Telecommunication Systems

Telecommunication Systems is a peer-reviewed journal that applies analytic and quantitative tools to the modelling, analysis, design and management of telecommunication networks.《电信系统》是一份同行评审期刊，以解析与定量的方法研究电信网络的建模、分析、设计与管理。

Its pages carry work on networks, on optical fibre and on photonic switching, and the journal reports an impact factor of 2.2 for 2025 with a five year figure of 2.1, a CiteScore of 5.1 and a median of four days from submission to a first decision.该刊刊载网络、光纤与光子交换方面的研究，2025 年的影响因子为 2.2，五年影响因子为 2.1，CiteScore 为 5.1，从投稿到首次决定的中位数为 4 天。

Scope

• The journal states its remit as the use of analytic and quantitative tools, and it names modelling, analysis, design and management as the four operations it studies.该刊自述其范围为解析与定量工具的使用，并点名建模、分析、设计、管理这四项研究内容。

• Wide area networks fall within that remit, and the journal carries work on how traffic crosses a wide geographical span.广域网落在这一范围之内，该刊刊载流量跨越广大地理跨度方面的研究。

• Local networks are examined as well, with papers on how nearby nodes are joined and how their traffic is organised, and on the equipment that terminates one end of a link.局域网同样得到考察，刊出的论文讨论邻近节点如何相连以及其流量如何组织，也论及终结链路一端的设备。

• Fibre optics is a named topic, and the journal takes work on the transmission of light through optical media.光纤被点名为选题，该刊收载光在光学介质中传输方面的工作。

• Photonic switching appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on switching carried out by photonic means.光子交换列于选题之中，该刊刊载以光子方式完成交换的论文。

• The impact of new technologies on modern telecommunications is addressed, and the journal follows how a fresh technique alters a network already in service.新技术对现代电信的影响是刊物关切的问题，该刊追踪一种新方法如何改变已在运行的网络。

• Standardization is highlighted, and the journal takes work on how rules written by standards bodies shape an implementation.标准化得到强调，该刊收载标准机构写下的规则如何塑造具体实现的工作。

• Regulatory issues are highlighted as well, and the journal carries papers on how policy governs the use of a network.监管问题同样得到强调，该刊刊载政策如何支配网络使用方面的论文。

• The economic impact of telecommunication systems is highlighted, and the journal weighs what a network costs to build and to run.电信系统的经济影响得到强调，该刊权衡一个网络的建造成本与运行代价。

• Special issues devoted to a single topic of interest related to telecommunications are published, and each one gathers a body of work on one theme.该刊出版以电信相关单一热点为专题的专号，每一本专号围绕一个主题汇集一批工作。

• Research on emerging areas and fields within telecommunication systems is welcomed, and the journal gives room to work that opens a new line of enquiry.电信系统内部新生的领域与方向方面的研究受到欢迎，该刊为开出一条新研究路线的论文留出篇幅。

• A quantitative treatment is preferred to a narrative one, and the journal asks what a measurement says about a system.该刊偏好定量的处理而非叙述性的处理，并追问一次测量对某个系统说明了什么。

• The link between a model and a running network is kept in view, and the journal takes a paper that reaches from theory to deployment.模型与实际运行网络之间的联系始终在视野之内，该刊收载从理论走到部署环节的论文。

• Readers are drawn from network engineering, from optical engineering and from the study of regulation, and the journal writes for all of them.读者来自网络工程、光纤工程与监管研究等方向，该刊为这几类人写作。

History

• The journal was established in 1992, and it appeared first in Basel, Switzerland under the imprint of J.C. Baltzer AG.该刊创办于 1992 年，最初以 J.C. Baltzer AG 的印本在瑞士巴塞尔出版。

• The National Library of Medicine records the first year as 1992 and gives the journal the abbreviated title Telecommun Syst.美国国立医学图书馆把首年记为 1992 年，并给出该刊的缩略题名 Telecommun Syst。

• From 2006 the imprint changed to Norwell, MA, where Springer Science+Business Media took the journal over from the Swiss house.自 2006 年起印本改为美国马萨诸塞州诺威尔，Springer Science+Business Media 自瑞士的出版方手中接过该刊。

• The print identifier of the journal is 1018-4864 and its electronic counterpart is 1572-9451, and both have stayed with the title since the first year.该刊的印刷版标识为 1018-4864，电子版标识为 1572-9451，两者自创刊之年便伴随题名。

• The volume number has run on without a break across that handover, and the archive on the publisher's site reaches back to the first year with every volume still readable there.卷号在这次交接前后一路接续，出版方站点上的过刊档案上溯至创刊之年，各卷至今仍可在该处读到。

• Publication is monthly, and the journal issues its numbers at a steady rate through the year, with the current numbers listed by volume on the publisher's own site.出版按月进行，该刊一年之中按稳定的节奏推出各期，现行各期在出版方自己的站点上按卷列出。

• The publishing model is hybrid, and an author may pay to place a paper open while other papers stay behind a subscription.该刊为混合出版模式，作者可以缴费使论文开放，其余论文仍留在订阅之后。

• In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report the gold share of open access articles stood at 6.31 per cent.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，开放获取论文的黄金比例占 6.31%。

• The impact figure has moved within a narrow band, standing at 2.314 in 2021, 2.336 in 2022, 1.7 in 2023, 2.3 in 2024 and 2.2 in 2025.影响因子一直在小幅区间内移动，2021 年为 2.314，2022 年为 2.336，2023 年为 1.7，2024 年为 2.3，2025 年为 2.2。

• In the 2025 edition the journal sits in the third quartile of the telecommunications category, ranked 88 of 127 titles.在 2025 年版中，该刊位于电信学类目的第三区，排名为 127 种期刊中的第 88 位。

• The same report gives it a journal citation index of 0.42, a percentile of 31.1, 2217 citations in all and 141 articles a year.同一份报告给出的期刊引证指数为 0.42，百分位为 31.1，总被引 2217 次，年发文 141 篇。

• The journal was counted for 191.2 thousand downloads in 2025, and 124 of its papers are open access, a figure the publisher reports on the journal page itself.2025 年该刊的下载量为 19.12 万次，其中 124 篇论文为开放获取，这一数字由出版方在期刊页面上公布。

• Its papers are listed in PubMed on a selective basis, and the National Library of Medicine marks that coverage as selected citations only.该刊论文以择选方式列入 PubMed，美国国立医学图书馆把这项收录标记为仅择选。

• Among the abstracting services named by the publisher are two Current Contents collections, one on electronics and telecommunications and one on engineering computing and technology.出版方列出的摘要服务中，Current Contents 的两个专辑分别聚焦电子与电信、工程计算与技术。

• A journal update records that the publisher's submission system has moved to Snapp, which replaced the earlier system Editorial Manager.一则期刊动态记下，出版方的投稿系统已迁往 Snapp，取代了早前的 Editorial Manager。

Editors

• Muhammad Khurram Khan of King Saud University in Riyadh is the editor-in-chief of the journal.位于沙特阿拉伯利雅得的国王沙特大学的（Muhammad Khurram Khan）担任该刊主编。

• The journal also names a founding editor, Bezalel Gavish of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.该刊另列有创刊编辑一项，由达拉斯南方卫理公会大学的（Bezalel Gavish）担任。

• The editorial board numbers about fifty members, and the journal draws them from universities, research institutes and industrial laboratories on several continents, a spread that keeps the handling of papers widely shared.编委会约有五十名成员，该刊从数个大洲的大学、研究机构与产业实验室遴请人选，这样的分布使稿件处理由许多人分担。

• China supplies the largest share of the board, with the United States, Italy, India, Greece and South Korea each contributing a group of members.中国在编委会中占比最大，美国、意大利、印度、希腊与韩国各有一批成员。

• Some members sit in industrial research, among them Chung Shue Chen of Nokia Bell Lab and Rupender Singh of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.部分成员任职于产业研究机构，其中包括 Nokia Bell Lab 的（Chung Shue Chen）与芬兰 VTT 技术研究中心的（Rupender Singh）。

• The board reaches into the engineering departments of universities in Europe and Asia as well, with Tooska Dargahi of Manchester Metropolitan University and Pasquale Pace of the University of Calabria among its members.编委会也延伸到欧洲与亚洲各大学的工程院系，成员中有曼彻斯特城市大学的（Tooska Dargahi）与卡拉布里亚大学的（Pasquale Pace）。

• A journal update records that the peer review platform has changed to Snapp, and the previous system, Editorial Manager, is no longer used.一则期刊动态记下，同行评审平台已改为 Snapp，先前的 Editorial Manager 不再使用。

• The journal reports a median of four days from submission to a first decision, and the figure is published on the journal page, where an author can read it before sending a paper in.该刊公布从投稿到首次决定的中位数为 4 天，该数字刊于期刊页面，作者送出论文之前便可读到。

• Papers arrive as original articles or as reviews, and both kinds appear under their own labels in the list of articles.来稿分为原创论文与综述两类，两类文章在文章列表中各有自己的标识。

• The journal sets out its classes of manuscript in its submission guidelines, and a pre-submission checklist accompanies them.该刊在投稿指南中列明所收稿件的类别，并配有投稿前检查清单。

• Editorial policies, ethics and disclosures, and rights and permissions each have a page of their own in the journal's own pages.编辑政策、伦理与披露、权利与许可，在该刊自身的页面上各有一页。

• The hybrid arrangement means that an author may choose an open access route for a paper and pay the charge that route carries, and the publisher points to funding that can offset that charge.混合模式意味着作者可以为论文选择开放获取路径，并承担该路径所附的收费，出版方也指出了可用于抵付该笔费用的资助。

• The readership covers people who build networks, people who study the rules that govern them and people who count what they cost.该刊的读者涵盖建设网络的人、研究支配网络的规则的人，以及核算其成本的人。