Digital Communications and Networks

Open access

ISSN: 2352-8648
CN: 50-1212/TN
p-ISSN: 2468-5925

Digital Communications and Networks

Open access

Honorary Editor

Hequan Wu

Editorial Board

Digital Communications and Networks publishes rigorously peer-reviewed, high quality original articles and authoritative reviews that focus on communication systems and networks. All articles are publ...

Digital Communications and Networks publishes rigorously peer-reviewed, high quality original articles and authoritative reviews that focus on communication systems and networks. All articles are published fully Open Access on ScienceDirect. The journal is indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Scopus.

Conference papers may be accepted if they have been substantially extended. Special issues of the journal that focus on a particular aspect of the field are also occasionally published.

Special areas of interest include but are not limited to:

  • AI-Driven Communications and Networks

  • Big Data Networking and Applications

  • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

  • Cellular Communications and Networks

  • Coding and Information Theory

  • Communications and Networking Standards

  • Consumer Communications and Networking

  • Cyber-Physical Systems

  • Edge, Fog, and Cloud Computing and Networks

  • Future Internet Architecture, Protocols, and Applications

  • Green Communications

  • Industrial Internet and Industry 4.0

  • Internet of Things

  • Intelligent Communications and Networking Systems

  • Network, Service, and Applications Management

  • Optical Communications and Networking

  • Pervasive Computing and Networking

  • Quantum Computing, Communications, and Information

  • Satellite Communications and Networking in Space

  • Trust, Security, and Privacy Protocols

  • Unified Communications, Computing, and Control

  • Vehicular Communications and Networks

  • Wireless Communications and Networking

  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Editorial Board

Large language model empowered next-generation MIMO networks: fundamentals, challenges, and visions

Characterization and optimization of satellite complex networks based on hyperbolic space

Cross-domain resources optimization for hybrid edge computing networks: Federated DRL approach

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1. Network traffic classification: Techniques, datasets, and challenges

2. Integration of data science with the intelligent IoT (IIoT): Current challenges and future perspectives

3. From sensing to energy savings: A comprehensive survey on integrating emerging technologies for energy efficiency in WBANs

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Privacy preservation in permissionless blockchain: A survey

A survey on deep learning for textual emotion analysis in social networks

An ensemble deep learning model for cyber threat hunting in industrial internet of things

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Agentic AI for 6G Networks

Submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2026

Special Issue on Advancing Communication Networks and Systems with Secure and Robust AI

Submission deadline: December 01, 2025

Emerging Trends and Techniques for Integrated IoT Systems towards Ubiquitous Artificial Intelligence

Submission deadline: February 15, 2025

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News

Digital Communications and Networks Announces 2025 Outstanding Papers

Digital Communications and Networks: 2024 Best Paper Awards

Digital Communications and Networks: Open Access journal per January 2025

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