JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING: Aim & Scope

JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture | Computer Science, Information Systems | Optics | Telecommunications.
The ISSN of this journal is 1943-0639.

Impact factor of JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

Journal Title	JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
Impact Factor	4
SJR	1.287
ISSN	1943-0639
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	2.742
2019	3.093
2020	3.425
2021	3.984
2022
2023	5
2025	4

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

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