IEEE Networking Letters

IEEE Networking Letters is a letters journal on computer and communication networking, published by the IEEE Communications Society.《IEEE Networking Letters》是一份聚焦计算机与通信网络的快报期刊，由 IEEE 通信学会出版。

It was launched in 2019 to round out a family of letters journals, and it carries short papers on a rapid cycle.该刊于 2019 年创办，以补足一个快报期刊家族，刊载以快速周期发表的短论文。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of information systems.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在信息系统类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes networking as its subject, and it asks how data is carried between machines rather than how a signal is shaped on a wire.该刊以网络为题材，追问数据如何在机器之间被传送，而非信号如何在线缆上被塑形。

• The layers above the physical are its ground, and the journal leaves the physics of transmission to its sister titles.物理层以上的各层是其阵地，该刊把传输的物理问题留给其姊妹刊。

• Network architecture is named, and the journal carries work on how a network is laid out and organised.网络体系结构被点名，该刊刊载网络如何被布设与组织的工作。

• Design is treated, and the journal admits work on how a scheme is conceived before it is built.设计得到处理，该刊收载方案在被建造之前如何被构想的工作。

• Protocols are a central subject, and the journal takes work on how machines agree on how to talk.协议是核心选题，该刊收载机器如何就交谈方式达成一致的工作。

• Network software is named, and the journal carries work on the code that runs a network.网络软件被点名，该刊刊载运行网络的代码方面的工作。

• Network hardware is treated, and the journal admits work on the switches and the interfaces that move a packet.网络硬件得到处理，该刊收载搬运分组的交换机与接口方面的工作。

• Operation and management are named, and the journal takes work on how a running network is watched and steered.运维与管理被点名，该刊收载运行中的网络如何被守望与引导的工作。

• Measurement is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a network is observed in the field.测量属于收稿范围，该刊刊载网络如何在实地被观测的工作。

• Network security is treated, and the journal admits work on how a network is defended against an attacker.网络安全得到处理，该刊收载网络如何被防御以对抗攻击者的工作。

• Wireline and wireless networks are both taken, and the journal admits work on a hybrid of the two.有线与无线网络均予收载，该刊亦收载二者混合的工作。

• Intelligent networking is named, and the journal carries work on how learning is put to work inside a network.智能网络被点名，该刊刊载学习如何被用于网络之中的工作。

• Performance analysis is treated, and the journal takes work on what a scheme achieves under load.性能分析得到处理，该刊收载方案在负载之下取得何效的工作。

• Papers are short by design, and the journal asks that a contribution be a single clear advance rather than a long survey.论文按设计为短篇，该刊要求投稿是单一而清晰的进展，而非长篇综述。

• Emerging topics are welcomed, and the journal follows where the field moves next.新兴方向受到欢迎，该刊追随领域下一步的去向。

History

• The journal was launched in 2019, after a society of communications engineers approved the title two years earlier.该刊于 2019 年创办，此前两年一个通信工程师学会批准了这份刊物。

• It was set up to complement two older letters journals, one on communications and one on wireless communications.该刊的设立是为补足两份更早的快报期刊，一份讲通信，一份讲无线通信。

• The first issue was presented as the close of an effort that had begun several years before, and it framed the new title as a forum for short papers.首期被陈述为一项始于数年前的努力的收束，并把这份新刊定位为短论文的园地。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 8 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 8 卷。

• Four issues are gathered into a year, one for each quarter, in the present arrangement.按现行安排该刊每年汇集四期，每季度一期。

• The journal is hybrid, and an author may pay a charge to make a paper free to read or leave it behind a subscription.该刊为混合模式，作者可以缴费使论文免费阅读，也可以留其在订阅之后。

• Editors change on a fixed term, and a new editor-in-chief took office at the start of 2026.编辑按固定任期轮替，一位新主编于 2026 年初就任。

• The impact figure first appeared with the 2025 edition, standing at 3.3.该刊的影响因子首次出现于 2025 年版，为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in a large engineering index.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与一所大型工程索引收录。

• Its papers reach readers through a global engineering platform, where they are gathered alongside its sister titles.其论文通过一家全球工程平台抵达读者，在那里与其姊妹刊汇集一处。

• A special issue is assembled from time to time, and the journal gathers short papers on a single theme.该刊不时编成专刊，汇集关于某一主题的短论文。

Editors

• Fabrizio Granelli of the University of Trento in Italy is editor-in-chief, and he took office at the start of 2026.意大利特伦托大学的（Fabrizio Granelli）担任主编，他于 2026 年初就任。

• His own field is the design and the control of communication networks, and he works on how a network is made to adapt.其本人领域为通信网络的设计与控制，研究网络如何被做得能够自适应。

• Two earlier editors-in-chief held the office before him, one from 2018 and one from 2022.此前有两位主编担任该职，一位自 2018 年起，一位自 2022 年起。

• A steering committee of senior figures advises on direction, and it draws members from several countries.一个由资深人物组成的指导委员会为方向提供建议，其成员来自数个国家。

• A body of associate editors shares the handling of papers, and the journal draws them from universities around the world.一组副编辑分担稿件处理，该刊从世界各地的大学遴请人选。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Where a claim rests on a simulation, the journal asks that the setup be described in full so that another group can repeat it.论断若依赖仿真，该刊要求完整描述设置，使另一团队可以重复。

• A data availability statement is required, and the journal asks that the material behind a claim be made reachable.须提交数据可获取性声明，该刊要求论断背后的材料可供获取。

• The journal is read by network engineers and by protocol designers, by systems researchers and by security specialists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有网络工程师与协议设计者，也有系统研究者与安全专家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a scheme toward a deployed network is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把方案带向已部署网络的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a design that failed under load is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为在负载之下失效的设计同样值得记录。

• Work on a routing scheme appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how a path is chosen.路由方案方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载路径如何被选定的论文。

• Work on a congestion control scheme is treated, and the journal admits papers on how a sender backs off when the network is full.拥塞控制方案方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载网络拥塞时发送方如何退让的论文。

• The journal keeps its letters short, and a reader can take in a paper in a single sitting.该刊的快报保持短小，读者可以一坐之间读毕一篇论文。

• Work on a data centre network is named, and the journal carries papers on how many machines are joined into one fabric.数据中心网络方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载众多机器如何被接入一张网布的论文。

• Work on a satellite segment is treated, and the journal asks how a link in the sky changes the rules below.卫星段方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问空中的链路如何改变其下的规则。

• Work on an intrusion detection scheme is named, and the journal admits papers on how an attack is caught in the act.入侵检测方案方面的工作被点名，该刊收载攻击如何被当场察觉的论文。

• Work on a learning based scheduler is treated, and the journal asks what the learning buys over a fixed rule.基于学习的调度器方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问学习较之固定规则买到了什么。

• Work on the fairness of a scheme is named, and the journal carries papers on how a share is divided among flows.方案的公平性方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载份额如何在各流之间被分配的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。