Computer Networks
Last updated ISSN 1389-1286
Computer Networks is published by Elsevier BV in computer science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,460.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Computer Networks concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Network Traffic and Congestion Control
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Caching and Content Delivery
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
- Advanced Optical Network Technologies
- Wireless Networks and Protocols
- Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1389-1286, 1872-7069 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,460 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,937 |
| Publishing since | 1985 |
| Journal website | www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_hom |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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