Photonic Network Communications

Aims & Scope

This journal publishes papers involving optical communication networks.

Coverage includes network and system technologies; network and system architectures; network access and control; network design, planning, and operation; interworking; and application design for an optical infrastructure This journal publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers presenting research results, major achievements, and trends involving all aspects of optical network communications.

Among the topics explored are transport, access, and customer premises networks; local, regional, and global networks; transoceanic and undersea networks; optical transparent networks; WDM, HWDM, and OTDM networks and more.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.368

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14647

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	255

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Interleaved Polling with Adaptive Cycle Time (IPACT): A Dynamic Bandwidth Distribution Scheme in an Optical Access Network

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Glen, Biswanath, Gerry

• Ethernet PON (ePON): Design and Analysis of an Optical Access Network

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Glen, Biswanath, Gerry

• Power consumption modeling in optical multilayer networks

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Ward, Filip, Willem, Didier, Mario, Piet

• Modeling the routing and spectrum allocation problem for flexgrid optical networks

  Citation: 174

  Authors: L., M., M., J.

• Pan-European Optical Transport Networks: An Availability-based Comparison

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Sophie De, Didier, Ilse, Mario, Piet, Christian, Monika, Robert, Branko, Jan

• Design of an all optical half-adder based on 2D photonic crystals

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Mohammad Mehdi, Fariborz, Abdulhamid

• Sparse Regeneration in Translucent Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks: Architecture, Network Design and Wavelength Routing

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Xi, Byrav

• A new proposal for eight-channel optical demultiplexer based on photonic crystal resonant cavities

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Farhad, Mohammad

• Optical Network Survivability: Protection Techniques in the WDM Layer

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Guido, Achille, Simone, Mario

• Survivable elastic optical networks: survey and perspective (invited)

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Gangxiang, Hong, Sanjay K.

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