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WOS
Q2
Impact factor
3.1
CiteScore
6.5
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Network
Publications
165
Citations
1 086
h-index
17
Publications
165
Citations
1 067
Top-3 citing journals
IEEE Access
IEEE Access (56 citations)
Sensors
Sensors (39 citations)
Electronics (Switzerland)
Electronics (Switzerland) (35 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Temple University
Temple University (5 publications)
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (28 publications)
United Kingdom (28 publications)
China (16 publications)

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Citing journals

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IEEE Access
56 citations, 5.16%
Sensors
39 citations, 3.59%
Electronics (Switzerland)
35 citations, 3.22%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
33 citations, 3.04%
Network
21 citations, 1.93%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
20 citations, 1.84%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
19 citations, 1.75%
Future Internet
15 citations, 1.38%
Scientific Reports
13 citations, 1.2%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
10 citations, 0.92%
Cluster Computing
10 citations, 0.92%
Multimedia Tools and Applications
10 citations, 0.92%
Computer Networks
10 citations, 0.92%
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
9 citations, 0.83%
International Journal of Information Security
8 citations, 0.74%
Computer Communications
8 citations, 0.74%
Computers and Security
8 citations, 0.74%
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
8 citations, 0.74%
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
8 citations, 0.74%
Energies
8 citations, 0.74%
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
7 citations, 0.64%
Procedia Computer Science
7 citations, 0.64%
Mathematics
6 citations, 0.55%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
6 citations, 0.55%
Computers and Electrical Engineering
6 citations, 0.55%
Telecom
6 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
5 citations, 0.46%
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
5 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Network and Systems Management
5 citations, 0.46%
Internet of Things
5 citations, 0.46%
Ad Hoc Networks
5 citations, 0.46%
AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal
5 citations, 0.46%
Artificial Intelligence in Data and Big Data Processing
5 citations, 0.46%
International Journal of Communication Systems
4 citations, 0.37%
Information (Switzerland)
4 citations, 0.37%
PeerJ Computer Science
4 citations, 0.37%
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
4 citations, 0.37%
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
4 citations, 0.37%
Physical Communication
4 citations, 0.37%
Computers
4 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Supercomputing
4 citations, 0.37%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.37%
PLoS ONE
4 citations, 0.37%
SSRN Electronic Journal
4 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Information Technology
4 citations, 0.37%
SN Computer Science
4 citations, 0.37%
Discover Internet of Things
4 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management
3 citations, 0.28%
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
3 citations, 0.28%
ACM Computing Surveys
3 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
3 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
3 citations, 0.28%
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences
3 citations, 0.28%
Telecommunication Systems
3 citations, 0.28%
IEEE Transactions on Communications
3 citations, 0.28%
Vehicular Communications
3 citations, 0.28%
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
3 citations, 0.28%
Heliyon
3 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Intelligent Networks
3 citations, 0.28%
Blockchains
3 citations, 0.28%
Blockchain Research and Applications
3 citations, 0.28%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
3 citations, 0.28%
SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
2 citations, 0.18%
Information Fusion
2 citations, 0.18%
Automatika
2 citations, 0.18%
Signals and Communication Technology
2 citations, 0.18%
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
2 citations, 0.18%
Expert Systems with Applications
2 citations, 0.18%
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
2 citations, 0.18%
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
2 citations, 0.18%
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
2 citations, 0.18%
Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications
2 citations, 0.18%
Healthcare
2 citations, 0.18%
Nanomaterials
2 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Information Security and Applications
2 citations, 0.18%
Wireless Personal Communications
2 citations, 0.18%
Computation
2 citations, 0.18%
Photonics
2 citations, 0.18%
Data
2 citations, 0.18%
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
2 citations, 0.18%
ICT Express
2 citations, 0.18%
Energy and Buildings
2 citations, 0.18%
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2 citations, 0.18%
AIP Conference Proceedings
2 citations, 0.18%
Energy Reports
2 citations, 0.18%
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
2 citations, 0.18%
IETE Journal of Research
2 citations, 0.18%
AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications
2 citations, 0.18%
AI
2 citations, 0.18%
Technologies
2 citations, 0.18%
Security and Privacy
2 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Communications and Networks
2 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Blockchain
2 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Information and Telecommunication
2 citations, 0.18%
Digital
2 citations, 0.18%
Handbook of Research on Securing Cloud-Based Databases with Biometric Applications
2 citations, 0.18%
Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
1 citation, 0.09%
Concurrency Computation Practice and Experience
1 citation, 0.09%
Microprocessors and Microsystems
1 citation, 0.09%
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Citing publishers

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
370 citations, 34.07%
MDPI
203 citations, 18.69%
Springer Nature
197 citations, 18.14%
Elsevier
149 citations, 13.72%
Wiley
19 citations, 1.75%
Taylor & Francis
17 citations, 1.57%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
16 citations, 1.47%
IGI Global
13 citations, 1.2%
Frontiers Media S.A.
9 citations, 0.83%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.46%
SAGE
4 citations, 0.37%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
4 citations, 0.37%
Optica Publishing Group
4 citations, 0.37%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.37%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.37%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
3 citations, 0.28%
King Saud University
3 citations, 0.28%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.28%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
3 citations, 0.28%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.18%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.18%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.18%
American Physical Society (APS)
2 citations, 0.18%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.09%
Oxford University Press
1 citation, 0.09%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.09%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.09%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.09%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.09%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.09%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
Unisa Press
1 citation, 0.09%
Korean Institute of Communications Information Sciences
1 citation, 0.09%
Alexandria University
1 citation, 0.09%
Samara National Research University
1 citation, 0.09%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.09%
SPIIRAS
1 citation, 0.09%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.09%
OAE Publishing Inc.
1 citation, 0.09%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.09%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.09%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
1 citation, 0.09%
SAE International
1 citation, 0.09%
Tech Science Press
1 citation, 0.09%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.09%
FSBI All Russian Research Institute for Mechanization in Agriculture (VIM)
1 citation, 0.09%
Bonch-Bruevich State University of Telecommunications
1 citation, 0.09%
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Temple University
5 publications, 3.03%
University of the Balearic Islands
4 publications, 2.42%
Tsinghua University
3 publications, 1.82%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 1.82%
University of Lisbon
3 publications, 1.82%
Nanyang Technological University
3 publications, 1.82%
Liverpool John Moores University
3 publications, 1.82%
Tokyo University of Science
3 publications, 1.82%
Princeton University
3 publications, 1.82%
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
3 publications, 1.82%
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
3 publications, 1.82%
Miguel Hernández University of Elche
3 publications, 1.82%
University of Portsmouth
3 publications, 1.82%
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
3 publications, 1.82%
University of Upper Alsace
3 publications, 1.82%
Zhejiang University
2 publications, 1.21%
Open University of Cyprus
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Twente
2 publications, 1.21%
Beijing Jiaotong University
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Oulu
2 publications, 1.21%
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
2 publications, 1.21%
Polytechnic University of Turin
2 publications, 1.21%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 1.21%
Brunel University London
2 publications, 1.21%
King's College London
2 publications, 1.21%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.21%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 1.21%
University of West Attica
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Michigan–Dearborn
2 publications, 1.21%
McGill University
2 publications, 1.21%
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
2 publications, 1.21%
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
2 publications, 1.21%
University of North Texas
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Houston
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Surrey
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Plymouth
2 publications, 1.21%
University of Hertfordshire
2 publications, 1.21%
Tribhuvan University
2 publications, 1.21%
Peng Cheng Laboratory
2 publications, 1.21%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 1.21%
Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
1 publication, 0.61%
King Saud University
1 publication, 0.61%
King Abdulaziz University
1 publication, 0.61%
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Umm al-Qura University
1 publication, 0.61%
Taibah University
1 publication, 0.61%
Qassim University
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Peshawar
1 publication, 0.61%
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
1 publication, 0.61%
NED University of Engineering and Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Baghdad
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Information Technology and Communications
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Mosul
1 publication, 0.61%
Middle Technical University
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Diyala
1 publication, 0.61%
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Can Tho University
1 publication, 0.61%
Harbin Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
South China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Bahrain
1 publication, 0.61%
Kuwait University
1 publication, 0.61%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.61%
University Putra Malaysia
1 publication, 0.61%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.61%
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
1 publication, 0.61%
Southeast University
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.61%
Beijing University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
North China University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Al-Ahliyya Amman University
1 publication, 0.61%
Karlstad University
1 publication, 0.61%
Blekinge Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Halmstad University
1 publication, 0.61%
Wuhan University
1 publication, 0.61%
Aalto University
1 publication, 0.61%
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1 publication, 0.61%
Hashemite University
1 publication, 0.61%
Technische Universität Dresden
1 publication, 0.61%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Princess Sumaya University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Nanchang University
1 publication, 0.61%
Xiamen University of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.61%
Arab Open University
1 publication, 0.61%
Shanghai Normal University
1 publication, 0.61%
Turku University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Liverpool
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Palermo
1 publication, 0.61%
Technical University of Denmark
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.61%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.61%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.61%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.61%
Kingston University
1 publication, 0.61%
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USA, 28, 16.97%
USA
28 publications, 16.97%
United Kingdom, 28, 16.97%
United Kingdom
28 publications, 16.97%
China, 16, 9.7%
China
16 publications, 9.7%
Germany, 11, 6.67%
Germany
11 publications, 6.67%
Italy, 9, 5.45%
Italy
9 publications, 5.45%
Greece, 8, 4.85%
Greece
8 publications, 4.85%
Spain, 8, 4.85%
Spain
8 publications, 4.85%
Japan, 8, 4.85%
Japan
8 publications, 4.85%
Australia, 7, 4.24%
Australia
7 publications, 4.24%
Canada, 7, 4.24%
Canada
7 publications, 4.24%
France, 5, 3.03%
France
5 publications, 3.03%
Iraq, 5, 3.03%
Iraq
5 publications, 3.03%
Finland, 5, 3.03%
Finland
5 publications, 3.03%
Sweden, 5, 3.03%
Sweden
5 publications, 3.03%
Portugal, 4, 2.42%
Portugal
4 publications, 2.42%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 2.42%
Saudi Arabia
4 publications, 2.42%
Sri Lanka, 4, 2.42%
Sri Lanka
4 publications, 2.42%
Bangladesh, 3, 1.82%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 1.82%
Republic of Korea, 3, 1.82%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 1.82%
Singapore, 3, 1.82%
Singapore
3 publications, 1.82%
Algeria, 2, 1.21%
Algeria
2 publications, 1.21%
Belgium, 2, 1.21%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.21%
Jordan, 2, 1.21%
Jordan
2 publications, 1.21%
Ireland, 2, 1.21%
Ireland
2 publications, 1.21%
Cyprus, 2, 1.21%
Cyprus
2 publications, 1.21%
Morocco, 2, 1.21%
Morocco
2 publications, 1.21%
Netherlands, 2, 1.21%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.21%
Pakistan, 2, 1.21%
Pakistan
2 publications, 1.21%
Vietnam, 1, 0.61%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.61%
Denmark, 1, 0.61%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.61%
India, 1, 0.61%
India
1 publication, 0.61%
Indonesia, 1, 0.61%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.61%
Iran, 1, 0.61%
Iran
1 publication, 0.61%
Kuwait, 1, 0.61%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.61%
Malaysia, 1, 0.61%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.61%
Panama, 1, 0.61%
Panama
1 publication, 0.61%
Poland, 1, 0.61%
Poland
1 publication, 0.61%
Romania, 1, 0.61%
Romania
1 publication, 0.61%
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