Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

pISSN: 1943-0620eISSN: 1943-0639• JCR: J OPT COMMUN NETWUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

5.1

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.8 (+18.6%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    5.1
  2. Metric year 2024

    4.3

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURESCIEQ2
COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMSSCIEQ2
OPTICSSCIEQ1
TELECOMMUNICATIONSSCIEQ2
Q1
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking current release and JCR quartile

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking's newest impact factor is 5.1, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #798 in Engineering by impact factor and #716 among Q1 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Journal of Optical Communications and Networking against journals publishing in the same field.

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Journal of Optical Communications and Networking publication trend

Published 685 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 5.1.

2026 vs 2025: -129
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Article Volume

2022
106
2023
186
2024
176
2025
173
2026
44
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