Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
ISSN 1754-3916 · eISSN 1754-3924 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); subscription journal; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems is published by Inderscience Publishers and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Cloud Computing and Resource Management, together about 24.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Computer networks, data communications Parallel, systolic, distributed computing Network/information security Network architecture, testing, management, programming Wireless ad hoc/sensor networks, mesh/virtual private networks Mobile computing Advanced network protocol design/analysis Protocol verification, validation Reliability, fault tolerance Multimedia networking Performance modelling, quality of service Routing and traffic engineering, software engineering Web, grid, cluster computing Real-time/embedded systems, middleware Internet computing, web services More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objective of IJCNDS is to enable the international research community to help learn the research advancements in this area from each other’s work. IJCNDS provides a high-quality platform for this purpose.ReadershipProfessors and graduate students in telecommunications, computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, mathematics, biology, chemistry, social sciences, in universities, colleges, and research laboratories Researchers, engineers and managers in industries ContentsIJCNDS will publish research contributions that significantly advance the state-of-the-art research in this area. Articles reporting the practical applications of different theoretical approaches will be of particular interest to IJCNDS. Good quality survey articles will also be of interest to the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science9.8%
- Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksComputer Science9.5%
- Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementComputer Science5.4%
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science4.9%
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant NetworksComputer Science4.9%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science4.7%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science4.7%
- Cooperative Communication and Network CodingComputer Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECDBLPPublisher website
Other: ACM Digital Library
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,096 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 | 58 | 13 | 37 |
| 2023 | 57 | 17 | 78 |
| 2022 | 75 | 5 | 167 |
| 2021 | 69 | 0 | 156 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Open Access
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1754-3916
- Electronic ISSN
- 1754-3924
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
What CAS zone is International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 21.
Which databases index International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .