Journal profile · TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Technology Letters
ISSN 2476-1508 · Wiley-Blackwell
Internet Technology Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,900; median 70 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 235 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Internet Technology Letters is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Software-Defined Networks and 5G, together about 26.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Internet technology research area is evolving at a very fast pace, with new paradigms replacing old ones year by year. Over the last decade, scientists working in this area assisted to the rapid evolution of xG mobile systems, the birth of Future Internet architectures, the explosion of the Internet of Things, the formulation of the Cyber Physical System paradigm, the softwarization of networking infrastructures and protocols, the envisioning of nano-machines, the design of molecular-based communication systems, the advent of the web of things and of the Industrial Internet, to name a few. All these activities are tightly linked to each other and need to be sustained by a capillary and fast exchange of results between research teams across the world to fully leverage the Internet potential in our Society. For this reason, John Wiley & Sons is launching a novel international journal, namely Internet Technology Letters (ITL), which seeks original and high quality short contributions related to cutting edge Internet Technologies. ITL aims at a fast dissemination of relevant outcomes in the Internet Engineering area, ranging from the physical to the service floors. Expected review rounds are below 5 weeks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 5G (and beyond) architectures, protocols, and deployments Non Orthogonal Multiple Access Hyper-dense cellular networks Device-to-Device communications Tactile Internet Slice Protection Internet of Things technologies, architectures, protocols, and services Web of Things Internet of Services Internet of Vehicles Cyber-Physical-Social Systems Internet of Drones Emerging Smart Verticals Smart Cities Smart Grids Smart Health Smart Buildings Intelligent Transportation Systems Smart Agriculture ICT for Societal Challenges Energy driven systems Industrial Internet Internet robotics Deterministic protocols and services De-verticalizing middlewares Industry 4.0 enabling technologies and use cases Cyber-resilience Digital Twins Emerging wireless and optical technologies Next-generation broadband access networks Fiber-Wireless networks Visible Light Communications Passive wireless sensors Low-Power Wide Area Networks Narrow-Band IoT Low-Power Lossy Networks Wireless Body Area Networks Satellite networks Beyond the edge technologies Nanoscale communications Molecular communications Quantum Internet Services, Protocols, Quantum Technologies for the Quantum Internet Distributed Quantum Communications and Multi-Party
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editor-in-chief Luigi AlfredoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named Italy 12, United States 8, France 5, United Kingdom 4, Greece 4 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science12.8%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science7.5%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science6%
- Caching and Content DeliveryComputer Science5.3%
- Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityComputer Science4.9%
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksComputer Science4.4%
- Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationEngineering4.4%
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science3.9%
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 | Telecommunications | 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 | Telecommunications | 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
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)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 194LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 222Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 39,641Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,058 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 17 | 12 |
| 2025 | 235 | 72 | 490 |
| 2024 | 142 | 62 | 425 |
| 2023 | 94 | 40 | 267 |
| 2022 | 69 | 10 | 189 |
| 2021 | 82 | 12 | 490 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 52 days – 107 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 97 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (430 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 83 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Open 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,620 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 7
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- case studyStandard Letters submissions should be no more than 4-6 pages in length (including references). Manuscripts exceeding this limit will not be considered. If auth…Length not stated
- letterStandard Letters submissions should be no more than 4-6 pages in length (including references). Manuscripts exceeding this limit will not be considered. If auth…Length not stated
- special issue articleThree article types are allowed: Letter, Case Study and Special Issue Article.Length not stated
- surveyStandard Letters submissions should be no more than 4-6 pages in length (including references). Manuscripts exceeding this limit will not be considered. If auth…Length not stated
- tutorialStandard Letters submissions should be no more than 4-6 pages in length (including references). Manuscripts exceeding this limit will not be considered. If auth…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Correction to authorship
In accordance with Wiley's Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics' guidance, Internet Technology Letters will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors - including those to be added or removed - must agree to any proposed change. To request a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
All authors must disclose potential sources of conflict of interest. Model summary
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Trust‐Based Reliability Scheme for Secure Data Sharing With Internet of Vehicles Networks
Data sharing expected wherever possible; authors encouraged to deposit data, scripts, and artefacts in a public repository, but not mandatory. Model summary
Arpit Jain, Ashok Kumar, Mahadev, Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary, Saurabh Singh,
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Transparent Peer Review This journal supports Peer Review Transparency. You have the choice to opt-out during the submission process. By submitting to this journal, you agree that the reviewer reports, their responses, and the editor’s decision letter will be linked from the published article to where they appear on Web of Science in the case that the article is accepted. Reviewers can choose to r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Transparent peer review; reviewer reports, responses, and editor decision letters are linked from the published article on Web of Science unless authors opt out. Model summary
This journal supports Peer Review Transparency. You have the choice to opt-out during the submission process. By submitting to this journal, you agree that the reviewer reports, their responses, and the editor’s decision letter will be linked from the published article to where they appear on Web of Science in the case that the article is accepted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
Preprints on non-commercial servers are considered for review; authors may post submitted versions at any time and should update pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Model summary
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established pre-print servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts which have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply becau…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2476-1508
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Internet Technology Letters
What CAS zone is Internet Technology Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Internet Technology Letters is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Telecommunications. 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 Internet Technology Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Internet Technology Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 70 days (interquartile range 52–107 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Internet Technology Letters?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 7; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Internet Technology Letters based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (12), United States (8) and France (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Internet Technology Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Internet Technology Letters 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 Internet Technology Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Internet Technology Letters is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .