Journal of Network and Computer Applications

The Journal of Network and Computer Applications is an Elsevier journal published under the Academic Press imprint, established in 1996 as the successor to the Journal of Microcomputer Applications, covering computer networks and their applications, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.7 and a rank of 5th among 128 software engineering journals《网络与计算机应用杂志》（Journal of Network and Computer Applications）是（Elsevier）以（Academic Press）名义出版的期刊，1996 年创刊，接续《微型计算机应用杂志》，覆盖计算机网络及其应用，2025 年影响因子为 7.7，在 128 种软件工程期刊中列第 5 位。

Scope

• New design techniques, novel applications, components and standards for networked systems are the first named category of interest网络系统的新设计方法、新颖应用、构件与标准是首个列出的关注类别。
• Computer networks and their tooling, including web-based systems and emerging standards for internet protocols, are covered计算机网络及其工具，包括基于万维网的系统与互联网协议的新兴标准，均在范围内。
• Wireless networks and mobile computing are listed as separate subject areas in the journal's scope无线网络与移动计算在征稿范围中列为独立方向。
• Computing models such as cloud, fog, edge and grid computing are treated together with the networking that supports them云、雾、边缘与网格等计算模型与支撑它们的网络技术一并讨论。
• Network protocols for sensor networks, delay-tolerant networks and the Internet of Things are explicitly invited该刊明确征邀传感器网络、容迟网络与物联网相关的网络协议研究。
• Applications of networked systems for remote collaboration and telemedicine are within scope, as are educational, transactional and cooperative applications面向远程协作与远程医疗的网络系统应用属于范围，教育、交易与协同类应用同样在列。
• Security of computers and networks, including authentication, privacy and intrusion detection, is listed as a subject area in its own right计算机与网络安全，包括认证、隐私与入侵检测，被单独列为一个方向。

History

• The title was established in 1996, continuing the Journal of Microcomputer Applications, which had published from 1980该刊 1996 年创刊，接续 1980 年起出版的《微型计算机应用杂志》。
• It appears under the Academic Press imprint of Elsevier, which has kept the journal in the Elsevier family throughout its life该刊以（Elsevier）旗下（Academic Press）名义出版，始终留在（Elsevier）体系之内。
• Publication is hybrid, with subscription access as the default and an open access option available for accepted papers该刊采用混合出版模式，以订阅访问为默认，录用论文可选择开放获取。
• Its impact factor rose from 6.281 in 2021 to 7.574 in 2022, reached 8.0 in 2024 and stood at 7.7 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.281 升至 2022 年的 7.574，2024 年达到 8.0，2025 年为 7.7。
• Survey articles and short notes are accepted alongside full research papers, and the scope statement names research contributions, surveys and notes as the three accepted forms征稿说明明确列出研究论文、综述与短札三类稿件。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mohammed Atiquzzaman of the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma in the United States, a researcher in networking and satellite communications现任主编为美国俄克拉荷马大学（University of Oklahoma）计算机科学学院的（Mohammed Atiquzzaman），其研究领域为网络与卫星通信。
• Two senior editors, Jose Neuman de Souza of the Federal University of Ceara in Brazil and Jiang Xie of UNC Charlotte in the United States, oversee major subject areas两位高级编辑分管主要学科方向，即巴西塞阿拉联邦大学（Federal University of Ceara）的（Jose Neuman de Souza）与美国北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校（UNC Charlotte）的（Jiang Xie）。
• Some fifty associate editors cover wireless, IoT, edge computing, security, network measurement and applications from Europe, Asia, North America, South America and the Middle East约 50 位副编辑来自欧洲、亚洲、北美、南美与中东，覆盖无线、物联网、边缘计算、安全、网络测量与应用等方向。
• The journal follows a single anonymized review process, in which editors first assess every submission and suitable papers go to at least two independent referees该刊采用单匿名评审，编辑先对全部投稿做初评，合适的稿件至少送两位独立审稿人。
• Guest editors of special issues may solicit reviews and recommend decisions, but the journal's own editors supervise the process and make the final call特刊客座编辑可组织审稿并提出建议，但由该刊编辑监督流程并作出最终决定。
• Submissions go through the publisher's online system at submit.elsevier.com, and each decision may be appealed once under the publisher's appeal policy投稿经（Elsevier）在线系统提交，作者对决定可依出版方申诉政策申请一次复议。