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Journal of High Speed Networks
ISSN 0926-6801 · eISSN 1875-8940 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly
Journal of High Speed Networks: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 4,150; community-reported acceptance: easy; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of High Speed Networks is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) 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 Advanced Optical Network Technologies, Network Traffic and Congestion Control and Optical Network Technologies, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of High Speed Networks publishes papers on a number of topics ranging from design to practical experiences with operational high performance/speed networks. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering11.3%
- Network Traffic and Congestion ControlComputer Science10.3%
- Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering7%
- Advanced Photonic Communication SystemsEngineering5.9%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science5.9%
- Interconnection Networks and SystemsComputer Science5.7%
- Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksComputer Science5%
- Advanced Wireless Network OptimizationEngineering4.7%
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
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)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 752 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4 | 111 |
| 2023 | 31 | 9 | 129 |
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | 148 |
| 2021 | 27 | 5 | 124 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- original research articleOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- research articleOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
No submission or publication fees Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. Colour figures can be included, provided the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0926-6801
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-8940
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of High Speed Networks
What CAS zone is Journal of High Speed Networks in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of High Speed Networks 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 Journal of High Speed Networks?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 29.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of High Speed Networks?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Journal of High Speed Networks?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of High Speed Networks is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of High Speed Networks open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of High Speed Networks is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,150.
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: .