIIRAS
1 citation, 0.08%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.08%
OAE Publishing Inc.
1 citation, 0.08%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.08%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.08%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
1 citation, 0.08%
SAE International
1 citation, 0.08%
Tech Science Press
1 citation, 0.08%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.08%
FSBI All Russian Research Institute for Mechanization in Agriculture (VIM)
1 citation, 0.08%
Bonch-Bruevich State University of Telecommunications
1 citation, 0.08%
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Temple University
5 publications, 2.87%
Tokyo University of Science
4 publications, 2.3%
University of the Balearic Islands
4 publications, 2.3%
Tsinghua University
3 publications, 1.72%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Lisbon
3 publications, 1.72%
Nanyang Technological University
3 publications, 1.72%
Liverpool John Moores University
3 publications, 1.72%
Princeton University
3 publications, 1.72%
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
3 publications, 1.72%
Miguel Hernández University of Elche
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Portsmouth
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Upper Alsace
3 publications, 1.72%
Zhejiang University
2 publications, 1.15%
Open University of Cyprus
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Twente
2 publications, 1.15%
Beijing Jiaotong University
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Oulu
2 publications, 1.15%
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
2 publications, 1.15%
Polytechnic University of Turin
2 publications, 1.15%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 1.15%
Brunel University London
2 publications, 1.15%
King's College London
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Catania
2 publications, 1.15%
National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications
2 publications, 1.15%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.15%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Peloponnese
2 publications, 1.15%
University of West Attica
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Michigan–Dearborn
2 publications, 1.15%
McGill University
2 publications, 1.15%
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
2 publications, 1.15%
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
2 publications, 1.15%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Houston
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Surrey
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Plymouth
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Hertfordshire
2 publications, 1.15%
Tribhuvan University
2 publications, 1.15%
Peng Cheng Laboratory
2 publications, 1.15%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 1.15%
Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
1 publication, 0.57%
King Saud University
1 publication, 0.57%
King Abdulaziz University
1 publication, 0.57%
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Umm al-Qura University
1 publication, 0.57%
Taibah University
1 publication, 0.57%
Qassim University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Peshawar
1 publication, 0.57%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1 publication, 0.57%
NED University of Engineering and Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Baghdad
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Sulaimani
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Information Technology and Communications
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Mosul
1 publication, 0.57%
Middle Technical University
1 publication, 0.57%
Sulaimani Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Diyala
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Sulaymaniyah
1 publication, 0.57%
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Can Tho University
1 publication, 0.57%
Harbin Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
South China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Bahrain
1 publication, 0.57%
Kuwait University
1 publication, 0.57%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.57%
University Putra Malaysia
1 publication, 0.57%
International Islamic University Malaysia
1 publication, 0.57%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.57%
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
1 publication, 0.57%
Southeast University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.57%
Beijing University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
North China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Al-Ahliyya Amman University
1 publication, 0.57%
Karlstad University
1 publication, 0.57%
Blekinge Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Halmstad University
1 publication, 0.57%
Wuhan University
1 publication, 0.57%
Aalto University
1 publication, 0.57%
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1 publication, 0.57%
Hashemite University
1 publication, 0.57%
Technische Universität Dresden
1 publication, 0.57%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Princess Sumaya University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
Nanchang University
1 publication, 0.57%
Xiamen University of Technology
1 publication, 0.57%
A'Sharqiyah University
1 publication, 0.57%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.57%
Arab Open University
1 publication, 0.57%
Shanghai Normal University
1 publication, 0.57%
Turku University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.57%
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USA, 28, 16.09%
USA
28 publications, 16.09%
United Kingdom, 28, 16.09%
United Kingdom
28 publications, 16.09%
China, 17, 9.77%
China
17 publications, 9.77%
Germany, 11, 6.32%
Germany
11 publications, 6.32%
Italy, 10, 5.75%
Italy
10 publications, 5.75%
Greece, 9, 5.17%
Greece
9 publications, 5.17%
Japan, 9, 5.17%
Japan
9 publications, 5.17%
Spain, 8, 4.6%
Spain
8 publications, 4.6%
Australia, 7, 4.02%
Australia
7 publications, 4.02%
Canada, 7, 4.02%
Canada
7 publications, 4.02%
Iraq, 6, 3.45%
Iraq
6 publications, 3.45%
France, 5, 2.87%
France
5 publications, 2.87%
Finland, 5, 2.87%
Finland
5 publications, 2.87%
Sweden, 5, 2.87%
Sweden
5 publications, 2.87%
Portugal, 4, 2.3%
Portugal
4 publications, 2.3%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 2.3%
Saudi Arabia
4 publications, 2.3%
Sri Lanka, 4, 2.3%
Sri Lanka
4 publications, 2.3%
Bangladesh, 3, 1.72%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 1.72%
Ireland, 3, 1.72%
Ireland
3 publications, 1.72%
Republic of Korea, 3, 1.72%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 1.72%
Singapore, 3, 1.72%
Singapore
3 publications, 1.72%
Algeria, 2, 1.15%
Algeria
2 publications, 1.15%
Belgium, 2, 1.15%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.15%
Indonesia, 2, 1.15%
Indonesia
2 publications, 1.15%
Jordan, 2, 1.15%
Jordan
2 publications, 1.15%
Cyprus, 2, 1.15%
Cyprus
2 publications, 1.15%
Morocco, 2, 1.15%
Morocco
2 publications, 1.15%
Netherlands, 2, 1.15%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.15%
Pakistan, 2, 1.15%
Pakistan
2 publications, 1.15%
Vietnam, 1, 0.57%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.57%
Denmark, 1, 0.57%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.57%
India, 1, 0.57%
India
1 publication, 0.57%
Iran, 1, 0.57%
Iran
1 publication, 0.57%
Kuwait, 1, 0.57%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.57%
Malaysia, 1, 0.57%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.57%
Panama, 1, 0.57%
Panama
1 publication, 0.57%
Poland, 1, 0.57%
Poland
1 publication, 0.57%
Romania, 1, 0.57%
Romania
1 publication, 0.57%
Thailand, 1, 0.57%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.57%
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