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Journal of Communications and Networks
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Journal of Communications and Networks

1229-2370

Published by: IEEE

http://jcn.or.kr/html/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 325 69 71 10
Computer Science 333 84 95 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 124
Documents by Best Scientists*: 121
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.043
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Communications and Networks?

Journal of Communications and Networks focuses largely on the fields of Computer network, Telecommunications, Algorithm, Wireless and Distributed computing. The studies on Computer network discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Wireless network, Throughput and Wireless ad hoc network. The journal explores research in Wireless network and the adjacent study of Wireless sensor network.

It investigates Wireless sensor network research which frequently intersects with Key distribution in wireless sensor networks. As a part of the journal, discussions in Telecommunications involve topics like Fading, Bit error rate and Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. In particular, the Fading works presented emphasize discussions on Rayleigh fading.

MIMO, Communication channel and Code division multiple access are some topics wherein Algorithm research discussed in Journal of Communications and Networks have an impact. The MIMO works, particularly on Multi-user MIMO are tackled in the journal.

  • Computer network (45.70%)
  • Telecommunications (16.86%)
  • Algorithm (15.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Compressive sensing: From theory to applications, a survey (288 citations)
  • Emerging challenges: Mobile networking for “Smart Dust” (275 citations)
  • Optimal packet scheduling in a multiple access channel with energy harvesting transmitters (250 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Communications and Networks:

The published papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Computer network, Telecommunications, Wireless network, Wireless sensor network and Wireless. The published articles explore issues in Computer network which can be linked to other research areas like Wireless ad hoc network, Distributed computing and Relay. In addition to Wireless network research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Scheduling (computing) and Base station.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Computer network
  • Operating system
  • The Internet

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Communications and Networks investigates areas of study like Computer network, Service (systems architecture), Communication channel, Transmission (telecommunications) and Wireless sensor network. The study on Computer network presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Collision. Journal of Communications and Networks explores topics in Service (systems architecture) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Cloud computing, Communications protocol and Public speaking.

The Communication channel works featured in it incorporate elements from Code (cryptography), Node (networking), Algorithm, Circular buffer and Topology. The research on Transmission (telecommunications) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Spatial multiplexing, Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, Numerical analysis and Spectral efficiency. Wireless sensor network research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Fault tolerance, Distributed algorithm, Distributed computing and Power control.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Stabilized Adaptive Sampling Control for Reliable Real-Time Learning-based Surveillance Systems (2 citations)
  • Dynamic video delivery using deep reinforcement learning for device-to-device underlaid cache-enabled Internet-of-vehicle networks (1 citations)
  • Load balancing routing under constraints of quality of transmission in mesh wireless network based on software defined networking (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Communications and Networks (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hyung Yun Kong (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Byeong Gi Lee (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saewoong Bahk (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Moon Ho Lee (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Iwao Sasase (10 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Communications and Networks (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Seoul National University (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Korea University (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Samsung (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yonsei University (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • KAIST (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 56.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 43.75% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Reinforcement learning based resource management for fog computing environment: Literature review, challenges, and open issues

    Unknown

    (2022)
    129 Citations
  • 6G R&D vision: Requirements and candidate technologies

    Unknown

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • AFRL: Adaptive federated reinforcement learning for intelligent jamming defense in FANET

    Nishat I. Mowla;Nguyen H. Tran;Inshil Doh;Kijoon Chae

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Joint resource allocation and computation offloading in mobile edge computing for SDN based wireless networks

    Nahida Kiran;Chunyu Pan;Sihua Wang;Changchuan Yin

    (2020)
    96 Citations
  • Reinforcement learning enabled cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks

    Wenli Ning;Xiaoyan Huang;Kun Yang;Fan Wu

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Adversarial attack on DL-based massive MIMO CSI feedback

    Qing Liu;Jiajia Guo;Chao-Kai Wen;Shi Jin

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • 5G network slices embedding with sharable virtual network functions

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Towards 6G hyper-connectivity: Vision, challenges, and key enabling technologies

    (2023)
    39 Citations

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