Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Journal of Internet Services and Applications
ISSN 1867-4828 · eISSN 1869-0238 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Journal of Internet Services and Applications: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Internet Services and Applications is published by SpringerOpen 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, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Network Security and Intrusion Detection, together about 24.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Networks and Communications. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA) is a publication of the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) in cooperation with the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and the National Computer Networks Laboratory (LARC). JISA is a unique open access Computer Science journal focusing on high-quality, innovative research on all aspects of Internet Services and Applications. JISA covers the three layers of the Internet, namely: Infrastructure and Networking Middleware and Distributed Software Platforms Applications and Services JISA features original research contributions on protocols and architectures; security and privacy; mobile, ubiquitous, pervasive, context-aware, and cloud/fog/edge computing; and emerging topics such as the Internet of Things and Big Data. The journal also welcomes contributions on the transversal topic of Artificial Intelligence applied to Internet Services and Applications, as well as work that cuts across the three layers above.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Editor-in-chief Carlos KamienskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 8, Italy 2, United Kingdom 1, France 1, Canada 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Science9.2%
- Cloud Computing and Resource ManagementComputer Science8.5%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science6.5%
- Caching and Content DeliveryComputer Science6.3%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science5.4%
- Distributed systems and fault toleranceComputer Science5.4%
- Software System Performance and ReliabilityComputer Science5.2%
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesComputer Science4.5%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Journal Citation ReportsPublisher 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)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 375 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 3 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 88 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 136 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 322 |
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 review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,490 / EUR 1,190 / GBP 990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–10
- Templates
- LaTeX
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- commentariesThe Journal of Internet Services and Applications publishes the following article types: Research article CommentariesLength not stated
- commentarythat are not ready for a full article. Commentaries should not exceed 9000 words. Title page: the title page should: present a title that inmain text ≤ 9,000 words
- research articleThe Journal of Internet Services and Applications publishes the following article types: Research article CommentariesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright
Authors retain copyright; articles licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Model summary
Authors of articles published in JISA retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate their article, in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access, free of charge for both authors and readers. Model summary
JISA is open access and free of charge for both authors and readers. All articles published by JISA are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. The open access policy brings higher visibility, allowing maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are made available to a wide, global audien…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review policy
Single-blind peer review; manuscripts generally reviewed by two to three experts; Editors-in-Chief decide based on reports. Model summary
The peer-review policy of the Journal of Internet Services and Applications (JISA) involves the assessment of manuscript quality by independent researchers in the relevant field before publication. This single-blind peer-review system ensures reviewers know the authors' identities while maintaining anonymity in their reports. Publication decisions hinge on scientific validity, coherence, and contr…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1867-4828
- Electronic ISSN
- 1869-0238
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Internet Services and Applications
What CAS zone is Journal of Internet Services and Applications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Internet Services and Applications 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 Internet Services and Applications?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Internet Services and Applications?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. 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 Journal of Internet Services and Applications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–10; Templates: LaTeX. 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 Journal of Internet Services and Applications based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (8), Italy (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Internet Services and Applications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Internet Services and Applications is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Internet Services and Applications open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Internet Services and Applications is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .